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The Wharf ~ Short story ~
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Complete, First published Nov 15, 2016
Mature
TW -  suicide 

Life is incredibly temporary. You can never know, unchangeably, what will happen. Sure, we've all heard this countless times before, but for me, it's never seemed so real. Life is so fragile and unpredictable that just the other week I was planning to go on a trip out of state with my sister and only a few days ago I was helping my parents plan her funeral.
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