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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">G</span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt; line-height: 21.6pt;">race received her first diary years ago
for Christmas from her Aunt Marge. She had been twelve at the time and
she had regarded the shiny red cover wondering what she would do with it.
She didn’t like to write. Of course, she tried to act thrilled. She
didn’t want to hurt Aunt Marge’s feelings. Her mother would have been
livid if she had and there would have been hell to pay. Not long after,
Aunt Marge died in a tragic car accident. She remembered the day in
exact, glaring detail. Snowy, treacherous roads and a bit of ice had
sealed Aunt Marge’s destiny. The accident set a series of events in
motion that would change Grace’s life forever. One by one her family
left. First her mother died, and then her dad. Finally, her little
brother had fallen through the ice one fateful day while ice skating. By
the time she was 20, they were all gone leaving Grace alone to conquer the world. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> She met Rob
by accident. A dear friend had set her up on a blind date. The
weirdest thing happened, though. Her date couldn’t come. Instead,
he sent flowers with his apology. Rob delivered the flowers and
they connected immediately. Compelled to see her again, he sent
flowers to her and delivered them himself. A whirlwind romance followed
which culminated in a marriage proposal. Grace said yes before Rob even
finished what he had to say. Since Grace no longer had any family
to speak of, she was eager to start a family of her own. Just a little
over a year later she welcomed a son who became her pride and joy. A
daughter soon followed, and soon it seemed her dreams of a family were
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> The years
passed. Her son enlisted in the navy when war broke out, and at the
tender age of 19, died in battle. Grace's heart shattered into a million
pieces. Her grief palpable, she remained inconsolable. Her diary
filled to overflowing with tear stained prose. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> Still her daughter remained. Soon, Grace’s diary
focused revolved around Elise and Rob's comings and goings.
Somewhere along the way, Grace ceased to exist. Her life ceased to
matter. Her feelings were never discussed within the pages of her most
recent diary. In her mind, she was insignificant. They were her
whole world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.55pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">After another joyous Christmas celebration, Rob suffered a fatal heart
attack. One minute he was at her side, the next he was gone. Grace wrote
pages and pages in her diary as she coped. She mourned her life partner,
and once again the pages became smudged and tear stained. Her daughter
did all she could to see to Grace's needs, but then life stepped in once again.
Her daughter accepted a wonderful job thousands of miles away.
Grace mustered her strength, put a brave face on it, and saying goodbye,
wished her well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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passed. With each passing year, Grace withdrew a bit farther into
herself. She stopped associating with the outside world and became a
modern day recluse. Those she loved most in life had gone leaving her
behind. She longed to join them. She longed to be free of her
lonely life. She played her music. She created her art. She
survived, a prisoner of her dark thoughts and feelings of helplessness. She put
on a brave, showed the world giggles and smiles because that is what she
thought the world wanted to see. She confided only in her diary.
She prayed that when her time was up, that whoever found her diaries
would read them and understand. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> I have discovered a few things about myself during this time period, though. The first, and perhaps the most important is that I giggle when I am nervous and uncomfortable. It isn’t because I am particularly happy. I also laugh hysterically when I am amused, which still happens quite regularly. I talk entirely too much when prompted. I probably share things I relate with and am amused by entirely too much on Facebook. I am perhaps a bit too honest for most people’s tastes and probably a whole lot inappropriate. I am convinced that it is a public service for me to isolate myself as much as possible which is why I hide behind writing fiction and haiku. I also realize that I am just not that great of a writer, but I am OK with that now. I will write for the fun of it and see how it goes and have absolutely no illusions that I belong at the top of any writing heap. Sometimes you just need to let it out and vent. Sometimes you simply have to realize that God never abandoned you after all and you are OK. And then sometimes, you need to quit caring so much, and simply try again. That is what I am attempting to do.</span></span><br />
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peppering her handkerchief. Bone weary, rankled with pain, her
breaths shallow and spare. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> Knock, knock</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">.
Persistent knocking, rattling her brains. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Enough!</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">
Flinging open the door, embracing death, welcoming everlasting
life. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The valiant warrior succumbs. </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Sweet
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physique, I assess my own. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><i style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 107%;">I would kill for her ass.</i><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 107%;"> </span><i style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 107%;">Sigh</i><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 107%;">. Elect
torture courtesy of a local gym, or find a superb plastic surgeon in New York? Contemplating my pizza, I resign myself to
hereditary genetics. Life’s choices.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAqlSXYKwnIDWujMRd5AUGqJWtPahD2mQ5wlbPwRf0FINm-9dk90i9jUV_IAqcETwHD-EEfYs7QRYPG2yuHscAwtFamyLcyW9r-tBr0E0xWACoLDyHuzuAYUWgoo5U2FJ-6YK4vWtm5DG/s1600/Kathy+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAqlSXYKwnIDWujMRd5AUGqJWtPahD2mQ5wlbPwRf0FINm-9dk90i9jUV_IAqcETwHD-EEfYs7QRYPG2yuHscAwtFamyLcyW9r-tBr0E0xWACoLDyHuzuAYUWgoo5U2FJ-6YK4vWtm5DG/s200/Kathy+%25281%2529.png" width="200" /></a></div>
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nuisance, slaughtering <i>her</i> chickens. Once
ensnared, she slaughtered <i>him</i>. He simmers in a bath of red wine and spices. Vengeance
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nostalgia. Anyone who knows me at all
knows I am passionate about music, and if you know that much about me, you
might also know that I love movies and own a vast collection. This weekend I indulged myself and updated my
collection with a DVD of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Dancing" style="color: #38761d;" target="_blank">“Dirty Dancing”</a><span style="color: #38761d;">.
</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">While I have the video cassette, I no longer ha</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">ve a VCR. Because of that fact, I have been steadily beefing
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of both worlds…amazing music and a coming of age romance that tugs at the ole
heart strings for the bargain price of $5.00.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">
</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">Now you can see why I couldn’t simply walk past this one.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">I LOVE
this movie.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">It was released in 1987, a
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</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">My daughter and I sang along to all the songs, and I find myself still
singing them today.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">I have them cranked
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</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">If you have seen it, you must see it again.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">It is well worth the effort.</span></div>
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late into the afternoon. Saturday was made
better with a </span><a href="http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Notre Dame</span> </a><span style="color: #cc0000;">win, and Sunday was dominated with grocery shopping, dishes,
house cleaning, and laundry. I even
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to 4-H and my tutelage, my daughter is quite the baker so while I cleaned, my
daughter made </span><a href="http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/02/homemade-bread-bowls-recipe.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">bread bowls</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> which were filled more than once with homemade
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degree. We all eat it to survive. There
are others who eat it for pleasure. The
question is who cooks it? At my house,
that would be me. I take full chef
honors. There used to be a time when my
husband ruled as Lord of the barbecue grill, and my realm was confined to the
kitchen. My kids and I would wait, with baited breath
and growing appetites, for him to come home and cook something, anything, on
the grill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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husband decided I needed to master the barbecue grill as well. The skill was on the list of things
that he should do and could do, but unfortunately hardly ever came home to do
and didn’t want to be bothered with when home.
If I wanted the taste of barbecued meat grilled to perfection, I needed to
learn. So I did, all the time with the
nagging thought in the back reaches of my brain that I was being prepared for a
life without him. Is he trying to tell
me something? Probably not, I am just a
tinge paranoid. I am a strong,
independent woman, whether I want to be or not.
This life as a trucker’s wife has made me that way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up, it was the same scenario on the most part, since my dad was also an over
the road truck driver like my husband.
While he was away, Mom ruled the kitchen and did all the cooking. When Dad came home, he not only presided
over the barbecue grill, but also dazzled us with his skills in the kitchen. Crazy enough, it was my Dad that attempted to
teach me how to cook and insisted on me helping. He taught me how to cook breakfast: eggs,
pancakes, french toast, you name it. He
showed me how to make his spaghetti and his barbecue chicken. My Dad
actually had a huge collection of recipes that he began accumulating after my
mom died, and I got that little gold mine when he died in 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> Even
though I watch “Master Chef” avidly and am openly in awe of Gordon Ramsay, and
secretly scared shitless of him, I have no delusions that I could compete in
the Master Chef kitchen, nor would I desire to.
However, we don’t starve, and there are a few dishes I am damn proud to claim
as my own concoctions. Yes, I cooked
that. My mantra has always been and
always will be: if you can read, you can cook.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564863484894692249noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303475796807404950.post-25560274774442814012015-09-28T20:08:00.000-04:002015-09-28T20:08:17.464-04:00#MondayMusings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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late for a little musing this Monday. 15
years ago today I was eagerly anticipating my cesarean section scheduled for the
next morning with a twinge of fear and a whole lot of excitement. I had never had a baby before and even though
I had taken the childbirth classes at the hospital, I still felt ill equipped for
what was to come. Besides, I spent 99.9%
of the movie shown the expectant parents about childbirth and cesareans
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> I endured a tough pregnancy with my first</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />born. Let’s just say, I don’t do
pregnancy well. I was not one of those
fabled expectant mothers who simply glowed. Tinged a sickly, pasty, green, I struggled through every minute of my
pregnancy plagued with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, riding on the hellacious
roller coaster ride of hormones, high blood pressure, and gestational diabetes. To be honest, by the time it was time to go
under the knife I simply wanted the pregnancy to be over. I simply could not imagine the reality of the
baby, I would soon have. I had no idea
whether the baby would be a boy or a girl.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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up bunches of balloons, suspending them from the ceiling, and stringing a “Happy
Birthday” banner in their midst. The
real celebration won’t commence until this weekend when my husband comes home. Still, I couldn’t let my little girl’s day
pass unnoticed. Tomorrow I will bake
cupcakes, a simple precursor to the birthday cake she will have this
weekend. She will get to blow candles out
on both occasions, because really a person cannot have too many wishes! Then, once both kids are home from school,
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her fifteenth year will dawn. No matter
how old either of us get, she will always be my sweet baby girl and I will
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blogging anniversaries or how many posts I have actually put up. Sure, I have seen other bloggers happily
sharing how they have made it to this milestone or that silently because I
usually have my head lodged so far up my ass that I miss when things like that
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> Well, guess what? For some reason, I woke up and literally
smelled the coffee today and realized that I have published 900 posts on the
Giggling Trucker’s Wife Writes!!! This
happy mess of Monday Musing is number 901!
So before this moment completely passes by without any acknowledgement at
all, I will take this moment to jump up and down, and say “Look at me! Look at me! Aren’t I special?”</span></span></div>
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is way more fun than doing dishes, folding laundry, or housework. Let’s be quite clear, I DO THAT TOO!! I am a stay at home mom, but yes, I do more
than just sit on my duff and take up space.
I cook, clean, crochet, knit, play piano,
and play games, all sorts! I also juggle kids and dogs, literally. I make the dogs do their duty outside and
make the kids do their homework. Yes, I
do! I also am honorary chauffeur to
every after school activity event. I
cook too, which explains where all the dirty dishes come from. Just as soon as I get them clean another heap
appears. It is a vicious cycle and an
evil conspiracy that I will never be able to explain to you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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time to stop by and read the literal stream of BS that I have spewed, marveled
at my haiku, and commented on my stories, thank you. I love you guys. You are proof that I am not completely
wasting my time. I will do my best to
continue to deserve your devotion!</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564863484894692249noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303475796807404950.post-28262156333086976112015-09-18T17:55:00.000-04:002015-09-18T17:55:56.199-04:00All About Higher Learning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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can! The one school that I have coveted
and would have LOVED to attend is the </span><a href="https://www.nd.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">University of Notre Dame</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">. Unfortunately, it has always been a bit out
of reach even though I did win a scholarship to Notre Dame when I was in high
school. It was for science of all
things. Can you imagine? I was hell-bent at the time on going to
</span><a href="http://www.belmont.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Belmont University</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> and studying music business, which is what I did. That didn’t last, of course, because it was
a passing fancy. Ever since I was little
I wanted to be an artist. That was my
pipe dream, so there is little wonder I ended up studying graphic design at Indiana
Vocational Technical College. Still my
heart will always belong to Notre Dame.
When I walk around campus there, I am home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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wizardry and witchcraft? Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to do
magic, hex someone, or visit Diagon Alley for supplies? </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">If I had been </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">lucky enough to study at
Hogwarts, I would most definitely be in Ravenclaw for my intelligence, wit, and
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face the sorting hat.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">The sorting hat
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a Gryffindor because not only am I afraid of heights, I am not keen on trying
new things and am scared shitless of things like roller coasters.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">No way in God’s green earth would you ever
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</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">While I can be loyal, protective, and hardworking like a Hufflepuff, if
I get a hair across my ass the wrong way, I am capable of cutting people out of
my life forever without a backwards glance.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">
</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">Sad but true.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%;">Finally, while I am
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 107%; text-align: left;"> Amid a sea
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is why I simply didn’t get around to posting Friday. Life stepped in, asked me to dance, and I
obliged. Saturday marked my husband and
my 18</span><sup style="color: #cc0000;">th</sup><span style="color: #cc0000;"> wedding anniversary.
A lot of anniversaries have come and gone without much fanfare. This one, we made plans, and followed
through. We took the kids to the
</span><a href="https://www.childrensmuseum.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">Indianapolis Children’s Museum </span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">for the day and had a ball.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> So much to see, so much to do, so much to learn, and tons of pictures to
take! I actually took over 200
pictures. I wasn’t the only one snapping
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Highlights of the day included getting
up close and personal with dinosaurs, the transformers Bumblebee and Optimus
Prime, taking a trip to China, learning all about religions from all over the
world, and goggling amazed at a 43 foot tower of colorful blown glass. As much as I hate waiting for trains to pass,
I still managed to enjoy the train exhibit they had that included vintage toy
trains and a life size replica you could climb aboard and experience a
simulation of traveling down the tracks.
Another favorite from the day was the show we took in at the museum’s
planetarium. Very cool to sit back and
travel through the galaxies and catch a glimpse at how the universe formed, the
planets of solar system, and the millions of stars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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from where we live.</span><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; line-height: 107%;">On the way home, we
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put it away until next summer. Even
though the days are fairly warm, the nights are reaching the 40’s so the days
of lazily floating in the pool were numbered anyways. The rest of the day was spent with being lazy,
napping, watching movies, laundry, and a run to the grocery store. I was happy to discover that the Fighting
Irish of Notre Dame won their football game this week, but unhappy to learn
that their starting quarterback, Malik Zaire, was injured and will be out for
the rest of the season. Hopefully Coach
Brian Kelly has another amazing quarter back to take the reins and lead </span><span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://www.nd.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">NotreDame</span></a> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">to victory for the rest of the season.
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the emergency room revealed her husband had broken her arm, split her lip, and
given her another black eye this time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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worthless bitch.” He taunted before hurling a beer bottle at her. She couldn’t help the allergies that had
plagued her since childhood. A quick
apology only egged him on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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