Phantom Keys: by Vernon Scott (if you give a mouse a cookie read aloud txt) 📕

this.” Gwen began crying. With each fallen tear, she began to rise higher and higher into the sky. And then there was a flash of light that illuminated the sky. “Gwen,” I shouted from the top of my longs. At that moment I saw Gwen’s semi-lifeless body fall from the sky.
“Take her home,” said mother, “Meredith and I will heal him. He’ll be okay; he’s just going to be in a long coma.”
With that, I left them there and took Gwen home to rest. I pray that she’s alright and that she was able to hear mother’s words before she blacked out. I had then looked at a clock and saw that I had one more minute left to perform my heist, so I made yet another doppelganger, and left it to care for Gwen.

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I made it back to the tree that I was waiting in before I left for Ayeguam. The town’s bell began to ring so I began my heist.
I jumped onto the top of the museum to let the press know that I had arrived. I entered the museum and avoided every guard that came my way. When I made it to the room where the Jade Monkey was located, I found my doppelganger unconscious already. I enter the room toward the glass case that held the ring. When I got to the glass the only thing I found was a note and a white flower.
“Dear, Phantom Keys, I find that this ring suits me more than it suits you. It’s quite amusing what you can do when you actually attempt something new. I found it easy to steal such a precious artifact. I hope you’re able to escape in time because I kind of made a pathway that leads to you. You might want to leave in a hurry. Love always. The White Rose. Kisses.”

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Publication Date: 10-22-2010

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