Stories tagged “daughters”
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Jack in The Box (Pt. 2)
“Daddy, Daddy! Wake up!” a little girl whimpered over him, her warm tears falling into his nose and mouth. Wiping at his face, Jack opened his eyes to see his surroundings. His youngest daughter, Jessie, wrapped her small arms around his ch...
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Maybe a Metaphor
There’s a stain on the bed From a nosebleed I received From a boy with a toy gun Who just happened to be The son of my father. Why is it that fathers Buy their sons toy guns And their daughters affection… In big yellow boxes Like the color of the...
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Matching Smiles
Fourty-seven. The age he left the world. Two. Weeks since he’s been gone. Sixteen. The age I am left without my father. Fourteen days spent in my room, thinking. Everything goes back to him. I see overweight people and wonder how their hearts c...
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Daddy's Little Girl (incest challenge)
“I’ll be home late tonight, so take out something now so it has time to defrost for dinner. You’ll have to cook,” my mom explains over the phone. She is a school teacher and tonight, apparently, she has some student to tutor. Sh...
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Satire & Sadness
Lord Berundy had been a long standing advocate of remaining single, but fell prey to the pressures of a society which demanded alliance and progeny – ideally in that order – and thus found himself wed to the beautiful Countess of Adlerbury....
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I Think I've Reached That Age...
It’s three PM. Work’s been running long and I finally get a chance to take a break. I decide to drop into Gino’s and grab a couple of slices for a late lunch. I’m in a booth, waiting for my slices, and I’m twisting my wedding ring on and off ...
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Shameless
My mother’s hand tentatively brushes away my hair. Out of instinct I shiver. I still don’t trust this woman. Her hands feel the same, just as gentle and sweet. I know I should hate her, and overall, I do; but deep inside my cold broken soul...
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Shameless 2
“Mom! Mommy!” The wind blows through my hair pushing it in my eyes, but not enough to blind me from the sight of abandonment. I run through the wind, my feet numb against the pine needles under my feet. I’m about to reach her when the...
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Shameless Part 3
“Clara,” she begins but I cut her off. I do not want to listen to this woman’s words. I hold up my hand, “Don’t. Just…don’t.” Tears threaten to leak down my cheeks but I don’t dare wipe them away in...
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Shameless Prequel
“Mommy! Mommy! Look! Look!” The girl said, waving her green and blue fingers in the air. She looked at her mother, who was silently watching the sunset. “Mommy?” Her mother gave a tiny grin and sighed, “What a beautiful pa...
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Shameless Part 4
I look up at the clock on the faded blue wall. My tired eyes follow the hands as they slowly circle the clock. I know I should be concentrating on my school work, but my mind continues to wander to my mother. Why did she even come back? Why does she th...
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Shameless Part 5
As I walk home from the school, my shredded backpack bouncing against my back. I scan the caving houses in a line across the street. Kids in baggy clothes playing with a football, mothers sitting on the porch watching with sad eyes, stray dogs sniffing...