Dotrice
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Dotrice Aguire is beyond belief. She doesn't know where she's going, or where she's been.
What is moving her along through life? Is it her mother, her dead brother, or something within herself? Is it guilt? This short story is a character study about persona and the question that rests within all of us as human beings: Who am I?
To Dotrice, she is simply living. To others, she is an enigma.
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