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βSarahβ Samβs voice calls from inside the phone in her hand as she runs into her bedroom and closes the door behind her, her body quivering. She locks the door and searches around the room before he eyes gets glued to the wooden chair in her room. She runs quickly to it and drags it to her room door, bolting the door with it. She stares at the door, her hands shaky, her beat, racing faster than she could ever imagine. She continues to look at the door, small droplets of tears rolling down her cheeks. βSarah? Sarah are you okay???β A famili...
Submitted to Contest #71
Ever since my mum lost her dad, my grandpa, because of cancer, she has always felt empty. Not completely downhearted Perse, but that usual glow in her eyes whenever she woke up in the morning, her bright and charming smile she always flashed at me and my Dad whenever she was making breakfast had sadness and pain written all over it, and it hurt me more than anything.My mum loved Grandad, and so did I. He was without a doubt the most energetic and most loving man I have ever met. He acted quite young even though he's strength had slowly faded...
Submitted to Contest #70
"AHHHHHH" Linda screams before I put my palm over her mouth and she stares at me with wide eyes. I shake my head at her, mouthing the words "don't scream" and she nods before I take my hand off her mouth slowly while leaving my eyes fixed on her so that she doesn't do otherwise. After seeing that she had no intention of actually screaming again. I drop my hand and sigh while tugging at my hair as we both stare at the body on the floor. "We killed him" Linda says while sobbing. "We killed him John" " I know, I know, okay" I say running a...
"This could be over quick if you just tell us the truth" Detective Baker says staring at me with disgust in his eyes. I raise my head to look at him, through my bloodshot eye and my other swollen one. And spit some blood out of my mouth before I look back at him, both our eyes burning with anger and hate. "I didn't do it" I say slowly and Baker laughs and starts to walk away before he comes back and punches me hard in the face, moving my face to the left with full force. He shakes his hand a bit likes he trying to shake the pain away while...
"it's gonna work Becky. I just need you to understand and remain patient with me alright?" I tell Becky but she gives me this look I have known too well for too long. Her eyes had only one emotion that broke me whenever she looked at me that way. Her eyes were filled with regret. Ever since I married my girlfriend Becky, most parts of our relationships haven't been entirely fruitful. But they haven't sucked this much, they haven't sucked to this kind of level before, not even when I was dating her. Ever since I got a job as an intern in ...
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