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I’ve worked at Denny’s for two years now, and, like any small diner, we’ve got our regulars. You get used to them, and they become
The night before my best friend vanished, she pressed a crumpled five-dollar bill into my hand with a strange urgency. “I owe you money. Take
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In a city filled with abandoned buildings and forgotten streets, where the echoes of decay linger in every corner, one unlikely hero emerged—a teenager who
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When I think back to the night my in-laws kicked me out just days after I gave birth, the memory is still sharp enough to
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