- “Cash or card?” The cashier’s words jolted her from her thoughts.
- “Why am I defending him?”
- My dreams have always haunted me. The only difference now is that one of them has come true.
- I crossed my arms over my chest and just stared at him.
- The hallway seemed to stretch for miles as she struggled to make her way to safety.
- As she stared at the dust billowing up from the taxi that just dropped her off, she wondered if she had made the right decision.
- “Did you hear that,” he whispered as a creak emanated from upstairs.
- The amber-colored sky seemed to wrap around her like a comfortable blanket.
- The elevator slammed to a halt on the twenty-third floor and there could be only one reason why.
- The flight to Austin was uneventful if you don’t count the screaming baby in row eleven or the fact that I was handcuffed to a mysterious man.
- I wouldn’t have believed it either if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.
- The bell rang six times in the distance and then silence engulfed the town again.
- “We can’t stay here. We must keep moving.”
- “Is he dead?”
- “I’m asking you to trust me.”
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