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Valerie Shand

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"Wendy, the home security alarm"

Submitted to Contest #182

WENDY, THE HOME SECURITY ALARM The home alarm system went off. Again. That's it! She shook her head. She was going to get a dog. The alarm kept up its shrieking! Sheila didn't even bother wheeling around the house and checking the doors and windows this time because it sure to be another a false alarm. She'd come to hate it in the past few days even though it came with the property and promoted as a giant selling point to keep her safe. And it did. But the alarm panels were so much higher than the ADA's now-required 48 inches of...

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