Flight: A Narrative Fiction

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I woke up to see my sister pulling clothes out of my dresser and throwing them to the floor. I sat up and blinked, pissed off but slightly unaware of what was going on. I looked at my clock. 10:00. She must have just came back from work...but what was she doing going through my stuff? I darted toward her and shoved her away.
"What do you think you're doing?" I screeched at her.
She knelt to put my clothes into a suitcase on the floor. "We are going to...abscond," she said, not stopping to look up at me. I rolled my eyes. Of course she had to use this as an opportunity to use a vocabulary word. All she ever did was show off her intelligence. Everyone loved her and expected me to be just like her; it made me sick.
"Why?" I got down on my knees to help her. I had a feeling this was all a joke, but I saw that her suitcase - already filled - was waiting by my bedroom door. She only had to say one word and my heart stopped.
"Mom."
Mom had severe depression. She would hide in her room for days, coming out only to get a drink or something to eat (which was always hardly anyt...

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