The Room
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Ongoing8m
Last published Sun, Dec 25, 2016
My mother always told me, "Stay in the room. Whatever happens, always stay in the room. You'll be safe here." I believed her and I listened. I stayed in the room. "It's not safe out there for you. Stay in the room." My father said. I believed him and I listened. I never left the room. For years I remained in that room, not even glancing twice at the door. Even if I wanted to leave, I couldn't. The door was locked, the windows were locked. All I had were some simple furniture items.
My eighteenth birthday was only in a few days away. Mother and Father would come into the room and give me a cake freshly baked by my Mother just like every year. They'd sing "Happy Birthday" and I'd make a wish.
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Claire Williams is a 17-year-old girl living out West in the 1940s. Her parents have kept her away in her bedroom since she's been seven years old. They discovered she has special and unusual abilities. A power like no other. With her eighteenth birthday arriving, something doesn't feel the same.
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