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Chapter 17
Ann Arbor, February 2005 CE
She’d switched to a new hotel when she came back in January. “To avoid attracting too much attention,” she said. I didn’t think much about it, but I did [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Methuselah’s Daughter: Part 3
Childhood’s End
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
-Genesis 4:16
Chapter 16
—[Begin Journal entry]—
Pennsylvania, January 2005 CE
It was a hectic fortnight, first arriving at home to the mothering fuss of Edna’s ministrations and dealing with Joshua’s [...]
Posted on August 1st, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 15
Circa 1100 BCE
“I don’t understand why we’re following them.”
“Because we can’t stay out here on our own forever.”
Attuz looked at me with doubt, but at eleven years old he was not about to challenge me on this. Another couple of years down the line, maybe, but not now. In the three winters since our [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 14
Ann Arbor, December 2004 CE
“You’re right, it is a nice city,” she said, as I pulled us into the parking structure a block or so from the restaurant. Yeah, downtown
Ann Arbor was beautiful, especially since it was Christmastime. The city had put up soft white lights to decorate its many trees, which added a [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 12
I talked to her a few times on the phone after Thanksgiving, but Zsallia kept saying she needed some time alone. I had all sorts of questions, but she just wouldn’t let me engage her in any long conversations. When I finally pushed her on the phone one night, all she said was, “I’m [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2007 by Zsallia
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