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Mom hurried out to the yard and started digging holes by the light of the moon, looking for our jar of cash.
Freddy tore off his headphones and started whipping Jamison over the head, screaming that he’d deleted all his music.
I strode to the buffet table and poured spaghetti sauce over my head until it dripped to the floor, hoping someone would come and take me away.
I crept over the fence and slid into the neighbours’ pool, hoping to avoid detection.