Chapter 70
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Eve stormed out of the house after hearing the news. She searched the area, hoping that Cujo was hiding, waiting for her. Eve called for her dog. She was saddenned, he didn't come, but she hadn't really expected him to come. Eve started crying, Cujo had been like a big brother for a slong as she could remember. How could they just kill him like that? It was probably that bitch Karen, she didn't like dogs or anything from Kendall, so suddenly what Eve or Cujo wanted didn't matter. On the way home Eve stopped by Adam's house. She needed to see a familiar face, even his. But Adam's parents said he'd decided to remain in West Virginia, earn more chances. Eve wondered if Adam just wanted to stay away because he was ashamed of what he'd done to her. Eve had left Julia and Jessie for this. Her mother, Culo, and even Adam were gone. Her father hardly felt like her father anymore. Eve had never felt more alone.
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Eve was angry with Karen and her dad, but she vowed not to fall back into bad habits. When she got home Karen offerred her dinner. Eve said "No thank you" as polite as she could. She went up to her room and ordered pizza with her own money. "Pizza time" was beginning to issue ration cards in compliance with new regulations, and partly because their supplies were becoming limited. Since Eve hadn't ordered from them in months she was okay. But she knew she'd have to accept food from Zack and Karen eventually. While waiting Eve read the Koran, she was looking for something about animals in Paradise. There was nothing in here about dogs in Heaven. One admittedly troubling part was that suicides were damned. If this was true, it was too late for Eve' mother. Eve tried watching tv, it showed a disney cartoon where Pluto is informed how bacon grease is used to help make materials for the Arks. Pluto then turns down Minnie's leftover grease and brings it to the local authorized butcher, choosing to be paid in sausages. Eve almost cried. When dinner came Eve turned on the television to the "Twilight zone" channel. Eve found this episode suprisingly inspiring A man and his dog die while hunting racoons. They then followed a fence which leads to a gate, suppossedly leading into Heaven. When the keeper said the dog wasn't allowed inside the man steamed off, refusing to leave his friend behind. These two soon found another gate, to the real Heaven. The othe rplace had been Hell, they tried to keep the dog out because he would've smelled the sulfer and warned his friend. Eve liked this episode. In a way the man got rewarded for his loyalty to his dog. His version of Heaven included square dances and racoon hunting. According to Rod Serling human Heaven was racoon Hell. This version mught not be in the Koran, but right now, Eve was pretty comfortable with this idea.