Time to Spread My Wings
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They hopped in their car and peeled out, leaving me alone outside the venue.
The wind bit into me. I tugged my coat closer and waved down a cab home. All my stuff had been thrown outside, dumped across the doorstep like garbage.
The maid looked sorry as she said, "Mr. and Mrs. Swain told me you have to leave and never come back."
I didn't charge in to yell at them. I just packed up quietly, then walked away with my things.
That very night, I got on a plane out of town, heading to a hidden research base run by the National Space Agency.
Just before I left, I texted everyone, "I, Wanda Swain, am officially done with the Swains for good and by choice."
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