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Divorce: A Fictional Narrative
I slowly gripped the railing as I quietly walked down the creaking stairs and my mom broke the heartbreaking news. Nervous, nervous about what was going to happen next because I have never experienced anything close to what is happening now. Divorce.

“Lexi can you come downstairs?” My mom asked

“Coming mom,” I said as I walked down the creaking stairs.

My mom sat me down on the red, fur like couch. Why does my mom have a weird look on her face? It almost looks like she is scared to tell me whatever she is going to tell me. I thought. She said she had to tell me something important. I knew that when she said that it meant that it was something really important.

Then my dad came walking down the stairs. Now they both looked like they

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