9/11 Short Stories

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Upon hearing whispering, Elise immediately opened her eyes. Squinting, she notices the red numbers on her alarm clock read 12:04 A.M. Elise holds her stuffed teddy bear Otto, close. The wrinkles on the sides of her eyes straightened with the release of her squint, she lays in bed, in fear; another night, another series of unclaimed whispers. It’s been so many nights now that she can no longer remember the first time she heard these specks of voices. She tossed and turned under the soft blankets of her bed, nestling herself beneath them. Elise laid thinking about where the tiny whispers came from. She had an idea but wasn’t quite sure. A thought surfaced, tell my parents? She asked herself softly. She shook her head violently. No. She couldn’t do that. Even if she …show more content…

He grabbed for his Swiss Army knife out of the nightstand and dropped it into the tiny slit pocket around the waist of the robe. “It’s Wendy, probably another night terror.” Wendy’s mom said. Wendy was sitting up in her bed, slouched. Her forehead was moist with sweat. She was sobbing with her eyes closed and breathing heavily. Her shaking hands covered her ears. “What’s the matter Wendy?” her father asked. With her hands still over her ears, Wendy no longer heard her father. He looked at his watch, seeing the time and getting no response he asked again, this time, more impatiently. “WHAT IS WRONG!” He growled. Wendy cried more with recognition of her father’s impatience. Her tongue fumbled to find her words. “I … it’s the voices… I … I heard the whispers daddy.” She said, spitting the words out. Her father shook his head and her mother sat next to her on the bed to comfort her. “Wendy honey, you have to stop with this … it is all over your head, enough with this. You’re growing older now, you’ll be eight in just a month. It’s all in your head, okay? Let’s all get some

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