tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28459580577514588882024-03-04T23:10:43.384-08:00J.M.'s MeanderingsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-75728833449971918202015-01-26T00:30:00.000-08:002015-01-26T00:30:03.006-08:00Naked. Cover reveal for Stacey Trombley's novel!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Life is a strange and wonderful journey, isn't it? Several years ago I connected with a small group of authors, all of us hoping to better our writing, get feedback and mutual support. One of them was Stacey Trombley, and I'm beyond excited to share the cover of her novel with you. Congradulations, Stacey!</div>
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by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8475704.Stacey_Trombley">Stacey Trombley</a></div>
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Release Date: 07/07/15</div>
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Entangled Teen</div>
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305 pages</div>
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<i>A teenage prostitute looking for redemption must face her secrets before they destroy her…</i></div>
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<i>When tough teenager Anna ran away to New York, she never knew how bad things would get. After surviving as a prostitute, a terrifying incident leaves her damaged inside and out, and she returns home to the parents she was sure wouldn't want her anymore.</i></div>
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<i>Now she has a chance to be normal again. Back in school, she meets a boy who seems too good to be true. Cute, kind, trusting. But what will he do when he finds out the truth about her past? And when a dark figure from New York comes looking for Anna, she realizes she must face her secrets…before they destroy her.</i></div>
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About the Author</div>
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Stacey Trombley lives in Ohio with her husband and the sweetest Rottweiler you’ll ever meet. She thinks people are fascinating and any chance she has, she’s off doing or learning something new. She went on her first mission trip to Haiti at age twelve and is still dying to go back. Her “places to travel” list is almost as long as her “books to read” list. </div>
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She wants to bring something new to the world through her writing, but just giving a little piece of herself is more than enough.</div>
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Keep a look out for her debut novel NAKED, coming from Entangled Teen in 2015</div>
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Author Links:</div>
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Shrouded is in the bag. I submitted it to my publisher in early December<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. It was a labor of love, but not for the reasons you might imagine. The story was there and I love it. Every critique
partner that’s read it cried at least twice -- the good kind of cry -- I feel like it took the right direction.
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It’s the last book in the Shroud Trilogy and when it goes, I
feel like I’ll lose something. Some writers love wrapping things up, they enjoy
tying the bow. I thought I was one of them, until now. I have other stories,
one of which I’m 35k into writing, but its not <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this</i> story, it’s not my first<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,
</i>it’s not the one I’ve lived with for all these years. As a result, I found myself over analyzing, finding faults, mulling on minutia. As I worked on polishing it, I was also unable to
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At first, I suspected that writer’s block had finally hit.
Now, I’m not so sure. It felt more like cowardice. A fear that the next
story wont work, or happen, that the magic which made words fall from my
fingertips in a deluge, would be carried away on the winds of change. I suppose
there’s really nothing I can do, except move forward and see. Readers have asked for stories set exclusively in the Realm, and while that may eventually happen, Shrouded will receive my first "The End." Even typing that is like a punch to the chest.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As a reader, or writer, what happens with you at the finish of a story, or series? Are
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Look for a special on the first novel
via Kobo in December!<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></div>
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FIX UP (Patch Up #2)</div>
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by Stephanie Witter</div>
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New Adult Contemporary Romance</div>
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Saying “I love you'' doesn’t erase the old scars and fears. </div>
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"I love you to insanity. I'm not even sure if it's a good thing.'' — Duke </div>
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Skye is trying to overcome what happened with Sean. Now that she’s slowly healing, both physically and mentally, she’s determined to do something she should have done sooner. </div>
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She’s meeting twice a week with a new, very young therapist, Dr. Marshall. </div>
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Skye followed her long time boyfriend to Seattle for their first year of college, but he dumped her after only a week. The relationship brought only pain and destruction in Skye's life, and yet, she can't bring herself to open up and live her life. </div>
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The tall, handsome, and tattooed TA in her psychology class changes everything when he literally collides with her and confronts her. For the first time in a long time, she wants to try and open up to this guy whose dark, intense eyes can't hide his own pain despite his dazzling smile getting to her. </div>
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<br />Kate Andrews is starting her second year of college in Seattle. She is happy to leave Chicago and her dysfunctional family behind to be with her friends again. Growing up she thought that her parents' loveless marriage was all her father’s fault, but that summer she discovered that things are so much more complicated in life and love. Her mother is bipolar. That doesn’t mean her father isn’t unfaithful, nor does he support her and her choices. Additionally, he isn't a great father or husband, but it brings a new perspective in her life; the way she envisions love. <br /><br />Derek Williams graduated college a few months ago, and while he moved back in again with his single mother and teenage brother, he never thought that he would be struggling with two crappy jobs. He is not succeeding in either of his jobs or in his countless plans for the future. Instead, he’s trying to bring back his brother and set him on a straight path, while trying to avoid the wrong crowd hounding him, thanks to his brother. Together with fighting his mother on her lack of support in their family, this all has caused chaos. <br /><br /><br />Both of them are very different. Their upbringing is opposite; their vision of love and life contrast, and yet … <br /><br /><br /> “I want to open up to it, open up to the possibility of heartbreak even if I’m scared to death. I’m ready to change up.'' — KATE <br /><br />They’re both still hung up on each other. They can’t forget that one night they shared months ago, can’t ignore their attraction and quickly maturing love. They match in every way that matters, but time and time again their respective families are getting in the way. <br /><br />"He’s the commitment kind while I’m anti-commitment." — KATE <br /><br />Are they willing to fight for each other? Is Kate ready to risk her comfort and everything else for love? Is Derek prepared to chose which battles are worth fighting for? <br /><br /> “It’s never been friendship, and it’ll never be.’’ — DEREK<div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Bailey Ross’ world is crumbling around her. Her abusive ex, a human, is
closing in on her again, and to make matters worse, a new enemy, a djinn, is
stalking her. This supernatural being takes great pleasure in human pain,
something Bailey has in excess thanks to her ex. If she’s caught by either,
she’s as good as dead.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Backed
into a corner and desperate to escape, she does something she swore wouldn’t
ever be possible again –trusting a man. And he’s a vampire. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Protection
via the sexy vampire Erick Thorson may prove to be a little more than she
bargained for. Sparks fly between them and she finds herself agreeing to more
than just protection. Though he has promised not to let anyone harm her, the
small west Texas town is more than it seems and he may not be able to make good
on his vow no matter how hard he tries.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Will
Sanctuary be the home Bailey longs for or will she have to die to find out? </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Out Now!</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Here's a Sneak Peak...but this is only the warm up folks. This book reaches molten hot levels of sexy</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
survival instincts said he wasn’t the only unattached male in the town who
might choose to pursue me. Better him than someone worse, but that wasn’t a
reason to lead him on. He deserved better than to be used. He’d been a
gentleman, so far … and he was kind. Plus, telling him I wasn’t interested in
him sexually would be an outright lie. I was a woman, and he’d awakened
something that I thought had long ago been beaten out of me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Desire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I
…” I opened my mouth, but choked on my words. Rubbing my sweaty palms on my
pants again, I looked up into his perfectly blue eyes and relaxed. There were
no cages in Erick’s house. That I could see. No chains on the walls. He didn’t
even have bars over the windows. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He
wasn’t Kevin. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Even
with all my doubts, something deep down said it was okay to give it a shot. “I
want to try,” slipped from between my lips. “Trust has cost me a lot in the
past, though. I’m afraid.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt;">“I’m
glad you are giving me a chance.” Erick stepped closer. Each movement was
calculated and confident. He reached out and touched my cheek, then followed
the line of my face down until he was cupping my chin. His fingertips brushed
over my ears and slipped into the wet hair at the base of my neck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22831236-my-viking-vampire?from_search=true"><span style="color: #1155cc;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22831236-my-viking-vampire?from_search=true</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />B&N - <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-viking-vampire-krystal-shannan/1120195724?ean=2940150678699">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-viking-vampire-krystal-shannan/1120195724?ean=2940150678699</a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center" class="normal" style="text-align: center;">
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Vampire Facebook Release Party - come join us for fun, games, and lots of
prizes!</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Krystal Shannan goes to sleep every night dreaming
of mythical realms with werewolves, vampires, fae, and dragons. Occasional a
fabulous, completely human story slips into the mix, but powers and abilities
usually crop up without fail, twisting reality into whatever her mind can
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Ancient Greek and Roman mythology and all things historical and magickal. As an
adult the interests only grew. She is a child of Neverland and refuses to ever
stop believing in fairies. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">She is guilty of indulging and being a Buffy the
Vampire Slayer groupie as well as an Angel fan. For those of you unfamiliar
with the world of Joss Whedon, you are missing out! She also makes sure to
watch as many action and adventure movies as possible. The more exciting the
better. Yippee-Ki-Yay..... If you don't know the end of that phrase, then you
probably don't like the same movies. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">She writes stories full of action, snark, magick,
and heart-felt emotion. If you are looking for leisurely paced sweet romance,
her books are probably not for you. But, for those looking for a magical ride,
filled with adventure, passion, and just a hint of humor. Welcome home. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /><br /><b>The Private Internship blurb:</b><br /><br />Sugar’s not so sweet and secrets can be deadly … especially with matters of the heart<br /><br />Sienna’s bestie, Harper warned her not to intern for famous bad boy artist, Casper Mason. After all, he just fired Harper who helped Sienna get the interview. But the moment Sienna sees Casper—or Caz—sweaty and practically shirtless and swinging from chains while he works on his sculpture, she’s hooked. He’s the richest, hottest artist in New York, and he lives in the fabulous Williamsburg Sugar Factory. But he’s also an incorrigible game-player, who seems to relish testing Sienna’s loyalty with a string of unsettling tests.<br /><br />She knows she should get away fast. But by the time Sienna sneaks into his locked storage room and begins to unearth his dark and terrifying secret, she’s fallen way too hard for the handsome, charismatic Caz.<br /><br /><br /><div>
<b>Book reviewers are saying:</b><br /><br />"Beautiful. Amazing. A fantastic read that left me wanting more." -XoXo Book Blog<br /><br />"A juicy read full of passion and magnetic chemistry that will have you hooked from beginning to end." -From the Purple Matter Book Blog<br /><br /> <br /><br /><b>Author Bio:</b><br /><br />Kitsy Clare hails from Philadelphia and lives in New York. A romantic at heart, she loves to write about the sexy intrigue of the city, and particularly of the art world. She knows it well, having shown her paintings here before turning to writing. Model Position, her new adult novella is about artist Sienna and her friends. Living in a Bookworld says: “Beautifully written! We get to learn things about art & painting, which is refreshing. A colorful story from a promising new adult author.” The next in her series, Private Internship launches on September 29 with Inkspell.<br /><br />Kitsy loves to travel, draw, read romance, spec fiction and teach writing workshops. She also writes YA as Catherine Stine. Her futuristic thriller, Ruby’s Fire was a YA finalist in the Next Generation Indie book awards. Fireseed One, its companion novel, was a finalist in YA and Sci-Fi in the USA News International Book Awards, and an Indie Reader notable. Her YA horror, Dorianna, launches fall 2014 with Evernight Teen.<br /><br /><br /><b>Social Media links:</b><br /><br />Kitsy Clare on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kitsy-Clare/1410387049200428?ref=hl<br /><br />Subscribe to her newsletter: http://catherinestine.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1fe566b1e53f7d3e95b7443e4&id=93554d599e<br /><br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/crossoverwriter<br /><br />Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/kitsy84557/<br /><br />Blog: http://catherinestine.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Website: http://catherinestine.com<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
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First we have Vincent. I've always envisioned Robbie Amell for the lead. He'll have to "play down" in age, but he has the perfect look.<br />
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Sari is a the heroine from the Realm and Julianne Hough rocks the part. She has that Nordic look and caring demeanor so central to the character.<br />
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This guy completely captures Coleman's intensity. There's also a kindness in his eyes that's so vital<br />
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Last, but definitely not least, this green eyed girl jumped from my mind onto Crystal's computer. She couldn't be more perfect for Jolie. Fierce, competent, and clear-minded.<br />
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To celebrate we're casting the actors if it were made into a movie. Some characters are set, but others are missing. Of course it would help if you've read the novel, but I'll give basic descriptions and see what happens. Post pictures or links to your suggestions for the two missing characters. The winner will receive copies of books 1&2 in the Shroud Trilogy: <i>Tearing the Shroud</i> and <i>Mending the Shroud</i>!<br />
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First we have Vincent. I've always envisioned Robbie Amell for the lead. He'll have to "play down" in age, but he has the perfect look.<br />
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Addison Timlin is the ideal Jule and has that special something about her. A mischievous spark in her eyes that fits Jule to a tee.</div>
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Sari is a the heroine from the Realm and Julianne Hough rocks the part. She has that Nordic look caring demeanor so central to the character.<br />
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However, this outstanding selection still leaves us short a couple of vital characters...okay...a bunch but there's only one prize package. :-) Coleman and Jolie. Coleman is a blond, with short hair, about 6' tall, brown eyes. He's a lifelong warrior, a bit of a rogue and has a carefree attitude. Jolie is brunette, green eyed, athletic. She's lived life as an archer and healer. She's fun-loving and faithful to her friends.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Remember to choose one of each to qualify.</span></b></div>
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<b>About Book One:</b><br />
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Forget Me Not by Stacey Nash<br />
Genre: YA/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction<br />
Published August 1st, 2014<br />
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Anamae is drawn into a world which shatters everything she knew to be true.<br />
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Since her mother vanished nine years ago, Anamae and her father have shared a quiet life. But when Anamae discovers a brooch identical to her mother’s favorite pendant, she unknowingly invites a slew of trouble into their world. They’re not just jewellery, they’re part of a highly developed technology capable of cloaking the human form. Triggering the jewellery’s power attracts the attention of a secret society determined to confiscate the device – and silence everyone who is aware of its existence. Anamae knows too much, and now she’s Enemy Number One.<br />
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She’s forced to leave her father behind when she’s taken in by a group determined to keep her safe. Here Anamae searches for answers about this hidden world. With her father kidnapped and her own life on the line, Anamae must decide if saving her dad is worth risking her new friends’ lives. No matter what she does, somebody is going to get hurt.<br />
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<b>About Book Two: </b>Remember Me by Stacey Nash </div>
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When all is lost, she must remember…<br />
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Anamae Gilbert managed to thwart The Collective and rescue her father, even though his mind is now a shell. Determined to stop Councilor Manvyke hurting her family again, she’s training to become an active resistance member and enjoying a growing romance. But things never sail along smoothly – Manvyke wants retribution. And Anamae’s name is high on his list.<br />
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After a blow to the head, she awakes in an unfamiliar location. Anamae can’t remember the last few weeks and she can’t believe the fascinating new technology she’s seeing. She’s the new kid at school and weapons training comes with ease, but something feels off. Why does the other new kid’s smile make her heart ache?<br />
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And why does she get the feeling these people are deadly? <br />
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Stacey Nash writes adventure filled stories for Young Adults in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. When her head isn’t stuck in a fictional world, she calls the Hunter Valley of New South Wales home. It is an area nestled between mountains and vineyards, full of history and culture that all comes together to create an abundance of writing inspiration. Stacey loves nothing more than writing when inspiration strikes.<br />
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Read below for an excerpt from Forget Me Not by Stacey Nash:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>getting
any<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>easier to<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>tell<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>my mother<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>what’s<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;">
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</span>what’s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>going<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>in my<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>life.<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>It’s<span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span>not
getting<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>easier<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> to</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>survive each<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>without<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>her. It’s<span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">
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cry. Elbow<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>on my writing desk and
chin cupped in my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>hand, I stare at
the yellow<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>notepaper. The lines<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>across<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>it
are as<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>empty as<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>my pounding<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>head. The<span style="letter-spacing: 2.7pt;"> </span>spot where
the tip of my<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>favorite pen touches<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>is marked by a<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span>growing dot, evidence that there<span style="letter-spacing: 2.6pt;"> </span>are no right words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> sure as heck </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>getting<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>any<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>easier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to be slipped into the envelope<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span>with
this<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>letter.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Normally I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>put aside a
nature<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>shot for<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>her, but this<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>one’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a ‘selfie’ of me and Will.<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span>His sandy hair looks<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>kind of messy the way it falls<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
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distant clang like metal<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>against
metal sounds<span style="letter-spacing: 3.1pt;"> </span>from outside. Will must
be at it again. I shoot up, lean over the desk, and <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">raise</span> the window,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>letting
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hood of<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a beat-up car parked<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in their yard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That car is<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a
full time<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>job, he<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>works on it so often now. He backs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>out and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>hoists<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a motor, <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">or</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>something,
onto his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>shoulder, lifting like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>it weighs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>nine years<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I’ve been<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>writing
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nothing
comes to me. None of the thoughts<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>ambling
through my mind are quite right, so<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span>drop the pen, pinch my lips<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>together, and tap my fingers<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on the desk in a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>sharp rhythm that cuts<span style="letter-spacing: 3.05pt;"> </span>through
my aching head. I need the right words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I last saw
her on an ordinary March school day the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>year
I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>eight. She packed my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>lunch,
gave me<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a kiss<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the cheek, and
waved goodbye. I climbed into the <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">bus.</span>
As<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>she stood on<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>curb,
she didn’t look happy or<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>sad, scared
or<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>frightened—just the same<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>any
other day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Heaviness<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>squeezes<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">
</span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>chest<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>makes<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>each<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>inhalation<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>breath<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>hurt.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I’ve<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>played<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>day back in my mind over<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and over, analyzed<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>every<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>detail: her
wave, her smile,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>her words, her<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span>haunted look. Did she know it was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>goodbye?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>knowing leaves a complete emptiness<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>inside me. Knowing if she’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>alive<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>or
dead, or<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>why she
hasn’t come back<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>would make<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>it so much easier. Especially since Dad<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>barely mentions<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span>her anymore, and no matter how many<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>times<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I turn her
photos<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>around,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>they continue to <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">spin</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.6pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>face
the<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>wall. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>guess<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>just too<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>hard for<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>shake my head in an<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>effort to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>expel the
memories, but it’s no use. The lines on the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;">
</span>paper<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>blur,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>eyes<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>slide<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>shut,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hurts<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>too<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>much.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>can’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>do<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>right<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>now.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Grabbing<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span>camera<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>off<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>desk,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>slam<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>window<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>shut<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>run<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>down<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>stairs,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>shouting<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Dad,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>“I’ll<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>back<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>dinner.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Wait.<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>Can<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>grab<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>milk?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He walks out
of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the kitchen, a five<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>dollar bill pinched between his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>fingers. I pluck it from<span style="letter-spacing: 3.2pt;"> </span>his outstretched hand and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>turn to leave, but his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hand closes over my shoulder, spinning me<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>around.<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;">
</span>“Everything<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>okay?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">close </span>my
eyes<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and expel</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>long<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>breath.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>won’t
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">want to </span>hear<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> it, so </span>there’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>point<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sharing</span>.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>“I<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">miss</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>her,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pulls<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">chest,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>too<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">much.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Tears<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">roll</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>down<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">cheeks,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">throw</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">arms</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">around</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">him,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">holding</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">him</span> as<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>tight<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>while <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">he</span>
runs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hand</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">over</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>my head.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Sweetheart.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>cling<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>him.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
“It’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>just…”<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“I know.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">He</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">holds</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me
for<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a long time,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>until<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">tears</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stop.
When </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> pull</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">away,</span> I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
rub </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>telltale<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">streaks</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
cheeks, </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> shove </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>money in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">my</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>pocket.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>“Milk,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> right?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">He</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">nods,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span>
I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> turn for</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">door.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Anamae,”
</span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> says, </span>“I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">love </span>you,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>kid.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>weak<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
smile raises my lips.</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Love </span>you,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>too.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Outside,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>head<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">straight</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">to</span> the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>white<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">picket</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>fence<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">separating</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>yard<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Will’s.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>He’s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">been</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">best friend since</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">he </span>moved
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">here </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> sixth</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>grade, <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">I’m so</span>
grateful<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>parents<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span>decided <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">quiet</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">suburbia</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">was</span> a <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">better place</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> live</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">than
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>inner<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>city.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>I <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">slap </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hands</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">onto</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">flat</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;"> </span>tips<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stretch</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>over,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">calling,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Will.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">He</span>
peers<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">around</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">corner of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> house,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
sight</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">his
smile</span> is<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> enough</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
rattle</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">awful </span>mood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Sure.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Two<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>minutes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">Fishing</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">for </span>weeds<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> garden</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">occupies
the</span> time<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">while</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>wait. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">The</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Averys have</span> the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">nicest
yard</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">on our</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">street. </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
perfectly manicured lawn </span>complete with <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stone
statues and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">spiky</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">plants</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>white<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>pebble<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">gardens.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Will’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>mom<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>likes<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">being</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">fashionable</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">modern,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>obvious<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>gravel<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>now<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>crunching<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>under<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>feet.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Appearances</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>aren’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">important.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Sure</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>nice<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>look<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>good,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
it’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> the </span>thing<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> matters</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">most.
That’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>things<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
she </span>just doesn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>get<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>about<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>me. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>always<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> wear faded</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">jeans </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">comfy</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">t-shirts,</span>
yet<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">she</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">constantly</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">tries</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> dress</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me
up.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Make</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.45pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>look<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>girl.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Still,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>she’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> second mom to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>She<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>even<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
gave</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> me</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Talk. </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">just</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">about</span>
died when<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> realized</span> what was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">happening.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Will’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>coming.<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>“Hi,<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Mae.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Hey.”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>grin.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Love </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> when</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> shortens</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stroll</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>down<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wide<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>path<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">turn</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>onto<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>next<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">street.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">It’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">few</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>blocks<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">street</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">small</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">cluster</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shops.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>short<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>walk,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">fresh</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>air,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Will’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>banter<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>help<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">lighten</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span>mood.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> The</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">cafe</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">comes into sight, and</span> I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>grab<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
his</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hand,</span> dragging <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">him</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">across</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">road</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">toward</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">another</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">storefront—an </span>old <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shop.</span> Aqua <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">paint</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">peels</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">off </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
brick</span> walls <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">around</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">huge</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">glass</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">windows,</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> two<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> stories</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">rise</span> up<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
above</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">us.</span> Like all <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shops</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">on</span>
this<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">street, </span>a <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">big</span> tin<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> awning</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.0pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">slants</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>over<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pavement,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">balcony</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>juts<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>above.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Albert’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">
</span>Second-Hand<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Treasures</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;">
</span>emblazons<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">window</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">spanning</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shop’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">front.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>T<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hrough</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">window</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>piles<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">odd stuff</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
are visible, </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">cluttering</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>inside.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> According </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">kids</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
school, </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>evidence<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
old </span>man<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>owns<span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">store</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>little<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>unhinged,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">earns</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>place<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> nickname,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Crazy</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al’s.<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">But</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">to </span>me,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">far</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">more</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>than<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>that.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>‘Crazy<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Al’s’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>part<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>life<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">almost</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>long<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Bet<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>you<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>can’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">find</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">weirdest</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>one<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>today,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">say.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Will<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">raises</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>brows<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>shoots<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>look<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">says</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>‘you’re<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">insane.’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Really,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">this</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>old<span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>game?<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>thought you<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> wanted</span> to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>get <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">coffee.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Oh, come
on. I need some childish fun.” I lean in toward him an smile. “Bet you can’t
win.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I also need
to see Al, not to talk… just see him. His grandfatherly ways might make me feel
better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I drag Will
toward the front door, and all the while<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he
shakes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his head and scuffs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: 2.5pt;"> </span>heels.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>“Okay,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>but
loser<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>buys coffee,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>finally
says,<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>“and cake.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He pushes me
through<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the door, making the bell
overhead jingle. As<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he heads<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>toward a<span style="letter-spacing: 3.15pt;">
</span>large table in the far corner of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the
shop, a small smile crosses my lips. Glancing toward <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">counter,</span> I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stop
at</span> a long <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bench and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">paw</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">through</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ancient yellowing</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">books and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">old</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">jewelry</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.8pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">scattering</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">disorganized</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mess.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I’ve<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>idea<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">how</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">even</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>knows<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>what’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">here.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Al <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">raises his</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">white-grey</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">frizzy-haired</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">head</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> newspaper sprawled</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">on</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">glass</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">counter.</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">His</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bushy</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">eyebrows</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">lift, and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">he</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">throws</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">me</span> a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">warm smile</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">which </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">somehow</span> makes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: 4.05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">feel</span> a little <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">better.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Running<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hand<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">over</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">‘treasures,’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stop</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>ceramic<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>owl<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>perched<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">amongst</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">clutter
on</span> the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>table. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">When</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> turn </span>it <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">over
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hand,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">chubby</span> little <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">claws</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>grip<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
sides</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">skateboard.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>hold<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>Will<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> see</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>it.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Check</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">this</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>out.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“A<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">skating</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">owl?”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Will
laughs.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>“I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>top<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">that.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">He</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">holds</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">book</span>
with <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span> title<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Peanuts</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>Love.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">On</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">cover two peanuts</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hold</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hands,</span> their<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>cute<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>little <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shell</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bodies</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sea</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of pink</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hearts.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Not<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>good<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>enough.”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> scan</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>table<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>looking<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">something </span>better and spot<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">pile</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">old </span>movies <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">scattered over </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> next</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>table. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>move them<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> aside</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">one</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">by</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">one,</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">looking</span> for<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>good<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>title. Sunlight<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">dances across</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
table</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> glints<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">off
something</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shiny.</span> A <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">blue</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">flower
with </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>yellow<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">center.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">My</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">heart</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">jumps,
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">only</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">part</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> still </span>moving.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>can’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>be.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
Surely </span>Dad<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> didn’t </span>pawn<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>give<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>He wouldn’t.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">couldn’t. It </span>can’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> possibly </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">made </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> something else.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">small</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">noise</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">surprise</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">escapes</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my lax<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>mouth, <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> a memory flashes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into my mind: the<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">pendant</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">lying </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Mom’s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>pillow<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">disappeared.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Will <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">chuckles</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> corner.</span> I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>drag my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">gaze</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">away</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">from </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>flower<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
brooch</span> to<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">see</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bright</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">pink</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">pith</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hat</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sitting</span> atop<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> his</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sandy</span> head. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">He</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">eyes</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">open
palm,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">which</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">now</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">holds</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 3.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">brooch.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">
</span>“You<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>call<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">that</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">weird?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">run</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">fingers</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>over<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>cool<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">glazed
</span>metal,<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">lump </span>grows<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">throat.
</span>“It’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">same</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">forget-me-not</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pendant<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Mom</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">always</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>wore.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">missing</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>beat,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">raises </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>voice<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>toward<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>back<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">shop.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>“How<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">much?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Al <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">pauses </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
his</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">perusal</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
paper,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">two fingertips </span>touching
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">his </span>tongue as<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>if <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">to </span>dampen<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>them<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">he</span>
flicks<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">page</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">over.</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">His</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">bushy</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">eyebrows</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">lift, and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">he</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">clears</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">his throat.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">“Gosh,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span>lad,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">that?”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hold<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>brooch,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">squints</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">it.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“It’s for</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>Mae?”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">smiles</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>at <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">me.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Yep.”<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Will<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>pulls<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">wallet</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">out,
and </span>empties<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">coins</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
his</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>cupped<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hand.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Nothing,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
says,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">then flicks</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>gaze<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> me.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Tell</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Dad<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>poker’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
tomorrow</span> night.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>All<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>boys<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">coming.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">return
</span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">smile </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>nod.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“Sure </span>thing,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Take<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>care,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Mae.”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">doesn’t</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mention<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>today’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>Mom’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">anniversary—the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>she<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>disappeared,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> doesn’t </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>to.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> Even</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>though<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>he never<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> knew </span>her,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> I’ve always</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">suspected </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">why</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">he</span> took<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>me <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Dad</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>under<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> his </span>wing. <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Especially</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">after Nan </span>died; <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">her </span>death<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>upended the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> last</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">slither</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of
normalcy</span> we <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">had.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“No<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">refunds….”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Al<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">says.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Without<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">magic,”
</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>chime<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">usual </span>farewell.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>No<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>wonder<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>people<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>think<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>he’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>crazy,<span style="letter-spacing: 1.4pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">since</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">always</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">saying</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">stupid</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">things. </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">sign</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hangs<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wall<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> above</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">counter</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mimicking<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>his<span style="letter-spacing: 3.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">words.</span> No<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> refunds</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>without magic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">walk
out </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>door,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> and </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
</span>bell<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> jingles. “You owe </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> cake,”</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>Will<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> says.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“I<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>do<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">not.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>brooch<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>won.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“No<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>way,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> peanuts</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">definitely—”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>peanuts<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">
</span>did<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>beat<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">skating
</span>owl,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">say,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>we both<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>want<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>go<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>home.<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>want<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>go<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">straight to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mom’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>pendant.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>want<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">to
compare</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">brooch,</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">promised
</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">Will</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>cake<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> coffee.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">He’d</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">understand, </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>wouldn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
fair</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">after</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.35pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">dragging</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>him<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>here.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Although</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">makes</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>little<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>impatient,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">I’ll</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">~*~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After
hanging out with Will, I climb the stairs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into
the rarely<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>used, cold, dark attic.
Goose<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span>bumps<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>prickle my<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>arms<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>with each step. This place<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>so
eerie. Holding my hand<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>out, I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>grope<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span>around
in the dark until it closes around the cord for<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the light switch. A sharp tug illuminates the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span>room with a soft glow which highlights<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the dust floating in the air. Pressure
grows in my nose,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.65pt;"> </span>and I hold my
breath to suppress<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a building sneeze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>corner<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>chest<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>which holds<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my mother’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>most<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>precious<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>possessions<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>peeks<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>out<span style="letter-spacing: 3.45pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>behind
cardboard boxes. I need<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>see the pendant<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>and make sure it hasn’t somehow been<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>altered<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>made<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>brooch.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Something<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>precious<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>can’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>lost.<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>wooden<span style="letter-spacing: 1.5pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>creaking noise makes me<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>spin around so fast my neck kinks, but the entry is<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>empty. Phew. If<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span>Dad<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>catches<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>me up here… don’t think about it. He<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>won’t know, as<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>long<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>the driveway stays<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>empty of his car, I’m safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A tight knot
grows in my chest, anyway. An image<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">of</span> Mom running her thumb over <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.5pt;"> </span>charm
she wore everyday<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>lingers<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in my mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I ease open
the lid of the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>chest. Love letters,
a few<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>small items of jewelry,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing: 2.9pt;"> </span>precious odds and ends<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>rest on top of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a discolored<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>wedding
dress, as<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>if every<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>last item was<span style="letter-spacing: 3.85pt;"> </span>placed in here with care.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Dust
and the smell of moth balls make my nose twitch and finally<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>bring<span style="letter-spacing: 3.6pt;"> </span>on
the sneeze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Blue fabric,
the same<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>color as the brooch, peeps
out between<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a stack of old
envelopes. I<span style="letter-spacing: 3.15pt;"> </span>slide<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>it out of the bunch with care and peel
back the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>fabric, my fingers<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>slipping on the soft,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span>smooth<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>silk.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>My<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>breath<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>catches<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>sight<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>my mother’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>pendant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My memories<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it
remained unchanged by time. It’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>exactly
as<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I recall. Five blue petals<span style="letter-spacing: 3.15pt;"> </span>come to a yellow<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>center, creating the shape of a forget-me-not flower. The
pendant hangs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on a<span style="letter-spacing: 3.55pt;"> </span>long chain with shiny, silver looped
links.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The sight of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it brings<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>back<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>so many<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>memories. The only<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>time I ever saw my parents<span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;"> </span>fight…
Mom shouted so loud I covered my ears, and Dad responded<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>in a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>low<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>emotionless<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>voice.<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>Young and
scared, I hid in the curtains<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>while<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>she screamed. Her last words<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>were punctuated by<span style="letter-spacing: 2.8pt;"> </span>her yanking the pendant <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">off</span>
and tossing it<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>across<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>room.
Dad scooped it up, crossed the room<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>in
long strides<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and pulled her to him.
His<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>fingers<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>traced the edge of her face<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>before
he kissed her.<span style="letter-spacing: 3.8pt;"> </span>He<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>lowered<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pendant over<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>her<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>head,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and the<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>angry<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>lines<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>on her<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>face
melted<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>into a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>smile.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>It’s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>not exactly<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a good memory, but it was<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I find<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>myself<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>smiling, too.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Surely he won’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mind
if<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wear it.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Something<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>so precious<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt;"> </span>to her shouldn’t be left to<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>rust
in the attic. I’m<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>almost certain
she’d want me to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>have it, so I slide<span style="letter-spacing: 3.35pt;"> </span>the pendant into my pocket with the
brooch and pack the other contents<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of
the box away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Easing the
door closed,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I climb out of the attic
and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>head to the bathroom to clean my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>dust-covered hands. Water rushes<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>from the spout and splashes against the
sides as the basin fills.<span style="letter-spacing: 3.95pt;"> </span>A
reflection of me stares<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>back at me
from the mirror, my dirty hand clutching my aching<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>chest.<span style="letter-spacing: 3.75pt;"> </span>Today<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>everything<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>feels<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>raw,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>open,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>fresh,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> it
</span>only<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>just<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>happened.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>She<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> should </span>still<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> be </span>here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rubbing my
hands<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>clean,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I delve into my pocket for<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>the
jewelry. Bringing it to my collar,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>I
pin the brooch into my blouse. The hard edges<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>prick my skin. My thumb brushes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>over
<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;">
</span>smooth, round<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>sides<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>of the pendant and when I pull<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it over my head, the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>chain catches<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span>hair. After I
twist<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it through the tangle so it
finally<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>falls cool against my skin,
it nestles<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>hollow<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>of my throat. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pick it up
between my<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>fingers<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and with reverent slow strokes, rub my<span style="letter-spacing: 3.25pt;"> </span>thumb over the shiny yellow center—the
pendant Mom never took off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A shiver
shoots<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>up my spine and out through my<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>limbs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>an electric current,<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>zapping<span style="letter-spacing: 2.4pt;">
</span>every<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>cell,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>every<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>fiber,
every<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>part<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>being.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Walking<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on graves,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>that’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>what<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>Mom<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>would<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>said.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Maybe<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>omen<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>about<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I plant my
palms<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on either side of the full
basin and peer into the still water, taking a<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;">
</span>moment to collect my thoughts. The water reflects only the cream
ceiling. That can’t be right.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;"> </span>do a double take.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My chest
tightens. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hold my hand up, but I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>can’t <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">see</span>
it—not my arm, not my chewed<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span>fingernails,
not my leather<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>watch on my wrist.
Where<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>am I?<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Mouth gaping, I look into the mirror<span style="letter-spacing: 2.7pt;"> </span>again, but I see<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not even my
face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I dip my
finger into the warm, reflection-free water.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>Circles<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>ripple in ever growing
rings,<span style="letter-spacing: 3.1pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>there’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>no image. My<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>gaze flits<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>to the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mirror, but I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>see only<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>the open door. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>have no<span style="letter-spacing: 2.3pt;"> </span>reflection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My stomach
flutters<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a thousand butterflies<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>are
trying to escape it. I slap <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">my</span> palm<span style="letter-spacing: 3.55pt;"> </span>onto my chest, and I can still feel me. I
must be here. When I slide<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the
pendant over my head,<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>my reflection
blinks onto the mirror. Huh?<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Pulling
it back on, my hand brushes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the cool
metal.<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>ripple<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>goes<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>through<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>again.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>look<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>mirror,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>once<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>reflection’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>gone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>grab<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hairbrush<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>from the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>drawer<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wave<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>around<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>air,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>image<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>isn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>cast<span style="letter-spacing: 1.85pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mirror<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>either.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>has
to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>magic, but<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>that’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>only in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>fairytales.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Will’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>going
to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>believe<span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;"> </span>this, not in a million years. I pull the pendant over my head
and <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">my</span> reflection returns. No way. It<span style="letter-spacing: 3.55pt;"> </span>can’t be, but it is. I’m<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>almost certain it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>making me invisible, but how?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I put it
on—invisible. Take it off—visible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It doesn’t
make any sense. How can something like this—like those video<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>games<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Will<span style="letter-spacing: 3.55pt;"> </span>plays—even exist?<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>It must<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>be a<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>magical artifact or<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>some kind of prank. My shoulders<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>shake with<span style="letter-spacing: 3.45pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>chuckle while I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>stare at<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>myself<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the
mirror. This is<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>unreal. I bet he’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>gone right back<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>working<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>car.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>He’ll love this. Ha!<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Now let’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>see who<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>found the weirdest<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>treasure. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>slide it<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt;"> </span>back<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and
wipe<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my damp<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>hands<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my jeans.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>Watch out<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Will, I’m<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>going to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>sneak up<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>and scare<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>the life right out of you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A sharp rap,
someone<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>knocking on the front door,
echoes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>up the stairs. I duck into my<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span>room, unpin the brooch, and place<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>both forget-me-nots<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>in the jewelry box on<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my
dresser. The<span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span>rap<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>sounds<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>again.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>“Coming.”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>I bound<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>down the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>stairs,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>through the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>living<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>room,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>yank the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;">
</span>door open.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A man in
blue<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>overalls carrying a toolbox<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>holds a yellow box-like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>thing snug in<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>his palm.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span>“My<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>name<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>Thomas.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>I’m<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>East<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Coast<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Gas<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>Company.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>There’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>been<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>gas<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>leak<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span>reported<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>area, so I need to check the levels<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>in your home. It won’t take<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>a minute.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A green
flame<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and fancy<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>words, the logo for East<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>Coast Natural Gas, are embroidered<span style="letter-spacing: 2.5pt;"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>loose,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>navy<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>overalls. He’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>legit,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>unlock the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>screen<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pull<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it open,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>letting<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>him<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>inside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Sure.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>man’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>gaze
meets<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mine<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>walks<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>past
me,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>living room.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>He
scratches<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>head of close-cropped dark hair, and moves<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his hand to his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>chin, rubbing<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>it along
the shadow of<span style="letter-spacing: 3.25pt;"> </span>facial hair lining his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>jaw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I scrape my
palm across<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my forehead, suddenly
recalling my recent vanishing<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>act. He<span style="letter-spacing: 3.7pt;"> </span>spoke<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>first.
I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>must<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>be visible again. Phew.<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>I
didn’t forget<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to take it off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ignore<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>mess,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He holds<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the yellow gas<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>meter out in front of him, his eyes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>never leaving the small<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>flashing
green light. He<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>walks in straight
lines across<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>the living room.
Crossing my arms<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>over my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.75pt;"> </span>chest,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>tap my foot. Hurry up. I’ve
got a neat trick<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to show off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He nears<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the base of the stairs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>and the green light flicks<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to red. His pace<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>quickens, and he<span style="letter-spacing: 3.1pt;"> </span>strides<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>up the steps<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>two at<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a time. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>rush up<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>behind him. “What is<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The gas<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>meter beeps<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>when he reaches<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the
top of the staircase. Coming upstairs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>seems<span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span>kind of strange. I mean, surely gas<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>leaks would have<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to be a kitchen thing. The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>beeping
sets my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span>teeth<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>on edge,<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>just want it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to stop. Maybe there’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>something
wrong, but here in the upstairs<span style="letter-spacing: 2.95pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>hall?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“That<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>doesn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>sound<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>good,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>mutter.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.7pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“It means<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>there is indeed…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He twists,
angling himself toward my open bedroom door, and his gaze<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>locks<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>on
my<span style="letter-spacing: 3.15pt;"> </span>dresser.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>The back of<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>neck prickles, a sure<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>sign something about this<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>just isn’t right.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I step past him and pull the door closed, but he pushes<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me aside and slams<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it open. Panic<span style="letter-spacing: 2.7pt;"> </span>shoots<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>through<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>me,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>I’m<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>fast<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>enough<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>dart<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>around<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>him.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Turning<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>shoulder<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>reaching<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span>for the box.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He lunges<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>toward me, grabs<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me from behind, and his arm pins my neck to him with a<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>shoulder crushing grip. <span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">He</span> pushes me against the dresser, and the
box falls open, its contents<span style="letter-spacing: 1.6pt;"> </span>spilling
across<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the top.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Heart<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pounding,
my throat<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>burns<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>with a scream. I’ve got to get him out<span style="letter-spacing: 1.65pt;"> </span>of here.<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;">
</span>He must know about my pendant, the brooch. Dammit. I wriggle to escape
his vice-like<span style="letter-spacing: 3.35pt;"> </span>grip,<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>it’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>no<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>use—he’s
too<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>strong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My hand
darts<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>toward the pendant. I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>snatch it, but he grabs my wrist.
Adrenaline<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>tries to<span style="letter-spacing: 3.35pt;"> </span>pound my heart<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>right out of its<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>home
in my chest. If only I can get the jewelry on, I might be<span style="letter-spacing: 2.1pt;"> </span>able to make its<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>magic work and hide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Tech<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>breech<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>confirmed,”<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>speaks<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>collar in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>a matter-of-fact<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>tone;<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>then<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>he<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>turns<span style="letter-spacing: 2.4pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>gaze to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>me. “Give<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>me<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>pendant.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>a tiny ripping sound, like<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>Velcro<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>torn
open. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A young guy
in<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>a black leather jacket<span style="letter-spacing: 1.95pt;"> </span>flickers<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">
</span>into<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>bedroom.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>sharp<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>gasp<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>leaves<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>me.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>can’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>escape<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>one attacker,<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>let<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>alone<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>two.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the heck are these<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>men coming from?<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I’m
not going down<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>without<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a fight,<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>so<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>kick at my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.05pt;"> </span>captor’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>shins.<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>leather<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>jacket<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>guy<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>wrenches<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>man’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>grip<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>shoulders<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>punches<span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span>him square in the chin, knocking his head
to the side. Shaking his head, the gas<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>man
stumbles<span style="letter-spacing: 2.35pt;"> </span>backward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>jacket guy raises<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>knee and drives<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a foot<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>into the other man’s stomach. The<span style="letter-spacing: 2.45pt;"> </span>straight,
hard kick makes<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>a loud thud and
forces<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the dude to double over and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>curl in on himself.<span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>leather
jacket<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>guy<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>crouches<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>and drives<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>fist<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>straight up<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>into the<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>man’s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>chin.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>knocks<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>him<span style="letter-spacing: 1.75pt; mso-font-width: 99%;"> </span>flat
on his<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>back like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a felled tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="CSP-ChapterBodyText" style="text-align: left; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">My</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">chest</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">rises
and</span> falls with<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>my quickened <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">breath.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">My</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">heart</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>thuds<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>like<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>a
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">booming</span> drum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">The</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mysterious</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">rescuer turns</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">toward</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">me,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">holding</span> my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">gaze</span> with <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">intense,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">steady</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>jade <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">eyes.</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">He</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.2pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">grabs</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">assailant</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">by</span> the<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">arm,</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> they both <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">flicker</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">out</span>
<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">room.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt;">My</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">mind</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">spins.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Legs, arms,
body—I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>can’t move, but it<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>doesn’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">
</span>matter. Moving is<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the least of<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>my worries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>they,
and<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>what<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>just happened?<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>meter seemed<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>to lead<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>him<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>straight to<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>Mom’s<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span>pendant. Gas
man, my ass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I clutch my<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>head in<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;">
</span>an attempt to stop my mind spinning, but my hand slides<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>off my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;">
</span>sweaty forehead<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>and falls
against my tightened stomach. They might come back.<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>The guy<span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span>in the<span style="letter-spacing: 3.65pt;"> </span>jacket…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What was
that? The brooch, the pendant…my disappearing reflection. They wanted it. Damn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sweat <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">trickles </span>down my forehead <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">and</span> into my <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">eyes.</span> I<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>wipe it <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">away</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">with</span>
a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>trembling<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> hand. Questions</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">hurtle</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">through</span><span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;"> </span>my mind, all jumbling <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">together as </span>they <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">race</span><span style="letter-spacing: .05pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">faster and</span> <span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">faster </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>my<span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span>mind. Seconds,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> minutes, hours</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>don’t<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>know,<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>single<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">
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mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="left" class="CSP-ChapterBodyText" style="text-align: left; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Will.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span><span lang="EN-GB">The genesis of a novel is often a tale in its own right, a story of when and where inspiration struck, and the who and what that filled in the landscape. As for the how and why, they follow in the blazing path of that moment when the muse strikes and you know this story has chosen you. They are the blood, sweat and occasional tears we pay for the gift of a story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So JM invited me to talk about the genesis of my new release, <b><i>Engaging the Enemy.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Let me set the scene for you: I’m on my first proper visit to Melbourne and taking my first tram ride. Between my husband, my daughter and me, we can’t find the right change (this is pre-compulsory travel cards). While they sift through coins and shake their heads, I gaze out the window. </span>A red brick building, abandoned and apparently unloved, passes across my view but lodges in my mind. It won’t budge and suddenly I’ve created people who love it, people prepared to fight over it, cherish and preserve it. In a flash, the premise of what became <b><i>Engaging the Enemy</i></b> was born.<br />
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">One building, two would-be owners and a feud handed down the generations.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Andy (Andrea de Villiers) fights to keep The Shelter for abused women and children open until their council approval comes through but the building has been sold out from under them to charming Irish developer, Matt Mahoney who wants immediate vacant access. They reach reluctant compromise before a past neither knew about threatens to tear them apart in ways neither could have foreseen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Melbourne is a wonderful city, elegant and refined but with a vibrant focus on the arts. The CBD is filled with lanes and alleyways in which surprising gems of its architectural past hide and the powers-that-be work hard to preserve the city’s heritage. I learned much about heritage buildings and council codes during my research for this story.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">We’ve been involved in our own battles to preserve heritage sites in my home town and the battle for this lonely red brick building struck a chord with me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I drafted half the story in the month before my husband and I left for Italy (there’s a whole other story in that too—no, really! That’s when <b><i>One Night in Sorrento</i></b> came into being!) and sent it off to Escape Publishing. I’m thrilled to say it releases on 1 August which just happens to be my husband’s birthday!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I absolutely love first meetings and these are often the first thing I discover about a new story. To me, they set the tone and the relationship between the protagonists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Here’s the opening scene from <b><i>Engaging the Enemy:</i></b><i><u> </u></i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Andrea de Villiers couldn’t have orchestrated the accident better if she’d planned for a year instead of just one night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were almost finished as she edged closer to the group of Melbourne’s wealthy charity patrons and supporters and lined up her tray of drinks with Matt Mahoney’s chest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">She took a deep, steadying breath and stepped forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">His blonde companion’s arms drew a giant circle in the air, collided with the edge of her tray and Mr. Mahoney, corporate developer and all round jerk, was instantly wearing expensive champagne as an accessory to his Armani dinner jacket.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Round one to Andie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Served him right for refusing to meet her. He brushed futilely at his shiny lapels and a thrill raced through her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">I did it</span></i><span lang="EN-GB">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Andie-never-puts-a-foot-wrong-de Villiers had done the unthinkable. If only she could tell him who she was, her triumph would have been complete. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Engaging the Enemy is available at all good e-tailers, including:</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.escapepublishing.com.au/product/9780857991768#popup" target="_blank">Escape</a> -- </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com.au/Engaging-The-Enemy-Susanne-Bellamy-ebook/dp/B00LGDXHZA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404452861&sr=8-1&keywords=9780857991768" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> -- <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/engaging-the-enemy/id895324558?mt=11" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">iBooks</a> -- <a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9780857991768" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">GooglePlay</a> -- <a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/engaging-the-enemy-5" style="font-family: Calibri;" target="_blank">Kobo</a></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>You can find me at</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/susanne.bellamy.7" target="_blank">Facebook</a> -- </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="https://twitter.com/SusanneBellamy" target="_blank">Twitter</a> -- </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="http://www.susannebellamy.com/" target="_blank">Website</a> -- </span><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/susannebellamy/" style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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Many thanks to JM for hosting me.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">I’d love to know—what is your favourite real or fictional first meeting? </span></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-33474115347669087842014-07-25T08:37:00.002-07:002014-07-25T08:42:20.351-07:00The Horde Without End Playlist - Nazarea Andrews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Day Two of Nazarea Andrews' The Horde Without End release, the sequel to her NA zombie romance, The World Without a Future. Today we sample the Playlist. I've never listened to soundtrack...it honestly never occurred to me. (I'm a bit slow on the uptake, I realize.) Thanks, Nazarea for cluing me in. I'm definitely adding them to my writing music!<br />
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It was supposed to be over…
Returning from Haven 18 was supposed to be the end. But nothing is ever easy—and in a world full of zombies, finding the missing is next to impossible. There are breadcrumbs. Tiny clues. But what are a few tiny clues in a world of the dead?
Nurrin is desperate to find her brother, but that will mean trusting Finn O’Malley. A man shrouded in secrets, who kills as easily as breathing. And the more she learns about him, the more questions she has. But she has learned one thing—the zombies are changing. Adapting. And this time, the Haven walls won’t keep them out.<br />
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Chapter 1. Broken Pieces <br />
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She hasn’t cried. She doesn’t cry for me—but I know how fragile she is.<br />
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I want to break her. I want to push her hard enough to see her shatter. I want to see the shards of her on the ground.<br />
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How beautiful would she be, when she put herself back together? She would. Nurrin is too stubborn to do anything but survive.<br />
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Nurrin is a first, born to a world of death. She is innocent of the life before the change. She has never known anything but Hale Halls, razor wire, and walls. She has never known she could be anything but a survivor.<br />
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I watch the sun rising over the canyon. In another world, people might have exclaimed over the beauty, stared at it in wonder.<br />
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To me, the red-washed sky means only one thing: it’s almost time to leave.<br />
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I glance over my shoulder. She retreated to the sleeping area a few hours ago, after we fought over leaving immediately. I think there is a part of her that hopes Collin will come back. A supply run wouldn’t be completely unjustified.<br />
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My lips twist.<br />
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Collin wouldn’t leave the Hole, not unless he had to. Not when he knew that it’s the only place I would take Nurrin. He’s gone because something is wrong.<br />
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</span>Nazarea Andrews is an avid reader and tends to write the stories she wants to read. She loves chocolate and coffee almost as much as she loves books, but not quite as much as she loves her kids. She lives in south Georgia with her husband, daughters, and overgrown dog. She is the author of Girl Lost, Edge of the Falls, and The University of Branton Series.<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
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Chapter 1. Broken Pieces <br />
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She hasn’t cried. She doesn’t cry for me—but I know how fragile she is.<br />
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I want to break her. I want to push her hard enough to see her shatter. I want to see the shards of her on the ground.<br />
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How beautiful would she be, when she put herself back together? She would. Nurrin is too stubborn to do anything but survive.<br />
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Nurrin is a first, born to a world of death. She is innocent of the life before the change. She has never known anything but Hale Halls, razor wire, and walls. She has never known she could be anything but a survivor.<br />
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I watch the sun rising over the canyon. In another world, people might have exclaimed over the beauty, stared at it in wonder.<br />
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To me, the red-washed sky means only one thing: it’s almost time to leave.<br />
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I glance over my shoulder. She retreated to the sleeping area a few hours ago, after we fought over leaving immediately. I think there is a part of her that hopes Collin will come back. A supply run wouldn’t be completely unjustified.<br />
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My lips twist.<br />
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Collin wouldn’t leave the Hole, not unless he had to. Not when he knew that it’s the only place I would take Nurrin. He’s gone because something is wrong.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm completely over-the-moon excited to have it out, honored to join the ranks of multi-published authors and blessed to have a great publisher like <a href="http://www.escapepublishing.com.au/" target="_blank">Escape</a>. My luck didn't stop there because insightful CP's pushed for more and my amazing, patient, editor <a href="http://www.belindaholmeseditor.com/#!contact/c23kn" target="_blank">Belinda Holmes</a> helped me bring it to a shine. You all have my eternal thanks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His only hope is to once again accept possession from Coleman and do battle with the deformed, terrifying Kafla. But this time, he's not alone. Jule, the woman he loves and hopes to marry, is possessed as well, and together the four of them become a formidable team.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM3W_3te0UcdNH7y5Kfkm-PYE6mCzQjQGN3rsE76s8EIy8dk6iuS9GQ30Vq-w0nXSIrFG5faY_RU6ARGvFzrrAgrTz_YD07v0hcOzv7Ng-s-WYuUMfa1CaEmC4DWumuGwPDmL190zMlI/s1600/IMG_6052+%2528E1%2529+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM3W_3te0UcdNH7y5Kfkm-PYE6mCzQjQGN3rsE76s8EIy8dk6iuS9GQ30Vq-w0nXSIrFG5faY_RU6ARGvFzrrAgrTz_YD07v0hcOzv7Ng-s-WYuUMfa1CaEmC4DWumuGwPDmL190zMlI/s1600/IMG_6052+%2528E1%2529+copy.jpg" height="200" width="187" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J.M. Bray lives in Southern California with his college sweetheart and their two dogs. After a lifetime together, they are happier than the moment they met. When not writing or working his "day job", he loves to cook, play the guitar, and travel with his wife. Every chance he gets, he races an old Porsche named "Tuffy" at tracks in the southwest.</span><br />
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Go With Me by Elyssa Patrick<br />(With Me #2)<br />Publication date: June 19th, 2014<br />Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Recommended for readers 17 and older<br /><br />Synopsis:<br /><br />I, Daphne Fox, have a few things to confess:<br /><br />1. I hate Nick Brady. Loathe. Abhor. Can’t stand him 95% of the time.<br />2. That other 5%? I’m not talking about that at all.<br />3. People think I’m lucky for surviving the car crash. I disagree.<br />4. Nick is the only guy who makes my nightmares go away.<br />5. I won’t love him, though. Love is not worth the pain.<br /><br />I, Nick Brady, have a few confessions of my own:<br /><br />1. I don’t hate Daphne Fox. At all.<br />2. I find her scar sexy. Just like the rest of her.<br />3. I may be her older brother’s best friend, but that’s not going to stop me.<br />4. I love her.<br />5. And I’m going to do everything I can to have her.<br /><br />Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20724259-go-with-me?ac=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20724259-go-with-me?ac=1</a><br /><br /><br />AUTHOR BIO:</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-59489905952927403072014-06-10T10:33:00.000-07:002014-06-30T21:32:26.848-07:00Mending the Shroud Blog Tour!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mending the Shroud releases July 1, 2014 and there's a tour going on!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">23 -<b> </b><a href="http://amycavenaugh.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">A Twisted Writer's Thoughts</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">25 - <a href="http://darksidedownunder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dark Siders Down Under</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">26 - <a href="http://www.ariakane.com/" target="_blank">Aira Kane</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">27 - <a href="http://victoriablacksexystories.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">V.K. Black - Sexy Stories</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">29 - <a href="http://www.staceytrombley.com/" target="_blank">Stacey Trombley</a></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-73748180064060031922014-06-03T00:30:00.000-07:002014-06-03T00:30:04.434-07:00 Nogiku series by SJ PajonasToday is the cover reveal for the Nogiku series by SJ Pajonas. This cover reveal will be for the following books: Revealed: Part One (Nogiku series #0.1), Removed (Nogiku series #1), Released (Nogiku series #2) and Reunited (Nogiku series #3). This cover reveal is organized by <a href="http://lolasblogtours.net/" target="_blank">Lola's Blog Tours</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://lolasblogtours.net/cover-reveal-nogiku-series-by-sj-pajonas/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Revealed" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1173" src="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Revealed-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><b>Revealed: Part One: New Year’s Eve with Jiro and Mark (Nogiku series #0.1)<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Science Fiction Romance, Post-apocalyptic<br />
<b>Age category:</b> Young Adult, Adult<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> June 1, 2014<br />
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Get immersed in the Nogiku world with Jiro Itō as he gets ready for a boring and annoying New Year’s Eve out in Nishikyō. At least, that’s what he expects his night to be like. Jiro would rather drink with the geisha all evening, and avoid taking anyone home, but he has family business to attend to instead. When the family business leads to an unfamiliar restaurant, Jiro spies Sanaa Griffin smiling at him from across the room, and his night turns around. <br />
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But Mark Sakai, his uncle, is not pleased with Jiro’s flirtations. Mark has worked hard for over a decade to get Sanaa into position for her new life, and he can’t have Jiro interfering. Will a stern warning be enough to keep them apart?<br />
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PART ONE of REVEALED is a companion short story to REMOVED, Book ONE of the Nogiku Series. The first chapter of REMOVED is included at the end of PART ONE. Read REVEALED first or read it later, but don’t miss this look into the other side of Sanaa’s story.<br />
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You can find Revealed: Part One: New Year’s Eve with Jiro and Mark on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22037318-revealed" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>
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You can buy Revealed here:<br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/NogikuSS1Am" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br />
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- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/NogikuSS1iB" target="_blank">iBooks</a> <br />
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<a href="http://lolasblogtours.net/cover-reveal-nogiku-series-by-sj-pajonas/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Removed" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1174" src="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Removed-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><b>Removed (Nogiku series #1)<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Science Fiction Romance, Post-apocalyptic<br />
<b>Age category:</b> Young Adult, Adult<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> September 11, 2013<br />
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Duty knows no family. Love has no price. Secrets can cost you everything.<br />
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Twenty-year-old Sanaa Griffin is about to get more than she bargained for when she wishes for love, happiness, and excitement on New Year’s Eve. Ripped from the job she always loved, she is reassigned to work for mysterious Mark Sakai and spy on the corrupt leaders of her city. War looms on the horizon, and Sanaa must help Sakai determine the key players and their weak spots before it’s too late.<br />
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Mark Sakai has many plans for Sanaa that will take her into a web of lies and danger, and her only protection is to learn to defend herself. But defense training under the watchful eye of Jiro, a strong and enigmatic young man she has a crush on, was not what she expected. Between falling in love with Jiro and the information she is gathering, Sanaa realizes Sakai is holding back secrets about her family and her deceased parents, secrets as to why she was chosen for this job, and learning the truth puts all of humanity in jeopardy.<br />
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REMOVED is the first book in a captivating post-apocalyptic series that harnesses the cultures and traditions of Japan and sweeps them into the future between Earth and a faraway land.</blockquote>
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You can find Removed on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18366156-removed" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
Want to view some inspirational images for Removed, visit the <a href="http://pinterest.com/spajonas/removed-nogiku-series-1-inspiration/" target="_blank"> Removed inspirational Pinterest board</a><br />
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You can buy Removed here:<br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku1Am" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku1B" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> <br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku1iB" target="_blank">iBooks</a> <br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku1K" target="_blank">Kobo</a><br />
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<a href="http://lolasblogtours.net/cover-reveal-nogiku-series-by-sj-pajonas/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Released" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1175" src="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Released-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><b>Released (Nogiku series #2)<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Science Fiction Romance, Post-apocalyptic<br />
<b>Age category:</b> Young Adult, Adult<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> December 17, 2013<br />
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Left in the desert to recuperate from her injuries, Sanaa Itami paces the floors and contemplates her mistakes. She trusted too easily, and now people she loved are dead, killed at the hands of men coming to assassinate her. Sanaa feels beaten, but life awaits her at home. While her city recovers from the devastating earthquake, negotiations for Sanaa's future continue. New allies must be made, new friendships brokered, new skills acquired -- at all costs.<br />
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Life at the top of the chain is complicated and lonely, though. With all her friendships rocky and uncertain, Sanaa must learn to trust others again more than she's willing. Who is left holding a grudge? And will the new family Sanaa has found with Jiro support or betray her?v
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RELEASED, Book TWO of the Nogiku Series, is the second book in a captivating post-apocalyptic romance series that harnesses the cultures and traditions of Japan and sweeps them into the future between Earth and a faraway land.</blockquote>
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You can find Released on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18674881-released" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
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- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku2Am" target="_blank">Amazon</a> <br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku2B" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> <br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku2K" target="_blank">Kobo</a> <br />
- <a href="http://www.onigiripress.com/Nogiku2iB" target="_blank">iBooks</a> <br />
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<a href="http://lolasblogtours.net/cover-reveal-nogiku-series-by-sj-pajonas/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Reunited" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1176" src="http://www.lolasblogtours.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Reunited-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><b>Reunited (Nogiku series #3)<br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Science Fiction Romance, Post-apocalyptic<br />
<b>Age category:</b> Young Adult, Adult<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> August 14, 2014<br />
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Yūsei has surprises for Sanaa Itami. The long trip across the stars ends with Mark Sakai delivering bad news from orbit over their new home, and there’s no turning back or moving on. Despite all their misgivings, this is where they will have to stay. <br />
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Sanaa, Jiro, and the rest of Earth’s settlers move into a coastal town and stick to their plans to live the colonization life they dreamed of. But Sanaa’s existence won’t be kept secret from her enemies for long. Kazuo promised he would see her in another life, on another world, and he aims to keep his word. Now she will face those who want their revenge and make new enemies while dispensing with old ones on her journey across the fascinating and unfamiliar landscape of Yūsei. <br />
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REUNITED, Book THREE of the Nogiku Series, is the third book in a captivating post-apocalyptic romance series that harnesses the cultures and traditions of Japan and sweeps them into the future between Earth and a faraway land.</blockquote>
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You can find Reunited on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22037312-reunited" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
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S. J. Pajonas loves all things Asian and has been in love with Japan and the East for as long as she can remember. Writing about Asia and Japan came naturally after studying the culture and language for over fifteen years. She studied film and screenwriting first and eventually segued into fiction once she was no longer working a full-time job.<br />
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Face Time is the first novel in the Love in the Digital Age series, and Pajonas’s first foray into Korean culture and families. Along with Removed and Released in the Nogiku Series, she continues to take the cultures of Asia and weave them into stories that appeal to people from around the world. Her writing is described as unique and unpredictable. Expect the unexpected.<br />
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Stephanie lives with her husband and two children just outside of New York City. She loves reading, writing, film, J- and K-dramas, knitting, and astrology. Her favorite author is Haruki Murakami and favorite book is The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.<br />
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- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SJPajonas" target="_blank"> Facebook </a><br />
- <a href="https://twitter.com/spajonas" target="_blank"> Twitter </a><br />
- <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7233209.S_J_Pajonas" target="_blank"> Goodreads </a><br />
- <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/spajonas/" target="_blank">Pinterest </a><br />
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- <a href="http://instagram.com/spajonas#" target="_blank">Instagram </a><br />
- <a href="http://spajonas.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr </a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-20712685025858171012014-06-02T00:30:00.000-07:002014-06-02T00:30:00.461-07:00Another New Life by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjpFmWYVYgC1zXaPhXgqyfwlIdiPNaOczYMG-MAqH0DVx84vqLckT10xOLrg_3_qzlIGcCt5jSdn2N6tRN7QLryPzz59a0nypCFlBnn57zhG_dJYw6oWRlOjls7cqWTBy6EfreNn7krYISh2-feZiWaVbM0BRKSzmfGPzaGB2zHsB8IugTEQA=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="wp-image-1153 alignright" src="http://markmywordsbookpublicity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/web.png" height="486" width="324" /></a><span style="color: #2f353b;">Miranda Preston is a walking contradiction. Beautiful on the outside, but, insecure, haunted and damaged on the inside. Despite these contradictions, she’s ready to start Another New Life. </span>
<span style="color: #2f353b;">When her talent wins her a piano scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin, Miranda arrives on campus determined to experience everything college has to offer and to keep her secrets in the past where they belong.</span>
<span style="color: #2f353b;">An easy task, until the first guy who catches her eye happens to be someone, she’s known all her life.</span>
<span style="color: #2f353b;">Eight years have passed since the last time Miranda and Troy saw each other. He reminds her of the best and worst times of her life, but she can’t think about one without dwelling on the other. As they grow closer, every day their attraction reminds them they are no longer kids.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">She basically tells it as she sees it. So when she meets the hunky and scarred guy who lives in apartment 2B, the last apartment on her exhausting list, she’s sure to bring some crazy in his life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">When a guy and a girl live under the same roof, it’s bound to complicate things. Between banters, heady games of seduction, innuendos and insecurities revealed, the life in apartment 2B isn’t simple, and a few slips in their relationship doesn’t help the matter.</span></span></div>
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My book, <i>Beckoning Blood</i>, is about twin (vampire)
brothers, Olivier and Thierry. They share a psychic link that one twin loves
but the other doesn<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>t. In fact, Thierry would rather not
be a twin at all. And considering how possessive and brutish Olivier is, there’s
a lot of conflict between the two of them. Especially when all of Thierry’s
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1. Twins occur in 1 in 80 to 1 in 140 births, depending on
country (and in the US in 2009 it was 1 in 30). This includes identical and
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3. About 40 percent of twins invent their own languages. Thierry
and Olivier share a very deep bond that doesn<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>t really need a
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4. Due to the influences of environmental factors, identical
twins grow dissimilar over time. The older the twins, the less like each other
they are. Even in looks. Thierry and Olivier kind of get stopped in time in
their 20s so physically they<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>re locked in, but mentally? Well, you<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>ll
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5. Did you know that there are mirror-image twins? While they
might look the same, certain features are flipped, such as opposite dominant
hands or even mirror-image fingerprints.<o:p></o:p></div>
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6. One in four twins are left-handed, as opposed to one in twelve
in the general population. Just for the record, Olivier and Thierry are
right-handed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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7. If you<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>re a twin, science wants to get its
hands on you. While researching, I found a number of twin registries in
different countries. The main reason for this is to study the importance of
genetic and environmental conditions of a range of common conditions/diseases.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So what do you think about twins? Are you a twin or a parent of
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ABOUT THE BOOK: Beckoning Blood </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">release date </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>May 1, 2014</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span lang="NL" style="mso-ansi-language: NL;">A gripping, blood</span></b><b><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">‐</span>drenched saga about twin
brothers, the men they love, and the enduring truth that true love never dies </b><b><span style="mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">– </span>no matter how many times you
kill it.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Thierry d<span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>Arjou has but one escape from the daily misery of
his work at a medieval abattoir <span style="mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">–
</span>Etienne de Balthas. But keeping their love a secret triggers a bloody
chain of events that condemns Thierry to a monstrous immortality. Thierry
quickly learns that to survive his timeless exile, he must hide his sensitive
heart from the man who both eases and ensures his loneliness...his twin
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Shaped by the fists of a brutal father, Olivier d<span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">’</span>Arjou
cares for only two things: his own pleasure and his twin. But their sadistic
path through centuries is littered with old rivals and new foes, and Olivier
must fight for what is rightfully his <span style="mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">–
</span>Thierry, made immortal just for him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Daniel de Lorne</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Qw98MB-kOg/U2jzBXqXvVI/AAAAAAAAAmk/4sSxcIYbwwU/s1600/Daniel-de-Lorne1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Qw98MB-kOg/U2jzBXqXvVI/AAAAAAAAAmk/4sSxcIYbwwU/s1600/Daniel-de-Lorne1.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a>Daniel de Lorne writes mostly about the loves and trials of hot
and sexy paranormal men <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;">–</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span>and creatures.<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Helvetica;"> </span>He grew up in
Perth, Western Australia, and developed a fascination for the mythical and
magical early on. Daniel wrote stories from a young age but it was high school
biology class he remembers fondly as providing an excellent cover for writing
stories that were filled with teen angst and fantastical creatures. He now
lives in Canada with his partner. It was while in this great northern frontier
that Escape Publishing accepted his first book, Beckoning Blood, for
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-1047297050509514222014-05-19T00:30:00.000-07:002014-05-19T07:46:37.249-07:00Writing Process Tag Tour!Firstly I have to extend a huge thank you to the wonderful <a href="http://yellehughes.com/">Yelle Hughes</a> for tagging me in the tour. Be sure to stop in at her site and say hello! <a href="http://yellehughes.com/">http://yellehughes.com/</a> I'm tagging several fantastic authors, <a href="http://www.staceytrombley.com/" target="_blank">Stacey Trombley</a> , <a href="http://www.stacey-nash.com/" target="_blank">Stacey Nash</a>, and <a href="http://amycavenaugh.wordpress.com/author/amycavenaugh/" target="_blank">Amy Cavenaugh</a>. You'll find information about them at the bottom of the post, check out their fantastic work and websites.<br />
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Many of my story ideas happen in the wee hours of the morning and right now I have two novels trying to claw their way out of my head. I may have to start writing them soon or just give up on sleep altogether. The first is a spinoff from the Shroud Trilogy featuring Mr Brown. I can't say much about it because it will spoil the big reveal in Mending the Shroud, but trust me...oooo it's a fun one! The second has time travel, the 1930's, motorcycling adventure, secret groups, mystical books and multimillionaires. It's clamoring so loudly I may have to start it first.</div>
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I've stared at the screen for some time now, trying to find an expansive or elaborate way to say it but...well... I write, what I like to read. I'm an avid fantasy reader, love a bit of horror and gore, enjoy action and a good fight scene, prefer underdogs, and am hopelessly romantic. Put that together and out comes my novels.</div>
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Stacey Nash writes adventure filled stories for Young Adults in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. She calls the state of New South Wales in Australia home. An area nestled between mountains and vineyards, it is full of history and culture that all comes together to create an abundance of writing inspiration. Her debut novel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18130928-forget-me-not">Forget Me Not</a> re-releases in spring 2014 (Australian) from HarperCollins Impulse, and its sequel <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20424731-remember-me">Remember Me</a> will release soon after.<br />
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Amy Cavenaugh has been writing since the age of 13. Her first work was fan fiction with characters based on her favorite music group (then & now) New Kids on the Block. Today, she's still inspired by those five guys from Boston and still writing. She hopes to publish her first novel, a thriller called A SCARRED MIND within the next few years. She lives in North Carolina, is the mom of three kids and a cat named Guster.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-345260605460036122014-05-14T00:30:00.000-07:002014-05-14T00:30:03.496-07:00Interview with Alexa Bravo -- Author of In Bed with the BossThe wonderfully talented <span style="line-height: 24px;">Alexa Bravo agreed to stop by for a visit to fill us in on her writing process and share her steamy new release <i><b>In Bed with the Boss</b>. </i>Let's dive right in!</span><br />
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<i>Once I have found my rhythm with a story and the characters are talking to me (and if I’m listening!) I can write extremely fast. I have managed 25k words in a day at my writing peak. Everyone knows to leave me alone during these times and not disturb the muse! Eating and sleeping, of course, are optional when I’m inspired – I will sometimes emerge from a writing frenzy to wonder what time it is and how many meals I’ve missed!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Sitting cross-legged on the end of my bed with my laptop in front of me. I close the door to my room and everyone knows not to disturb, though my girls insist on dropping in unannounced every so often just to give me a hug – who can argue with that? Hugs trump muse every time!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>When In Bed With The Boss was released for pre-orders a friend pointed out that there was quite a large excerpt available to view on one website and when I visited and started reading I was sure that someone had hijacked my work and used the same character names! I was already planning how to address the issue even as I continued reading the page but as I got into the story I decided that whoever it was had actually improved the original work by adding quite a racy tone… and whoa, that love scene…maybe I should take some notes on how they did that before I complain…hold on, is that…? Did I write that? What the…? When I finally recognized that it was my own work I was shocked and a little bit awed at the steamy scene – how did I find the guts to put that down on paper and then submit it to a publisher? I am still a bit awed by the whole process.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Trish Carter is chasing the career
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New Adult contemporary (erotic) romance</div>
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Now eighteen, Audrey returns to her hometown for the first time after the accident ñ the car crash that took her dad and scarred her for life. Sheís here to start again. Go to college and have fun. Make new friends. Get over the past.
But the past wonít let go. Asher is here ñ her first kiss, her first heartbreak. More handsome and distant than ever, heís still the boy who used to be her best friend. That was before he changed into someone she hardly knows anymore ñ the boy who started getting into fights and gave her the cold shoulder for years.
Asher isnít what she needs. In fact, she hates him and should try her best to keep away from him.
Yet her body doesnít seem to care about how she feels, and maybe, just maybe this time her body got it right. Not that she has much of a choice. Asher draws her like a bright flame, and if she isnít careful, sheíll burn.
And that may not be such a bad thing after all...
*Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young adult readers.*
The expected publication date is May 16th, 2014, on all of your favorite e-book websites.
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Jo Raven writes New Adult erotic contemporary romance. She loves sexy bad boys and strong-willed heroines, and divides her time between writing and reading. When not cooking up plots, she putters in her cluttered kitchen and dreams of traveling to India and Japan.<br />
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The crew at Boston’s Brazen Head Pub hasn’t been very lucky in love. Can a mysterious visitor inspire them to look past old hurts and misconceptions and give romance a chance? One Lucky Night is a collection of five sexy interwoven novelettes by Aria Kane, Grace Teague, Ana Blaze, Constance Phillips, and Melinda Dozier.
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<i>Lucky Break</i> by Aria Kane
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Four years ago, chef Derek Chase walked out of Andrea Rivera’s life after a tragedy neither of them were prepared to deal with. When she’s called to the Brazen Head to repair a dishwasher, old sparks ignite buried feelings.<br />
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When her life is threatened by a mugger, Charlotte Price realizes she's in love with her best friend, Tommy Leung. The Brazen Head seems like the perfect neutral place to confess her feelings, but nothing goes according to plan.
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When it comes to dating, Holly Hall has one unbreakable rule: no musicians. Not even gorgeous ones. Especially not gorgeous ones. Dating them only leads to heartbreak. So why did she let singer-songwriter Cian O’Neill kiss her? And why is she thinking about doing it again?
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<i>Lexi’s Chance</i> by Constance Phillips<br />
As a bartender, Sean Whelan meets all kinds of women every night, but none turn his head the way that Lexi has. She’s been playing cat and mouse with him for weeks. Tonight, Sean’s determined to get Lexi to quit teasing and take a real chance on him.
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A bachelorette party Drink or Dare game pairs paramedic students, Rachel Robertson and Killian Whelan, in a flirting match. Soon, the dares threaten to turn their academic rivalry into something much more.
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Aria Kane is a recovering mechanical engineer and romance writer. As a military brat, she grew up all over the country, but now lives in sunny Florida with a 60 lb mutt who thinks he's a chihuahua.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's great to have Rori Shay over today to share an upcoming release. This is one book you don't want to miss! Don't wait, get your copy soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />ELECTED by Rori Shay<br />Silence in the Library Publishing<br />YA Sci-fi<br />April 22, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />ELECTED releases on Amazon in ebook form April 22, 2014 Find it here! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elected-The-Series-Rori-Shay-ebook/dp/B00JUEWUP0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398164543&sr=8-1&keywords=Elected+Rori+Shay">Amazon</a><br /><br />Blurb: <br /><br />It's the year 2185, and in two weeks, Aloy will turn eighteen and take her father's place as president of the country. But to do so, she must masquerade as a boy to avoid violating the Eco-Accords, four treaties designed to bring the world back from the brink of environmental extinction. Aloy hopes to govern like her father, but she is inheriting a different country. The long concealed Technology Faction is stepping out of the shadows, and as turmoil grows within her country, cryptic threats also arrive from beyond the borders.<br /><br />As she struggles to lead, Aloy maintains her cover by marrying a woman, meanwhile battling feelings for the boy who knows her secret - the boy who is somehow connected to her country's recent upheaval. When assassination attempts add to the turmoil, Aloy doesn't know whom to trust. She understood leadership required sacrifice. She just didn't realize the sacrifice might be her life.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-39515091358359783762014-04-18T01:00:00.000-07:002014-04-18T01:00:07.621-07:00White Hellebore - Cover Reveal - Nicole ZoltackToday Nicole Zoltack has stopped by to share the cover and blurb from her new novel. I cut my teeth reading horror and fantasy but have to admit, I've never read a superhero novel. The blurb for White Hellbore has me ready to dive in! It's definitely going on my To Be Read list. I'll turn things over to Nicole now. Hi ya!<br />
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Hey, howdy, hey! Nicole Zoltack here and I'm so happy to share with you the cover for WHITE HELLEBORE. The second book in the Heroes of Falledge trilogy kicks off with an amazing cover.<br />
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All right, all right, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I know you're dying to see it!<br />
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BLURB:<br /><br /> After destroying Skull Krusher, Nicholas Adams thinks Falledge is safe and becomes a security guard at the museum, watching a valuable statue. Unfortunately, the Egyptian statue houses the soul of a scorned witch, biding her time to have her revenge on the descendants of her cheating lover.<br />
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BIO: Nicole Zoltack loves to write in many genres, especially romance, whether fantasy, paranormal, or regency. When she’s not writing about knights, superheroes, or zombies, she loves to spend time with her loving husband and three energetic young boys. She enjoys riding horses (pretending they’re unicorns, of course!) and going to the PA Renaissance Faire, dressed in garb. She’ll also read anything she can get her hands on. Her current favorite TV show is The Walking Dead. To learn more about Nicole and her writing, visit <a href="http://nicolezoltack.blogspot.com/">http://NicoleZoltack.blogspot.com</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06147774427230437233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845958057751458888.post-20049610583748901402014-04-09T08:00:00.000-07:002014-04-09T08:00:02.982-07:00LONDON FALLING by Chanel Cleeton<div style="background-color: white;">
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FALLING by Chanel Cleeton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trajan Pro","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">New Adult Contemporary Romance </span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman Bold', serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm excited to have Chanel Cleeton's new new book to </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times New Roman Bold, serif;">share with everyone! I love the cover and it looks to be a page turner. But you didn't come here to see me ramble...so on to the good stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Maggie
Carpenter walked away from the hottest encounter of her life when she left the
seductive glitz of England for summer break in her South Carolina hometown. Now
that she’s returned to the International School in London—and sexy, privileged
Samir Khouri is once again close enough to touch—she can’t help but remember
the attraction, the drama … the heartbreak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She
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can’t afford to fall for someone so far removed from his world, not when his
time in London is running out. It's his senior year—his last chance at freedom
before he returns home to Lebanon. There, he’ll be expected to follow in his
father’s footsteps—not follow his heart to Maggie. But when a scorching secret
hookup becomes a temptation neither can resist, they’ll both have to fight to
survive the consequences … and find a future together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman Bold","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Don’t
miss this explosive sequel to I See London, and the riveting conclusion to
Maggie and Samir’s story. This is a New Adult romance recommended for readers
17 and up.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Originally a Florida girl, at
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