Needle guilt

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I used an hour to write this for my first ever online competition, lots of mistakes and also missing a chunk of material due to poor editing. But im so glad i did this. WATCH OUT FOR THE FULL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS STORY. check this website for the short story....
Location: Cameroon

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