The Summer of 1863‚ my mother told me that I needed to watch my younger sister Hupa and my cousin Karuk for the day while she and my aunt went to go gather some new plants. Hupa was about four foot nine inches tall‚ slightly tanned with long brown hair that mother made her keep in two long braids. She also had sweet brown eyes that came from our fathers side‚ she wore a golden leather dress fabricated with beads and strings of leather attached to it‚ and moccasins. Hupa‚ could be very loving and
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By the time you’ll read this‚ I’ll be long gone. I want you to know that I’m really sorry for leaving. But‚ please‚ don’t look for me. I hope you guys will one day understand why I took this decision and forgive me for it. I hope you’ll understand that I had no choice‚ I need to rediscover who I am‚ who I really am after everything I did to all of you. I’ll never be able to do that around here‚ surrounded by things and people who constantly remind me of all the wrongs I did. I fear that if I don’t
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He’s been planning this for weeks. Snitch! You think you’re smart. You know very well that your name is on the parolee list. Where did you hear that? I want to get out when I’ve served my time. Please tell them to remove my name. You again? - What are you doing here? - So this is how you roll? No‚ girl‚ you haven’t. It’s just that this thing here... will never work. Hello‚ charmer boy. - Hello‚ Ma. - How are you? I’m alright. You won’t believe Nkunzi. He had the chance to escape‚ but
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Empowerment of the Grieving I was being rushed into the hospital. I will never sleep the same again. I can still hear the my brother’s screams for help. The face my mom had on when she saw me will stick with me forever. My own sobs of pain. I will never be the same again. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just left for school‚ a smile on my face‚ my backpack on my back. My brother and I piled in the car‚ him in the back and me in the driver’s seat. I knew something was going to happen
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Abigail sat still and quiet‚ hoping she would go unnoticed before falling victim like the others had. It was judgment day all over again and it had only been a week since the last. Each rock of her body drew eyes to her careless movements and Abigail’s inmates eye’s screamed at her to stop. If she continued to act out‚ she’d be chosen as the next meal‚ the next victim. The desire to escape brewed within her stomach. The pot was stirred with each plea from the current target‚ making Abigail’s insides
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Now‚ March 18.. Clunk‚ clunk‚ clunk‚ clunk. I could hear the tapping of the Captain’s peg leg on the deck as he paced. I could also hear the slightly lighter thumping of my mother’s heavy boots as she took baskets of herbs up and down the stairs. The boots had originally belonged to Father‚ but Mother used them now‚ calling them more “seaworthy” compared to the delicate canvas boots that she used to wear. When Mother and I joined the Silent seven years ago‚ I was surprised as she almost immediately
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I cannot tell you how many times people have abandoned me. Seen them Triumph over me! Left me for dead! They wanted nothing to do with me; rather‚ it was their insecurities or demons‚ but it somehow felt like I was the one punished. I looked for you‚ God‚ and felt like I could not find you! I felt like I couldn’t find you in my pain‚ hurt‚ abandonment‚ and depression. I kept looking‚ crying out‚ waiting for you to show up to rescue me! Rescue me from these enemies. They persecute me without cause
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I can’t imagine. I just. I don’t want to keep all these thoughts and emotions in and yet I feel as if I have to. It’s my job. A sudden wave hit me‚ a wave of depression for absolutely no reason at all. And now I’m hurting and the hurt won’t end. Everything triggers a certain memory that just brings me deeper in the hole. And I tell myself to just forget the past and focus on the present but for some reason I can’t. So the only person I can let these emotions out to is myself. My life isn’t bad and
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PROLOGUE PROLOGUE Only fools became starfighter pilots‚ and my mother was one of them. It is dumb to put yourself at so much risk‚ because you may end up as a flaming fireball through space. Like my mother. You would never know if the Sinats would attack‚ or ambush‚ or raid. My point is‚ piloting a starfighter is very‚ very dangerous. And of course‚ my mother happened to be one of them; a flying‚ dangerous maniac. By my fathers definition‚ she was extra stupid‚ but I always thought that flying a
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"I know what it’s like to be different‚ Evie‚" Brennan said soothingly. He knew how volatile Evie was right now and was only trying to calm her. "No‚ you don’t!" She exploded‚ "You have never been bullied! You have always been ’cool’ so you have never been called names‚ thrown around in the hallways or embarrassed everyday. You always had friends while I had no one. I was raised so dependent on my parents that I could never go against them when they said that my studies were more important than
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