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By AnonymBarbra Annino
After I slid down the wall for the third time, breaking every single fingernail in the process, I finally figured out that Thor was hollering at me. I turned to see him standing in the bed of the truck. Which, of course, made much more sense, than pretending to be Spiderman. It's a humbling moment when you realize your dog is smarter than you.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
And I'll be a witch in hell before I let someone hurt my dogs.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
But I’m not one to read a book backwards.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
Chance stifled a grin, and all I could think was that this girl had to be related to me. Only women who were related to me annoyed me this much.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
Darkness is drowned by three lights; nature, knowledge, and truth.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
I drank in the scene around me. Some people were directing traffic, some were throwing buckets full of water on the flames (the whole bucket too, not just the contents), some were snapping photos and one guy, I recognized as a regular of the Black Opal, Scully, was clutching a stool and crying. It was like the bleacher seats at a Cubs game when the beer gets cut off...
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
I realized that with Chance and me, there were no secrets. Or at least none that I could otherwise explain. I said, "I trust you more than I trust my own family, you know that?" "Well, they don't set the bar real high." He smiled at me, a silly, playful smile. The kind of smile shared by people with a lot of history.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
I thought a shit storm was coming, and I had no umbrella.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
It's my job to worry about you. I'm in love with you, Stacy. I have been ever since I can remember. It's always been you.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
My fault? How the hell is this"--I waved my arm across the table-- my fault?" "You know we don't believe in hell, so stop using that word in our presence," Bridie said. "Fine. How in fucked-up fairyland is this my fault?
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
She must have been tired, because instead of jamming the whip down Monique’s throat, she stood up and, in a very even tone, said, “If you think you’ve seen me mad before, imagine what I could do to you when I’ve just lost everything.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
The snow was knee-deep, my leg hurt, and my sweats were soaked, but I was hopped up on painkillers and a huge dose of pissed off, so I didn’t care.
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By AnonymBarbra Annino
You're the most important person in my life," I whispered. "You're the only man I ever let in." "But I'm not in, Stace. I'm standing on the porch in the pouring rain, waiting for you to open the door. I've been waiting ever since you left after graduation, ever since you came back last year. Even now, you've let me into your bed, but not into your heart. I'm still waiting.
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