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Maryam Tariq

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Maryam Tariq

Submitted to Contest #53

“Lila! Did you double-check the bag? Are you a hundred percent sure everything is packed?” Lila was shaken out of her stupor by her mother’s panicky voice. She had spent the last hour running around the house, making sure all was arranged for Lila’s imminent departure. And now standing at the doorway, she glared at her daughter as sweat trickled down her brow. “Lila!” She always said her daughter’s name with a weird gravity, dragging the la and ending it with an H. No one ever said it like she did. Lila nodded in affirmation. And ...

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