A Short Story : A Story?

“SHE’S DEAD AND SHE WILL NEVER COME BACK! NOW SHUT UP!” Allison shouts and runs to her room. “ALLISON!” I shout. “I WISH YOU WERE DEAD INSTEAD OF MOMMY!” Amelia screams with tears running down her face. “Don’t say that sweetie, you don’t mean that,” I say. “YES I DO!” She runs to her

Without warning, the story takes a tragic turn, "one late afternoon in March of that year, Miss Hancock stepped off a curb in front of the school and was killed instantly by a school bus." Charlotte, overwrought, takes blame for Miss Hancock's death, "I killed her! I killed her!" When she explains how her classmates taunted and ridiculed Miss Hancock, her mother’s response is

“What’s wrong mommy,” he asked. With her crackling voice she said, “Nothing son, go back to sleep. I didn’t mean to wake you.” Chay sat up and repeated the words his mother had said to him on occasion, “Do you want to talk about it?”

It was a cold and foggy wednesday morning on june 10th. Hunter was sleeping on his bed when he heard his mom call him.

She became aware of her husband’s labored breathing. She called her children, saying that someone had been in the house and that something was wrong with their father.

She then made the following statements on why she thought someone had killed her father:

Ratched: Billy, this girl could not have pulled you in here forcible. Understand, I would like to believe something else – for your poor mother’s sake.

He had thought his self in a bad mood, he decided to go lay down. He kissed both ladies good night before retreating down the hall. Jackie saw the sad look on her son's face "What’s on your mind True?" he looked at his mother and said "Nothing." She knew that something was wrong with him, but she left it alone. When he was ready, he would talk.

“But that still doesn’t answer my question as to how you knew that wasn’t my mother?” said Jack. “She was there, at my door, in plain sight!”

When the family went into the Agricultural Inspection, the officer wanted to examine their stuff. Ma was crying how “Granma’s [awfully] sick” and giving reasons how the family had to go. The officer let the family leave because when he beamed a light at Grandma, she looked very sick and dead. Then the family reached California, Ma finally told them that Grandma was dead. She told them that she did not want the officer to delay their trip to California.

“everything is fine.” But everything wasn’t fine at least as she knew it. For all she knew her son was dead.

"Best not to finish that thought," she agreed. Mostly in the interest of getting him to leave her alone, she decided now was a good time to give in and go to that stupid group session. On her way past him, she said, "By the way, just so you know, my husband isn't going to be able to make it this weekend."

On November 1, one of Mrs. Lahiri’s neighbors called the police because they heard a shot in Mrs. Lahiri’s house. The police found Mrs. Lahiri dead in her daughter’s bedroom but with an old recorder and a note.

“Why weren’t you watching her!” demanded Mr. Donovan. His face was red with fury, but suddenly got emotional. his daughter had died and know one knew who did it. He started bawling on the floor.

was at a party) and voiced that you think that your Aunt Helen's death was your fault. Knowing