The feather duster came upon a photo frame on top of the bookshelf in the living room. Lyra stopped her cleaning and picked up the picture to examine it. It had been taken eleven years ago from a family trip to an amusement park, one of the best experiences in her life. In the picture was herself a decade younger hugging her daughter Maggie, who was eight years old at the time of the trip. As Lyra stared at the

image

she could s

At 11:59 PM Cindy was sleeping peacefully on her bed as she continued to snore softly. She was sprawled out over the mattress making a weird pose with her blanket covering half her torso. It was autumn so she was wearing her

long sleeved

pajamas which was a plain pink buttoned shirt with matching bottoms. If you were to look at her

now

you'd think that nothing c

Marcus looked up from his sketchbook to look at his twin sisters, Patty and Meghan who were watching TV quietly together on the sofa. They laughed when a hilarious scene happened on screen and Marcus couldn’t help but smile at hearing their innocent laughter. He loved it when his sisters were happy because it meant they weren’t thinking about any bad stuff. He was about to resume his picture when their mother, Linda walked into the living room. “Can you guys come into the kitch