'' i do n't want to take you from your studies that much , but would you like to play again sometime ? '' as i left the mezzanine , feeling at least a little better about my circumstances , i replied , '' sure . '' *** chess became a weekly activity . actually , it was more like a biweekly activity
i had nothing to do but study hard so i could win a college scholarship . '' '' to yale . '' '' and harvard for my mba . '' '' your parents must have been very proud of you . '' '' my parents were supposed to come to my high school graduation . i was valedictorian . i wanted them to see what i 'd
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*** instead of being fifth in a line of twenty girls , i was last in a line of thirty-seven incorporated students . one by one , we had lined up at the medical center ... the same machines were set up in the white room . the same medical assistants were standing at each machine . the same fear grew in the pit of my stomach . i watched holly , who was first in line again , go through the paces ... put your arm in here - count to ten - take your arm out - go to the next

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Q: or maybe he 'd clutched it all the way here , worried i would n't like it . that lila would n't like it . '' i need to tell you something . '' '' there you are . '' augusta 's voice stole the confession from my tongue . she set her hand on greyson 's shoulder , but her icy gaze was focused on me . '' i 've been looking all over for you , _ ... Fill the blank.
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TEXT: Continue writing the following text: '' i am here-here-here , '' she said , her words stuttering through the machine . '' temperance , '' naya asked , '' what did you see ? '' '' it is a sanctuary , '' she said . i gnawed on the edge of my lip . that was so not the news we wanted . '' how do you know it 's a
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'' happy birthday , rhea . '' i kiss his cheek , '' thanks , rex . '' knox wraps me in his arms next lifting me off the ground . '' happy birthday , little one . '' i giggle , '' i 'm not so little anymore , knox . '' he sets me back down , '' you 'll always be little to me ,
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