Chapter 28 "Tall, Steel Cans"
If there was one thing Eliza Tartt was familiar with, it was hospitals. That was perhaps the one similarity she and Michelle shared more than anything else, not that Michelle was very well aware of this....
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Chapter 17 "The Little Miss Nothing Pageant"
"I have to say, it's nice to see you again after all this time," Mrs. Kearning said. Lilian was walking down a hall, Alexis right behind her, right beside popular local pageant judge Amanda Kearning....
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Chapter 41 "An Old Man & A Priest Walk Into A Bookstore"
The reviews were in, and they were being clipped out and pinned on a corkboard in Boris's bedroom. Each day, a new review to be cut from the paper and posted to the board. Then, he'd get dressed, stand...
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Chapter 18 "Local Hero"
"See, he's shallow, all he cares about is her body! Did you notice how, immediately after they had their little pool date, he was nowhere near as smitten with her and just because she had stress marks...
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Chapter 17 "Mr. Wattson"
"What even is perpetual motion?" Rachel asked as she and Calvin walked down an aisle made up of tables at a local college. This was the yearly science fair for anyone in the community to be involved in,...
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Chapter 27 "The Doghouse"
There was nothing Michelle liked better than going for a ride. Even as a little girl, her only really good memories of being with her mother were on car rides. Especially car rides late at night, when...