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Brooke GCynthia GroveKimberly Stories 04-07

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  • Charlie, Dear
  • Monsters in the Elevator
  • Can You Keep a Secret?
  • Walls to Build up and Tear down
  • Charlie, Dear

    On the white oak floor of Charlie and Janna’s new home, Charlie stands stupefied. He stabbed his wife. She lays at his feet now, and a river of red flows along the polished planks from under her neck. She’s on her stomach, and her big brown eyes are closed. Charlie drops the knife.He grabs a wad of kitchen towels sitting on top of an unpacked box. It’s labeled “hosting essentials” in Janna’s artistic print, the ink faded, waiting to sit inside another closet, not to be used. Charlie collapses to his knees and dabs the towels against her throat. He can’t see the wound, and he’s afraid to move ...toYone door

    Monsters in the Elevator

    Meredith woke up in a shroud of darkness. Her head throbbed and she felt a mass of warm sticky blood oozing from the side of it. She could taste the metallic tang of blood on her lips and in her mouth. Her body ached from the fall and attacks he had set upon her. She throbbed with pain, trembling in the oblique cover of blackness surrounding her and anticipating every sound outside the elevator where she was now trapped. It seemed as if she had been running from him her entire life, although she only really had known him a few months.Yet, he had been stalking her forever. He followed her in h...toYone door

    Can You Keep a Secret?

    Can you keep a secret?I mean, obviously, I can’t, but can you?Are you trustworthy enough? Have you been vetted? What about getting your urine tested? This secret is not for amateurs. It cannot be handed over to just anyone. So, tell me, are you willing to keep a secret regardless of possible consequences?Because I assure you – what I’m about to tell you cannot – absolutely cannot – leave your lips! It is crucial that we remain completely silent at all costs, especially if you do not want the bad man to find you. Because he will. Oh, he will! He will hunt you down like an animal, and he will wa...toYone door

    Walwww.onedoor.ccls to Build up and Tear down

    Tuesday“Stella stop thinking about Mason. I told you he was stupid from the start. And you didn’t listen to me, which is why you’re even stuck in this mess in the first place. Really, Stella, you can be so stubborn at times.”“Yeah,” I murmur into the phone. It seems that Amanda only called me just to prove she’s right and that it’s my fault Mason broke up with me.Amanda Brown and I have been friends since preschool when our moms became close through the “Mommy and me” club. The one pine difference between Amanda and me is that her father owns il Palazzo, one of the busiest restaurants in New Y...toYone door

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