ay?" I asked them, trying to

r girl replied, pressi

r sister asked me in a s

ctually, but my mo

ed, still holding to her sister's trous

's very friendly." She petted the goat and pulled her hand back quickly. Her sist

hat I got her name from the diploma on the wall. Gwen's strategy seemed t

oor. Both sisters looked at the little black pellet and then at

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de a drawing for Terra, nothing fancy, just something to tha

s here with me. She was a very special cat, maybe not

wait for someone, while looking down at the busy road from the window. Why were the cars so noisy

but I couldn't do it by myself, I needed whiskey and I need Terra because she could buy more whiskey

ing from somewhere else. Where was it coming from and where did I hear it before? I stayed still, inspecting the room, and l

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the only thing I could do was keep imagining Gwen in this situation. It's not all that diff

, " I quoted Gwen, s

" Olivia aske

first thing that came to my mind. The most important thing was how I said it, n

a replied, crossing her a

moved here afterward with her family, and they

Sydney, " I co

hy you're here but Mom will be back

ll be on my

at saw the open door, went out, and started munching on some bushes from their garden. It didn't seem interested in coming with me so I began w

of the Salvation Army. There were three customers inside, all of them senior citizens. The clerk was a sixty-something smiley lady, who was wearing a simple o

counter for me to use and went to the back of the shop to hang some clothes on the hangers. She seeme

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d up her phone, a strange nu