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    One For All
    One For All
    One For All
    Ebook36 pages33 minutes

    One For All

    By Michael Soldat

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    Elena and Miles were inseperable growing up, both children of farmers in adjacent plots. Knowing him for years led her to dig deeper when he was taken into official custody during a trip to the city to sell goods. Something didn't quite fit right, and she aimed to discover the truth.

    One For All is a roughly nine thousand word short story told in five parts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Soldat
    Release dateJun 19, 2013
    ISBN9781497719521
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      One For All - Michael Soldat

      Chapter 1

      Writhing in a rumpled bed, a young woman breathed heavily as labor worked on her body to get her child out. Having been bedridden for nearly a week now, she was more than ready to finish this grueling process. Her husband held her hand at bedside while a doctor from the city attended to the  baby. In the doorway on the opposite side of the room stood a local official wiping his tired eyes. Every baby had to be recorded, and generally they did not opt to be born during business hours.

      Push, my dear, push ! the doctor said.

      The woman obliged, squeezing her husband's hand desperately. Her doctor gazed on in delight: the baby was coming.

      Minutes passed as the child resisted being brought into this new world. The official yawned repeatedly, threatening to fall asleep even amid this woman's yelps of pain and the doctor's loud instruction. Soon enough, his slumber also had to contend with a tiny child's cry. The birth was a success.

      Well, my friends, it's over. As soon as we're finished here, I'll gladly present to you a wonderful baby boy.

      The child's father smiled. His mother, on the other hand, was simply relieved to be done with the ordeal. The official came over to examine the child, running his hands over every inch of its scalp. After writing several things down in a ledger, he nodded to the doctor who returned the boy back to his parents.

      Thank you for having me. I wish you the best with your boy. We must be off now, reports unfortunately don't write themselves, the official said, in a depressed, monotone voice. The doctor left as well, after ensuring both mother and son were in good health.

      Waiting outside, the official was stifling back tears.

      What is it, sir? The child seemed normal to me! the doctor offered.

      Medically, yes. Unfortunately, there were issues of a different nature. It... does not bode well. I'll have to report this to my superiors. Poor kid.

      The doctor patted the official on the back as they began their walk back into town.

      Chapter 2

      Another dead dog.

      Miles had only lived through seventeen years so far, yet he had lost enough pets for a lifetime. Living up in the drafty, exposed hills was tough enough for many animals, he reasoned, so perhaps it was an unlucky streak. Whatever the cause was, there was little time to think on it. After a short ceremony, his father helped dig a hole to bury the poor hound. After, it was back to work for the both of them.

      A farming family, Miles and his parents held a few acres up on the plateau that circled the valley where Pios, a bustling

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