She Holds the Knife

“Challenge Your Perception” A Short Story in response to Know Thyself Heal Thyself

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She paces toward the bathroom. Her loafer slippers drag against the floorboards to the beat of the music. The bedroom is cool but the rest of the house is a thousand degrees. “It’s never ok to hurt someone, not physically or any other way.”