2. The crackle and hiss of the flames devouring our house couldn't block out the screaming and wailing of those who were still alive.
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3. The warehouse was coffin dark.
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4. I did the unforgivable the day my mother died, and for that I've been punished every moment of my life.
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5. The kidnapper looking down at Naomi held a book of poetry to his chest.
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6. A woodlark sings of heartache.
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7. Eighteen years had passed since Kate Macauley killed her sister.
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8. Mrs. Anderson was dead.
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9. I was lying on the long grass, only distantly aware of my surroundings.
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10. I once believed that heroes existed only in old men's fables, that evil in the world had triumphed over good, and that love--- a true, unselfish and abiding love--- could only be found in a little girl's imagination.