he was completely exhausted and the moment he closed his eye 's he was out . '' welcome aboard matey ! '' the creature said . gabriel was standing in the middle of an old pirate ship that was sailing off the coast of a tropical island . little creatures swung from the mast while others were cleaning the deck . a man and a young boy walked up to gabriel

he took one more drag down to the filter , then went back to the ashtray teacup and selected the runner up . he sat down on the edge of the bed , temporarily forgetting and then remembering all at once the sound of the still blaring , distant horn . it continued without seeming end . he searched the tangled sheets for the channel changer to his bedroom tv and when he could n't find it , he stood up and manually switched the old set on and then turned it off because there was no picture

ivy marched up to the librarian 's desk and found a woman wearing dark lipstick and stylishly chunky black and green glasses , hunched over an enormous book about the middle ages . '' is mr. collins here ? '' ivy asked . the woman looked up from her book . '' mr. collins moved to nashville to play country music . i 'm miss everling , the new librarian

i ran upstairs and grabbed my bags . just as i came back downstairs , hunter walked in the door with his mom and jaylinn . '' hi mrs. mccormick . '' i said when i walked over to her to kiss her cheek . '' hi sweetie , have fun this weekend . '' i smiled at her and walked over to
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