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Broken Window

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I'm Sorry, I Didn't Mean to Upset You. I Just Want to Be Home to You

Melissa is 36 now. 22 years after she and her friend broke the window, Melissa decides to find out once and for all who did it. The landlord had never fixed it; he was looking for a person that did it. When I offered to pay for it, he said no, that he'd gotten used to it. He'd just left it. As soon as I saw the window, I was just brought right back to those middle school days when we had broken it.

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