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Short Story Rough Draft By: Hunter Walker It was March 14th, 1999, 11:52PM, 71 year old name Margaret was at her house on 63 Cutter Ave, alone, Margaret was sitting in her living room watching one of her favorite shows, “Grand Home,” when she see at the corner of her eye a dark figure walk past her window
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