It seems like so many years have passed, even in Cortnie's face time and stress have taken its toll on her body. Once strong and fit, her bony, fragile body seems as if it's wasting away. ... She manages to fall asleep spreading a newspaper over her body. ... She had just dried off her face when her eyes started to become blurry and tears rushed down her face. ... The lady's stare went right through her and pierced her heart, pain tingled through her body. ...

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"Not yet dude, Ashley seems fine, but Kim's body rocks" replied Charlie, with a tricky smile and an insecure tone. ... So they started shopping and decorating their presents. ... Charlie grabbed both of her hands and started spinning in the midair. ... While they were falling, some lights in the field started to have shape. ... Charlie pulled the Parachute's cord of both backpacks and started downgrading slower. ...

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I started thinking of other things in my life I wanted to do and become. I started researching other professions and went on a variety of job interviews for positions out of my normal character to see if I could spark something inside me to kick start the level of success I wanted for myself. ... At first, that notion was ok with me and I did not mind blending in, as that was what I wanted when I started that position, to not be noticed so much. ... I began to share my secrets to the strong clientele I had developed over the years with my coworkers and bosses, that I could see myself transfo...

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They abused their bodies, their minds but mostly the world around them. ... Upon hearing the voices again, a cold shiver went through my body and I realized that I knew whom those voices belonged to. ... I felt its fear, the pain of the stones hitting its body and felt my tears spill. ... I carefully lifted its limp body and carried it back home. ... That day it just started meowing and when I opened the door it sniffed the air and slowly walked out. ...

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I started to over think about how drastically my life was about to change. ... Now I know that was because of all the hormonal changes my body was going through, plus my emotional state. ... Eventually you started to rapidly grow inside of me and it was the most amazing feeling in the world!! ... I can tell you, that after the third month after conception, when my body kind of got used to have you in my womb, I enjoyed every single moment of my pregnancy! ...

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I started working at a vet shop. After I had no more bills to pay, I decided to take some risk on starting my company again. ... I even thought about killing him, cutting him into pieces before burning his body. ... I started to train the dog. ... When the "coming in'" call sound started, she higher up the volume to let the dog here. ...

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As the chilly autumn wind swept us along the path towards her house, lightly kicking through the heaps of orange and brown fallen leaves, Sarah and I were conversing about the Morals and Ethics seminar that we had just had at school. My girlfriend Sarah, was the most compassionate and dedicated pers...

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He would start to live a life full of darkness and loneliness. ... Then he started to become a little more confident and was able to talk to the people of the town and see how they felt they felt about the whole ordeal. ... So for a while he would not even mention it to any body, and the only person he really talked to was Roger Chillingworth (Gross 80). ...

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­Locked In Silence Of Sadness The sun rising from the window in the corner, the alarms irritating ring, and the traffic outside. The things that start his day, a day that he does not wish to live through. This is day 0, out of the 16 years of his life. He has yet to be truly happy and he has lo...

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