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was a hard impact, but I did not win. I had to make it look real. I clawed at the carpet. I let my eyes roll back in my head. I let out one final gargling breath and collapsed face down onto the rug.
I lay there still. The silence in the room was deafening. I could hear the ticking of the grandfather clock in the hallway. I could hear the hum of the continue reading …
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