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Fit in
Harsh blue light from the neighbor’s annoying security lamp filtered through gauzy curtains in the bedroom window. She lay awake in the bed clutching his cell phone aching for a reply. with each passing moment, the dread worsened. Her fingers trembled, her body shook, her eyes stung. A dull pain settled in her cheeks - a casualty of the facade. Without meaning to, her mind went to her senior year of high school. To a story she’d read in literature whose main character was the empty shell of a woman. She camouflaged her void with other people’s opinions. She was clay molded by the grip of other’s opinions. She squeezed her eyes shut trying to block out the story, but the reality became even more apparent as the thought steeped. She realized she hadn’t been breathing at the first gasping sob. She choked on it trying to hold it back, knowing letting loose would only bring more pain.
The phone buzzed in her hand. She squinted at the screen and, feeling acknowledged, put away the truth for one more night.
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