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WIPE
By John Reyer Afamasaga
eBook
ISBN: 978-0-9803486-1-3
(c) 2007 John Reyer Afamasaga
Copyright Certification ID = DS98E -- Certified on 19/10/2006
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CONTENTS
* CHAPTER 01: Page 3
* CHAPTER 02: Page 9
* CHAPTER 03: Page 14
* CHAPTER 04: Page 30
* CHAPTER 05: Page 44
* CHAPTER 06: Page 64
* CHAPTER 07: Page 75
* CHAPTER 08: Page 85
* CHAPTER 09: Page 86
* CHAPTER 10: Page 91
* CHAPTER 11: Page 101
CHAPTER 1
WIPE (TO WIPE -- )
A seven year old orphan's fear ...
She can wipe condensation, but not the snow outside the window.
Polina Rada was on the back seat of a teetering car, wrapped in her bed clothes, a leather jacket, and her mother's winter coat. Her parents kissed with their eyes shut tight to burn calories as they cocooned their Polina to keep her warm. The car creaked, and Mr Rada accepted that the only position he could assume at that time was that of a father concerned about the transfer of his remaining body heat to his baby daughter.
John Page smiles as the receptionist walks by, but on realizing where she is heading he sneers. Then he settles back into his seat with his hands behind his head. She disappears into the office. The door, then the blinds, close.
Alexvale stood at the doorstep of the house next door. He could see his mother,