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Yosemite Park: A Short Story

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The indication of morning had approached; wind halted while the air became temperate. Morning routine of the birds, fetching food for their children, communicating with the others, hatching their eggs. Newly seeded grass shooted out, growing like weeds. The air reminded Mary of a camping trip when she was younger in Yosemite Park. Pinecones and trees gave her the happy memories, ones of her husband and her only child before the accident. Mary exposed her eyes through the trees to the sun, knowing it happened again; she sleepwalked through the forest. Mary forced herself up, again thinking of the trip before everything went wrong. Mary drove like the wind, needing to get back home before Christmas Eve. Steve was oblivious to the world in the passenger seat and Lucas was drowsed in the back seat. Snow covered the sides of …show more content…

Andrea sat in the break room, waiting for her shift to start at 8:30, her long, crisp black hair covered the back of the seat. Andrea had her face deep into paperwork but, then noticed Mary walked into the room and looked up, took off her glasses and wiped her forehead. Andrea’s porcelain skin, looked like it has barely seen any sunlight, or even touched. Mary and Andrea had most of the day piled up in paperwork, except for their breaks. At lunchtime, Mary added to her stories of sleepwalking into the forest, including the one early in the morning. “ You need to live with someone because this is getting out of hand.” Andrea stated. “ Nothing bad has happened yet. Also, I need the exercise anyway.” Mary answered. Mary left work and thought about what Andrea said. What if she did live with someone else? Would they stop her from going out at night? These thoughts followed her to the bus stop and until she got on the bus. Mary noticed that the same man eavesdropping on her conversation earlier was still there, he stared at her while she sat

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