Chapter 3

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Jasmine looked and looked, but could not find the key. Every nook ,every cranny. Just then she heard somebody walking up the stairs... Towards her stepmother's room. Jasmine had to hide. Looking around the bedroom she found a closet. Fastly, she tiptoed to the closet, opened the door, got in, and shut the door. The closet had many of her stepmother's clothes inside all smelling of cigarettes. Yes, Jasmine's stepmother smoked. A few moments later she heard her stepmother come in the room. Hoping to not be heard or seen, Jasmine held her breath and look through the louvers in the closet door. Jasmine then heard her stepmother talking. Jasmine couldn't quite make out what she was saying, but this is what she heard:

" How will I get him and I to be alone?" *sound of stuff being thrown around as if looking for something* Jasmine thought that her stepmother was going to have a romantic dinner with her father. But that wasn't the plan.

" Once he's dead, I can move out of this  nightmare of a house and take his money. And for his daughter on the other hand, she can rot in here for all I care" The words coming to Jasmine's brain, giving her a chill down her spine. Jasmine's stepmother was going to kill her father...

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