Everyone got gifts but me. Mom laughed, “Oh, we forgot you!” They expected tears. I smiled, “It’s ok—look what I got myself.” The room fell silent when they saw it.
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I do not look back after the hotel vanishes behind the bend of the coastal road. The Gulf Shores night slides past the …
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