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Scene 1.3.14: Barn Visit #7 (v1)
Sitting there the following day held new weight. When she’d last arrived he had been fully alert, waiting for her. There was something eerie about it. Why was he doing that. Though she was certain he wouldn’t have minded her asking, she dared not. No need to know how long. Did it matter. Could he… — read more
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Scene 2.1.2: Thomas and Mara in Town (v2)
These two scenes create the end of the 2.1.2 sequence of Thomas and Mara in town after the longer 1.3 barn stuff finishes. I’ve marked it in the outline as one scene, really its a larger chapter. Currently these are “A” and “B” but they will be more like “F” and “G” by the time… — read more
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Scene 1.1.5: Dinner Scene #1 (v2)
Standing on the front porch, she wondered whether or not there would be dessert. Normally Owen didn’t serve it. Whiskey, neat. Always. Her throat closed. Rook knocked the door. Immediately it swung open. “Hello!” Hannah’s high pitched voice clammers over the sound of the door opening. She beams up at them. “We’ve been ready for… — read more
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Scene 1.2.1: “Adrian isn’t working today” (v2)
The next morning she awoke with her stomach already in knots. The bright morning sunlight cut intrusively through her curtains, forcing her to end her rest sooner than she had wanted. Grace throws them open and slides the pane up, welcoming the breeze into the stale room. The eastern edge of the field was empty.… — read more
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Scene 1.3.21: Barn Visit #11 and Barn Visit #12.Scene 1.3.22: Barn Visit #13 (v3)
*Content Warning: Physical Violence* 1.3.21 (v2) Barn Visit #11 Over that entire evening she sat on the edge of her desk and watched the barn. There it stood, unaffected as ever against the overgrown fields. Slowly decaying in Adrian’s absence. Owen and Thomas had avoided that area since. She’d tried many other things to quiet… — read more
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Scene 1.3.20: Barn Visit #10 (v4)
She had not been expecting to go about it this way. As the days passed she became impatient for a solution. It would have been easier to get the dread out if everyone did not have a point. There was an issue. Rook was right that she had been using Adrian as a shield; a… — read more
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Scene 2.1.7: Owen’s First Visit To Grace (v2)
It took several days for Owen to finally make an appearance on her side of the fence. The last time she had seen him was that night. Of course he would not have made himself face the result of what he had done to Adrian. Not until everything even remotely related to that was sufficiently… — read more