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The library was the only place I ever felt safe. The only place I could check out as many books as I could carry. My parents never kept eyes on me after school so the public library became my stomping ground. Miss Smith came to be one of my most respected mentors and the one I saved all my secrets for. Everything changed the day she disappeared. Twenty years later, I have not stopped looking and can’t stop believing something abhorrent happened to my beloved librarian. All this time and I can’t shake the suspicions I have about my father.
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Standing Room Only 
Expertly nuanced story with a potent cliffhanger.
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By: msjadeli on January 19, 2022
at 11:53 am
Oh! That did not end as I had hoped… excellent!
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By: Dale on January 19, 2022
at 12:56 pm
That took a very sinister twist!
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By: Iain Kelly on January 19, 2022
at 1:30 pm
Safe places. Well done.
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By: Bill on January 19, 2022
at 4:29 pm
You’ve left me wondering why she suspects her father of being behind Miss Smith’s disappearance…
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By: pennygadd51 on January 20, 2022
at 6:22 am
Hopefully, it’s just their imagination going to places it shouldn’t. Who knows?
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By: Keith's Ramblings on January 20, 2022
at 8:13 am
So there was a connection and it seems rather chilling.
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By: jillyfunnell on January 21, 2022
at 5:32 am
the end leaves us wondering what might have happened
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By: i b arora on January 21, 2022
at 7:53 am
How awful to have a father he can suspect of dreadful deeds!
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By: Liz Young on January 21, 2022
at 9:10 am
Oh! That final sentence really put the cap on a story that was already sad–now it’s dark, as well. Good writing.
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By: granonine on January 21, 2022
at 11:39 am
Goodness that was a twist and a half!
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By: mjlstories on January 21, 2022
at 1:28 pm
That would have soured family relationships. Quite a twist.
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By: Margaret on January 21, 2022
at 4:26 pm