Earnest: A Fictional Narrative

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After knocking on the door several times, Ernest opened it. “Virginia, it’s nice seeing you, I was in the back room and didn’t hear it. Come in, my dear.”
“We need to talk,” she said, walking into the living room and sat down on the sofa.
“I’m glad you came by, what do you want to talk about?” Ernest asked sitting down across from her. "You look so sad.”
“Did you hear what about the mountain?” While plating her keys she asked.
“I talked to the police and everything’s under control. There’s nothing to worry about, Dr. Kelly offered to let me spend a few days at his cabin until things settle down here.”
“Are you sure everything will be okay with you gone?”
“I’ll take the animals to the hospital tonight and lock the house, everything else should be okay.
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With his son and daughter talking to him made him ecstatic, but he was sad because he just about lost the grandson he loved so much.
‘That’s how it began while picking up cans and bottles so no one would notice the animals in the cart. Dogs and cats running around free came home with me and they had a home in my basement with plenty of food. One day, I found an injured dog a car ran over and left on the road to die and took it to the hospital, Dr. Kelley treated him. When the dog healed, one of his employees found it a good home. That is how the haunted mountain story got started. Within a short time, the boys fixed a hole in one of the air ducts in the mines to have a place for the abusers. During this time, I met Dr. Hallowell, director of the mental hospital and he agreed to help us by injecting the abusers with a mind-altering medication. The abusers remembered nothing when they released them.”
“I kept the animals in my basement until they were ready to go to a home. Within no time, there were several volunteers working at the hospital and found them loving homes,” he said.
“Wow,” Justin said as he listened about the

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