The Riddle of the Afternoon
Margaret stood before the bathroom mirror, tweezing a chin hair that had appeared overnight. Another damn indignity of fifty. She adjusted her wig, the hat she wore now, literally ...
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Margaret stood before the bathroom mirror, tweezing a chin hair that had appeared overnight. Another damn indignity of fifty. She adjusted her wig, the hat she wore now, literally ...
Marion stood in the breakroom, staring at the vitamin D supplement she'd been taking for three years. Her doctor said she was deficient, but lately she wondered if anything could t...
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