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Jaiden: A Fictional Narrative
As he stepped out into the soggy weather, Dylan immediately felt the wet, humidifying air compressing in his lungs. He just received the call from his father telling him and his sister, Jaiden, to come to the shop. He shouted for his sister to come downstairs. “Dad is expecting us there in about 15 minutes. Let's go.” “You know I’m older than you right?” “Yeah, by 3 minutes.”
They headed out the door straight for R&G Shoes, his father’s business. It only took them 10 minutes, taking 5 minutes off. When they got there, Carl was standing outside the front doors. As he invited them in, Dylan looked up into the clear, illuminating window of his dad’s office. He just stood there, staring. They entered the shop and Carl took them straight
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They came across a worn down shed from an old farm that used to be out in the fields. Jaiden grabbed their stuff while Dylan looked inside for anything to be cautious of. “All good,” he said, “Come on in.” As Jaiden stepped toward the old, tattered shed, she crumpled up a piece of wet newspaper that looked to be freshly printed. She picked it up, but couldn’t read the smeared ink of the torn paper. The only words that she could read was the title of the Baltimore Sun, “Mufasa escapes- April 4, 1952.” Something clicked in her head. Almost like she’s heard that name …show more content…
Dylan, crawling on the ground yelling for help, Jaiden ran for him, trying to grab an arm. The lion still roaring, clawed at Jaiden and penetrated her left arm. She yelped out in excruciating pain. The wild beast kept on attacking Dylan, while defenseless, on the dry, barren ground. Jaiden ran inside the shed, grabbing the suitcase of what was filled with food. She reached for Dylan’s to go box with her right arm, ran back to where the lion and Dylan were. The lion was still scratching away as Dylan lie on the ground, frozen as a rock. Jaiden yelled out to him. No response. She took out the last of the ribeye steak that there was and tossed it into the bushes, thinking that the animal would go away. But no. It stayed there, gnawing at Dylan’s flesh as Jaiden screamed and yelled for

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