Mean Spirited
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Her dying image was that of her daughter cowered in the corner between the toilet and the shower, eyes wide and fixed, mouth hanging agape, frozen in a scream caused by God knows what.
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His eyes drifted to the liquor store down the road, which seemed to be glowing in the sunlight like a siren beckoning a drunken sailor.
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The lady with the two-thousand-dollar designer dog is quoting me on the virtues of animal rescue.
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Dogs feed off your emotions.”
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The yellow light illuminated the hallway to show Mikey crawling across the ceiling and back to his bedroom.
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Conehead was standing on his hind legs staring straight at Matt, grinning ear to ear.
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The brown paper bag full of the mean spirit stared back at him.
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Kicking other drugs might make you feel like you’re dying but shaking booze cold turkey can be fatal.
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deaths and two home invasions in just under a week, and the only link is a Labrador named Conehead.”
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delirium tremens
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“It’s OK to be scared, son,” he said, keeping his focus. “It’s what you do when you’re scared that counts.”