Liza needed a lot of help with her homework, so Nora put her own on hold and sat with her, patiently, for two hours, helping her with her math...
When she got home she took a nap. She didn't even hear Liza's school bus arrive, and when she woke up it was early evening. "I'm hungry," Liza...
Nora couldn't concentrate at school that day. She felt dazed and drained, and fantasies of running away, just leaving it all behind, nagged at...
When she woke up it was morning. Liza was shaking her shoulder. "Nora, get up, it's almost time for school. Nora, please, I'm so worried." Nora...
Nora panicked. She didn't know what to do. She dimly heard sirens and the front door bursting open, saw the firefighter put out the blaze, heard...
Liza was in bed, happy and sated, no doubt dreaming of her cake and toy box. She'd been thrilled to have all those new toys and couldn't stop...
It was Liza's sixth birthday, and Nora wanted everything to be perfect. Her little sister had had to settle for twinkies with candles in them for...
Juliet looked around the house, and the yard, hands on hips. She noticed the gravestone in the far corner and went to look at it. Carly Stone,...
"So, can I come home with you tonight?" Juliet asked. "My parents are gonna be out and I hate being in that big old house by myself." "Um, I...
The kids at school were pretty clique-ish, and Nora was shy. She stood awkwardly on the edge of any crowd and tried to fade into the woodwork. She...
Homework was hard. No one had ever had the time to teach Nora to study, and though she was a bright girl it still took her all night sometimes....
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