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Suzie’s House 452 : Too Many Characters

I handed the marked up copies of their manuscripts back to Lisa and Ben. Ironically, they had both suffered from the same writing issue this time. Too many characters caused confusion.

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Suzie’s House 451 : Goofy Boys

“It’s not impolite when you’re livid,” Gene said. He thought it was obvious. “Get out!” Ben leaned away so far he nearly fell off Gene’s bed. One hand crunched on the stack of scrap paper full of attempted lyrics. His goofy grin made Gene feel like laughing.

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Suzie’s House 450 : Ben’s Poetry and an Invite

Emma hated the halting side of herself. When she and Lisa reached Ben’s bedroom, Lisa walked right in like it was her own home. Emma hovered in the doorway, wondering if it was really ok to go into Ben’s bedroom when he was downstairs, even if he did say for them to go first. Lisa walked right up to his desk, opened a drawer, and pulled out a notebook. “Well?” She looked over her shoulder. “Don’t you want to see […]

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Suzie’s House 449 : Three Words

“Do you have to be so brutal about it?” Ben emphasized the word brutal, knowing full well that Lisa would know what he meant. Not just that she was being rude to poor Emma. “Is that your word of the day?” Lisa smirked.

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Suzie’s House 448 : Eating Lunch in the Den

Emma flopped onto the old couch in the den of Suzie’s house with an audible sigh. She was so lucky the place was vacant today. Or at least the old witch who liked to tell her she didn’t live here wasn’t around, like being a renter gave her special privileges or something.

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Suzie’s House 447 : Get on Your Hands and Knees, Ethan

“You love me?” Sophie stared at her husband in stunned surprise. Even when he knew she’d tricked him into marriage? He’d known it all along? All these years she’d turned herself into a doormat just so he wouldn’t leave her for his high school sweetheart. All for nothing.

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Suzie’s House 446 : Piercing Old Skin

Clearly the love of his life had no intention of discussing their problems. She sat in his chair, sipping coffee and reading his newspaper. Only, now that she paid for it, maybe the paper was hers. He had to give her that. But he didn’t buy into her plan of simply ignoring him until his very existence faded into nothing.

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Suzie’s House 445 : Sophie’s Coffee and a Newspaper

Sophie carried her coffee and newspaper to the recliner with a limp. She had a blister at the back of her heel from her new shoes. Luckily she had today and tomorrow off to let it heal. It felt good to simply relax for once. Though she loved her job, she wouldn’t mind a little more time to herself.

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Suzie’s House 444 : First Things First

Ethan paced from the doorway to the kitchen to the front door and back while trying to ignore Gabriel’s phone conversation with Peter. It was a short track as the kitchen let off from the living room. Really, there wasn’t much to the house. Just the living room and kitchen in the front of the house, then a hall that let out to three bedrooms and a bathroom. He’d been so proud of himself when they bought it. It might […]

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Suzie’s House 443 : Guitars at a Music Store

Gene held the music shop door open for Tracy. He followed close on her heels as she made a beeline for the guitars hanging on the far wall. “Technically it was Aunt Stephanie who gave me the money. Mom didn’t say one way or another about getting a guitar. She just said I could have some money to play with over summer vacation. She probably thought I’d go for movies and burgers. I was supposed to get a little at […]

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Suzie’s House 442 : The Money In Hand

Normally Bruce would have been sneaking looks at Gene all through the practice session because of that missing money. This time he got so caught up in writing a song with Emma that he almost forgot. Almost.

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Suzie’s House 441 : Emma’s Song II

Tracy and Emma beat him to the practice room. Bruce had tried to get there first because he’d been in a rush to leave after the last practice session and had forgotten to pack away his Casio. It might not be the best synthesizer he owned, but he still didn’t want people messing with it.

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Suzie’s House 440 : Emma’s Song I

Emma got to the practice room before any of the other band members. She sat on the chair in front of Kate’s drums for a few minutes. She was tempted to give the drums a thump, but Kate would probably have a hissy fit. She didn’t even like it when her boyfriend, Justin, borrowed them, and he actually knew what he was doing.

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Suzie’s House 439 : Dumpster Diving Daughter

“It’s weird,” Emma said to Tracy and Gene as they left the studio. She was thinking about her father.

“What? The guitar thing?” Tracy arched her eyebrows.

“N- no, no. I think you and Gene switching is a good idea. I, I mean, you and me do more egging each other on anyway, right? So him playing bass and you guitar makes more sense. I… I think.”

“So, you don’t think we’re lame?” Gene actually said something. Usually he just kind of nodded at the right time.

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Suzie’s House 438: Conversation Bombs

As much as Emma loved her father, she wasn’t exactly eager to confront him at the crack of dawn as she was headed for the bathroom to shower the smell of cigarette smoke off of her skin and hair. She could too easily imagine him driving himself into a self righteous frenzy over what he must see as her bad behavior. But it wasn’t like she’d been smoking herself. And if she’d been in a bar, it was only to […]

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