Vida Harrison

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“Two for Tea” by Vida Harrison

Submitted to Contest #46

“The aliens hijack the game and Michaelson gets trapped!” I clapped my hands in glee and jumped up from the couch in my excitement, startling my husband and knocking over his freshly-brewed cup of cinnamon apple spice tea. Before I could apologize, he grabbed a towel from a basket of unfolded laundry and began cleaning up the mess. I grabbed an old t-shirt from the same basket and joined him. “Aliens, huh?” he asked, dabbing the last bits of liquid from the couch cushion. “Yes. I just realized that it has to be aliens!” I explained. “O...

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I got the placebo. Had I received the real treatment, I'm sure I would be happily enjoying my early retirement instead of embarking upon a writing career.