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BenBiddick.Grandma.tex

 1\chapauth{Ben Biddick}
 2\chapter{Grandma}
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 4All she did was sit in that chair. She was my grandma. Grandma
 5Packard. She was the old hag of her town. Everyone hated her and
 6everyone was hated by her. She never left her house and I guess she
 7never left that damn chair. I was fifteen when it happened and I hadn't
 8seen her out of that old rocking chair my entire life. The chair was old
 9and rickedy and creaked when it rocked. I'd think that the creaking of
10that chair would drive her insane! She hated me dearly. She never showed
11any love or affection to me, but to all the other children she did. That
12was the reason I hated her so much. She never had time for me. All she
13could do was drool and sit in the rocking chair. Yes, I hated her. Right
14to my soul. I had such an incapacity for her. I hated her at a higher
15level every time I saw her. It just kept rising. She was at least ninety
16something. I really didn't care to know anything about her. She shared
17her love with no one but her grandchildren---with me the exception.
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19I was glad when she died. She never left that chair---she even died in
20it. It was pitiful. Her weak heart had finally given up.
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22We inherited the house, and we had to make major repairs and we had to
23have major cleaning sprees, but I could finally be free of her evil
24sneer that shook me with uncontrollable fear. How I hated her.
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26I had to have that room. Not by choice believe me. The room she had
27rocked her heart to death in. I quivered at the thought of living in it,
28but I had to since my little sister and brother were afraid of it.
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30It was the first night to sleep in it: the room. I had my covers totally
31concealing my body---a habit I had developed in my days as a toddler. The
32moon was unusually bright and the light showed through the thin blanket
33because I had placed my bed by the window. I soon fell asleep.
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35I opened my eyes. I thought I heard footsteps in my room. Was it mother?
36I saw the shape of a woman pass through the moonlight interrupting the
37flow onto my blanket. Sweat broke out from my back and fear swelled
38inside my stomach. I wanted to scream for help, but I was too terrified.
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40``Eddie Packard, why did you hate me?'' asked a woman's voice in a
41taunting tone.
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43I was too horrified to answer. I heard a thud that sounded like the
44woman was placing something on the floor. I gritted my teeth with total,
45terrible anxiety.
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47``I know you're under there, Eddie,'' the voice crackled.
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49I could not move. My heart beat so loud the woman must have heard it.
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51From right next to the bed, I heard the familiar creaking of Granny
52Packard's rocking chair. She was going to drive me insane.