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FORSAKEN
"WHORE! Tramp! Traitor!" Screamed Tina hysterically. The words echoed down the quiet street. Neighbors stared in paralyzed disbelief. The next sound was the slap that Tina fired at Judy's face. Judy gasped as the intensity of the slap knocked her off balance. Tina and Judy who had been best friends since third grade were at war. Well, at least Tina was at war. "Roger and I are going steady and everyone knows it, especially you." Raged Tina. "Please, let me explain, Begged Judy, holdinwww.onedoor.ccg her hand over her reddened cheek. You don't know the whole story." "You mean the gory details? No thanks. You...
Cactus Conundrum
The final day of 1943 was a dismal one—gray, snowy, and cold. The Christmas attitudes of goodwill and kindness to each other was still prevalent among the German guards and their British prisoners as they sat at a table in the mess hall, playing cards and chess and enjoying the last of the Christmas cookies.“Does anyone set goals for the new year?” Private Kesby asked, breaking the silence. “Is that a thing here in Germany?”“It is, but it’s not something I do,” Corporal Viermitz replied. He looked at his fellow guards. They were shaking their heads, except for one.“I’m planning on learning a n...
Needing Patience
“Two sugars, he says. Like I haven’t made this exact tea for him a hundred times. I swear sometimes he can be so annoying. It’s no wonder nobody here likes him.” Patience mumbled, stirring the hot brown liquid in the ceramic mug on the counter. She inspected the hand-painted red and pink flowers drawn on the side of it. The thick, confident lines and droplets of stray paint dotting the background suggested a child had painted it. She rotated the mug around, looking for a signature from the artist. Trying to place the name of the prospective parent working in the office. “There’s no way the rea...
Helpful Hannah
Trigger Warning: mental health and allusion to suicide---------------------“Hannah, why are you so embarrassing?! Sit down- oh my God!” Abigail covered her forehead with her hand to hide her face.“I have to get the right lighting for this or it will suck ass.” I pulled the overhanging light toward me, half-standing in our booth, so that it shone directly over my strawberry and goat cheese salad. “If I don’t get this picture posted by today, I will lose follower engagement. If I have to look a little ridiculous in the process,” I snapped the picture of the salad, “so be it.” I thumped down int...