her from both the pressure in her bladder and her dry throat. She'd come to a few hours ago, her wrists tied together and looped over a hook that fastened in the ceiling. The man dressed in black had sat in a chair in front of her and
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“churning gravel cut off our shouting. Our eyes locked as we heard a car door shut, far too faintly for humans to hear. I turned away to hide my grimace as my forty-something, bible-thumping, temporary legal guardian”
― Heir of Shadows
― Heir of Shadows
“times, but no matter. Down the slide, around, and back up. Down, around, up. Over and over again, never getting bored. After being told what to do and how to behave most of the day, this is their moment of abandon . . . and control. At first we join in the play, but after the umpteenth push on a swing, our restless adult minds return to thoughts about work or a project around the house that needs doing. We see our day as finite; a child sees it as infinite. But when we let ourselves see the world through their eyes and in simpler”
― Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now
― Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now
“toward us. “I wasn’t going to learn anything useful anyway,” Alexandra said. Carrie looked appalled, and her voice rose in direct relation to the disinterest in Alexandra’s tone. “You attacked another girl and just got kicked out of school! Don’t you realize how serious this is? Don’t you care?” Nope. I doubted she cared”
― Heir of Shadows
― Heir of Shadows
“whether another half hour of Rugrats was really worth it. After all, a quarter was good for a plastic ring or a rubber spider out of one of those gumball-type machines, set in places sure to ensnare children in possession of newfound riches. Sure enough, she started to watch less TV, read even more, and”
― Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now
― Cursed by a Happy Childhood: Tales of Growing Up, Then and Now
“agent in charge coming into hearing range—along with the others who had been gathered around the farmhouse. “He said something about the girl—that she won’t be alive much longer.”
― Already Gone
― Already Gone
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