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The Smell Of Murder In Vic Allen's The Glass Menagerie

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Typically, the smell of cotton candy isn't associated with murder, but that was the only thing racing through Vic Allen's muddled thoughts when the monotonous and deep voice of the news broadcaster announced that someone had suffered a brutal murder at the circus. The same circus she had been to just hours ago. The circus where she had eaten cotton candy for the first time. The circus where she had met the cutest guy of her life; Chris. The circus where that clown had been following her most of the time... Shooting up from bed, Vic caught her second wind as she scrambled to her computer to search how many killings on average clowns had caused. It was a long shot, but she thought she had something going. She could remember every time she was with Chris that clown was always there; it was constantly around the two, but it seemed neither Chris nor anyone …show more content…

His slightly long, dark hair really drove Vic up the wall. He was just too cute for her to even process. It may have been a little windy, but that was expected considering it was the middle of October. There were leaves; so many leaves. All the different colors of the trees in the distance made the moment so much more entrancing, especially the view right ion front of her. Even the smell of the contrasting circus foods was tolerable when she explored his eyes. To her, they seemed like the only thing that mattered. She just wanted to get closer. She wanted to-

The memory was cut short when she remembered the smallest detail about the moment: the clown. Chris' eyes were beautiful and all, but eyes are like mirrors, and that's exactly how she saw the clown for the first time. That's why she couldn't go through with the kiss It's like she couldn't see it anywhere else other than through his eyes. Whenever she turned around, it wasn't there. When she turned back into his eyes, it was there. It was off, way off, even to

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