Erest Herschel: A Short Story

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I never thought it would end like this. If only I had taken his warning. We might have survived. If only I had stayed quiet. We might have had a better chance. If only I had been truthful. We wouldn’t have lived this horrible life. It was all my fault. How could I have let this happen? How could I have been so ignorant? It all started in the town of Hallsat. Erest Herschel was a mischievous young man ‘bout the age of 20. From what I heard growing up, he was fine boy who when his parents died of early age, lost motivation to be a good person. Everyone felt sorry for the little guy, but soon regretted it due to his quick change of moral. I, no matter how horrible of a person he is, still feel sympathetic for him, as my parents died when I was around 12 years old. Every once in awhile I tried to talk to him, and try to make him feel better, but he never did. Everyday I thought of becoming him, becoming an awful person, but I didn’t, because I still had my sister, Margot, to fight for.
At the time my sister was 7 years old, but had an unnaturally tall height. People always thought of this as uncanny and often dismissed the thought, but they did
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Hinding. Running. Fearing of the doctor, who were surely kill us. It was like a maze, that place was. Every second it seemed we were out of breath, yet it was as if the doctor was only walking and was catching up to us. The footsteps grew louder. “Oh Elie,” the doctor said, “Come out come out wherever you are.” We quickly hid under a crate before the doctor passed by. We saw him turn a corner into are aisle. We ran on our quiet feet ahead and around another corner. I stopped to catch my breath, and looked around. Where was Margot? Then I heard the doctor speak: “Ah there you are, my poor little Margot.” He said. “Trying to run away were you?” I peeked around the corner. The doctor hovered over my sister, and started to speak again. “Have you known the truth Margot? Did you know that you weren’t

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