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As soon as the sun rose above the mountains, Jasper hastened out onto the lake.  He waited and waited there afloat in hopes that Aurelia would take a look out her window and see him there and come to meet him as she had before.  All the events of the previous night kept agonizingly rewinding in his mind.  In his distress, he had acted ( Read more... )

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In keeping in standing order with all his documentation - from his numerous college degrees, to his birth certificate, to his “legal” surname of Hale - Jasper had to cross reference over twelve ledgers on a regular basis.  That evening he worked through the numbers once more and his pen rest on a square on the calendar he had carefully ( Read more... )

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Sometimes - in the waning hours of dawn when Jasper pretended to sleep - he still dreamt about blinding sunshine, golden fields of grass, and the lazy breeze of the distant home of his earliest human memories.  Nevertheless, he could not help but be amazed at the vast, raw, almost relentless beauty of the Washington Peninsula.  His ( Read more... )

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For the first time, he came and found me himself.  That day, wheeling a rickety cart full of lab supplies at the heels of the chemistry teacher was Mr. Hale.  Pouring chemicals and heating solutions, he kept his head down and followed orders humbly as he helped demonstrate the experiment.  I found myself following his every movement ( Read more... )

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This quiet enclave overlooking the school’s entire collection of books was a refuge to Jasper, who often stole away for some peace during the lunch break instead of sitting and not eating in the cafeteria like he had been ridiculously obliged to do whenever he had attended high school in the past with his siblings.  Here in exchange ( Read more... )

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Heart still perplexingly in a flutter, I returned home to the house I had only looked upon five times total.  Half a dozen cars crowded around my driveway; I curiously tiptoed inside to hear unfamiliar, intelligent voices echoing from the dining room.  The subject of conversation sounded very influential.  “I think we should adjust ( Read more... )

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The hunter instincts surmounted Jasper’s vigilant defense; in a surge of adrenaline he catapulted forward in search for the source of the torturous scent.  The school bell rang on clockwork signaling the next change, and a flood of students filed out into the halls.  So stealthy and swift were Jasper’s phantom movements that he was ( Read more... )

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