Rhianna Gately

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“Grief Week for a Tortured House” by Rhianna Gately

Submitted to Contest #170

The kidnappers came back today. This time they were two black suits with clipboards. Not the torn-up savages of yesterday. But their eyes were the same, calculating slits. They squared up to my skin and examined every inch: new bruises and aged blemishes alike. Tuts and puffs joined scribblings onto their clipboards. In my every cavity they rapped at my chest and pressed their ear against the site to listen for…anything. A groan? A beat? There was no fight in me now. I had given it all for Maggie. My only response to their knocking w...

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