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1.
It really shouldn't have mattered to Betty. That's what
she kept trying to convince herself even if she knew it
mattered to Betty more than practically anything else.
Why was she trying to convince herself otherwise? As
she stepped forward to knock on Betty's door, she still
didn't have a convincing answer to this question that
she'd been asking herself for more than two years now.
2.
Trees. It was something about the trees. The way they
swayed with the wind in unison. The way they shaded
the area around them. The sounds of their leaves in the
wind and the creaks from the branches as they sway,
The trees were making a statement that I just couldn't
understand.
3.
Terrance knew that sometimes it was simply best to
stay out of it. He kept repeating this to himself as he
watched the scene unfold. He knew that nothing good
would come of him getting involved. It was far better
for him to stay on the sidelines and observe. He kept
yelling this to himself inside his head as he walked over
to the couple and punched the man in the face.
4.
There wasn't a whole lot he could do at that moment.
He played the situation again and again in his head
looking at what he might have done differently to
make the situation better. No matter how many times
he relived the situation in his head, there was never
really a good alternative course of action. There simply

wasn't a whole lot he could have done in that
particular moment.
5.
The red line moved across the page. With each
millimeter it advanced forward, something changed in
the room. The actual change taking place was difficult
to perceive, but the change was real. The red line
continued relentlessly across the page and the room
would never be the same.