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Short Story: Viewer's Discretion
We were the kind of family that wasn't for or against hunting. It was just something we did, like going to church on Easter and eating watermelon in the summer. String didn't like to go, but Pop made him so they could have their together time.
I was lucky being a girl, so Pop left me alone to stay home with Mom and Terri. We never did anything special when they were away except maybe stay up late and watch Johnny Carson. Mom got nervous when Pop was gone, so she'll make popcorn and watch TV with us until her tonic of rum and Coke seeped into her veins. As soon as that happened, Terri would change the station to anything with a 'Viewer's Discretion.'
We were watching a man stalk a woman in a dark park when the phone rang.
"Answer it," Terri
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