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In a Bottle

Susie Bright
May 19, 2022
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“Have you seen the hair conditioner?”

No one answered me. “Never mind. I found it.”

I couldn’t tell if everyone had left our motel room, or if I was finally on the receiving end of a well-deserved silent treatment. I was a bore and a bitch and all I did was lose things.

“I’ll be in the shower for the next hour, trying to get these dreads out.”

They left, I …

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