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Nine We walked around the shoppingoutlet. I stopped at Fabric Central, just to look, I didn't buy anything. I found a store that had nice clothes and ..
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Ten "I don't know about that," Chris said. We were lying in bed, in the dark. We weren't anywhere near tired, we just layed there and talked. "What do..
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Eleven I rolled over on my back in the sleeping bag and rubbed my eyes. I'm used to waking up in my own room, so I was a little confused at first, but..
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Twelve Everything was set and ready to go: Heather told her parents our cover up story, Chris called Toby and told him to be ready around eight, and I..
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Thirteen I felt so terrible that it was ridiculous. It didn't take a genius to figure out that she wanted to choke me, and before I even thought about..
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Fourteen I went downstairs to their family room. It was eleven-thirty at night and I was exhausted. I just wanted to go to sleep and forget that this ..
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Fifteen By Sunday afternoon we had everything packed and Heather drove us back. "Just call me if you need anything," she said after we got our stuff o..
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Sixteen I opened my eyes and looked directly into the sunlight. I put my hand up to my forehead as a shield. For some reason yesterday felt like a blu..
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Seventeen It turns out that my aunt was outside. She was tending to the flowers that she had planted below the porch. She hadn't gone to the famer's m..
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Eighteen I was lying on my back, looking up at the living-room ceiling. It turns out that I didn't feel better at all. I was sprawled out on the couch..
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