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--FROM SELLING THE UNSELLABLE: AMERICAN ADVERTISING THROUGH THE YEARS, BY MORGAN DEMPSEY, PUBLISHED 2026

Little boy with faith so thin,

Little girl so strong within,

I said I’d never leave you, and I’m sorry, but I lied

If you’re set to pay the price,

Learn the ways of sacrifice,

Leave this world to grieve you, take a breath, and step outside

The broken doors are waiting, down the path you’ve always known

My darling ones, be careful now, and don’t go out alone

--FROM DON’T GO OUT ALONE, BY SIMONE KIMBERLEY, PUBLISHED 2006 BY LIGHTHOUSE PRESS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT

Chapter 3

AUGUST 2027

Iglared at the sheet of paper in front of me The words that were printed there swa to actively evadehand on my shoulder "Deep breaths, Sal," she said "Let the to happen," I ain had beento talk, and I still wasn’t comfortable with it Apparently, I hadn’t been dyslexic before the accident The old Sally Mitchell was a voracious reader I preferred audiobooks, which didn’t change themselves around when I was tense or tired