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A piercing shriek coh pitched that it actually makes my teeth hurt I also practically jump out of my skin, the noise was so unexpected

The wo more than close her eyes, lower her head, and let out a pained sigh For a brief moment, I want to reach out and squeeze her shoulder in sy with because I don't knohat that unholy sound was I open my arette rack flies open and a tiny blur co out

No h, followed by another blur of the same size

Another piercing shriek from within that room, this time louder because the door is now opened, and for a terrible moment I think someone must have beenthe counter

Julianneeach tiny blur by the collar When they're brought to a full halt, I see it's two little boys, both with light brown hair and equally light brown eyes One holds a baby doll in his hands and the other holds what looks to be a truck os

Looking at y-filled eyes, she says, "I'm so sorry This will only take a second"

With firentle hands, she turns the little boys toward the roo behind them Immediately I hear a horrible crash, another shriek, and the woman I know to be named Julianne curses loudly, "Son of a bitch"

One ht be a psychotic pterodactyl and e of the counter, step behind it, and head toward the door When I step over the threshold, I take in a small roo one wall covered with papers, another ith a counter, sink, and s and fourchairs

It also suddenly beco that noise that rivaled nails on chalkboard

A little girl, s chairs hat looks liketape wrapped several ti across the s are free, and the crash was apparently a stack of toys she had ed to knock off the top of the table

"RoccoLevyyou pro voice as she kneels beside the little girl and starts pulling at the tape The little boys stand there, heads hanging low as they watch their mom attempt to unwrap their sister

I can't help ue and frustration, and the mere fact that these little hellions taped their sister to a chair hasto the tape to pull it off

Her head snaps my way and she says, "Don't"

My eyes slide from the tape to her, and I' but refusing to drop

"Pleasedo youout there? If any customers come in, just tell them I'll be out in a moment," she pleads with me, a faint note of independence and need to handle this on her own shining through the defeat

"Sure," I say i to add further upset on this poor lady with the beautiful tear-soaked eyes She clearly has enough on her plate withoutto it

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