Category: Book One Chapters
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The Desert Lighthouse Chapter 3
Maggie stopped to catch her breath in an alley five blocks away from the Safeway. She waited to see if Tom had followed her. Would a store manager even do that? Maggie had no idea. She needed to find her dad fast. It was getting dark. She held back her tears. She told herself she… Read more
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Desert Lighthouse Chapter 2
She was finally going to find out what her mother had been like. Maggie could picture her in her mind. She was beautiful with her dark, mahogany brown skin and intense, dark eyes. Maggie could only count on an hour alone. She went into Donnell’s room with its big bed and boring, neutral decor. Crawling… Read more
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The Desert Lighthouse Chapter 1
Flagstaff, Arizona Maggie Kalabari Wymund gazed at the stars. She almost thought she could feel their twinkles echo inside her. As of an hour ago, she was fourteen years old. Maggie shivered in her white, button-up, cotton pajama set and tucked the deep red quilt her New Orleans grandmother had made around her cold brown… Read more