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Tammie Elliott

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Backyard Coercion

Submitted to Contest #86

“Come here and talk to me,” Lily pleaded. “I’m just so angry and I need someone to talk to.” “So, talk, I can hear you just fine. What’s he done now? Lily put her hands on her hips and frowned. “Why can’t you just stop what you’re doing for a minute?” “Because I can’t,” Brady said. “Are you going to tell me or not?” She dropped into the lawn chair, flipping her hair behind a shoulder. “I made him dinner. I cooked his favorite steak and he won’t eat it. Evidently you aren’t supposed to boil a filet. It’s cooked. I don’t see the problem.”...

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