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Something to whet your appetite...
starting count: 1809
ending count: 3643
change: +1834
starting line:
Abby didn’t lower the shotgun until she could no longer see their silhouettes against the swirling snow.
ending line:
“No, stay here,” Abby said. “Jen, go lock the front door, then I’ll tell you everything. I promise.”
darling:
“You’ve gotten harder, though. The Little Bit I remember wouldn’t have blown off a man’s knee.”
“The Little Bit you knew was six when she left the fleet. My mother wasn’t the easiest woman to live with, and I had to learn to protect myself and my sister.” Abby turned the small blue truck into her driveway, noting with pleasure that the Christmas lights on the trees in the front yard glowed in the falling snow. “I did what I had to.”
starting count: 1809
ending count: 3643
change: +1834
starting line:
Abby didn’t lower the shotgun until she could no longer see their silhouettes against the swirling snow.
ending line:
“No, stay here,” Abby said. “Jen, go lock the front door, then I’ll tell you everything. I promise.”
darling:
“You’ve gotten harder, though. The Little Bit I remember wouldn’t have blown off a man’s knee.”
“The Little Bit you knew was six when she left the fleet. My mother wasn’t the easiest woman to live with, and I had to learn to protect myself and my sister.” Abby turned the small blue truck into her driveway, noting with pleasure that the Christmas lights on the trees in the front yard glowed in the falling snow. “I did what I had to.”
