Directly across the street from the Liseberg, is STUK Manufaktur, where Colleen and Rebecca shopped for all sorts of new clothing. Their hours of brow...sing resulted in fabulous gifts for Mr. Bell and Millie, Maggie, Sherrie, Jerry, and Jennifer, as well as the ladies in Colleen's office and the gals who worked for Rebecca before she retired.When suppertime finally arrived, we walked down Gothenburg's street of restaurants, the Haga Nygata. It was pretty much all Nordic food, but we found a. Tinsel and lights draped its boughs, and a crystal star glowed from the highest tip of the tree. Darkness came early to the mountain in winter. Slowly, Kiley climbed to her feet and with slow measured steps, she made her way to the door. Taking a cloak from the peg, she pulled it around her shoulders and walked onto the porch. The crystalline stars hung against a winter sky faded black. Warmth suffused her worn and tired body as she looked upward, fastening her gaze on Edgar’s star. ‘It’s. I looked closely, and saw a woman move into the building. I rushed down the street, and followed her into what I saw was the local drug store. I moved through the store, and wondered where she had gone. I went to the back, and found her looking at pills. She was young. Very young. Maybe 15. I spoke, “Hello, don’t be afraid.” She turned with a shocked look on her face, and screamed. I moved forward, and grabbed her arm. “Look here,” I said, “You are the first person I have seen alive. For a second when he’d said my name he’d looked at me and smiled, and I’d been surprised. Most of the teachers, or anyone for that matter, would have probably been pissed off after what I did. I mean it wasn’t on purpose or anything, but that didn’t matter. Either way, I knew I’d have to apologize to him at the end of class, even if it was just to ease my conscience. I spent most of the period figuring out how to word my apology so it didn’t come out sounding stupid or fake, but by the time the.
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