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Thomas Andrew Pescador

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The broken dinner

Thomas Andrew Pescador

Submitted to Contest #17

Tina walks in on her family, already eating dinner. “Tina, put down your bag and get here!” shouted by her mom, her mouth half-full with rice. A short, thin woman with a slightly big belly. She is scarfing down the cold rice and Sinigang because it was prepared earlier that day.Tina slowly inches toward the dimly lit work desk that was repurposed to be a dining table. “Why did you arrive only now?” asked Tina’s mom. Scared, Tina replied, “I was swamped with schoolwork but somehow I am slowly the piles of textbooks to do." "Tina, that's the r...

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