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Marissa Lastra-Lewis

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What She Left Behind

Submitted to Contest #293

*Sensitive content regarding death and revenge. California, 1868 Clara Emerson pressed herself against the train window, her eyes glazed and alert from exhaustion. She stretched out her aching legs, revealing her muddy shoes that poked out from underneath the hem of her dress. She retracted her feet back from visibility, gathering and stroking her straw-like, graying hair as she peered out the window. Clara glanced to see if anyone was watching her. Only a handful of people sat behind her, none of which were looking in her direction. No. I’m...

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