The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 24] Thanksgiving went how Thanksgiving usually went. My dad and my uncle— they are brothers— watch football in the living room. Todd and Seth, my cousins, tried to play a board game with me and my sister. Monopoly goes really slowly when two people playing want to watchContinue reading “The Hunting Trip”
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The Bad Side of the Office
The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 20] I knew the way to the office. I had my backpack on. I knew I was going to be sent home. Probably suspended or even expelled. My parents would probably be moving us again. Smacking Kyle didn’t even feel good. It wasn’t going to bring back myContinue reading “The Bad Side of the Office”
A New Week
The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 15] All that week in Mrs. Carpenter’s class we were just finishing up our stories. The work meant that there wasn’t much time for Kyle to talk to me. I saw him working on his own story, even though he had said that he didn’t want to orContinue reading “A New Week”
The New Kid
The Place Where Promises Aren’t Kept [Chapter 9] The first month of school had passed. I guess it wasn’t that bad. Maybe I had just tricked myself into getting used to everything, even the schedule. The strange thing about having a different class and teacher each hour is that it makes time seem to goContinue reading “The New Kid”
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