Short Story Contest: Honorable Mention #8

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Motherly Love by Dennis Ting
Richard Montgomery High School - Montgomery County, Maryland

In my entire life, I’ve fibbed dozens of times - usually to be polite or to get out of attending some mind-numbing social event - but I’ve only told one really big lie...

“So what do you think of my mother?” Candice smiled intriguingly at me while she watched me with her large blue eyes. She gave a small laugh at the blank expression on my face that was masking the horror that had shot into my mind.

“Um...well...” I stammered. “She’s...you know....”

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