Under The Rain
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Last published Mon, Dec 28, 2015
I'm about half way home when it begins to thunderstorm and I can barely see the road. After about five minutes of struggling to see, my car starts to act funny.
Uh-no...
Just like as thought. My car is breaking down.
Dammit. Can this day get any worse?
I get out my blue Ford Taurus into the hard pouring rain to look under the hood to see if I can determine the problem (As if I know anything about cars).
I look at what seems to be the battery, but I wouldn't know if it's dead or not. All I know is that this couldn't have happened at a worse time.
As I study the parts of my car, I hear something. Something that isn't rain...
"Can I help you with that?" A guy whispers in my ear behind me.
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Stacey Davis, 16, is has been through too much already. Her parents got a divorce when she was younger, her sister went on to college and completely abandoned the family, and her brother is back in jail. Just when everything falls apart, a boy comes across her path to bring a rainbow into her life.
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