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The sound of the gurneys almost deafen my ears, and the light from these doctors' torches is blinding me but I keep running towards the scene. It is 12 o' clock. In the midnight, I know even though I don't look at the clock over my head. With sweaty palms and terrific faces, five gurneys are wheeled towards the emergency rooms by the late night doctors. Even though their mouths are shut tight, I can hear millions of inaudible sounds coming out of them. Each of the gurneys are being wheeled by two personnels, and each time they pass me by, i peer into them to see the victims' faces clearly because I can not see them from where I am.
The first face I see is badly disfigured. It's got a big mark from the forehead down to her upper eyelid, her lips are charred and her jaw is almost totally detached from the rest of her face. Hot drops of blood trickle down her head to her chest and her dress is soiled. She looks like she is no longer breathing and just as the ambulance pass by me, I see something in her hands-A red neck piece. She is clutching it tightly like it is her whole life. My red neck piece. Yes, this victim is my only sister, Jamie but I do not cry. I mean, I always want to cry but I can't. So my face is firm and peaceful, but I am screaming inside me. My legs are hitting the air and I'm ripping my hair inside of me, but outside? I am standing tall. Somehow, with all the swiftness as they pass by me, her hands shake and she loses hold of the red neck piece. As thick and shiny as my hair, our hair(hers blonde and mine black). It falls from her hands and drops at my feet just as soon as the second ambulance approaches me. I bend to pick up my red neckpiece-the one thing that binds my sister and I together but whoosh...it is air. I can see it on the cold tiled floor but when I try to pick it up, it is not there.
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Prologue
ONE- LIVING WITH A BEAUTIFUL MONSTER
TWO--MIKE TONY
THREE- THE KIDNAP
FOUR--A VERY BAD GOOD NEWS
FIVE--MOM AND DAUGHTER TALK
SIX--IT GOT BLOODY
SEVEN-OUR BIG LITTLE SECRET
EIGHT-ASSASSINATION AND INTERROGATION
NINE--THE MONSTER OR A STRANGER?
TEN--A MONSTER?
Chapter 11-PENDING DIVORCE
Chapter 12--THE ONLY WAY OUT
Chapter 13--FINDING JOE, MEETING HORROR
Chapter 14--SYMPTOMS
Chapter 15--DIARY OF A PREGNANT, LONELY WOMAN
Chapter 16--THE RETURN OF A KIND MAN
Chapter 17--NOSTALGIA
Chapter 18--THE TRANSITION AND REVELATION
Chapter 19--Big Joe
Chapter 20--HE CAME, HE SAW BUT WAS DEFEATED
Chapter 21--THE MONSTER IS BACK
Chapter 22--HAPPINESS
Chapter 23--THE HOMECOMING AND DRAMA
Chapter 24--BACK TO SCHOOL
Chapter 25--AN ANSWER
Chapter 26--DISOBEYING ALL RULES
Chapter 27--NOT THAT I LET HIM
Chapter 28---MEMORY TRANSFERENCE
Chapter 29--LOOKING FOR A WAY
Chapter 30--DISASTER, NO DINNER
Chapter 31--PREP-CAMP, DAY 1
Chapter 32-- CAMP PROPER, DAY 1--COMPETITION AND ACTIVITIES
Chapter 33--REVELATION
Chapter 34--CONTENTION, NOT COMPETITION
Chapter 35-- MIRANDA
Chapter 36--THE SHOW
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN--- THE SECRET OF THE GOURD
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT-- WAR IS LOOMING
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE: HUMANS WITH A DIFFERENCE
CHAPTER FORTY: LET IT GO
CHAPTER FORTY ONE-- THE NIGHT BEFORE THE LAST
CHAPTER FORTY TWO-- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOMECOMING EVER
CHAPTER FORTY THREE: BACK AT HOME
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR--- THE MEMORIES STILL WON'T COME
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE: GREGORY
FORTY SIX: WE WILL TRY AGAIN
FORTY SIX: THE GIFT
FORTY SEVEN--- LOVEBIRDS
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT: NORA'S SAGA
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: NIGHT TERRORS
CHAPTER FIFTY: NIGHT TERRORS QUADRUPLED
CHAPTER FIFTY ONE -- BACK TO DR BROWN
CHAPTER FIFTY TWO: SILENCE
CHAPTER FIFTY THREE: GREGORY HARLEY
FIFTY FOUR-- CYCLE OF LIFE
FIFTY FIVE: REBELLION
FIFTY SIX: NICOLE AND HER DOPPELGANGER
FIFTY SEVEN: TEQUILA
FIFTY EIGHT: RECKLESS
FIFTY NINE-- GROUNDED, BUT ON WHAT GROUNDS?
SIXTY: DANGEROUS GAME
SIXTY TWO-- THE ENEMY WANTS A CONTRACT WITH ME
SIXTY THREE: ROBIN
SIXTY FOUR-- LOSING AND SAVING
SIXTY FIVE-- SAVING A PRESUMED ENEMY
SIXTY SIX: DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL
SIXTY SEVEN-- A HOUSE OR A HOME?
SIXTY EIGHT-- MAMA, I MADE IT INTO THE NEWS
SIXTY NINE: MY FINAL WRITING AS A CHILD
SEVENTY: AFTER
SEVENTY ONE-- THE NIGHT WE LEFT SCOTLAND
SEVENTY TWO-- THE NIGHT AT A STRANGE TOWN
SEVENTY THREE-- AWAY FROM HOME
SEVENTY FOUR: BURN
SEVENTY FIVE: LETTERS AND FETTERS
SEVENTY SIX-- DOOM
SEVENTY SEVEN: CAN'T SAY GOODBYE
SEVENTY EIGHT: THEN AND NOW
EPILOGUE