You Shouldn't Have Come Here
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It was an inch in length, and the color revealed it was new. We all had scars and each one had a story. I wondered what story his would tell. His facial hair was short and scruffy—not intentionally, but more like he hadn’t found the time
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Several thin, long scratches marred the inside of his right forearm.
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“Don’t worry. They paid for it.”
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He froze for a second. It seemed as though his shoulders tensed up, but I couldn’t be sure. Calvin turned back. “That would be my ex, Lisa.” He folded in his lips and went back to stirring the pot.
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“Because she’s dead,” he said.
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time I had that feeling. Well, actually, I could and it didn’t end well.
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wondered what it was Calvin did or desired that kept him sane, fulfilled, and satisfied.
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phoned my brother, Joe, last night after you went to bed to remind him and again this morning. He’ll be over today to take a look at it.”
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things again, that we could move forward, put the past in the past, as they say. But past was just a word. The memories we carried kept it alive, and memories were just stories we told ourselves. Joe and I had two very different stories. He had forgotten his, but I hadn’t forgotten mine. “Yeah.