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Back From The Correctional Facility
“I took the letters you sent, Ralph, and made them into a book.”
“A book? Or a manuscript, Claudette?”
After six months at the correctional facility, Ralph was finally home.
“Did you like them, Claudette?”
“I guess it's the thought that counts. I couldn't always get your spelling. Sometimes you were in a bad mood.”
“It was food…I kept writing for food.”
He was allowed only a pencil and paper.
“That's great, Claudette. You made a manuscript, and you were faithful to me the whole time.”
“Well, I wouldn't go that far.”
“You mean...You didn't make a manuscript?”
From Guest Contributor David Sydney
For the prompt Manuscript and Letter
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