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Posted on: Jul 19, 2016
About 9 years ago
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He yells from the kitchen, “Yeah, Come here please.â€
I take a breath and set aside the supplies for the next week. “Coming...â€, breath little Laik, Breath. “What is i…â€, he stands there, by his gun, watching my every step, not looking at my face.
“Where were you?â€
“At the store.â€
“You were gone for a while.â€
“Yeah, there wasn’t any wool up front so I had to beg.â€
The connection cuts off after forty-six minutes, like always. I walk back to the Calvin’s house to start my daily routine, but something’s wrong. I feel it in the air, and I’m pretty sure it's not toxic cloud leaking into my mask. I bought this thing a week ago, but then I see it, Calvin was home unusually early.
“So what, I couldn’t get out of Cal’s sight for the past..†The screen blinks on and Mis. Niss, my older sister, stands in the same position but in a uniform. I stand before her in red and purple rags.