The Bequest: Chapter Four
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BOOMIE
Boomie zoomed around the corner of Camden Road like lightening on wheels. He was fourteen and fast. He named his bicycle Harley and was making more money that any newspaper delivery kid in the whole of St. Albans, Queens. He had five newspaper routes to fill in the two hours before school started. Fling!
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DAWN
The smell of cinnamon woke me up. I reached over to spoon Max’s smooth, curvaceous body but there was only an imprint on the side of the bed where she had been laying. I pulled the covers over my head and resisted the sunlight as it crept through the blinds. The alarm on my watch went off. It was five o’clock in the morning.
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THE INHERITANCE
I thought I had died. My car had spun around to face a truck speeding toward me and I closed my eyes. The sound of the rain dripping onto the passenger seat reminded me I was still alive.
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It was Thursday, two days before Valentine’s day and much warmer than I had wanted it to be. The nice weather was my incentive to make sure I was not alone come Saturday.
Back In The Day
It was a hot summer in Queens, 1984. Sweat pooled underneath my bra as I perched on my stoop, Bible in hand. My fingers lingered on 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.
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