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Julie Rough Childhood

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Julie had a rough childhood. Her father left when she was young and her mom had nasty, abusive men in and out of their house. When Julie was sixteen, she finally moved out and was living on the streets. She always kept to herself and stayed out of trouble. One day she was in a coffee shop and she met a guy named Jem. They talked for an hour or two and Jem told her if she came back the next morning, he would take her to Swansboro, North Carolina, a small town in which he lived in. He promised to get her a job and a place to stay. The next morning she came, of course, and he did as he promised. In Swansboro, Jem got her a job at his Aunt Mabel’s hair salon. They soon started dating and eventually got married. When Julie was twenty-three, Jem suddenly became sick and eventually died. On her first Christmas alone after Jem’s death, Julie received a box and card that Jem had left for her before he died. In the box was a Great Dane puppy and in the letter Jem explained how the dog was to keep her company and how he wanted Julie to find somebody else that made her happy. She decided to name the puppy Singer. It’s three …show more content…

Andrea was unconscious in the hospital in a coma. They knew Richard was willing to do anything to get Mike out of the picture so he could be with Julie. Mike and Julie went to Mike’s beach house to get out of town and away from Richard while the cops were looking for him. The cops would call every now and then to give them updates. After he took off, Richard stopped by a store and purchased blonde hair dye, tanning lotion, and a pair of sunglasses and he shaved his mustache off. After his makeover, he looked like a new man. He stole a vehicle from the parking lot and took off on his mission to find Julie. He knew they’d left town and he figured the only way he would find them was by their friends or the cops. So he went back to swansboro and

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