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Charlie held out his hand and Margarite reached out, clasping it tightly with her own weathered bony hands. “I’m Charlie Reynolds and this is Rose Burkett.”
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Rose wandered aimlessly around her new home. The extreme boredom making her so miserable, she longed to return to work. Sturgis lounged on a cushion in the bay window soa
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Bill Hecht lounged on David’s office couch while David sat at his desk and looked out the large window in his office. Shandrea’s bail had been denied and that had thrown
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The next morning Rose was going through her cupboards. It was time to go grocery shopping and she wanted to get some cleaning out of the way before returning to work. &nb
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Charlie and Rose were still picking things up when Charlie thought he heard a noise. He looked out the window, but couldn’t see anything but snow and trees. Perhaps
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The weather had warmed up considerably and Rose only had a few more days left before she would have to return to work. Looking for something out of the ordinary to do, sh
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Her had shook as she dialed the number. It rang twice before the sweet sultry voice of a secretary could be heard on the other end. “Reichert, Hecht and Fincher…
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Driving up and down Topeka Blvd. Rose kept an eye out but didn’t see Gilbert anywhere., so she headed home, and was greeted at the door by Charlie. “Did you have fun at the
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Rose got out of bed and looked out the window. It was New Years Eve and snow had settled across the yard, softening the landscape. Many people still had their Chris
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Meanwhile, Rose was laying in bed, bored to tears. The people who loved her were not even allowing her to get out of bed and she was starting to feel Closter phobic. &nbs
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Rose sat at her desk and stared at the calendar. With less than a week before Christmas she wondered when she’d find time to do her shopping. Morning sickness and fatigue seeme
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The sound of barking dogs woke Shandrea from her warm spot in the barn. Shaking the hay out of her hair and dusting herself off, she tried to tell which direction the noise was
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The next morning she called the doctor’s office. A woman from Dr. Barns’ office informed her that her test results were in and transferred her to a nurse. A couple minutes of r
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That morning, David sat in his office, still awake after spending the night there, hoping desperately to avoid going home. He’d tried to get more sleep before the sun came up b
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As it turned out, her best friend had not called, however, there were several messages from her mother and one from Capital City Bank, informing her that they had approved her
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After the disappointing conversation with Cassie, Rose called her mother and asked if she could bring her dirty clothes over to wash.
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The next morning when Rose got up, she looked around her apartment. The place she called home was almost empty, except for a few boxes. The shades remained, but the curtains we
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I forgot the queen's hair was supposed to be black, but I thought she was described as Celtic so this was the image that came to my mind.
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David had been avoiding Shandrea since the fight they’d had on the phone where she confessed to having Rose evicted from her apartment, and Shandrea was not quite sure how she
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Meanwhile, Shandrea was getting ready, too. She put on a hat, scarf, dark sunglasses and a warm corduroy jacket. When she got there, Cassie was already waiting and
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Shandrea bought several little boy outfits for baby Sarah, including a blue baseball cap that covered most of her head and face. After picking up a cheap stroller, diape
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Cassie and Rose were getting ready for their big night out, putting on make-up and curling each other’s hair while Cassie’s husband cleaned the kitchen. “Hey, Jeff, d
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Shandrea had followed the blue van through town until it began driving erratically. Thinking that perhaps she’d been recognized, she decided not to follow. Shandrea
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Rose was going through the kitchen packing up her dishes. Most of her stuff was going into boxes and the rest she was just throwing away. The smell of permanent mar
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Shandrea sat in the parking lot of the Tree House apartments. Rose had not come home at all last night, but she had been keeping a steady dialogue with Shandrea over the
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March, 22, 1970 Dear Diary,
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Shandrea sat in her car a few houses down the street and watched Rose, her dog, and another woman walking out to Rose’s van. She wondered if the other woman was Rose’s si
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Rose kind of liked the poem. It wasn’t signed and it looked pretty old. She wondered who’d written it, but didn’t dare ask. David would surely accuse her of b
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Shandrea sat on bar stool in her kitchen, chipping at the paint on her fingernails. She’d talked to David the night before, only to find out that her little plan had back
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David looked across a large mahogany dining table at his ex-wife. He knew she hadn’t taken her medication because she was acting paranoid, asking him all sorts of questio
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The rest of the week seemed to fly by for Rose. Friday morning she remembered her appointment with LaShawn, the Realtor. She might have been more excited but it was
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On Monday Rose took a piece of chocolate cake to Charlie and thanked him for the Lazy Boy recliner. Her friendly gesture stirred dormant feelings that lied just beneath t
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She scanned the overgrown bushes for signs of a wild critters and saw motion behind an overgrown Spirea bush as huge reddish dog poked his nose through the branches. The
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David lay next to Rose wondering if she knew his reason for his being so late. He had gone to see a patient that part was true, but he didn’t tell her that the patient wa
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A Saturday morning in the country turned out to be just what the doctor ordered for Rose. She walked outside into the crisp morning air. Little dew covered blades o
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