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Her eager hands, hand-in-hand with what she called a companion. A companion is someone who supports you through the thick and thins, highs and lows, ins and outs.
Hers was a chair.
A mustard yellow one.
A companion left by her dear mother. The one thread that kept her and her mother intertwined.
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Compainion
30 April 2026
53
Literary Fiction
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