This Log Graph Short Story

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"Kathleen, please answer question B. What is the y intercept of this log graph?"

"I don't know."

The teacher signed. He didn't want to go through this again, but it is his job as a teacher to be responsible to the future of his students. "I just explained the question two minutes ago." He said quietly, and the whole class trained their eyes on Kathleen. But she didn't say anything. "Come to me after class." The teacher finally said before moving on to the next question.

Kathleen silently cursed herself for not paying attention, but she knew it was futile. She just couldn't focus on the boring numbers of mathematics. Everytime she tries to study her head spins.

Now her teacher is going to have a long and caring talk with her. He's a good
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She chose the seat at the back of the classroom, the position furthest away from all of her trouble.

A tired Kathleen opened a fiction network and went down the list. Most of the books bored her with just the summary. She doesn't have the time or energy to read a long and boring story. In fact, she doesn't even know why she is trying to find a book. She should try her best to learn.

As she was about to give up, a certain book attracted her attention. It had a strange name. "Endless Horror". The cover was a hooded skull that seemed as if it was smiling to her.

Kathleen frowned. The image made her creeped out, but she ignored the feeling. She clicked the book open. The setting of the book was especally odd. The chapters were bar codes, and there were no tab talking about the number of words written. The name of the author was a single letter.

R.

Still, Kathleen pressed the "Start Reading" tab. Immediately, her phone died. Kathleen frowned and made a small cry. Her parents are not going to be happy about fixing her phone. But the screen of the phone started to turn black. A few lines of word appeared. They were red, as if they were written by

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