handing carrie a bracelet , she said , '' this is a portal to our world . my father bought three from the portal guardians . he gave me one and is holding the other ones . he 's afraid i 'll lose it . '' that sounded more like a regular father to carrie . '' what do i do ? '' '' if you 're in the other world and want to come here , put on the bracelet

it seemed to be his favourite mode of expression . ' supposed to . only this morning i was a bit late , like , and thought i 'd sneak in . jack , the night porter would ' ave covered for me and clocked me in as usual . ' he sighed heavily . ' now i suppose when ' is lordship finds out , i 'll be for the ' igh jump

had she imagined the sound ? thump ! she shot up , peering over the cubicle walls , scanning the room , trying to identify the source of the mystery sound . her gaze landed on the windows . she saw a big black bird falling away from where it had struck the glass . it left a mark , a dark blotch , on the window

knox positioned himself below me at the bottom of the slide , and grinned up at me playfully . '' come on down , i 'll catch you . '' i pushed myself forward , expecting to slide down easily . instead , my jeans rubbed against the dull metal and i scooted about two inches . we both cracked up laughing . '' that was anticlimactic . '' with gravity proving to be no help , i used my feet to pull my pull myself down , scurrying the entire length of the slide until i came to an unsatisfying stop in front of
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