MaRyiah Cavender

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“Miss Viola” by MaRyiah Cavender

Submitted to Contest #58

I had to hurry. She was expecting me. Anxiety and frustration lurked in my body as I stared at the closed, silver doors. The anticipation was causing my fidgeting to begin. She hated it when I was late. Miss Viola was never late. “To be on time is to be Late. To be early is to be on time.” For four years she had repeated this to me, burning the phrase into the back of my mind so hot I could see the words when I closed my eyes. I pressed the button again, knowing it wouldn’t make the elevator come any quicker. Force of an impatient habit, I ...

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