Georgia Rivers: A Short Story

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Georgia Rivers rested on a lightly tinted peach cloud. Next to her was her best friend, Emma. They stared into the bright orange sky. The sun was setting. Georgia closed her dark brown eyes. The view up here is way better than how it was back on Earth. Memories of her life began to creep their way into her mind, and she quickly opened her eyes.

There is no sleep in the afterlife. Instead, whenever you close your eyes, you see clear images and vivid moments from your past, or rather, your "life." Some people, especially the elderly, like to close their eyes for a long period of time, and relive their life in a series of flashbacks, but not Georgia. She has never closed her eyes for more than a mere 30 seconds. This was her way of controlling

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