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Submitted to Contest #93
Miriam had begrudgingly accepted, at the behest of her well-meaning mother, Janine's invitation to a house party. Not at all of the extrovert persuasion, she dreaded being swept up in the crowd, noise and smells. Miriam's neurodivergent mind was just not wired to enjoy an excess of stimulation. "Everyone needs social time, even misanthropes like you." Her, seasoned, social butterfly of a mother had reminded her incessantly with tongue in cheek. "I'm rather comfortable with my misanthropy influenced social life." She'd retorted with evi...
Aspiring writer. Neurodivergent. Two-spirit. She/her.
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