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A Short Story

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Her laughter echoed around the room. It was high pitched, loud, but strangely nobody seemed to bother. Her extra white and large teeth flashed as she laughed, as if her rosy lips were failing to hide their mortifying impression. Her eyes wrinkled into folds as she continued. Strangely, the atmosphere seemed less humorous. Her laugh seemed to hide a dark side to it, or was it just me ? The ends of her lips started to drop down. As if the lips knew it was time to hide her teeth. Her eyes opened up and her brows turned down. A strange grief took over the place and now her eyes felt moist. She blinked hard one last time and the next thing I remember is a tear rolled down her eyes.

~ Shrestha Sharma