Gambling: A Fictional Narrative

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When the moon ended it’s nightly trek across the dark sky, my brother woke up and remembered to get the fish out of his room. Justin walked to my room, knocked loudly and I opened the door. He handed me the tank of fish, and I swear the goldfish gave me a cold dark smile. He then said that I had a consequence for dumping a responsibility on him. ‘’Back to square one’’ I thought. I put the tank on my dresser and the goldfish started swimming around getting comfortable in their old environment. I sighed heavily and plopped on my bed. ‘’ Guess you’re not going to get your way if you try and do it in a wrong way.’’ I thought. A little voice said back, ‘’ Hey do you want to try and get rid of something else?’’

I’m starting to wish there’s

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