Short Fiction: Step Nine

What happens when you make amends to everyone but yourself? Nathan Perrin explores in his new short story.

By Nathan Perrin,

Step 8: Made a list of persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

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Jessica pauses in front of her apartment building and catches her breath.Every morning, she wakes up early to catch the sunrise. It a…