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  • Key To Happiness
  • Woman Killed in Convenience Store Robbery
  • Illicit
  • Picking Grammy Smith
  • Key To Happiness

    Sheri stepped into the foyer of her house, the front door making a muted click as she pulled it closed. Well, that’s that, she said almost aloud. Thirty years of marriage dissolved with the swipe of a pen. Not that she really could call what they had a marriage. At least not for the last dozen years or so.She dropped her keys in the crystal bowl on the entry table, a wedding gift all those years ago. But now her keys would sit alone in a spot that once overflowed. Not just Len’s keys, but the kids’ too. Each one, in turn, getting their driver's licenses, their first cars. The jangling of keys ...SENone door

    Woman Killed in Convenience Store Robbery

    The article had achieved headline status in the local paper:  “Woman Killed in Convenience Store Robbery”.  Tammy read, feeling sick and horrified, but also strangely thrilled.Marie Sendano was dead at 19、  Tammy never knew Marie well, but recalled that year in middle school vividly.  Marie was beautiful, and their lockers neighbored each other.  It was four months before they first encountered each other at the lockers.The article said Marie, although young, had been engaged to be married.  This was not entirely surprising; Marie could have had her pick of boys.  Tammy had been overweight, pr...SENone door

    Illicit

    Her suitcase was open. Clothes were strewn everywhere.What would she need? What was the weather like in Minnesota in the fall? It would be cold, right? So that meant sweaters, hoodies, jeans, and probably coats and hats and mittens and long underwear. Did she even own long underwear? Probably not. If she did, they’d been thrown away or donated a long time ago.She glanced at the clock. Derek would be home in less than six hours. So she had six hours to get out. Six hours to pack up her shit and leave this ugly god forsaken apartment forever. Leave no trace, like going for a hike in the woods.Sh...SENone door

    Picking Grammy Smith

    “Don’t forget about the Amish buggies.”“Mom, I moved to Harrisburg ten years ago. That’s not long enough to forget about Amish buggies.”“All right. Love you. Give me a call when you get through the Narrows.”“We love you, too. See you at the orchard!”I ended the call and slipped the phone back into my jacket pocket. We were twenty minutes outside of home, which meant that I-81 had given way to U.S. Route 322、 The trip would wend along thewww.onedoor.cc paths of the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and except for the cluster of truck stops and strip clubs that was Clark’s Ferry, we would see nothing but trees ...SENone door

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