Torture: A Narrative Fiction

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I hopped into the super cramped truck with my sister. She was saying things like, ‘‘oh my god it’s so cramped.’ or ‘omg I cant I cant.’ she was doing this because she is clausterfobic and couldn't be in tight spaces for less than a minute. So I knew that this three-day move was going to be torture. ‘Hey mom can we get Mcdonald's.’My sister said waiting for a response. I told Annie we had just got on the road. She yelled back at me saying ‘Odin just shut up with your stupid head.’ After that, my mom told to use both the quite. Then Annie asked again but this time I didn't say anything. But my mom replied in a firm and aggressive voice ‘NO.’ Annie didn't stop there she said ‘But I'm hungry.’ In my head, I was telling her just to stop but

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