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Файл:Anne Azel - A Little Book of Big Christmas Tale...docx
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- •If ye have ought against any: that your
- •In again, and came out with the car keys. She picked up the purse and unlocked the car, tossing the bag in on the passenger's seat.
- •Instead, Kim slumped back into her leather chair and looked totally defeated. "Things aren't going well at home," she admitted.
- •It was the evening of the third day when Kim charged through the door in a blast of cold air and parcels. "Pen, where are you? I'm home."
- •It was a dark land of dangle-dicks and bimbos. A hunting ground. Night manoeuvres. Emptiness and escape. The mission of the beach was a deadly game and I loved it.
- •It's a woman who takes the pulpit. "Merry Christmas, peace on earth and good will to all."
- •I nod, down my drink, and walk out.
- •I shrug. "I went back there this morning."
- •It wasn't fine. Ami's mother, Helen, met them at the airport.
- •Vague images swirled in Jean's mind. Capable, strong hands. Dark serious eyes. "No not really. It's all a blur."
- •It was the tied ball. Each grabbing for the basketball at once and refusing to give to the other, they ended up face to face. The game stopped.
- •In three long strides, Pat was there. She knelt down by the wheel chair and put a shaky, cold hand over Caren's where it lay on the wheelchair arm. "Are you okay?"
- •Vince's face distorted into a look of rage. "Stupid queer!"
- •It was in the early hours of the morning, that the Williams family climbed into their family truck and headed home — Reb
It was in the early hours of the morning, that the Williams family climbed into their family truck and headed home — Reb
sandwiched between her two moms. Reb, of course, was going on. "I said to her, don't embarrass me, so what does she do? Freezes her ass to the fire engine. You made one ugly hood ornament, by the way, Obbie. And then if that isn't enough she falls off the fire truck. I can see the headlines in the tabloid now, 'A first! Drunken fire chief suspended by her fire truck'!"
Her moms laughed, knowing that Reb got a lot of mileage and enjoyment out of the family's various adventures. Robbie gave her daughter a hug. "Maybe you could change your name, dye your hair, and move to a little known South American country."
Reb smiled. "Nah, you guys need me. Without me, you two wouldn't know what normal was."
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