Short Story Contest: Honorable Mention #10

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“Until Hell freezes over” by Kathleen Xu
Richard Montgomery High School - Montgomery County, Maryland

"Don't open the box," my father always told me, and so I didn’t.

But my ex-best friend did, and I paid dearly for it.

Shortly after she stole the box, Fantina disappeared, only to reappear years later with a massive amount of wealth in a foreign country. On the other hand, I, who had spent countless nights studying to graduate at the top of my class, was working non-stop as a financial manager for a consulting company. Did I mention that the pay sucked and my clients were more ungrateful than teenage children?

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