11th: A Short Story

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July 11th, 2001 cold rain poured from the sky, through blurred vision as I struggled to stand up from the damp dirt road, and look at the damage around me, I saw a lone silver car quickly approaching. Have you ever gotten a car with a stranger, without thinking of what the consequences could be? The next thing I remembered I was climbing out of that cramped crowded car, followed by my aunt, three cousins, and two siblings. The moment I looked down to wipe the rocky dirt from my skin, was when I realized there was no dirt to wipe off - the rocks were resting within the missing patches of skin that covered the left side of my body from the top of my shoulder to the bottom of my knee. All morning we had relentlessly begged my Aunt Alicia to let

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