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We Are the Waiting by Chrissie Rohrman

March 19, 2020January 4, 2020 literallystories2014

I’m on break when I get the call from Gram. I listen and nod along, pretending my heart isn’t seizing in my chest. “Keep me posted,” I tell her, and she sighs in exasperation.

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