At first my older brothers would ‘accidentally’ walk in on me when I was naked in the bathtub. I was always embarrassed but I kind of liked the at...tention too. Whenever I would tell mom she just told me to lock the door if I didn’t want them to look.To test that theory I walked in on mom a few times. I even saw my oldest brother Tom walk in on her too. I didn’t hear her cry out or anything. One time I crept up to the door and looked in the keyhole. I was amazed how well I could see and I told. The four bikers started toward Faith just as the jukebox started another song. WE'LL BE SINGING, WHILE WE'RE WINNING. WE'LL BE SINGING Faith snatched up a pool cue and choked up on the handle ready to swing it. "Let's go!" she said, swinging just as the first biker came into range. I GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I GET UP AGAIN, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO KEEP ME DOWN. The pool stick broke in half when it connected with the biker's head and. Donovan’s buddies from way back and that we should stay away from him. She said they were a bad influence. You can probably guess why.’ ‘Yeah, I can. Thanks for the call, Fiona. Take care, both of you.’ There was no response for a moment, and it seemed she’d hung up. Instead, a heartbeat before his finger cut off the call, he heard the faint reply ‘I love you, Jahn. Be well.’ ——————————————— One grenade after the next, Jahn thought, absently studying the cellphone nestled in his palm. I love. I signed the card, Kenny Masters, because this was the name she had always known me as.All of the nuns at the orphanage were waiting to see who would be selected as the replacement, to be the new Mother Superior. I hoped, for all the orphan kids sake, that it would be someone who was warmer, and more loving, than the woman she would be replacing.It was two weeks later before word began trickling down that the order had decided to close the orphanage down. The plan was for most of the youngest.
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