Month: June 2011

Chapter 7 - Amber Barimen4 Comments

Chapter 7.1 – Sisters

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If she sits very still, and lets all the noises and smells and sights blend together, she can almost sense the town talking to her.   Amber smiles slyly at the twins reaction to her story. They’re SO gullible. They both call her “sister”, even though she isn’t really. She’s technically their niece, even though they’re all only a few hours apart in age. Grandma Faith was pregnant at the same time as her mother, and they were all born on the same day. Explaining this over and over again, a hundred times, gets old pretty fast. So Amber just … Continue reading Chapter 7.1 – Sisters

Chapter 7 - Amber Barimen11 Comments

Chapter 7 – Amber

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More than a hundred sim years separates the evening when Bebe first took Julian to the cabin overlooking the bluff, and the birth of the latest Barimen heiress.   The family has enjoyed periods of prosperity in the past, but they seem tiny in comparison with the present surge in fame and fortune. The Barimen family has produced some of the world’s most recognised names, and has already become known for it’s painters, a renowned surgeon, law enforcement personalities, and a five-star chef. But none of them have ever reached the mega-star status achieved by Ben and his wife, Lisa. … Continue reading Chapter 7 – Amber

Chapter 6 - Ben Barimen1 Comment

Chapter 6.21 – Endlessly

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In the calm of night, I hear ’em. Can’t see ’em, but I know they’re there. Friends and neighbors, kindred spirits; disappeared, I don’t know where.   As a kid I went out lookin’ for this place where they’d go. I wasn’t sure if I’d find it, but sure enough I’d try. Sometimes I’d go all day – check’n the ground, check’n the sky. All day long I’d be out there, but I’d never have nothin’ to show.   In the calm of night, I hear ’em. Can’t see ’em, but I know they’re there. Friends and neighbors, kindred spirits; … Continue reading Chapter 6.21 – Endlessly