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Submitted to Contest #319
She wasn’t really a witch. I mean she was, but she wasn’t. It was a nickname I used with Erin, my younger sister - and Mum never found out. Not once. Although maybe she knew, and just didn’t tell us. Even as a kid I knew it was a harsh assessment. Generally speaking, she was a model mother: Not many people ate real Spaghetti Bolognaise in the Seventies, but even to this day I’ve never had it from a can. Not once. This was the pattern that our lives followed as we grew into healthy, well-covered young women – and Mum never stopped delivering....
Submitted to Contest #318
I think I might be evil. She is stood there, every box ticked and then some. Little-to-no makeup needed, but one of her friends clearly has a clue and did the necessary. Somehow she looks more, rather than less natural: Cheeks glowing with the pinkness of a recently finished run round the park; eyes lit with what looks like the rush of recent carnal activity, even though we spent the obligatory night apart. The church is traditional, yet suitably rustic. Out in the middle of nowhere, reasonably close to where she grew up but not somewh...
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