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“Oh, are you finally going to listen to me?” “Now, now, Brooke. We don’t need any of that attitude. Dr. Stav is just trying to get the story straight,” he said calmly. I...
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She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. The excitement in his voice made her heart skip a beat; but when his tone changed, she held her breath and tucked her bottom lip beneath her teeth. &l...
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“Wait, I should be asking you that question. Who are you and what are you doing in my apartment?” I demanded as I walked towards her. She was surprised and didn’t move from...
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The first thing that went through his mind was, Could it be her? Could it really be her? He couldn’t be absolutely sure, but she was the same height, same eye color, same smile; but he...
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“Linda told me that you snuck out last night. I would like to know why.” Elizabeth was not smiling today. She wore concern well, though. I know that this would come up eventually, but I h...
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Sawyer didn’t say anything while he drove me home. I told him when to turn in a shaky voice. I was still scared of myself and what I did, what had happened to me. I thought maybe he was scared, ...
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He moved his hand slowly away, never taking his eyes off the road. "I'm sorry, but ever since I first saw you, I've felt something inside of me. Something I've never felt before." ...
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"Do you like seafood? I guess I should have asked that before I invited you to Fisherman's Wharf. Anyway, have you ever had Thai?" "No. It's usually been my dad or Linda's ...
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He wondered when it all started. When he became part of their life by marrying their mother? Did she see him as someone trying to replace her father, Ethan? Or was it after she found out she was adop...
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I looked at her confused. This was what I had wanted: something for me to look at to help me remember. I took one of my hands and touched my cheek. I realized the reason for her apology. I had been c...
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Dr. Stav sat behind her desk and motioned me to sit on the couch to the right of the door. Her blonde hair was twisted into a bun and she was wearing her black-rimmed glasses instead of her contacts....
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His daughter is twenty years of snow falling She’s twenty years of strangers looking into each other’s eyes She’s twenty years of clean She never trul...
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Asta turns to me and nods. I stand up, grab my bags, and walk to her. She takes my arm and guides me to the door. She bends down to grab her bag, roughly the same size as mine, and puts on her coat. ...
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What is taking Penelope so long? What if Queen Darya found out that she told me to flee? What if she killed Penelope for telling me? I cannot control my frantic thoughts. To busy my mind, I ...
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I listen past the deafening heartbeats in my ears. I cannot talk for the heartbeats in my throat are choking me. My anxious tears are blinding me. I listen to Penelope silently. Penelope takes the fa...
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“What?” I stand up, trying not to believe what just came out of her mouth. I start pacing the room, calming my racing thoughts. “Queen Darya wants to kill you,” she repeats. &...
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“Lia, my mother would like to speak to you now,” Penelope calmly states with tears staining her brown eyes. A month has passed since Rasha’s coughing has started and it has taken a ...
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Open, close. Open, close. My eyes have been repeating this for the past five minutes, trying to focus. It has been two days since the incident at the market, but I am still recuperating. Penelope is ...
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“Read the one about the two princesses, but use our names. I have always wanted to be a princess,” Aniella wheezes. “Let me find it first.” The older girl stands up from the c...
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The blackness dissolves into my room that I share with Penelope and Rasha. I look around the room and see Penelope’s chest leisurely moving up and down. Dawn is tripping in the window. I get ou...
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Scrub, scrub, scrub. This has been my morning since six o’clock. Two hours of scrubbing the main entrance floor, being on my aching knees, and working my fingers to the bone. I am working alone...
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I dim my lamp even more, to the point where I cannot see my own hand. I slowly turn the door knob in my shaking hand. I push it forward while my heart beats in my throat. I quietly close the door behi...
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I open the door to gaze at my daughter. She is sound asleep, but she is still so beautiful. Her light brown hair is all over her porcelain skin. Her face is so peaceful from a dream that fills her hea...
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Ilia Mogilevsky is a happy go lucky web developer based in Melbourne, Australia with his beautiful wife and a nameless budgie. Contact him on facebook, twitter, or digg.
Peter Sbarski is soon to be PhD certified and is based in Melbourne Australia. He loves to dance and is a gym fanatic.
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