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LAUREL’S SHOES FLIPPED A CHEERFUL RHYTHM THAT defied her dark…
THE BELL SOUNDED IN BIOLOGY AND LAUREL HURRIED TO stow…
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL FLEW BY FASTER THAN…
SATURDAY MORNING, LAUREL’S EYES FLUTTERED OPEN at sunrise. She didn’t…
SATURDAY MORNING DAWNED COOL, WITH ONLY A light mist that…
A FEW MINUTES LATER, LAUREL HAD HER CHAIR WEDGED under…
LAUREL WAS LOUNGING ON THE COUCH WHEN THE doorbell rang.
LAUREL’S HAIR WAS WILD AND TANGLED WHEN THEY arrived. It…
THE NEXT DAY, LAUREL FELT LIKE A ZOMBIE. SHE didn’t…
LAUREL WAS SITTING ON DAVID’S PORCH WHEN HE walked out…
LAUREL’S WHOLE BODY WAS SHAKING NOW. SHE FELT David’s arms,…
“STILL NOTHING?” DAVID ASKED WHEN LAUREL CALLED him Saturday afternoon,…
LAUREL STARED INTO THE MIRROR OVER HER SHOULDER at her…
“DID WHAT?” LAUREL’S VOICE ROSE.
IT WAS FOUR O’CLOCK WHEN LAUREL PARKED HER bike in…
“JUST IN TIME,” MOM SAID AS LAUREL WALKED IN THE…
AFTER SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, LAUREL GRABBED HER blue apron and…
DESPITE DAVID’S OPTIMISTIC WORDS, ONE WEEK turned into two, and…
LAUREL THREW HERSELF AWAY FROM THE WINDOW. “IT looked at…
IT WAS SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE EITHER WAS ABLE to move.
TO HIS CREDIT, DAVID HANDLED THE MEETING FAIRLY well, especially…
DAVID’S CIVIC ROLLED SLOWLY INTO THE SEA CLIFF cul-de-sac. “It’s…
A SHRILL, DEAFENING SCREAM REVERBERATED IN LAUREL’S head as the…
IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE THAT THE DRIVE BETWEEN Brookings and Orick…
“ARE YOU SURE YOU DON’T WANT ME TO COME WITH…