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Parasite 
by Lee Mitchell  

.I’m aware that it seems the most ridiculous notion a person could conceive, but something in my gut knew on the day of the ultrasound, without any remaining doubt, that it was there. But even more, I knew—and this is the crazy part—I knew it knew that I knew. Call it first contact if you will. I also understood that because of these newfound revelations, the thing had kicked itself into high gear. It seemed to have this innate understanding that I would seek out all possible ways to kill it before it was ready to die. But if it could spread out just enough—I know it has convinced itself of this—then maybe some of it might survive the knife or the drugs or whatever else I opt to throw its way.

It knows it means the death of both of us sooner rather than later, but that doesn’t matter because today we are both still very much alive.

And whatever this thing is, it wants to live as long as possible just as desperately as I do.

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Fiction © Copyright Lee Mitchell.
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