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The only thing he could do was pray. He prayed that she was safe. He prayed that she hadn’t been the cause of the fire, and he prayed that she would turn up on Friday at their usual meeting spot. Alive. When she didn’t, he stopped praying and raced back to the woods... - excerpt from “Father Forgive Me” by Amy M. Paronto This is a collection of short stories written by participants in the Spring 2022 Short Story Writing Workshop presented by the Ottawa Writing Workshops.