Sophie M.

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“Risks” by Sophie M.

Submitted to Contest #224

I’d woken up at 5:00 am for 374 days ever since my boyfriend Walter left to go overseas. On that day, he’d come over to my house in the morning, right before he’d shipped out to somewhere in Europe for the war, to say goodbye. I’d woken up to pebbles being tossed at my window and rolled over to see the clock on my bedside table ticking its way to the fifth hour in the morning.  I never walked anywhere in our drafty house without slippers and a robe on since my mother was always worried about my health, but I did that morning as I looke...

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I love Jane Austen, words, and history. I think encouraging people and watching them succeed is the best thing ever :). I love writing because you get to live another life and see things through another person's eyes.