"The other three looked at me wondering what was coming. Wondering if Iwas going to tell Ceri my secret!So I continued, "Our tent's a three man tent a...nd there's already foursleeping in it - it's cosy now but with another body it'll be crowded."Sue (Ceri's mum) passed us as we were talking and asked, "What'll becrowded?" Ceri explained, "I was just wishing I could go with these guys- just around Aus. But their tents too small."Ceri had until October when she would start university so she was at. Sarah walked to the doorway and lifted up the welcome mat, she picked up a brass key and inserted it in the door handle."Sarah? Who lives here?" Shawn whispered."Shhhhh... Calm down." She eased the door opened, and motioned for Shawn to follow. Shawn entered and looked around. A typical suburbia home, he could see the kitchen, a stairway going up, and a living room."Take your shoes off." Sarah exclaimed.Shawn slid the shoes from his feet."Come on." Sarah said with her finger wiggling.She walked. I found a roommate through a friend and that lasted until he knocked up his girlfriend and she was in and I was out. I found a small efficiency apartment that I could barely afford, and continued to try to find full time work to no avail. Knowing there was no way I could afford to continue and heartbroken over my aunt's condition, I quit school and just tried to find a job. The Toyota that Aunty had given me as a gift for my high school graduation blew its transmission and unable to get to work. She pushed the cloth aside that covered the door and waited a few seconds for her eyes to adjust to the darkness inside the hut. There was enough light coming in from the windows and fire to see fairly well. The place was rustic to say the least. It had an open pit fireplace in the center of the one room, smoke was allowed to escape up a tube made of wood that had a some sort of metal sheeting lining it. The rafters had many herbs and plants hanging, along with what appeared to be preserved.
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