Elizabeth Moore
Stories
12
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The team consisted of four players – Cire, Dawn, Elize and Niall. That day the clouds were lightly cast overhead. Dawn wondered if it would rain, while walking to the Driving Range. While Dawn was practicing the three of them watched her from a distance and snickered. With her heightened sense of hearing these days, Dawn could hear a fly buzzing from ten feet. And she also heard what they were whispering about. "Why does she always use small clubs?" Elize asked. "I know, right? I have never…-
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"Ahhh!" She stumbled back shaking her hand violently with a loud painful cry as if trying to shirk off the pain. She saw spots in front of her eyes. Her mouth fell open and she licked her dried lips. Her finger was dripping with blood. Terrified, she clutched the hem of her torn shirt and experienced another intense sudden hot flush in her body as though she had been branded. By this time, Dawn was on her limbs in searing pain. She crawled on the grass for a meter and then fell on her stomach coughing…
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Over the next few weeks, Dawn became very busy with admissions. Since it was summer, the colleges and schools were closed for vacations. So the process was quite smooth. Cole was given admission in a school and Dawn managed to get a school bus for him to come to their location. With the help of Arawn, she went to meet the Dean of the college to put her case. The Dean directed her to a dedicated officer who looked after the international students. He worked with her on a one-to-one basis to support her…
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Dawn realized that she may have involuntarily transformed for the first time. She whimpered, "It's going to be alright. Don't worry. Only two more days, only two more days." The ship had survived the fury of the Water God. For the next two days Dawn would take four pills at a time to prevent fever. It helped to a great extent. She would often snap at Cole for even thinking of going outside. If they hadn't stepped out, perhaps she wouldn't have transformed. And now the entire staff was on a lookout…
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Ten days seem like a gargantuan amount of time. Dawn had stolen a bottle of Advil from the hospital. Once again she took two of them and waited for the fever to subside. She hoped that by bringing her temperature down she would be able to slow the symptoms. As soon as they settled down to sleep, Dawn felt the ship sailing, breaking the waves headed out into the ocean for a long voyage. Along with Cole, she slept in that small tiny bed. The soft movement of the ship over the quiet water of the sea was like…
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The farmer and his wife were bewildered as to what just happened outside. Both of them were sitting scared, sweating profusely with trembling bodies on the dining chairs. They were looking at the police officer who had held his gun at them and had entered their house from the backyard. How did the police come? Who informed them? "I told you to the check the number she had called," Kiki said in a low brittle voice to het husband. "It's all because of your greed," she continued. "My greed? You bloody…
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Dawn had waited for the farmers to open the door. She heard the excited voices of neighbors, which she didn't bother to concentrate upon. Hurriedly, she did what she had to. "Uncle, we are in big trouble," Dawn whispered in the phone, sounding urgent. Her voice was quivering a little. "What happened? Tell me," Alvarez could hear her nervous tone. "We—" She hadn't even started the sentence when she heard heavy footsteps coming back to her room. Without wasting another second, Dawn said,…
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Back in the farmer's cottage, something sinister was going on. When Dawn was on her way to the bathroom, she observed that their breakfast was spread on the round table in the corner of the room. She marveled the hospitality and kindness of the farmer couple. Dawn quickly took a bath and entered the room when she heard loud voices of a TV anchor, which she couldn't make out the words. She picked up an apple to munch and went to Cole to wake him up. Once Cole was in the bathroom, Dawn sat by the small…
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Other stockholders became wary and also started to sell their stocks, which continued for two days. People blamed him partially for the market crash. The company whose shares he sold was that of Gayle Silver, who was a big-time politician and a businessman. Gayle Silver was a feared man. No one had ever estimated his wealth because the legend was that they were rich from generations. When this event occurred, although it was like peanuts for Silver, he didn't take it kindly. At the same time, no one…
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"Cole!" Dawn shouted, "Stay still," she said and pressed on the accelerator. "Stay still? Something just collided with the car and the way you are driving, I will end flying through the window," Cole shouted back. Within a few minutes, Dawn had sped away from that place. She checked in the rear mirror signs of anyone following them, but there was no one. She continued to drive for eternity until she felt she was safe and then took the next exit to the village that was shown on the signage a few…
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