Stories tagged “yelling”
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The Observer in the Parking Lot
She walked around the parking lot, her mother asking her questions— her answers being “Yes” and “No”, but mostly “No.” She wasn’t an impolite girl, and she knew her mom meant well, so she refrained from g...
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She Wins, I Lose
Nothing I do seems good enough for her. Being polite, being a pain, Not much of a difference. I get in trouble any way I say things. I could be an angel of light, and she would still say I’m an cocking an attitude. So, what difference does it mak...
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She Wins, I Lose (2)
Or told me I was being rude, When I wasn’t. This is just venting, And venting it shall stay. because if I voice my feelings she’ll just say I’m wrong. Just like right now, When she told me I had bossed her around, When in reality I as...
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Conversing Underground
Leaving his quiet office, the Secret Service had transferred him to a secret underground vault, about a mile away from the White House. “Are the cameras set up in there?” he said, while walking in the underground tunnel, leading to the vaul...
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I tried.
Stop blaming me. I tried. I tried so damn hard… harder than you’ll ever know. I tried to make you happy, to make everyone happy. But I can’t do it all. And no matter how much I do there’s always something left undone. Something ...
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No Lights
“OK! Very funny Mark! Now turn the power back on!” Jenna shouted at her brother. They waited. The lights didn’t turn on. “MARK!” Jenna screamed. “Ow! Jenna! I’d rather keep my hearing, thank you very much,̶...
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Ashes Ramain: Chapter One;; Part 3
Not twenty minutes later, there was a polite knock on my cubicle wall. My back went straight as I ground my stubby nails into my desk. Could I go a single moment without being interrupted!? Turning my cold blue eyes away from my computer, I met my curr...