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The memory of that day still clings to me like the faint scent of hospital antiseptic. I stared fixedly at the sign that read Operating Theatre....
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Oh, that grandmothershe got married and upset her children! On weekends, Alice, as usual, drives out to her mothers cottage....
It was many years ago now, but I remember those nights as clear as the moonlight that crept through our...
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INSTEAD OF WINGS, A BOOMERANG BEHIND MY BACK Ill make you all wish youd never been born! Just you wait!...
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