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Ridding Themselves of 'The House He Built'
“Justin Chase, you love yourself a Clayton’s Deli grilled cheese sandwich, but I know you find the variety I make with Kosher pickle chips, veggie bacon and a side bowl of creamy tomato soup to die for,” says Mother. She always refers to you by name when she is trying to rouse you out of one of your down moods.And you most certainly are in a funk. Mother doesn’t want you stewing in depression after the manic swing you rode before sunrise this morning while putting the finishing touches on the motionless hallucination of vivid color that is your latest painting.Mother blends whipping cream with...
Paranoia or Fear
‘What was that?’ she said to herself. Her breathing was getting quicker and the loud noise was reverberating in her head. She tried to breathe quietly but couldn’t. ‘Should I get up and go and look or just stay here? If I just lie still, I’mwww.onedoor.cc a sitting duck, or maybe a lying duck but I don’t want to go downstairs. What should I do?’ Vera felt like crying but knew that wouldn’t help. Vera lay in her bed for a couple of seconds more, just listening. She must have been straining her neck because her throat was hurting so she relaxed momentarily. The noise happened again, a banging sound, and she...
Convenient Store Christmas
We arrived at the most ill-placed-for-foot-traffic convenience store that you ever did see. I ran through its sluggish doors. Among the six of us, there was twenty dollars. We would each need to miracle ourselves two gifts: one for Secret Santa and the other for the Grab Bag. I knew right away what I would get.When I was four, my mother handed me seven smackeroonies. Eager to shop like a big girl, my older brother and I braved cold concrete Chicago. I found a palm small, heart-shaped box in Humboldt park. Every upward thrust of its blackened red top hummed out the first few measures of "Für El...
CHECK YOUR PREMISES
CHECK YOUR PREMISES The phone rang exactly at 8、31 am. " Lt. Anthony Felton , " l said crisply . " Oh God ! Tony ! Come quickly ! It's Uncle Sid ! " lt was Laura . " Uncle Sid... " her voice broke . Someone took the phone from her . It was Malcolm , Sidney Maximilian 's son . " Lt. Felton , come at once . I think Dad's dead ! " " What !" I said. " But he was perfectly well when l saw him this morning !" " You left around 7、30 am. Maria says when she served the tea , he was perfectly well. " " I'll be right there . Don't touch anything ." I informed the homocide team and got into my cruiser...