- Page 1: Hey Nostradamus! By Douglas Couplan
- Page 5 and 6: I said, "Let's talk about it at hom
- Page 7 and 8: Dear God, Remove the blood from the
- Page 9 and 10: My family didn't know what to make
- Page 11 and 12: Dear God, What's hardest here is th
- Page 13 and 14: The important thing is that we were
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- Page 17 and 18: outfits must have made us look all
- Page 19 and 20: And I did have questions and uneasy
- Page 21 and 22: late into the game, I think." "What
- Page 23 and 24: didn't hurt, the shooting, and I di
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- Page 33 and 34: turned around to me and said, "You
- Page 35 and 36: their badge. Another cop looked at
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- Page 39 and 40: * * * Like anyone, I've seen those
- Page 41 and 42: I sat down, while Mom gave Joyce a
- Page 43 and 44: Mom said, "Didn't you hear me?" Dad
- Page 45 and 46: "Stick a potato in it. Your job, by
- Page 47 and 48: "Barb?" "Go now. Because I'll break
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Just don't screw your life up the w
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was in. What came over me? It was n
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I changed the subject. "How long ar
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In the third week after the massacr
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don't, and they all work so hard -
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Alive! friends look forward to the
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But I was going to say that when it
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"Tell me." "He said, 'Who are we to
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"I've heard of that. More for me, t
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I dropped the rock onto a nearby bo
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But I hadn't killed Yorgo. I stoppe
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* * * I'm in a Denny's in North Van
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"No. Just you." I was confused. I h
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have a carry-on bag? So that some c
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I was going to motion to the elevat
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Saturday afternoon 4:00 I met Jason
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Barb's commuting down the coast, an
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"Heather, how many people are in th
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Okay, Barb's housekeeper will be in
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Oh, Heather, you knew it wouldn't b
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"I'm driving." "So?" I didn't argue
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kitchen table where I picked at the
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"Wait. Hold on a minute. When you g
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It was becoming windy, and our voic
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Oh. So, um - what are you up to lat
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"Why did he say, 'Oh, I say'?" "Bec
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first disappeared, but which I've s
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What has happened to me? I've gone
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In my peripheral vision I'm also no
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sweater and readying my purse. "Oh,
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morning jobs, and he clocked out ea
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Tuesday afternoon 3:00 I was eating
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"No, I'm not." And he wasn't. Reg h
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"Five thousand dollars." "I figured
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existence. This is when I felt the
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"How could Allison have known such
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Okay then, what did happen? I follo
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Five years ago, before I met Jason,
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Allison didn't like this. "Oh, real
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I was appalled. "How could you use
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eating an egg salad sandwich, when
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We were in the Keg at the foot of L
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But I haven't lost you, my son. No