Needless Things

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NOTE: This is my entry in NPR's Three-Minute Fiction contest that requires you to write a short story where a character finds an object that they are not giving up. Enjoy!

Plunging my hand into the backpack, I felt the smooth metal object. It was the last thing I needed but the first thing I wanted.

I looked around to see if anyone was watching me. No one was. Not then, not ever.

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