The tangy sea breeze of the early morning filled the room with the aroma of salt and fish. As Debbie woke up she looked at the sea blue curtains on the right side of the room, the sun shining through made it resemble a waterfall. Just above the bed on the ceiling, a beautiful mermaid with sunny blonde hair swam above her. An orange starfish smiled over her shoulder. This was her safe haven and waking up in her room at her dad’s shore house always made her smile. Her grandmother had worked hard to paint the murals in her room and they always made her feel special and safe. She took a deep breath and promised to herself that she would get along with her father today. She headed downstairs to eat breakfast, the scent of bacon and the sweetness
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Every three or four days, she find another gift at the door each one wrapped in the same brown paper. They varied from a box of salt water taffy, a bottle of perfume, a plastic baby doll, and strangely, an antique silver baby’s rattle. She had only received one note and in the same neat handwriting and her name had been written on the first gift, it said, “Please be mine. I want to love every piece of you.¨ All the gifts were tossed into the drawer. She still had no idea who her admirer was and it made her uncomfortable especially after his cheesy love note that didn’t make any …show more content…
She froze then quietly backed out of her room and tip-toed downstairs to her dad’s office. He was not there but she found a note saying he had a meeting in the city and would be back later in the evening. She turned on every light in the house, closed all the curtains, made sure the phone was working, checked her cell phone for reception multiple times and locked all the doors. After an hour of worrying, she told herself to be brave and went upstairs and gathered the bedspread with its rows of gifts and took it outside. On the front lawn, she shook the bedspread out, the gifts spilling out across the yard. She yelled, ¨I don’t want this crap, you creep! Leave me alone.¨ She looked across the yard to the trees in the distance. She felt like a crazy person throwing stuff around the yard and screaming at no one but it also felt so good to her her frustrations out. ¨Find someone else to stalk. Find someone else to love. Just leave me
Every three or four days, she find another gift at the door each one wrapped in the same brown paper. They varied from a box of salt water taffy, a bottle of perfume, a plastic baby doll, and strangely, an antique silver baby’s rattle. She had only received one note and in the same neat handwriting and her name had been written on the first gift, it said, “Please be mine. I want to love every piece of you.¨ All the gifts were tossed into the drawer. She still had no idea who her admirer was and it made her uncomfortable especially after his cheesy love note that didn’t make any …show more content…
She froze then quietly backed out of her room and tip-toed downstairs to her dad’s office. He was not there but she found a note saying he had a meeting in the city and would be back later in the evening. She turned on every light in the house, closed all the curtains, made sure the phone was working, checked her cell phone for reception multiple times and locked all the doors. After an hour of worrying, she told herself to be brave and went upstairs and gathered the bedspread with its rows of gifts and took it outside. On the front lawn, she shook the bedspread out, the gifts spilling out across the yard. She yelled, ¨I don’t want this crap, you creep! Leave me alone.¨ She looked across the yard to the trees in the distance. She felt like a crazy person throwing stuff around the yard and screaming at no one but it also felt so good to her her frustrations out. ¨Find someone else to stalk. Find someone else to love. Just leave me