Taken many times

Bao Han is the only Vietnamese singer who came from Vienna Austria. Her family left Vietnam in 1975 and settled in Europe when Bao Han was 2 years old. While at a performance in Paris,[…]

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The man by the pool

Over the summer I usually post flyers for people who have a pool that needs cleaned. Living in Southern California means there is a lot of people with pools. I get relatively good business but[…]

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My party

When I was 14, I had a birthday party in my family's newly completed game room. It was above the garage, and had originally been intended to be a place where my friends and I[…]

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Late ten

Late Ten By Systematic “Are you ready for the game?” Kylie asked me. “As ready as I’ll ever be.” “I heard you got hurt.” “Brett mistook me for the Superbowl.” The place: my house. More[…]

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Kayla part 2

Waking up in the morning changed drastically in the past few weeks. I used to wake up with a cloud of silence and loneliness hanging over my head. The girl I used to date left[…]

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Katherine cartridge

Katherine Cartridge I met Tony Bennadetto on my seventeenth birthday. He and my brother introduced me to their gang as related in an earlier chapter. The next year I was a senior with a work-study[…]

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