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will be heading up to Fallbrook before Joselyn gets here. Heck, I might even be back before she arrives, depending on how quickly I can finish up there. There is a new program called, "Buy a Brick," to help with the cost of the flag poll at Jason's house, and I am trying to get folks interested in at least looking at t...
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They gave Jason his Father's Day gift, and then I received one as well. Linda had put all this together before she left, part of her on going effort to make sure things go right, even when she isn't here. I guess that's why she was working so hard before taking off to go with her parents. A little after the girls arriv...
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the afternoon, and as you might expect, they do. They are headed there to visit some friends and spend a little time resting and enjoying themselves. I miss having Linda around here to keep me on point, but for now I am doing my best to write lots of notes to myself. I went to the gym, once I got off the phone from Lin...
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on, and then he told me about the infection. This was disappointing, though I would rather know about it now, rather than to find out tomorrow. I stayed for a few hours and then had to get back home with the dogs. They need to be able to get outside, and right now they were kind of stuck in the room with us. Tomorrow i...
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for all the continued support and prayers. Take care and stay positive. Perhaps I'll need to start blogging and posting in the early morning hours. Last night we (Jason and I) were up kind of late, due to some extra challenges, and I didn't get to my blogging until late. As I attempted to write this up my connection be...
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getting Jason ready for the surgery. That meant taking the right medications at the right times, throughout the day. We learned a great deal about what it means to get ready for this type surgery, especially for Jason, and if there is every a need to do this kind of thing again we will be better prepared. We did run in...
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, a little. The one thing that I think will help her get through all this is that her dad will be doing a bunch of the driving and that will give her a chance to just relax a little - - - I hope. Jason went in to Balboa Hospital today, to take care of a couple things, and I didn't have to go in with him. One was a simp...
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too small for the paramobile. Now I had to get it back down, and that was only slightly easier than getting it up on the carrier. Now I had to get everything back in to the garage and we were running out of time. All the moving and lifting had caused me to get a little bit of a sweat going, so I also needed a shower, a...
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and I considered that a plus. Not much else going on, for the rest of the day, until later this evening. Linda picked up Jackie at about 15: 00 (3pm) and then we just sort of spent the next several minutes just cleaning up around the place. We had guests coming over, and we kind of like having a clean place for them to...
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better. The down side is that we didn't get over to the storage to work on reducing that down. We found out this morning that the girls would be coming over this evening (they're actually here now), and we needed to get a few more things ready for them, than we originally thought. They normally would not have come unti...
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care and stay positive. Busy day today - We got up a little prior to 07: 00 and actually had to hurry to get ready, as we needed to be over at the girls school. They are not staying with us for the next couple of days, but we wanted to go anyway. Jason got to wear his SF Giants shirt, as it was Jackie's Father's Day sp...
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. We have our remaining possessions from the house in Livermore, and also Jason's possessions, so in affect we are putting two houses into one, and on top of that with the new smart home there is going to be some donated furniture. Because of this we need to be sure that what we have is what we want and need. Linda and...
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house and see some of the progress that Linda and I had seen, and the house is moving along very nicely. We headed back down to San Diego, and we were both getting hungry. The drive down was easy and without incident, the way I like it. I made lunch for Jason and I, and as I was making lunch Linda came in from the erra...
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Posted on December 2, 2016 by UnsettlingStories 1 As Andrew got sicker, he'd point to perceived smudges on our bedroom window. Nothing discernible to him. Not at first. But the decline in my partner's health brought with it a growing realization. "It's a face," he told me. "It's someone's face." I sat with Andrew throu...
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police because she feared she'd be put in a foster home. I, too, was clueless. Time went by and the rare times I'd see Madison in town, she'd be stumbling around drunkenly with her idiot boyfriend, her protrusive belly an obscenity against the background of her intoxication. On a late afternoon in February, I was leavi...
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traits. Countless vices. But the names - the names aren't countless. There are 7, 339 names inside me now. 7, 339 clusters of memories to haunt me. This all leads to today. For 500 years, I've stayed under the radar. I've hidden in the shadows and killed and killed and killed, hoping to absorb any knowledge someone mig...
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seemed louder than anything I'd ever heard. Mom called from the bathroom where she was still attending to Todd. Dad didn't answer. I peeked around the corner. He was on his belly at the bottom of the stairs. He was moaning and weakly flailing his arms against the hardwood. His legs were still on the steps, but they did...
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I might be getting the flu, so seeing me chowing down like my old self pushed those worries right out of her head. What she didn't see was how I went to bed afterward and while the bathwater ran I was throwing it all up. I did this every day for years. One of the sad truths about throwing up your meals is you don't los...
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much go away. I didn't need to eat! Mom asked if I was bringing leftovers to work from last night's dinner and I lied and said we were going to get a pizza. I hate lying to Mom, but I didn't want her to worry. There was no need to tell her I wasn't hungry. At work, they'd finished disassembling the machine and started ...
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level of exposure and the same stuff happened to him. They said it would help other people in the future if they could compare our two cases. Of course I let them. I can't eat food anymore. My esophagus got cooked away. Same with my stomach. The doctors are keeping me hydrated with a tube in my butt. I don't really lik...
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And that's it. It was a reckless exercise in fiction. A sprinted marathon. But there it is in all its flawed glory. Typos. Plot holes. Character issues. And maybe a few words that are actually quite good. Did you follow along? Are you still back in chapter 7 wondering what the hell is going on with these people and whe...
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kept any. Juliette made him promise to find Adam and Petros and let them know where the girls were. The seventeen now homeless boys were put up in the two homes next to Juliette and Gwynne's. They got an extra bedroom in each of theirs and bunk beds. It was a tight squeeze, but they were used to living together and the...
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"Hey." "I did. But … he loved enough for all of us. He didn't need it. He was full of so much love that you couldn't help but feel that way. I know it seems weird, a big fat old man in a house full of pretty young boys. But he was more than a lecherous opportunist. He really did care for each and every one of us. He to...
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seemed like years ago. He just handed Petros a letter and drove away. Petros could hardly believe it. He staggered back inside and collapsed onto the couch. "What is it, Pet?" Juliette said, sitting next to him. Petros tore the end of the envelope off and eased the letter out. It was a legal statement, typed on elabora...
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Juliette clapped. "Oh, you're back!" She had to stop herself from rushing him. She'd worried most of the night that they wouldn't ever get him to return to himself. "Petros! Where is Petros?" Adam's eyes slipped back toward crazy. Gwynne took his hand. "We're not sure, exactly. Juliette says he's in the hospital, but w...
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on fire. Or so we were told. "" Yeah, "Gwynne said, getting up and approaching Adam. He backed away from her." Oh. God. I might be sick. "He rushed to the bathroom and dry heaved. His stomach ached from the bruises, and his insides once again felt enflamed." Well, he's right about that. If we hadn't come, everything wo...
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hideout? "Adam couldn't stand to think that this man was out running around. He needed closure. He needed Mozer to be behind bars or under the ground, and he didn't care which it was. The thought that he could be anywhere, still pulling strings around the city, threatened to bring the blackness to the surface again and...
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felt miraculous to be able to breathe freely again. Mozer pointed the gun at Adam's head. "For your insolence, Mr. Hudson, you can come with us. And the rest of you. No more heroics. Do as I say or I will kill him. I've already had my fill of him anyway." Adam did as he was told. "Ladies, I want one of you on each side...
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. He threw open his door and leapt out, waving his gun in the air and screaming in French. Juliette turned in her seat. "Are you okay back there, Pet?" "I'm fine. What's going on?" Petros called from the back. "I don't know. This delivery van pulled out in front of us, and now a limo is blocking us in." Adam looked ahe...
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down the street to where they had run over Mozer. As they approached, they could see a trail of blood leading away from a bloody splotch on the road. Gwynne hurried her pace. "Shit." "No. No no no no no." She looked frantically around the street. Papa Bear was red with rage. "JACKAL!" They started back to the truck. Ad...
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A young woman returns to the cloth bazaar with a bundle. She sets it on the counter of a corner shop with bolts of chikkan, lawn, muslin, and georgette's displayed on shelves. Pouring down the walls alongside the counter are chiffons and silks. Under the counter in rolls are beaded braids and embroidered trims in all c...
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fed it to her neck. Her head tasted sour and bitter and tough. After dinner, Sseldaed went up to bed. When she woke up the next day, she found that she had her head back! Jumping out of bed, she fervently checked her reflection in the mirror before she did her hair and went down to breakfast. Of course, the whole thing...
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"I would say you are the selfish, mean sort, ma 'am. From the looks of it, you must have refused an old beggar dinner so he made you eat your head every night for the rest of your life. I have seen it all, ma' am. Those beggars are a nightmare, ma 'am!" Relaeh finished his coffee. "Well, I would say, ma' am, that you w...
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life. When the child died eventually, they tricked a human mother into leaving her baby in their lake as the next victim of the cruel, pitiless net. It was not hard for the mermaids to enter the human mother's dreams and convince her that her child would be born cursed and must be got rid of. Mark grew gills so he woul...
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of the lake and parted the cattails. He thought perhaps he would see a mermaid child weeping prettily, but instead he saw a skinny, naked, little human boy covered in a weighted net. He was sobbing pitifully into his hands. Tears were dripping down into the water. The boy started and turned around to stare at him in su...
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. When he did not hear any, he turned uncertainly around. Sef was just in time to witness the fire all rush in on Mark and explode all around him. Mark let out a yell of terror. But the fire burned down and disappeared, leaving Mark unscathed. He stumbled out of the brushwood and fell against Sef, shaking all over. The...
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her motorcycle and drove to multiple pet stores where she ordered many goldfish of different sizes and paid for delivery to her flat. When the goldfish arrived, she set them up in tanks all over her kitchen, labeling each fish with its exact weight. In the flat below, Fox and Wolf were struggling to figure out what to ...
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Spielberg's head was crushed in by the downfall of the three bowling balls. They hid their faces in their hands to block out the sight. Behind them, out of the goldfish bowl, a man emerged. Fox and Wolf turned around at the sound of sound of breathing behind them. "Hey, look, it is mom's old boyfriend," Wolf said. "How...
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ground of the cave when he opened his eyes. He sat up. His flesh was whole again! The pain was gone! Seshal stepped into his view. He gave Corex seventeen, tiny bottles. "These contain healing gas to spray over your army. One bottle covers 700 square feet." "No," said Lavadil, "I will know if you have been kind. My son...
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Author Notes: I would like to thank my beta readers Sally, Kris and Emma. Also to Lorrie, Keri, Michelle, Emma and Shelly thank you for answering my calls for help. To the whole SMK5 group, you are all great and I am glad I was a part of this. * * * I have an extra big, gigantic hug thank you to Emma. I was so upset wh...
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of bed. She headed to her bathroom to take a shower and start her day. After she was done and dressed, she was grabbing the last of her things before leaving her room, when she thought she heard Phillip and Jamie arguing in their bedroom. "Phillip, hey put that back." "Alright you two, what's going on?" Amanda said as ...
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as the door opened and Francine walked in. "Goodmorning, you two." "Goodmorning, Francine," they returned. "Oh it was wonderful, I didn't want to come back." Francine said as she deposited two files on Lee's desk. "Billy wanted you to sign off these and then file them into the vault." The phone rang, surprising everyon...
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Amanda walked up to Lee, put her hands on his chest and gave him a soft kiss on his lips. As she walked away to retrieve a bottle of wine out of the refrigerator, she couldn't resist laughing at her husband. Thursday Morning 29th, Amanda's house As Lee's Corvette started down Maplewood Drive he looked out the window, t...
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to Lee's apartment, to enjoy some private time together. They held hands and Amanda rested her head on his shoulder. Every once in a while she would pick up his hand, giving it a kiss. Lee was enjoying himself as well, and occasionally he would turn his head to give Amanda a soft kiss on the head. They both were enjoyi...
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"Amanda asked while reaching out a couple of her fingers to stroke her husband's cheek. He turned his head and reached for her hand and kissed her palm before returning his eyes back on the road." I thought we could head over to the gas station Rhonda works at. "" Hi Lee, "Rhonda said as she walked around the car to th...
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seeing the movie Spaceballs. He did not want to go trick or treating, as he told Amanda that he is to old to do that. At the same time as he sat down Phillip opened his bedroom door, "Mom," he yelled. "Can you help me with my costume? This is hard to do." "Just a minute sweetheart." Amanda put the last few dishes in th...
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door to leave, Amanda heard the phone ring. Sighing, she went back into the kitchen to answer the phone. Lee tried to protest her efforts, "Amanda, please don't answer it. I do not want anything to....." was all he got out before he heard her voice say "Hello". Lee dropped the bags, with a loud thud, by the front door ...
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. We are guests here. Meanwhile, I would like to sit down with my husband and see if they have any information on Phillip! "Joe stopped dead in his tracks, not to sure if he had heard her correctly," Your husband? "Amanda did not realize her mistake at first until Joe made that comment. She looked up into Lee's eyes an...
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, along with Francine. He could tell by the look in her eyes and her facial expression, that she needed him with her. He sighed, "You're right, I'll be with my wife if you need me." He turned around and headed back to Amanda, and passing Francine who was headed for Billy. Once at his wife's side he gave her a brief hug...
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little room? "He said with a smirk." Little? Oh come on, what did the receptionist say the name of this room was? The Garden of Eden Apple Room? Lee, this place is big. "Amanda was still amazed at what Lee had done for her. This room has so many amenities he just wanted to pamper her. Who could say no to a room all don...
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These are 42 timeless tales of inspiring wisdom. They are stories of life, love and learning. They open our heart, rekindle our spirits and buoy our emotions. They are a tribute to life and humanity. Many stories will leave the reader with a feeling of tenderness and a moistness in the eye. The Mountain Trail is the in...
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nothing. "As the wheels turned, he knew this more than ever. When they reached there, his grandfather had gone - everyone, all the old men and the boys as well. Sukhram alone was left. There was nothing to do but wait. Day after day it was the same, never any news. Sukhram was finding his way about his grandfather's fa...
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are nearly there father, "he said as he came to the face of a cliff. He felt for a finger hold in the wet rock and command to climb. Soon he and his father were on the top. Man after man passed, breathing heavily. There had been no challenge. Tantai Tope whispered instructions. The men spread out. There was a shout and...
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. Kumar couldn't know about the rats, could she? Ajay was mystified. He was a good student, and had done well for someone who spoke no English until he started going to school. That night, as he huddled under his covers, Ajay decided he would ask his teacher what was wrong. But the next morning, Ajay's resolve melted l...
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volts. Hira Lal was eleven and he knew volts were electricity and the line took power far across the country. Hira Lal filled the empty spaces in his life by imagining things and the power line took his thoughts away into a magical distance, far off among tall buildings and bustling towns. That was where the world open...
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run up the extension ladder. Ram Bharose hooked a chain in his belt and switched on his flash ¬ light. He swung out on the ladder and began running up it as if he had no weight at all. Up level with the pylon insulators, his flashlight picked out the sparrow hanging on the dead wire. He leaned over and carefully worked...
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refolded many times. Mrs Passi knew without looking that the papers were the one on which she had listed all the good things each of Vinod's classmates had said about him. "Thank you so much for doing that," Vinod's mother said. "As you can see, Vinod treasured it." When he was coming in at midday, he had one more look...
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not a black sheep in the bunch. They knew very well how Sharad and Usha Manjrekar strived to assure the health and well being of their five children - three brothers and two sisters... their home had been a model from the start. Of course, the children would not understand the beginnings - the parent's love for each ot...
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The eldest son's young family could stand the dampness but not their parents. How ridiculous for them to be talking about dying. Finally, they had been convinced. During the first four months, father would go to the house of the second son, a police inspector and the mother to the third, proof reader in a publishing co...
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the way down, they saw her again, walking with a group of elderly men and women who addressed her as sister Vidya. When they caught up with her, sister Vidya asked, "your grandchildren?" The descent was easy, especially with someone to talk to. From then on, Mr. Parmar followed a new daily schedule. He got up early to ...
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I'm sixty seven. Should I make myself a laughing - stock? So many years have passed and now, at this late stage, if I change my name …. "Side by side, the elderly couple looked towards the opposite mountain peak. Magnificently coloured clouds filled the sky, clustered around the golden setting sun. The sun had lost its...
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and what's happened to my son? "The woman stared at him, listening but not hearing, trying to comprehend what he had said. After a long moment, she began to shake. Her body moved with a violent thrashing and, if he hadn't been holding her hands, she surely would have fallen off the verandah. He tightened his grip and t...
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. Why couldn't the gov ­ ernment destroy the terrorist bases in Pakistan. Why was the govern ­ ment not able to deal with the jamatiyas (religious leaders), who though unarmed were the real ideological motivators and financers of the terrorists. Why? Why? He couldn't forgive his country or himself; yet here was a woman...
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I took a moment to look around my bedroom, now filled with piles of boxes that were marked either "storage" or "school" in blue sharpie. I have too much stuff, I thought to myself. There were a lot of other things I could have been thinking about; the party after graduation, what happened after I left last night. I jus...
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after he was weighed, so I spent the day inside staring at the shelves of old helmets and shoulder pads that were the abyss. Then the older boys would come in and my attention would turn from the shelves to them stripping down to their underwear. Something made me feel like this wasn't okay. So it was a struggle for me...
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idea of Cam and Stephanie together and to an extent I guess I did, too. Regardless of how irritated I'd get when Cam went on his "I'm in deep" rants, I cared about his happiness. Mom did too, but I had my suspicions that she liked it - at least partially - because I didn't date girls. "Maybe you two need to cut your ti...
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no reason for me to be there. I just wanted to be there. As I browsed the aisles of shelves, I saw Stephanie. Her back was to me and I thought I'd go up and say hi. But when I went up to her, I ended up freaking her out and she dropped her books. "Shit!" I said, smiling in hilarity, "I'm so sorry." It was hard for my d...
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"Kinda like how you trusted me when you told me you were gay." No, we're not still cool. I came out to my family way before I came out to Cam. How fucking arrogant of him to think I'd tell him before my family. Did he actually think that texting me would make me forget that he kept my gayness in case he needed it for l...
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, Wendy, "he'd say to my mother. And she would nod. Then he needed help eating. Two years ago he said," Where's Renee? "my grandmother who had died four years prior. Last year during Christmas he looked at me and said," Christmas hasn't been the same since Camille left. She needs to visit once in a while. "" How's Trav...
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to eat dinner with his family, read a chapter of a book, and go to bed at exactly 9: 00pm. Mrs. Dillon worked at home like the other women on her block. Mrs. Dillon woke up thirty minutes before her husband and made Mr. Dillon breakfast. During the fall, winter, and spring, she drove the children to a school that was o...
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Tom got into Jack's pickup, squishing Tiffi closer to Jack. She felt a spark where their legs were touching and she grinned while looking down at the floor. She cleared her throat. She kept looking at Tom who didn't answer the question. He met her eyes and knew immediately that she knew what really happened. She just k...
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. He was rubbing the back of his neck. They both started talking at the same time. "Well," he started. "I've been thinking … lately. About, well … I've been wondering …" He stopped. He pulled into her parking and put the truck in park. He smiled at her and she smiled back and let out a breath. He seemed to relax, too. ...
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wind was biting his ears. He wished he had thought to wear his stocking hat instead of his WFD one. He rubbed his hands together and jammed them into his jacket pockets. He tried to think warm thoughts as he picked his way among the drifts that were blowing across the sidewalks again. He tried to imagine he was walking...
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when Nomad loped over to the corner where he had a bulky pillow all to himself. Dingy was anxious as ever and paced around the furniture. The cats were nowhere to be found, but it was just a matter of time. Jack somehow won the fight and had the TV turned to March Madness. Tiffi looked angry, but I knew it was a put - ...
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and said, "Well, anyway, um, I hope we can be friends." But he had such and unfriendly look in his eye, if you know what I mean. He wanted to kiss me again. I wanted to kiss him again, badly. I took a step toward him and leaned on the door jam. and said, "Hmm. I'll think about it if your football loyalties come back fr...
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to take to the office to shred and turned around to go back to the front door and smacked straight into the man. "Sorry, sorry. It's pretty cold outside. I hope you don't mind I stepped in a minute to get warm," he said looking sheepish. He back away and stepped out the open front door. "No, thank you. You're saving my...
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could hear some guys in the kitchen having breakfast and the distinctive sound of snow shovels on concrete. Yes, shoveling snow is a great idea. He made his way to the shower and caught his reflection in the mirror. His left eye was puffy and the cheekbone under it was a distinct black and purple. Great. That'll get th...
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car, let alone shoveling. He'd start there. The sooner he got it up and running the sooner he would be out of the firehouse. Some time later I felt something warm lay beside me on my queen size bed. It must be Nomad. I didn't bother pushing him off, he was so warm. I'll worry about the dog hair later. Some time after t...
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in your house all night long after you had been injured. I felt kind of bad for telling him no because he looked all wounded and insulted. "I carried my empty bowl to the sink and looked out the window. I could see the dog's tracks in the snow drifts indicating that Tiffi had already taken care of the dogs. We had a lo...
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him, though. "" I'm so sorry, Kat. Well, we were all kind of expecting it. You've been tip - toeing around more than usual lately so we knew it couldn't last too much longer. We knew you had to get fed up with it sooner or later. I'm just surprised it took you this long. And don't worry; you're hot and smart and financ...
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she knew. He said it looked like you were going to be sick and then you let him drive. Kat, you don't let anyone drive your car - not even Parker, and you dated him for six years. He thinks you have a concussion. "She rolled her eyes and said," Oh, poo. I live three blocks away. If the roads were too bad I would just w...
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JavaScript is currently disabled. Obsidian Portal has a lot of really cool features that use JavaScript. You should check them out. We think you'll have a much more enjoyable experience. After speaking with Kalona, I returned home to see what the plans were for the day. There was a few things I needed to go buy, some o...
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that he hadn't forgotten about us. He was off like a shot, sprinting out of the gambling area, and Cade told me that we should chase him down. I told Cade we shouldn't and we should just let him live in fear of us. He's never going to bother us again anyway so why kill him? Cade eventually agreed, but Kalona had some q...
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figure out where they had come from. I thought that this would be as good of a time as any to ask, so I did. He explained to me that he got them when he tried to stand up against his father after I broke up with him. He got in a fight with an assassin, who was a lizard creature by the name of Slither. That fight with S...
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I was able to convince him to stay a bit longer than yesterday morning. We didn't talk much. We just held each other and cherished the silent moments we shared, not knowing when the next time we'd be together would come. His body was warm under my touch, his fingers slowly traced the curvatures of mine, and I attempted...
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his smiling face flashed back before my eyes. He was so excited to finally met adventurers, because he wanted to be one someday, and we were the horrible example of what they were. The tears stung my eyes, regret and despair pressing down on me, and I just couldn't move past the fact that we failed him and all of the o...
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man by the name of Zasur, if he had seen my brother after showing him a picture of him, and he said he had but didn't give me much information about him and was a jerk to me instead. You know all of those emotions I was feeling earlier? Well, guess who was now pissed off. We went to other shops and, after a little bit ...
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was given them some blood, become their business partner, and then he was safe. Anger flared in my chest, knowing that he had sealed his fate and mine as well. I didn't say anything, however, because I wasn't going to let him see that the hate that was growing within me as I heard more about his situation. I told him t...
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I was alright with it, knowing that we walked in here without being harmed so we should be able to walk out. Mr. Ward also said that he made sure that no one would touch our winnings so I figured that's what the glyphs were for. With that done, we made our way back to Noragate, discussing whether or not we should accep...
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a few of the guild members, and standing by Wilso, looking down at him. I offered him my hand, and he took it and firmly shook my hand. I told him we'd return as soon as possible. I felt the weight of the guild members gazes and I walked back towards my friends but I didn't care. I was upset with the situation we just ...
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Cade and Zen left, I asked Kisora if he'd been willing to help me relax a little more. He considered my offer for a while, before shrugging and telling me why not, and we went into one of the back rooms. Even with the venom still in my system, I wasn't okay. I was hurting and I needed a distraction from it all and he w...
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was, but I should probably be going soon. I thanked him for his hospitality and for everything he did for me last night and that if there was ever anything I could do to repay him, all he needed to do was let me know. He said he'd remember that and he wished me luck on our journey ahead. I gave him a quick hug goodbye,...
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captain, nodded, and told him that we'd see them again soon. Every fiber of my being told me to stay on that ship, because I knew the waters below meant death for us. However, there was no turning back now. With a sigh, I did the unthinkable and hopped off the edge of the ship, trying to keep my arms down and feet toge...
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our lungs and I remember myself collapsing onto the beach. In that moment, I was thankful just to be on dry land again. I knew that my body would be aching in the morning from all the swimming for for the moment, I was going to enjoy just laying there. It had been such a strange adventure already and I had a feeling it...
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Summary: Written for Reel Torchwood, the story is based on the movie "Laura." Ianto Jones is found dead and Det. Jack Harkness is assigned to the case. During the investigation Jack finds himself falling in love with the victim. But is he really dead? Ch. 1 - Ianto JonesIt was ten thirty on Friday night when Det. Jack ...
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* * * It was early afternoon when Jack went to the apartment of John Hart, Ianto's closest friend and mentor. Hart had given Ianto the publicity he needed when he first started in the business. John was an influential arts and entertainment writer for the NY Times and in the last few years had gotten his own show on a ...
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Jack walked over and turned on a lamp. "I guess I might as well try and find the key," Owen said. "I'll start with the office." He walked away, leaving Jack and John in the living room. Jack looked at the room with appreciation. He hadn't really been able to notice any details while the CSU was there checking for evide...
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. I - would be happy to endorse your ad "Ianto laughed." You don't have to do that, Mr. Hart. I already told you I accept your apology "He looked at me and said:" I'm also sorry for the things I said to you. "* * * * John snapped out of his reverie and looked at Jack." Does that sound pathetic? "Jack shook his head," N...
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going to the country to think things over. I knew Owen had been calling and I figured he had tried talking Ianto into giving him another chance. Still, I was kind of surprised. I thought he had already made up his mind. I thought his pride would've kept him from listening to anything that fool said. I thought - "" What...
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't think he'd get caught, or that Ianto would leave if he was caught. Then when Ianto did leave he remembered how much better his life, and his bed, were when Ianto was in it. "Jack felt that flush start again and said," Thank you for the info, Mr. Hart. And the scotch. "John nodded." You're welcome. I hope you find Ia...