Dandelions
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Оглавление
Darby Jr. Rae. Dandelions
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
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I sat at the kitchen table. We had been here exactly one week – our new home in Kilkenny, South Carolina. I was homeschooled because we moved so much. Today I was taking my last final exam of the year as I had done so many times before, at so many other kitchen tables, in so many other homes, in so many other cities.
My pencil was pinched between my thumb and index finger, tapping one end on the table, then the other. Absently, my other hand pressed random buttons on my calculator. My mind had drifted far away from my calculus exam.
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One final time I closed my eyes, counted to thirty and reopened them. The shaking had stopped, my face was no longer red and staring back at me were my clear, blue eyes. Over my shoulder, sunlight streamed into my room through the window. Had the sun reflected off my mirror causing the glow or was I hallucinating?
After several more minutes and countless deep breaths, I opened my door intent to calmly plead my case again. I heard whispers and then crying. Had I made Mom cry or was she crying over the babies that died? I wanted her to care more about me. Maybe Jon was right. Maybe I was selfish.
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