Creative Writing: Angela's Friendship

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On the 20th anniversary of her parents’ death, Angela is obliged by her brother to return to her childhood town to dedicate a memorial to their parents. She dreads returning to Meramec, Missouri, a redneck laden Ozark college town, where her steadfast childhood ambition was to leave, bound for an affluent, glamorous, metropolitan life.
Begrudgingly, she comes for a quick weekend to fulfil her family responsibilities. Her anxiety escalates when she is runs into both her old high school boyfriend, who she dumped when she escaped Meramec, and her childhood best friend. The one who dumped her for the greener pastures of the town’s redneck royalty, which Angela’s studious friendship was lacking.
Angela’s former friend is begging her to renew their

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