Maria wakes up.
None of that was real.
But still, it was much better than being in the cold patient's room of a teaching hospital, learning in front of a crowd of about 20 students, that her abortion procedure was successful. That inside of her was no longer life; but a blob of fluids, blood, and empty space.
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Absence
Short StoryA participant in the "Big Brother" TV show finds out it's the things that are not actually there that tells the real story. New chapters Monday, Wednesday and Friday. April 1st, 2020
