I believe that Andy’s father’s solution to punish his boys was good decision‚ but also a bad one. Yes‚ it was a little harsh‚ but the boys were at fault for their immaturity‚ without considering how it could affect the Duvitches. “We held a brief whispering conversation; and then‚ egged on by him and quite willing on my own‚ I played a shameful trick on the Duvitches‚ the memory of which will come back to the end of my days to plague. Without considering further‚ I dropped the cake of soap into the
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As Murlock awoke to the dark and silent cabin‚ he was in a state of confusion as you sometime are when you wake up from deep sleep. Trying to regain his wits about him‚ he remembered that he had been watching over his beloved wife’s body when he had fallen into his weary slumber. He then recalled that something had woken him up and felt a spike in fear. His senses amplified‚ he strained to see it the seemingly never ending darkness. He thought it smelled something like wet dog and mud from the rain
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I felt a rush of a burning‚ fiery pain in my toes. I looked at my toe wincing. We were playing baseball in my friend’s lawn. It was a perfect place to play baseball and we had to move nothing. It had a fence that shaped like an L. “Teams are me‚ Alex‚ Maison‚ and Ben vs. Ryan‚ Conner‚ and Ethan‚” I said walking out to the picture mound. I threw a perfect curve ball which caught the corner of the strike zone. “Strike one‚” Maison calls from the outfield. Next pitch I threw a fastball‚ which Ryan
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The crime scene was no pretty picture. Salem stepped through the door and gagged. "It smells terrible!" She choked through her shirt collar. "It certainly isn’t that pretty." Cha’relle wrinkled her nose in disgust before brightening. "But I’m sure it smelt worse when it happened‚ so it won’t be as bad for us!" "Cha’relle‚ the longer a body decays the worse it smells." Salem sighed. Her ghostly friend blinked‚ then laughed. "Right‚ I forgot!" Salem shook her head and pressed on. Though it disturbed
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So‚ turning on the TV‚ he turned down the sound and poured himself a full glass once he opened the bottle. As he sat in the recliner with the glass in his hand‚ he took one sip and then another before drinking the entire glass in two gulps thinking he could get a little bit of sleep if he drank just enough to get a buzz and take the edge off the nightmare. Unfortunately‚ it didn’t take a medical degree or one in psychology to know he was suffering from PTSD or that he was extremely depressed. As
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Nyame was out of her element. Several times she had been hit on by “alpha” males ready to force themselves upon her. She carefully directed them to other more submissive females in the room. The other females in the where use to this type of behavior in fact they adored it but she did not. This whole scene was new to her and as she scan the place there was really no other newcomer here at least none that stuck out as bad as she did. Nyame was not the naturally submissive type. She usually had
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“Are you awake?” my mother’s frantic voice startles me. “Yes‚ of course‚” I respond while wiping the rheum from the corner of my eyes. “Our witless dog ate rat poisoning. We have to drive her to the hospital‚” she says while ripping the warm duvet off of me. I don’t ask questions and stumble to the car in my nightgown. Bella‚ our family dog‚ walks with her head down towards the car‚ clearly regretting her appetite. My mom lifts her into the car and Bella lays on my lap tentatively. Bella is usually
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My six year old self was wearing a pink velvet hello kitty long sleeve shirt and jeans that had embroidered sparkles and butterfly designs. Obviously I was dressed to impress. After visiting with my parents for a couple weeks I was about to spend my first night with my new family. My mom is a petite Asian women but despite her small frame she is exerts confidence and has a Type A personality while my dad is a big white guy who is kind and is perfect for my mom because he is Type B personality. Upon
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Dropping his hand he clenches and unclenches it over the strap of his bag. He turns on his heel determination. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do. All he knows is that he has to do something. He misses the peculiar look Lucas is giving him having seen the entire exchange in the hallway. The concern‚ the tension‚ the way Smackle fled. Zay doesn’t see Lucas but Lucas see’s it all. Including the way he looks now. A look that Zay has described to him so many times. The look he gets when he’s about
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I had just got back from dinner when I got a text message that made my heart race. It said “Come to the health center right now! It’s Channing. Hurry it’s urgent.” The message was from my good friend Nick So. I didn’t know it then‚ but that Monday would be the last time I would see my best friend at NMH. I raced to the health center with a million thoughts running in and out of my mind. “I just hope he’s not hurt.”‚ was at the front of my mind. I was greeted by one of the health staff who already
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