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“Geraldine Borden aims to implement one state-of-the-art playground in 1995 somewhere in the New England area.
And remember, you promised we’d seesaw!” “Oh, we’ll seesaw all right. I’ll send you right to the moon and back,” CJ said.
At just seven years old, Sadie’s name rang closer to her personality. She was a psychological sadist.
Geraldine harbored countless battle scars from the experimentation Fuchs had put her through.
She might’ve been young, but she was already old enough to understand that no one, not even the woman she came out of, was going to control her.
“Finally. We were wondering if you were gonna show.”
Fuchs made his way to each of the parents, adjusting their headrests, ensuring they lined up comfortably with their heads.
stupefied,
cantankerous
Dead inside, dead alive, and dead tired.
germane
“Variations can be passed down from prior generations.
“Although, we may want to keep them away from Mom, here,” Geraldine said, pointing her thumb toward Lacey’s blood-soaked body. “That could be . . . traumatic.”
gamut
“I don’t think you get it. I’m not asking you. I was never asking you. I’m telling you.
“After your ride, don’t stand too tall, don’t look too hard, don’t look at all. If you want to move on after you fall, just use your ears and have a ball.”
There was a strong possibility the trauma had decelerated his capacity to perceive how time was passing.
voyeuristic
It was as if the razors were implanted to do just enough to create panic.
echelon,
Just like Sam, they were crushed.
“Oh, woe is me. I raised a bunch of pussies so I need an advantage. Is that what I’m hearing?”
jubilation
Maybe that skateboarding you do can actually help you. Just think about it. If you find something to ride down on, then you won’t get hurt.
“The second I get some shine, the one time when I finally get a moment! You can’t even wait five seconds to rip it away from me!”
“Wait, what do we do?” Bobby asked.
“We never did end up getting to hit that seesaw, did we?” “It’s probably for the best,” she replied.
malcontent.
“I guess we lose together, then.”
“No matter what happens, we tried our best. And no matter what happens, I’ll always love you,” CJ whispered. “I love you too.”
carmine
The blocks read: I CAN RING IT.
The blocks read: YOU HELP ME NOW I HELP YOU.
sclera
He wasn’t going to just stand by and watch while Greg slaughtered Tom and Molly.
uvula
“But, I’m—I’m your mother!” she cried. “And I’m a motherfucker,” Rock grumbled.
She now understood that monsters weren’t born, they were created.