With the hallway light, which had been shining into my room through the crack at the bottom of the door, now off, my room was in near total darkness. I didn’t know how long I waited after mother had gone to bed. I didn’t have a clock in my room. But I counted to one-thousand, and, in hearing no noise coming from her bedroom across the hallway, determined that it was safe to make my move. I retrieved the bobby pin from inside the mattress. The discovery of what I could do with it the other night had been a moment of pure genius.
Diapers Never Lie Scene 135
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Life and Death Choices Made Casually Scene 122
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Meg’s Transformation Scene 54
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My Playmate Chose Me Scene 4
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Alvin in the Third Scene 128
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Four the Archive Scene 39
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Anna’s AB Charges Scene 28
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The Wrong Bus Scene 50
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A Tough Journey Scene 20
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