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Even though she never got tired thinking about him, she had other more pressing things to worry about. Most important was the baby growing inside her and then she worried about where her next meal was coming from. She had no answers to these pressing problems either, just more questions. These days it was only by concentrating on his face that she could imagine his touch or hear his gentle voice and this allowed her to escape the dire predicament...
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About a half hour after being placed in this room, and hearing the door lock with a sound of finality to it, the door opened and a man brought in a tray with food on it and placed it on the table, but she was too nervous to eat anything. Seated at the table, she did sip on the apple juice, but kept the rest of the food covered. With nothing else to do, she went over to the bed and stretched out on it. The bed was not too bad, but it was much softer...
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What she was thinking about was taking a path that thousands of other young girls exactly like her had taken in the past. She got up and using a dirty broken mirror hanging in the center of the shack put on her best face. She had to swallow hard to keep the bile down and with her sprit nearly broken she left the shack, hopefully for the last time.
Once outside, she stood and reappraised the course of action she was about to embark on. She knew that...
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Once the ship pulled into, she walked off the ship with the others, only now her head was held high. Once they were on land, they were all were loaded onto huge trucks covered with drab green, though really smelly canvas, over the backs of them. For the next three hours she bounced around in the back of the truck with the others as they were taken to their new home.
At the compound, the main gate was opened and they drove directly into an enclosed...
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He lay back weakly and focused his mind on the various forms that the clouds took on as they floated by. He was able to do this by realizing that there was nothing more he could, or actually wanted to do right then. Even so, his mind eventually shifted over to wondering about the boat he'd spent the last five months on, though just knowing he'd gotten the boat to safety made him feel better.
Before long, he could smell the sickening stench of the...
6) Believe
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Monday morning rolled around a lot sooner than either of them wanted it to. With feelings of apprehension, he was awake at five and sat up on the edge of the bed he was sharing with his new wife. He knew it was time for him to get back into the war, but after spending all these weeks with nothing except love in his heart, and on his mind, he was going to have a hard time picking up a gun and shooting at someone again. Oh sure, he knew that making...
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For the first time since working at the restaurant, she called in sick and spent all day and most of the evening Wednesday hiding in her bed. However, by four o'clock Thursday morning she was thoroughly, disgusted with herself and got up. After all, wasn't she the one who survived hunger, endured humility, lived through a broken heart and much, much more? It was her and her alone who had made it through the camp, it was she, who had been living in...
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The old lady who owned the restaurant was sitting behind the counter reading a newspaper, and had heard the tall, thin, girl ask for tea. She handed the fumbling waitress a menu and continued to watch with interest.
The part of the restaurant where customers sat had about ten tables in front and ten booths that ran along one side of the restaurant near the kitchen. The entire establishment could not have been over twenty-five feet wide, but it was...
9) Side Door
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Before she started up the stairs to the second floor of the hotel, she stopped and grabbed a small plastic bag out of a wooden pigeonhole sort of wall cabinet to her left, then smiled at him and headed for the stairs.
His mind was instantly cleared of the booze he'd consumed because something told him that this was going to be the most extraordinary night of his life, he felt it in his very being. The fire in him was causing him to sweat as he watched...
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There was not a single flaw on her that he could find anywhere, she was the most perfect woman God ever created. He hated to disturb his sleeping princess and his delightful thoughts, but the demanding pressures of his bladder forced him to think otherwise. Slowly and gently, he eased out of bed and stood over her, she had not moved. He walked down to the foot of the bed and never took his eyes off her, no matter what angle he looked at her, she was...
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