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i an entire population from tyranny?”

Well, put like that, getting back so her TiVo didn’t fill up seemed

a little silly The store where she worked wouldn’t be a problem

When she didn’t show up, the district er would just fire her and

put another in her place She’d been told on more than one occasion

that she was a dime a dozen There were overeducated morons

r />everywhere who needed a job Her parents had divorced years before

and started new families It would be months before they even

realized she was gone

She could feel her face setting in stubborn lines She hadn’t asked

to be brought here Just because her life was a little dull didn’t mean it was inconsequential She had friends Well, she’d had Michael’s

friends, and they had all taken his side in the divorce, but she intended

to et home

Cara’s s way didn’t count as

friendship The little gnome was her jailer