Mandi Jackson

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“Delivery” by Mandi Jackson

Submitted to Contest #161

Loud fixtures in the stairwell cut shards of awful light into whatever sleep the girl still had in her. They stepped out into the parking lot. Her pajama feet--shoved into snow boots--began to collect sweat, started to itch. Her little brother asked for donuts, and then sneezed. Their mother didn’t answer. She had darted ahead to the snow-covered car, scraping at the ice on the door handle with her key in search of the keyhole. “Careful, guys, it’s icy!” she yelled without looking back, her words filling puffs of visible air in the yellow b...

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