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Prologue

May 1993

emiy waitd by th nt d in h whchai,

whi h mth cad h bths m th bt-

tm th stais.

Bys? Whats in n p th?

B iht dwn, said Pt, emiys dst

bth. Im jst din p Byans ti.

W nd t t in. W cant b at!

T eatn hs was say in a y activ-

ity in th mnin, as vyn t ady wk

sch. Bt tday was a vy imptant day, and

thins w m hctic than sa. T tw bys

cam bndin dwn th stais, and emiy ahd

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whn sh saw Byan, h ynst bth. H was

tn, and sh cd t by th k n his ac thath wasnt n bit happy abt wain a sit and ti.

Bt this was nt a day jans and snaks.

Ty a had t k thi bst. emiy was wain

h d paid skit and a whit bs with tiny

bttns. F nc, sh was th fst n ady. W,

amst ady xcpt th cnw b had-

band h mm had bht spciay tday.

emiys ath cam in m tsid, wh h

had bn waitin with Mak, th midd bth.

lks ik vybdys d t , h said. lts

t in th ca. H std t Mak, wh spintd

int th hs t psh emiys whchai.

Wait a minute!emiy wantd t sht, as Mak

whd h t th nt d.Im not good to go!

Didnt anyn ntic that sh didnt hav h

hadband n? Cdnt thy s? S mch ss

abt th bys and thi ncktis, bt tday was a

abt emiy. evybdy wd b kin at h

and sh wantd thm t s h in h nw b

hadband.

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It was s statin nt t b ab t tak!

As h dad itd h m th whchai intth back sat th ca, emiy t t a d scch.

H was s statd that h amst st his baanc,

bt h hd n tiht t emiy. Sh cd t h was

abt t anch int n his cts abt nt

sin h d vic. Bt b h cd say any-

thin, emiys mth spk p.

Hd n, Caytn. I think I knw what shs

pst abt.

Sh hid int th hs and cam back ca-

yin smthin. At fst a emiy saw was a b,

bt as h mth cam cs emiy cnizd

th cvd bjct dttd with tiny ss cn-

w b sik.

Sy, swti, h mm said as sh sttchd

th hadband v emiys hai. W amst t

it.

emiy t t a sih i. Nw sh t

ady t t th hain and mt th pp wh

miht tn h wh i psid dwn. Ty w

cad th Spcia edcatin ibna, and thy

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w in t dcid whth emiy cd stay in

h ad tw cass at Map Avn Sch, whth sh wd hav t av h inds and

t sm stan nw sch.