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"THIS is her writing!" I force the paper in My hand flies to my mouth and I drop to
her hands and begins to compare the two. my knees. "...herself..." I began to cry
She was never there for Sandy, of course almost hysterically and suddenly it all
she couldn't tell the difference. But I was. makes sense. I'm in Sandy's room.
I know. Every swirl, every line, it's all Everything from the canopy to the pink
wrong. Her eyes go wide and I know she drapes down the word they carved on my
sees it too. arm, it's all the same. It's all her.

Sandy Anderson "What Angel! What! What did you say!"
English 10 she's in front of me shaking me desperate
Period 4 for an answer. I take short ragged breaths
3/2/2013 and try to focus really hard on the words
I'm about to say. My eyes are pleading,
"Her arm!" She's still too busy looking at begging her to believe me, because I know
the difference but I need to know. "The no one else will.
word on her arm! What was it what did it
say??" "Sandy didn't kill herself."

Mrs. Anderson is sobbing now and it takes https://www.ibuzzle.com/articles/through-angels-
her a moment to even understand my eyes-chapter5.html
question. "It was written in blood, she...
she cut it out with a knife. It said liar."

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Glossary
Word Definition
bury completely cover; cause to disappear
funeral ceremonies honouring a dead person, typically involving burial or cremation.
gasp inhale suddenly with the mouth open
latch to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
barrier a circumstance or obstacle that keeps people or things apart or prevents
communication or progress
vanity inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance
struggle to proceed with difficulty or with great effort
massive impressively large
chuckle to laugh inwardly or quietly
pretend to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing
convince cause (someone) to believe firmly in the truth of something
shove push (someone or something) roughly
desperate having lost hope

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