Ava, Saige's best friend, suggests they visit the local cemetery one night. During their visit, Ava asks Saige if she ever thinks about dying. Two nights later, Saige learns that Ava has killed herself. Devastated, Saige struggles to process her grief while caring for her baby sister. Looking through old photos of her and Ava, Saige misses her best friend and cannot believe that she is truly gone.
Nellie finds the mighty Axe of Pangu in a temple maze and uses it to complete quests. She develops feelings for the food merchant Ho Sung Kim during her visits. They begin a romantic relationship, but Ho Sung leaves abruptly without explanation. Nellie returns to China disappointed but continues her adventures, bringing a key to Lu Zhi as requested.
This chapter summary provides an overview of key events in 3 sentences or less:
The Specter family goes on vacation to a cabin, where the siblings have fun activities but tensions arise between Rose and Sydney after a fight over a game. Meanwhile, Paige has a strange experience hearing unexplained voices at night. The chapter sets up mysteries and conflicts that will likely be explored further.
Sydney wanders downtown late at night to clear her head after a fight with her family. She meets Taz, an old family friend of her parents, who was asked to check on her. Taz convinces Sydney to return home, telling her that her family understands her and will support her through hard times. The next morning, Sydney's father has an outburst at breakfast where he forbids the family from playing rock, paper, scissors, confusing everyone. Later, Paige considers applying to college early so she can leave home, as being there makes her uncomfortable with memories of her brother's death.
Paige visits her parents for a break from university where she finds the social environment different than expected. During dinner, her parents encourage her to be more social and open to making new friends, bringing up an "unsavory character" who Paige insists is unsuitable. Meanwhile, Rose struggles to find employees for the nightclub she recently purchased, and her business partner Heath expresses concerns about mounting debts if they cannot turn business around.
Grace, who had been missing from her family for some time, is found by Liam playing violin in the city. DNA tests confirm that Grace is Liam's daughter, so she returns home to the Wrongway household. She bonds with her new family, including siblings Eli and Elizabeth. Cassidy then gives birth to another daughter, Alice. The twins and Alice all have their birthdays on the same day, so the family celebrates with a small party.
The document describes a family celebrating multiple birthdays. Diistan, who had been living with the family but not remembering them, has his memory returned through kissing Jenna. They realize he is Jenna's husband. Later, Priscilla has her birthday and becomes a teenager. She tries flirting but is embarrassed. Meanwhile, Jun and Lei go to the Grilled Cheese Emporium to continue their mission to find spouses, though Lei hits it off with one of the employees, Leo Trottier.
Quinn acted heroically but accidentally caused the death of Zane's wife Tina. Bella Goth has returned to work with Lillian. Puck Summerdream, a reaper-elf hybrid, had his powers stripped and is now mortal. He has been sentenced to die of old age as punishment for refusing his role as a reaper.
Nellie finds the mighty Axe of Pangu in a temple maze and uses it to complete quests. She develops feelings for the food merchant Ho Sung Kim during her visits. They begin a romantic relationship, but Ho Sung leaves abruptly without explanation. Nellie returns to China disappointed but continues her adventures, bringing a key to Lu Zhi as requested.
This chapter summary provides an overview of key events in 3 sentences or less:
The Specter family goes on vacation to a cabin, where the siblings have fun activities but tensions arise between Rose and Sydney after a fight over a game. Meanwhile, Paige has a strange experience hearing unexplained voices at night. The chapter sets up mysteries and conflicts that will likely be explored further.
Sydney wanders downtown late at night to clear her head after a fight with her family. She meets Taz, an old family friend of her parents, who was asked to check on her. Taz convinces Sydney to return home, telling her that her family understands her and will support her through hard times. The next morning, Sydney's father has an outburst at breakfast where he forbids the family from playing rock, paper, scissors, confusing everyone. Later, Paige considers applying to college early so she can leave home, as being there makes her uncomfortable with memories of her brother's death.
Paige visits her parents for a break from university where she finds the social environment different than expected. During dinner, her parents encourage her to be more social and open to making new friends, bringing up an "unsavory character" who Paige insists is unsuitable. Meanwhile, Rose struggles to find employees for the nightclub she recently purchased, and her business partner Heath expresses concerns about mounting debts if they cannot turn business around.
Grace, who had been missing from her family for some time, is found by Liam playing violin in the city. DNA tests confirm that Grace is Liam's daughter, so she returns home to the Wrongway household. She bonds with her new family, including siblings Eli and Elizabeth. Cassidy then gives birth to another daughter, Alice. The twins and Alice all have their birthdays on the same day, so the family celebrates with a small party.
The document describes a family celebrating multiple birthdays. Diistan, who had been living with the family but not remembering them, has his memory returned through kissing Jenna. They realize he is Jenna's husband. Later, Priscilla has her birthday and becomes a teenager. She tries flirting but is embarrassed. Meanwhile, Jun and Lei go to the Grilled Cheese Emporium to continue their mission to find spouses, though Lei hits it off with one of the employees, Leo Trottier.
Quinn acted heroically but accidentally caused the death of Zane's wife Tina. Bella Goth has returned to work with Lillian. Puck Summerdream, a reaper-elf hybrid, had his powers stripped and is now mortal. He has been sentenced to die of old age as punishment for refusing his role as a reaper.
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The document summarizes the tensions in the Devereaux household after Bella Goth moves in following her engagement to Quinn Devereaux. Bella makes rude comments about Eden's age that make Eden feel self-conscious. Quinn also begins fighting frequently with his father Rhys and avoiding meaningful conversations. The tensions rise further during dress shopping for Quinn's upcoming wedding.
Liz waits for hours for her boyfriend Zeph to show up for their date at a coffee shop. When he never arrives, she realizes she is tired of constantly waiting for him and wondering when he will stop using drugs to cope with his past trauma and let her support him. Meanwhile, Asher and his family have moved to a new, smaller home and are adjusting to the change well, with the birth of their newest daughter Paige.
This document provides an unstructured collection of pictures and captions from a Sims legacy story. The author explains that they are releasing this chapter early with incomplete content due to making changes to defaults and creating a new neighborhood in the game. They hope readers still enjoy the chapter despite it not being their best work. The chapter features interactions between members of the Daze family, including teenage drama between the children.
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The document recaps the events of the previous chapter of the Devereaux Legacy story. It summarizes that Bella had been using magic to manipulate Quinn, drugged Rhys unsuccessfully, and proposed to Erin. It then details that Bella accidentally killed herself and Quinn during a spell, and Quinn revealed to Zane on his deathbed that he was the one who killed Tina. At Quinn and Bella's funerals, Rhys punched Alexander for insinuating that Quinn purposefully caused the car accident.
The document summarizes a meeting between four Reapers - Oberon, Ilyena, Ruyven, and Owen - and their boss, Mr. Reaper. They discuss the status of a secret genetic experiment to create living Grim Reapers. Oberon reports success with his children Puck and Nichole showing Reaper abilities. However, he is concerned about forcing Puck to join against his will when he comes of age. Mr. Reaper insists they must ensure Puck cooperates with their plans.
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The document is a continuation of the Devereaux Legacy story. It describes Remington, a zombie, feeling useless and unhappy with his undead existence as he is shunned by both the living and other supernatural beings. He expresses a desire for his existence to end. He is then approached by a red-haired woman who seems interested in his unhappiness.
Flora Solei has moved to Laguna Isle to complete the 100 Pregnancy Challenge in order to have her immigration fees waived. She is getting settled into her new unfinished home. Flora goes on dates with two elderly neighbors, Derek and Avri. She discovers she is pregnant but has not yet been able to tell Avri. The story documents Flora's early experiences on the island as she begins her challenge and adjusts to life in a new place.
Devereaux Legacy: Chapter Five - Part 3 (A)peasant007
The document provides an update from the author of the Devereaux Legacy story. It introduces several characters including Eden, an actress playing the Child Oracle, and Jason Larson, a difficult actor. During a scene, Jason fails to memorize his lines and criticizes Eden's character. The director and others defend Eden for being more professional than Jason.
A young woman named Jess tells her friend Kathie that she has an imaginary boyfriend to get Kathie to stop pestering her about getting into a relationship. Kathie has been trying to set Jess up with guys since their freshman year of high school, but Jess insists she is not interested. Jess describes her group of friends at school - Tom, his girlfriend Rika, and Kathie's boyfriend Eliot. At lunch, Kathie talks about a new transfer student at their school, but Jess points out that Kathie tends to gush over any supposedly cool new guy. Jess continues insisting to Kathie that she already has a boyfriend, even though he is imaginary.
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Quinn is still unhappy in his marriage to Bella, who continues to antagonize his family. Bella tries using a love potion on Rhys to gain his favor, but it backfires when Eden enters the room instead. Later, the effects of the potion wear off for Rhys.
I spent the first two years telling people where I'm from and what I'm majoring in. I spent the last two years telling people that I have no idea what I'm going to do after college. I'm sick of people asking. I'm going to sell out and get a job that I don't like. Just like every one else. For all our hopes and dreams, for all the talk about changing the world, for all the promise we show, most of us will end up sitting behind a desk in a shitty cubical. Life ends at graduation.
Howard questions Rosalie about her husband Bruce's suspected involvement with Simmunists. Rosalie is shocked by the evidence Howie shows her from the FBI's investigation file. She had no knowledge of Bruce's activities. Howie feels badly for Rosalie but says the investigation is ongoing. Rosalie is left worried about what will happen to Bruce given the treatment of suspected Simmunists.
Nellie explores an ancient tomb in China and uncovers several secret rooms and passages. She finds coins, boxes of treasure, and other artifacts. After collecting clues from locals, Nellie inserts a keystone to unlock the final room housing the relic stolen from Jiang Lu's ancestors. Upon entering this new room, Nellie reads an ominous plaque left by the evil warlord that occupied the fortress, striking fear in her heart about what dangers may lie ahead.
The Pseudo Legacy - Chapter Four, Part 14Orikes 360
Persephone had a prophetic vision at Oz's birthday party that greatly concerned the adults. They called a family meeting to discuss it, sending the younger kids to play downstairs and the teens away. Louise tried to eavesdrop on the meeting but was stopped by Steve. Persephone insisted on discussing her vision despite concerns for her exhaustion. She apologized to Star for frightening her with the prophecy.
Aerith searches for the vampire Contessa at nightclubs to get answers about her transformation. She becomes angry and leaves when a man stares at her. Meanwhile, Asher has returned home for his wedding to Melanie, which his father Andy is hastily planning for that evening without much input. Aerith anxiously paces, waiting for nightfall to come to attend Asher's wedding.
Aerith is at a bar trying to avoid being hit on by men. She sees a mysterious man at the poker table who she has seen before. She becomes angry and confronts a man who follows her outside, biting him and drinking his blood. Shocked by her actions, she runs away.
Liz finds messages that Zeph has been missing work and is concerned about his behavior. She cleans the messy house while waiting for him to return.
Taz has dinner at Dagmar's place. They bond over their past relationships and breakups. Dagmar offers her friendship and support to help Taz move on from his ex-girlfriend.
The document provides backstory for characters visiting a shrine on the first day of the new year. It describes each character making wishes at the saisen box and writing additional wishes on wooden plaques. The characters discuss their wishes and drawings on the plaques in a lighthearted way. Natsumi and Nia are seen drawing elaborate pictures and discussing manga, despite Natsumi's reluctance to admit her artistic talent. The summary establishes the setting and introduces wishes and drawings as plot points without extensive detail.
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The three kids - Julia, Maggie, and their cousin James - wake up in the middle of the night and hear bells upstairs. They sneak up to investigate and find "Santa Claus" by the Christmas tree. Santa talks to each child, reminding Julia to be nicer to Maggie about her missing teeth and telling Maggie her new teeth will come in time if she's patient. He says James has been good but could eat his vegetables more.
Nisha is a spoiled teenager sent to a boarding school to learn independence. She is rude and arrogant. One night, unable to sleep, she sneaks out to play congkak alone. A ghostly girl appears and plays with her. Nisha promises they will play again but doesn't keep her word. She then has a nightmare of herself hanging from a tree, throat slit, swinging in the wind in a gruesome scene.
The narrator is driving to see their sister, Lexie, for the first time in two years. They are nervous about the meeting since their last interaction two years ago ended in a fight. As they drive in the early morning hours, the narrator reflects on their childhood and close relationship with Lexie. However, Lexie's heroin addiction changed things and caused a rift between them. The narrator hopes the meeting will allow them to reconcile and repair their relationship.
O documento lista os principais movimentos sociais e culturais da década de 1960, incluindo: o movimento hippie nos Estados Unidos, o movimento feminista, os movimentos por direitos civis contra a segregação racial, e os movimentos estudantis de 1968 na França que contestaram valores conservadores. A década de 1960 foi marcada por uma grande contestação dos valores tradicionais e afirmação de uma cultura jovem e progressista.
The Devereaux Legacy: Chapter Six - Part 6 (A)peasant007
The document summarizes the tensions in the Devereaux household after Bella Goth moves in following her engagement to Quinn Devereaux. Bella makes rude comments about Eden's age that make Eden feel self-conscious. Quinn also begins fighting frequently with his father Rhys and avoiding meaningful conversations. The tensions rise further during dress shopping for Quinn's upcoming wedding.
Liz waits for hours for her boyfriend Zeph to show up for their date at a coffee shop. When he never arrives, she realizes she is tired of constantly waiting for him and wondering when he will stop using drugs to cope with his past trauma and let her support him. Meanwhile, Asher and his family have moved to a new, smaller home and are adjusting to the change well, with the birth of their newest daughter Paige.
This document provides an unstructured collection of pictures and captions from a Sims legacy story. The author explains that they are releasing this chapter early with incomplete content due to making changes to defaults and creating a new neighborhood in the game. They hope readers still enjoy the chapter despite it not being their best work. The chapter features interactions between members of the Daze family, including teenage drama between the children.
The Devereaux Legacy: Chapter Six - Part 7peasant007
The document recaps the events of the previous chapter of the Devereaux Legacy story. It summarizes that Bella had been using magic to manipulate Quinn, drugged Rhys unsuccessfully, and proposed to Erin. It then details that Bella accidentally killed herself and Quinn during a spell, and Quinn revealed to Zane on his deathbed that he was the one who killed Tina. At Quinn and Bella's funerals, Rhys punched Alexander for insinuating that Quinn purposefully caused the car accident.
The document summarizes a meeting between four Reapers - Oberon, Ilyena, Ruyven, and Owen - and their boss, Mr. Reaper. They discuss the status of a secret genetic experiment to create living Grim Reapers. Oberon reports success with his children Puck and Nichole showing Reaper abilities. However, he is concerned about forcing Puck to join against his will when he comes of age. Mr. Reaper insists they must ensure Puck cooperates with their plans.
The Devereaux Legacy: Chapter Seven - Part 1peasant007
The document is a continuation of the Devereaux Legacy story. It describes Remington, a zombie, feeling useless and unhappy with his undead existence as he is shunned by both the living and other supernatural beings. He expresses a desire for his existence to end. He is then approached by a red-haired woman who seems interested in his unhappiness.
Flora Solei has moved to Laguna Isle to complete the 100 Pregnancy Challenge in order to have her immigration fees waived. She is getting settled into her new unfinished home. Flora goes on dates with two elderly neighbors, Derek and Avri. She discovers she is pregnant but has not yet been able to tell Avri. The story documents Flora's early experiences on the island as she begins her challenge and adjusts to life in a new place.
Devereaux Legacy: Chapter Five - Part 3 (A)peasant007
The document provides an update from the author of the Devereaux Legacy story. It introduces several characters including Eden, an actress playing the Child Oracle, and Jason Larson, a difficult actor. During a scene, Jason fails to memorize his lines and criticizes Eden's character. The director and others defend Eden for being more professional than Jason.
A young woman named Jess tells her friend Kathie that she has an imaginary boyfriend to get Kathie to stop pestering her about getting into a relationship. Kathie has been trying to set Jess up with guys since their freshman year of high school, but Jess insists she is not interested. Jess describes her group of friends at school - Tom, his girlfriend Rika, and Kathie's boyfriend Eliot. At lunch, Kathie talks about a new transfer student at their school, but Jess points out that Kathie tends to gush over any supposedly cool new guy. Jess continues insisting to Kathie that she already has a boyfriend, even though he is imaginary.
The Devereaux Legacy: Chapter Six - Part 6 (B)peasant007
Quinn is still unhappy in his marriage to Bella, who continues to antagonize his family. Bella tries using a love potion on Rhys to gain his favor, but it backfires when Eden enters the room instead. Later, the effects of the potion wear off for Rhys.
I spent the first two years telling people where I'm from and what I'm majoring in. I spent the last two years telling people that I have no idea what I'm going to do after college. I'm sick of people asking. I'm going to sell out and get a job that I don't like. Just like every one else. For all our hopes and dreams, for all the talk about changing the world, for all the promise we show, most of us will end up sitting behind a desk in a shitty cubical. Life ends at graduation.
Howard questions Rosalie about her husband Bruce's suspected involvement with Simmunists. Rosalie is shocked by the evidence Howie shows her from the FBI's investigation file. She had no knowledge of Bruce's activities. Howie feels badly for Rosalie but says the investigation is ongoing. Rosalie is left worried about what will happen to Bruce given the treatment of suspected Simmunists.
Nellie explores an ancient tomb in China and uncovers several secret rooms and passages. She finds coins, boxes of treasure, and other artifacts. After collecting clues from locals, Nellie inserts a keystone to unlock the final room housing the relic stolen from Jiang Lu's ancestors. Upon entering this new room, Nellie reads an ominous plaque left by the evil warlord that occupied the fortress, striking fear in her heart about what dangers may lie ahead.
The Pseudo Legacy - Chapter Four, Part 14Orikes 360
Persephone had a prophetic vision at Oz's birthday party that greatly concerned the adults. They called a family meeting to discuss it, sending the younger kids to play downstairs and the teens away. Louise tried to eavesdrop on the meeting but was stopped by Steve. Persephone insisted on discussing her vision despite concerns for her exhaustion. She apologized to Star for frightening her with the prophecy.
Aerith searches for the vampire Contessa at nightclubs to get answers about her transformation. She becomes angry and leaves when a man stares at her. Meanwhile, Asher has returned home for his wedding to Melanie, which his father Andy is hastily planning for that evening without much input. Aerith anxiously paces, waiting for nightfall to come to attend Asher's wedding.
Aerith is at a bar trying to avoid being hit on by men. She sees a mysterious man at the poker table who she has seen before. She becomes angry and confronts a man who follows her outside, biting him and drinking his blood. Shocked by her actions, she runs away.
Liz finds messages that Zeph has been missing work and is concerned about his behavior. She cleans the messy house while waiting for him to return.
Taz has dinner at Dagmar's place. They bond over their past relationships and breakups. Dagmar offers her friendship and support to help Taz move on from his ex-girlfriend.
The document provides backstory for characters visiting a shrine on the first day of the new year. It describes each character making wishes at the saisen box and writing additional wishes on wooden plaques. The characters discuss their wishes and drawings on the plaques in a lighthearted way. Natsumi and Nia are seen drawing elaborate pictures and discussing manga, despite Natsumi's reluctance to admit her artistic talent. The summary establishes the setting and introduces wishes and drawings as plot points without extensive detail.
All i want for christmas are my two front teethkgcowbelle
The three kids - Julia, Maggie, and their cousin James - wake up in the middle of the night and hear bells upstairs. They sneak up to investigate and find "Santa Claus" by the Christmas tree. Santa talks to each child, reminding Julia to be nicer to Maggie about her missing teeth and telling Maggie her new teeth will come in time if she's patient. He says James has been good but could eat his vegetables more.
Nisha is a spoiled teenager sent to a boarding school to learn independence. She is rude and arrogant. One night, unable to sleep, she sneaks out to play congkak alone. A ghostly girl appears and plays with her. Nisha promises they will play again but doesn't keep her word. She then has a nightmare of herself hanging from a tree, throat slit, swinging in the wind in a gruesome scene.
The narrator is driving to see their sister, Lexie, for the first time in two years. They are nervous about the meeting since their last interaction two years ago ended in a fight. As they drive in the early morning hours, the narrator reflects on their childhood and close relationship with Lexie. However, Lexie's heroin addiction changed things and caused a rift between them. The narrator hopes the meeting will allow them to reconcile and repair their relationship.
O documento lista os principais movimentos sociais e culturais da década de 1960, incluindo: o movimento hippie nos Estados Unidos, o movimento feminista, os movimentos por direitos civis contra a segregação racial, e os movimentos estudantis de 1968 na França que contestaram valores conservadores. A década de 1960 foi marcada por uma grande contestação dos valores tradicionais e afirmação de uma cultura jovem e progressista.
BESTON has been devoted to environmental projects since 1998. They produce high-quality, certified products for pyrolysis and distillation technology. Their systems can process waste tires/rubber and plastics into fuel oil and carbon black. BESTON works to contribute to environmental protection through quality products and service while creating value for customers.
Nasrul Irfan is an electrical and instrumentation inspector from Indonesia with over 5 years of experience in oil and gas, marine, and power plant projects. He has worked on projects for Siemens Energy and PT. Citra Shipyard. His responsibilities include material inspection, cable testing, equipment installation verification, and ensuring compliance with inspection test plans. He is proficient in Microsoft Office, electrical drawings, and has experience calibrating instruments and commissioning control systems. Nasrul holds an E&I inspector certification and certificates in PLCs and TOEFL English.
Ksenia Ignateva is a UI/UX designer who has created branding and digital products for several fitness and wellness companies between 2014-2016, including logos, websites, mobile apps, and tools for Virtual Fitness, Virtual Fitness Genetics, Direct Me, Bayrock Capital, Skeddy, and GetOutdoor. Her work spans branding, web design, and mobile app development.
The HTML system is designed to display missing person appeals in Victoria for longer than the 7 day limit on the police website. It collects data from an Excel spreadsheet called "the tool" which maps reported missing person cases. The HTML system divides appeals by gender and age group, and links each appeal by postcode and year to allow users to search and filter the data. A schematic shows how the different components of the system are connected. Online examples demonstrate how to search appeals by postcode or year, and how the data is displayed.
Este documento describe las modalidades y estructura de los proyectos de investigación en la Universidad Fermín Toro. Existen dos modalidades principales: investigación científica, que puede ser cuantitativa o cualitativa, y producción de ingenio. La investigación científica implica el análisis de variables y objetivación de resultados, mientras que la producción de ingenio incluye creaciones tangibles para resolver problemas reales. Los proyectos siguen una estructura de 3 a 5 capítulos dependiendo de la modalidad, cubriendo aspectos como el planteamiento
Este documento describe las modalidades y estructura de los proyectos de investigación en la Universidad Fermín Toro. Existen dos modalidades principales: investigación científica, que puede ser cuantitativa o cualitativa, y producción de ingenio. La investigación científica implica el análisis de variables y objetivación de resultados, mientras que la producción de ingenio incluye creaciones tangibles para resolver problemas reales. Los proyectos siguen diferentes estructuras de capítulos dependiendo de la modalidad. Además, la universidad establece directrices como
Este documento presenta tres líneas de investigación de la Universidad Fermín Toro. La primera se enfoca en estudiar la violencia para promover la paz. La segunda examina la relación entre el hombre, la ciudad y el territorio. Y la tercera analiza la identidad y el multiculturalismo en un mundo globalizado. También incluye una propuesta de proyecto sobre el régimen jurídico del comercio electrónico dentro de la tercera línea de investigación.
The document tells the story of a couple, Mark and Emma, who move into an old mansion on Maple Street that has a reputation for being haunted. On their first day renovating the house, a fire breaks out. Mark arrives home to find the house engulfed in flames. The local fire brigade is able to put out the fire, but it seems the house may still have more surprises in store for the couple.
1) The document is a story about Olivia, who was orphaned as a child and adopted by a wealthy family in Moldova. She grew obsessed with her adopted brother David and felt anger towards his girlfriend Claire.
2) Olivia secretly grew the poisonous plant monkshood and tricked Claire into rubbing its leaves on an open cut, poisoning her. Claire became ill and died, though the cause was initially unknown.
3) An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was aconite poisoning from monkshood. Olivia's adopted sister Anna, who had botanical knowledge, was banished under suspicion of the murder.
1) The narrator is haunted by reports of a murder in her town and has been having trouble sleeping and worrying constantly about her case.
2) She visits the police station to plead her innocence in the case but has a breakdown when officers mention her name, screaming that she did not murder her friend Kylie.
3) After visiting Kylie's grave, the narrator returns home to find her mother has had her committed to a mental institution by a Dr. Stevens, as her mother no longer feels safe living with her and believes she has gone too far.
Sarah wakes up early on Christmas morning to her excited little sister Emily jumping on her bed. They go downstairs where Sarah sees a large present under the tree that could not fit. It turns out to be a guitar that Sarah has wanted for months. Sarah is thrilled with her gift but her mother warns her to be careful with it. The summary captures the key events and gift from the passage in 3 sentences.
The narrator moves with her father to the small town of Sunbury and their new home at 7 Primrose Way. She is unhappy about the move and knows little about the town or house. Her neighbor Isabelle tells her the house has a mysterious history and past residents, though she dismisses rumors it is haunted. At her new school, the narrator befriends Isabelle and others at their lunch table, getting her first taste of the mean girl clique known as the A's.
This document is an excerpt from a memoir that describes the narrator's complex relationship with her cousin Nemecia during their childhood in New Mexico in the early 20th century. It reveals that Nemecia confided in the narrator that she had caused her mother to fall into a coma and killed their grandfather when she was 5 years old. The narrator is terrified of Nemecia but also dependent on her attention. Over time, Nemecia becomes detached from the narrator as she gets older.
The narrator, Alice, has an epileptic seizure while singing in choir which causes her to stare at a boy named John. Later, while bike riding with her friend Nina, Alice and Nina are chased by some boys. Alice turns down a dead end alley and is attacked by the boys. John, who saw Alice pass by his house, comes to her rescue by speaking to the boys in Spanish and getting them to leave. John helps Alice but she is still distrustful of him due to her upbringing. Alice wonders what became of John and hopes he found love with someone who did not judge him for his ethnicity.
This document contains three short stories. The first story describes a woman who uses drugs and alcohol to escape her memories and ancestry by engaging in casual relationships with multiple men on weekends. She has since stopped this behavior and now works to heal from her ancestral trauma. The second story is about a ghostly encounter the author had as a child at a cabin being built by his family, where he heard a whisper and felt a hand on his shoulder telling him to go with his family into town. The third story is a disturbing account of a dream where the narrator imagines stabbing a man in a park and the man's partner next to them starts giggling uncontrollably in their sleep.
The narrator recalls drowning and dying after becoming heavily intoxicated at her surprise birthday party. Her body is later discovered by a fisherman and identified. At the scene, her best friend Lisa appears nervous when questioned by police about the night. The narrator realizes she is now a ghost, unable to interact with the living or regain her past life. She revisits her family home but finds it empty and dark, no longer feeling like home without her family and life.
The document summarizes the life and career of author Maureen Daly. It notes that she was one of the first authors to write for a teenage audience. As a teenager, she won awards for her short stories. She published her first novel before age 20 and later launched a teenage column. Daly married fellow author William McGivern and the two wrote books together about their travels. Overall, the summary outlines Daly's early success as a teenage author and her later career writing novels and newspaper articles.
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Desdemona encounters a threatening vampire in the park who warns her not to let her father encroach on her territory. A mysterious man comes to Desdemona's aid and the vampire leaves. Later, Desdemona's cat Shadow scratches her arm unexpectedly. The next morning, Shadow is affectionate again. Several months later, Desdemona is playing solitaire at work between calls.
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At the End of LaGrave
1. The August night had already turned from purple to black as Ava and I walked down the torn-
up asphalt to the cemetery at the end of LaGrave Street. We weren't talking; when two people have
been friends for as long as the two of us had, there comes longer and longer periods of silence. We
knew each other so well, that I didn't feel like we needed to fill in the blanks.
It had been her idea to go to Pioneer Cemetery that night. We had been sitting sitting on the
couch in my living room watching reruns of Jersey Shore on MTV, probably falling asleep soon. It had
rained all day and we hadn't felt like going out and doing anything even after it let up, at least until she
suggested coming here.
“Still don't know why you want to do this,” I said, crossing my arms to shield my body from the
post-rain breeze. We used to come to the cemetery all the time, but its novelty had long since worn off.
When I first moved to this neighborhood on LaGrave in Paw Paw, Michigan, I was nine years old and
Ava had already been living here for a year. The first place she showed me was this tiny little
graveyard with headstones in it dating back to before the United States was even an official country.
“It reminds me of old times,” she said. She looked up at the sky, which made me look up, too. It
was indigo blue and twinkling with thousands of little stars. Seeing the great expanse of it made me
want to stretch my arms out and far as they'd go and lay in the middle of the street to take it all in, but I
didn't do that. Cheesy and overdramatic, that's what Ava would've said. But looking up there...that's the
way it made me feel; like a big, pulsing feeling in my chest was about to burst right through.
“Gonna miss these stars,” I said, and glanced over at her. At the end of the summer, we were
both moving away for college. I was going to Vassar with an academic scholarship and she was going
to Western Michigan, which wasn't far from where we lived.
“The stars are the same everywhere, Saige,” Ava said in a clipped tone.
I looked at the ground, down at my blue flip-flops faded white under the imprints of my feet. I
had worn them almost every day that summer. My mom told me that there was no way they were
coming with me to New York.
“Okay, fine,” I said, “but I'm going to miss you.”
2. I made it a point to look up at her and by doing that, will her to look back. But she wouldn't. She
kept staring straight ahead, the cemetery gates coming into view, walking slowly but with purpose.
“We've said that like, a thousand times,” she said, letting a smile play at the edge of her lips.
“Well, I just made it a thousand and one. I'm allowed to say it. I don't want to be without you all
the way in New York where I don't know anyone but my mom's friend's kids.” I sighed. “The only
possible outcome is that you come with me.”
“I can't,” she said, and then laughed. “We've talked about it so much.”
“It's coming up. It's all I ever think about,” I said. “Isn't it for you? I mean, you're moving away,
too. Anywhere is bigger than here.” Paw Paw was a place that had more gas stations than people and
the only attraction was a winery called St. Julian's that took over the whole town during September's
Wine and Harvest Festival. The houses on LaGrave were mostly all run down; mine and Ava's, 306 and
308, were the nicest ones on the block and that wasn't saying much.
“No, I haven't really been thinking about it,” she said just as we walked through the gates into
the cemetery. “Remember the first time we came here? You were so scared.”
“I'm scared now,” I said, hanging back as she walked forward confidently, finding her favorite
headstone right away. It was one so eroded from hundreds of years of weather that the epitaph was
nowhere near legible. “It weirds me out. I always feel like something is going to follow me home.”
“Like what, a demon?” she asked, widening her eyes for effect. She wiggled her fingers at me
and chased me when I ran away, making creepy noises louder than she should've been at that time of
night.
“Shut up, Ava,” I scolded, my voice a harsh whisper, but I had to laugh, too.
Her giggles died down and then she sat on the cool, wet grass with her legs crossed and her
back hunched forward. I leaned against a tall, pointed headstone that was newer than the rest and
watched her lay down in the exact position that the dusty remains of the corpse underneath her had also
been in at one point.
A car drove by and distracted my attention away from Ava. As I watched it, I recognized my
3. mom's van as she came home from her ex-husband's house, where she went to pick up my baby sister.
Not my real dad, but Rick, who was the father of my one-year-old half sister, Sydney. My dad died
when I was four. Mom got remarried when I was fourteen and divorced just last year. It wasn't a bad
split, but they were better apart. Even so, I missed having Sydney around all the time because of the
joint custody, and Ava was always there for me when I got upset about it.
“Mom and Syd just drove up,” I said, tempted to go back home. I hadn't seen my sister in a
week. But Ava wasn't moving, nor did she acknowledge what I had just said.
“Do you ever think about it?” Ava asked, staring up at the sky in the way that she had been
doing before.
I glanced back at my house, just a white nondescript two-story that I could see from the
cemetery if I squinted, and could just make out Mom lifting a sleeping Sydney out of the back of the
van. I smiled softly to myself and stood up straight, away from the headstone I had been leaning
against. I wanted to go home, but I didn't want to leave Ava there in the cemetery alone.
“Think about what?” I asked, knowing our minds were probably not in the same place.
“Dying,” she said simply.
My face scrunched up in confusion as I studied her lying there stretched out on the grave plot
with her hands resting behind her head to act as a pillow. “No,” I said, hearing the slight scathing tone
of my voice, “and don't you think saying that is a bit much for where you're laying right now?”
“Why do you think I'm thinking about it?” she snapped, sitting up.
“I don't know,” I murmured, turning away. “Can we go? I want to see Syd before Mom puts her
down.”
Ava sighed deeply but stood up from the ground. “Yeah, let's go home,” she said, and linked her
arm with mine on the way back to my house.
Two nights later, I was sitting on the floor in my attic bedroom when my cell phone rang and
Ava's mom's number lit up my screen. It wasn't unusual for her to call me to figure out where Ava was,
4. so I picked up without thinking anything was out of the ordinary, and then she told me what happened.
Ava killed herself. The night in the cemetery was the last time I ever saw her.
When I screamed, footsteps came pounding the stairs and my mom appeared in my doorway
with Sydney on her hip, asking what was wrong, and I told her as best as I could. Ava was dead. And
she did it to herself.
That night, I laid in my mom's bed but couldn't manage to fall asleep. I stared up at the ceiling
for hours with tears slipping down my temples, and then decided to just get up and go back to my room
where I felt the most comfortable. I picked Sydney up out of her crib and hugged her close, her sleepy
weight making me feel safer than I had since I heard the news, and carried her with me out of Mom's
room.
I flicked on my overhead light to its dimmest setting and absentmindedly pressed my lips to
Sydney's forehead as she rubbed her eyes. I didn't know what I was doing in the middle of the room
without a purpose at all, I just stood there and stared. None of this felt real. Just two nights ago, Ava
had been lying on her stomach on my bed, flipping through our senior year yearbook and reading
through all the messages people had written to me on the inside covers. She had teased me for being
too scared to ask Nick, the guy I'd been in love with since 7th
grade, to sign it, and I was laughing along
with her. That memory was so real to me that it seemed like I could grab onto it and hold tight, and if I
held to it tight enough she would still be here right now.
I didn't know what to do with myself. What were you supposed to do on the day that your best
friend kills herself? Eating felt wrong. Sleeping felt too casual, but staying awake was so hard. Doing
any mundane activity felt disrespectful because she wasn't there to do it with me.
I hugged Sydney close and sat down on the foot of my bed. I picked a photo album up from my
shelf full of them, knowing when I opened it that it was going to hurt, but I wanted to feel that. I
wanted that pain to validate that this was really happening. Because without proof, it felt like I was
living a nightmare that I could wake up from at any moment.
All my photo albums were the same. The pictures out of order, cut into weird shapes with
5. spaces missing in between in spots where I'd wanted to use the photo for something else. To stick on
the fridge or in my locker or to give to someone else, probably Ava. This book had a pink cover with
purple flowers, covered in a clear plastic sheet that was too big and coming off around the corners. It
was one of my older ones that was in the worst shape. Sydney was starting to fall back to sleep, so I
laid her down in the middle of my bed and opened the photo album on my lap, tracing the sharp corners
of the pages with the pad of my pointer finger as I looked at the photos inside.
The first one was of Ava on our first day of freshman year, and we both looked awful. Ava was
in her goth stage, which her mom wasn't technically allowing, so she was wearing skinny jeans and a
pink Aeropostale t-shirt, but with a clip-in black streak in her hair with extremely heavy, badly-drawn
eyeliner. She was slouching, a pained smile on her closed lips, her eyebrows raised in mock excitement
as she humored both of our moms with this picture. I didn't look much better standing next to her, my
arm slung around her shoulder and my braces glinting in the early morning sunlight. My hair was
pulled back in a ponytail that was way too tight, which gave me a sort of stretched, alien look, and the
crimping I had tried that morning only drew more attention to it.
I had been so afraid to start high school. Being around new people always made me nervous.
Ava was never one for emotions in herself or others, but she was always there for me when I got
anxious over things like that. That day, with the sun shining bright on our backs as we stepped out of
my mom's van, I was close to tears staring at the huge building in front of me. I was chewing the inside
of my cheek so vigorously that I was surprised I didn't go right through. As the van pulled away, I had
the urge to chase my mom down, climb back in, and ask her to take to me back to the middle school.
But while all those thoughts were rushing through my mind, I felt Ava's steady grip on my wrist. I had
looked over at her and she gave me an encouraging smile, and told me, “We got this.”
I looked up from the photo album and sucked in a deep breath, which was the only other sound
in the room besides Sydney's rhythmic breathing. Was Ava really dead? Looking down at the picture
from four years ago, she still seemed so alive. So here. That memory felt like yesterday. I could still
remember the stickiness of the air even though it was before 8am, the slide of the minivan door, and the
6. pull of the gum on the bottom of my flip-flop right before we walked through the high school doors for
the first time.
Dead seemed like such a strong word. But resting was a blatant lie. I looked over my shoulder.
Sydney was resting. Ava was gone.
Three hazy days passed. Hazy in both the literal and figurative sense; both outside and inside
my head was foggy. I hadn't had a clear thought since the night I didn't sleep, poring over all of those
old photos of Ava and me. My mom suggested going over to see Mrs. Lightwood or at least calling her,
but I couldn't make myself do either of those things. I could hardly eat, I didn't know what made her
think that I could work up the energy to see the person closest to my dead best friend.
On a Tuesday night that was as clear as the last one I spent with Ava, I laid out in the middle of
the driveway with my phone resting in my upward-facing palm. I stared at the stars and tried not to
even think any sentimental thoughts that Ava would hate. I clicked the power button my phone on and
off, on and off, over and over again and pressed my thumb over the fingerprint-sensor home button,
which lit up the whole screen. I went to my recent calls and clicked on the only contact that was in
there besides my mom's, and I put the phone on speaker and listened to it ring until Ava's voice was
right next to me.
Hey what's up, it's Ava... leave a message!
And the sounds of both of us laughing briefly before the recording was cut off with a long beep.
I hung up the phone out of pure surprise and sat up, breathing heavily and staring at the phone like it
was going to come alive in front of me. After a few long moments, I called the number back and
listened again.
Hey, what's up, it's Ava... leave a message!
For a second, all that was recorded was the sound of me breathing and the silence of not
knowing what to say to a voicemail that no one would ever hear. “This is weird...” I finally said.
“Listening to your...her...your voicemail, I don't know who I'm supposed to be talking to.” I hung up
7. again.
I laid there on the driveway as the night got colder and the cars came slower and less frequently.
Mom and Sydney had gone to bed a long time ago, and I was alone. No one was judging me, even
though it felt like that. I called her number again, if only just to listen to her outgoing message.
Hey what's up, it's Ava... leave a message!
“You really should've made that longer,” I said, right away this time. “I guess I'm going to
pretend I'm leaving you a real message. Well, I guess this is a real message. But that you'll actually
hear it.” I sat up from my laying position and crossed my legs, leaning forward with my elbows on my
knees. “I'm just sitting out here in the driveway. I've never done it alone, so it's kind of weird. But
hearing your voice on your thing made it seem like you were really here, which was nice. Not real, but
nice for a second.” I pressed the 'End Call' button on the screen and placed my phone facedown on the
concrete next to me. I sat there for a few more minutes not knowing what to think, and then stood up
and went inside. I got ready for bed and actually fell asleep when I laid down.
The first thing I did the next morning was call Ava's number. I heard the same outgoing
message, which I liked, and briefly wondered if it was unhealthy for me to be latching onto this. “Do
you think this is weird?” I asked the recording. “I guess I don't really care. It makes me feel better. And
nothing other than this has made me feel anything, really.” I stared up at my ceiling fan, trying to
follow a singular blade with just my eyes, going around in manic circles. “I don't even know why you
did it. No note. You didn't tell me. Ava...” I trailed off. “Was that night in the graveyard you telling
me? Because that was messed up if it was.” I pressed the 'End Call' button over and over, even though I
knew just once would do the job. I felt anger bubbling in my stomach for the first time as I thought
about what she did. Why didn't she ask for help? I could've done something. I didn't know what I
could've done, but anything would've been better than what became of it.
I called her back. “I don't know why you wouldn't tell me. Don't you know how much you hurt
me, Ava? Hurt everyone? You should've just told us you were struggling. Someone could've helped
you.”
8. Throughout the day, I continued to call her. Whenever I had a new thought that I needed to say,
I pulled up my recent calls and tapped the very top contact. By the end of the day, she was the only
number I'd called even after I scrolled and scrolled.
The last one of that day came right before midnight, when I was buried under all of my covers
wiping tears away. “This is so stupid, me calling you so much. It's pathetic. But I don't know what else
to do.” I didn't know what else I could say, so I clicked my phone off, shut my eyes and tried to sleep.
The day before, of, and after her funeral I didn't dial her number. It didn't feel right to so much
as look at my phone after she was put into the ground. She had a closed casket, which I was grateful
for. I didn't know if I could handle seeing her dead; in front of me but not really there. I know the real
reason was because Mrs. Lightwood didn't want us to see the ligature marks on her neck.
Two weeks after it happened, I called the number. It rang once, twice, and I zoned out as I
waited for the voicemail to pick up. But instead, I heard “Hello?”
Out of pure surprise, I dropped my phone and stared at it lying there on the floor, face-up with
the time spent on the call increasing with each second that passed. I knelt down and ended the call,
feeling my heart pumping wildly under the hand that I had pressed to my chest. Just a second before, I
had heard Sydney fussing downstairs, but now I couldn't hear anything but my hammering pulse.
I got a call back almost instantly. To see Ava's name and face filling my screen made my throat
constrict and my vision blur with tears, and I refused to answer. But whoever was on the other end was
relentless. It had been a male voice. What if it was her dad? The next time Ava's contact lit up my
phone, I picked up.
“Hello?” I said tentatively.
“Hello?” the male voice repeated.
“You called me,” I said.
“Are you the one who keeps calling this number and leaving the sappy voicemails?”
My heart felt like it clogged my throat and I lost my breath for an immediate response. “I...” I
couldn't manage to form a full word, let alone a full sentence.
9. “I'll take that as a yes,” the voice let out a breathy laugh. It wasn't a distasteful tone, but I
suddenly felt very self-conscious.
“That was private,” was all I could manage to say. “All those messages were private.”
“I didn't listen to them at first. But when you kept blowing up my phone, I couldn't help it.”
“Why do you have Ava's phone?” I asked, accusing him.
“I just bought this used. I don't know who Ava is,” he said, innocently enough.
“Oh,” I said softly, staring up at my ceiling fan yet again. “What's your name?”
“Carter. And you're probably Saige. Heard it in the messages.”
“Yeah,” I said. “I'm sorry, I didn't know that she sold...” I paused. “That her mom sold her
phone.”
“Who, Ava?” Carter asked. I told him yes. “Not to be totally rude, but...did Ava die?”
It felt like a blow to the stomach, someone saying it so bluntly as he just had. It took me a few
beats longer than it normally would to answer him. “Um...yeah,” I finally said. “She died a couple
weeks ago.” I couldn't muster up the energy to tell him how.
“I'm sorry,” he said. It wasn't the first time someone had said that to me in the last two weeks.
“Yeah,” I said, biting my lower lip. “We were best friends. So I've just been calling her number
and leaving her messages because it's made it a little easier on me that she's gone, I guess.”
“I kind of ruined that for you it looks like,” he said, and though his tone was friendly, it made
me bristle. His tone shouldn't be friendly. He should be sad. He wasn't understanding the gravity of this
situation. My best friend just died.
“My best friend just died.” I didn't mean for the phrase to come out of my mouth the way it did,
or at all for that matter. It came out so bluntly that I could practically see the words sitting heavy in the
air.
“I know,” he said uncomfortably, “you told me that. And I'm really sorry.”
I was silent for a long time. He asked me what high school I had gone to, what sports I played,
and I found out he was a soccer player from the high school the next town over. He was moving to
10. Ohio State in a week.
“You should call me,” he told me after we had been talking for the better part of an hour, “I
know it's not like talking to Ava or even leaving a message. I'd like to meet up, too, you know.. I could
call you. It'd be cool to put a face to your voice. We should set up something.”
I frowned. “I don't know,” I said. “Maybe.”
“It's kind of weird, you know, that it ended up like this. You seem like a cool girl, Saige...I'm
really glad we got to talk.” He paused like he was expecting a reply back from me, but I didn't give
one. I didn't know what to say, or even what he wanted me to say. “I don't think I'd have gotten to talk
to you any other way. Do you believe in fate?”
At once, it clicked what he was trying to say. He was flirting with me, inadvertently saying that
if Ava hadn't died, we could have never started talking. Do you believe in fate? I could feel my face
turning red with the desire to blow up at him; scream and cry and shout at him how unfair life was and
it seemed like the person with the greatest amount of light in my life had snuffed it out herself. On
purpose. And at that point, I didn't think I'd ever know why.
“No,” I said, “I don't.” I hung up the phone and slipped it under my bed.
The night before I left home for New York, I slipped out of the house after Mom and Sydney
had gone to sleep. Almost everything I owned was packed up in suitcases and boxes that we'd load into
our rented U-Haul the next morning and cart to New York, and everything would change then. I'd leave
my mom, my baby sister, and my best friend all behind on this street.
Alone, I walked down the middle of the torn-up asphalt on LaGrave with my eyes glued on the
stars the entire time. I zipped my sweatshirt up to my chin, it was starting to get colder at night. The
only sound that interrupted the inky night was my flip-flops slapping against the ground, the blue ones
that would get left behind tomorrow.
I pushed open the gate to Pioneer Cemetery and wondered if I should really be there. I felt
uneasy being on my own. I had been here on the day of her funeral as her casket was lowered into the
11. ground where it now rested under fresh dirt. She was a few feet away from me under turned earth, but
as I stood at the gate it felt like she was standing right next to me. I walked over to where she was
buried and studied the light brown, tilled dirt that was still in a mound shape beneath her headstone.
I laid down on the cool grass next to her, feeling the tiny fronds brush against my bare legs and
weave themselves into the back of my hair as I relaxed. I laid there with my eyes closed for a while
with my hands covering them, but then let my arms fall to my sides and opened my eyes upwards. The
sky was as clear as the night I had spent here with her, with the same amount of stars. After the grass
grew over her grave and the earth settled in, the next person to walk through this cemetery on a late
summer night wouldn't know who she was. But I did.
Do you ever think about it?
Her words rang through my mind without permission. The leaves on the branches high above
me rustled from the gentle wind. The breeze whispered through the cemetery like her words; twisting
and curling around the headstones, pulling weakly at my clothes and hair.
“Yeah, Ava,” I said out loud, and the clarity of my voice was surprising. “I think about it all the
time.”