Marnie Rorholm

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“The Cost” by Marnie Rorholm

Submitted to Contest #288

A light snow was falling as I pointed the dirty snub nose of my company stake-bed Ford pickup west, into the black Dakota night. I looked at my watch. It was 7:30. Sundown was hours ago, and the door Deere logos were almost certainly iced over on my exterior. Anonymity by weather. The cab was cool and humid inside, heat full on, but condensation still formed on the inside of the glass. I was breathing too hard, I guess. I could see it with every exhale. Unwrapping my muffler from around my neck, I wiped down the inside windshield. Even ...

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