When he entered the kitchen, Emily was the first to greet him with a hug."Hi Uncle Dave. How are you today?" I'm doing fine Em. How is your first day ...on the farm going?" Great. Rich showed us how to milk cows. Heather showed us how funny it is to watch her lose her breakfast." Emily, stop teasing your sister this instant!" Liz yelled."Sorry Mom. It was funny though." I nodded enough that Dave saw it.We started working on the contents of the truck after lunch. Emily somehow managed to be. You only thought I was dead. The Marid found me and revived me." Give him proof that he cannot ignore," Rashid commanded.Faiza trembled; Kyle's eyes were locked on the pre-recorded image."When you were six, you jumped off the roof of the house and broke your leg. When I asked you why, you said, 'I want to be a paratrooper like dad.' You thought the blue tarp would work." It can't be," Kyle whispered, a tear trickling down his cheek. "How is this possible?" When there was a lightning, you always. "Honey, you make the final decision" I said"its up to you, whatever you say goes, just know I will be right there with you and you are the boss, you say what goes"Mark came back over"how you guys doing" he asked, clearly eager but calm, Sarah said, "ok, i'd like to play, but there are a few rules"Mark smiled "there usually are"he sat down, louise joined us"ok so what Sarah says goes, it's our first time playing so we want to take it slow" no problem" Mark smiled "you are the boss sarah, what. "Shut off the VCR and then come up and tuck me in to 'my bed',I am tired and need some sleep," he said as he stood up,gathered up his clothes and headed out of the room. The tears started to flow from my eyes as I saw him making hisway towards the stairs, when he was out of sight, the sobsbegan.How did I get myself into this? How will I get myself out ofthis? A man's home is supposed to be his castle and I had justbeen raped and abused in mine! I grabbed the hem of my nightgownand ran to the.
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