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Tag: Leslie McIntyre

Fiction Literature Short story writing

The Disposable Years By Leslie McIntyre

By storgy on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

Nicholas is already crying by the time I reach the cafeteria. No histrionics today, no wailing, no attention-seeking behavior; he’s just huddled by himself at the far end of an unoccupied table with his knees drawn up to his chest, tears dribbling out of his eyes and running down his cheeks, nose running a little,

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Posted in: child, drama, elementary school, Fiction, Leslie McIntyre, school, Short, Short story, The disposable years, trauma, trials
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