Martha M

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“A Long Ride” by Martha M

Submitted to Contest #153

Sensitive content: Suicide, adult language The afternoon insects of summer were picking up intensity on their chorus as Sharon approached that same familiar, gut-clenching turnoff. Her heart fluttered as she steered, her ears beginning to roar almost loud enough to drown out the buggy thrums. “Don’t say I never did anything for you, big brother,” she mumbled. The car lurched up the steep, narrow driveway past the hideous sea foam green mailbox she’d always hated. Listening to her brakes squeal, she resisted the urge to spin a donut into...

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