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It was today's newspaper that made me double over.
Girl Found Dead in Park on the West Side
I didn't have to look at the article to recognize the girl in the picture. Her long hair, her almond-shaped eyes and thin lips peered at me in black and white. I did not need color to know who it was. I was alone in the kitchen, but not for long, Darry came in and paled. I know he didn't mean for me to look at it. I probably never would of seen it if I had not decided to wake up early. I felt myself gag a little.
"This ain't her, is it?" I choked out, but I knew what to expect. "It can't be her."
Darry rolled the paper up and held it in his fist. "I'm sorry Pony." He actually meant it too.
"Damn." I whispered, looking at the floor. I sure wished I had a cigarette; I was craving one a whole lot. Darry walked up to me and put both roughened hands on my shoulder and pushed me down into a chair. His cold blue eyes softened as he pulled another chair up next to me, sitting on it himself.
"There's been this rumor going around." He began, sighing before continuing. "A guy-a man is in town."
He stopped; I looked at him to continue, feeling slightly nauseous. "A killer, this is the second one this month."
I remembered the headlines a couple weeks ago; it was this old lady, Ms. Tallyman, who lived alone with her cats, just an innocent lady. I knew her too; she sent me pies and cakes when Darry went off on a ski trip. They never found the guy who did it; he just walked in there and killed her, just like that. It is weird, I don't know what to feel, I haven't talked with her for a long time, last time was probably to say an awkward hello in the hallway a couple months ago, she only smiled, never said anything back at all. I almost felt like I don't care.
Dead like Johnny and Dallas. Is it just me, but it seems like a lot of people I know are dying around me. Johnny and Dallas' deaths were pretty hard on me, but Cherry's came out as a surprise, a blow to the stomach. It was totally unexpected.
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