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Book 1: When it begins
“You shall never live, never seize and never die, till the day you knew you were born, with a reason.” - Lisa raised her voice. - “From that very time, very moment for your life, you shall discover, the truth of your own.”
“Not there yet.” - commented Abigail.
“Do not say ‘YOU SHALL NEVER live, never seize, never die’, say ‘you shall NEVER live, NEVER seize, NEVER die’.” - suggested Luke, put the thirty-eighth note onto the manuscript.
“Can anyone remind me why are we doing this?” - muttered, dissatisfied, furious, bored Jennifer.
“What do you mean?” - Abigail murmured.
“I’m sick of rehearsing these lines from the worst novel of the month.”
“Jen, respect.” - Lisa nudged.
“I’m not the one who unrespectful here. You’re the one adding those lines to the scene. That book is horrible, ugly written, and offensive.”
“Jennifer!” - The blond girl stood up.
“So you too, Abigail? You like that book too? Well, FYI, the Morning Collections despite it, Kristen Kill can’t bear it, and Jackson Brown said that book is a pain in the literature’s ass.”
“Shame on him!” - Lisa took her hard lines. - “He had better take a proper language class before announcing that.”
“This is going nowhere.” - Luke sighed and made up an excuse for soon dismiss, then walked his girlfriend home.
“It will be over soon.” - He comforted her.
“I hope.” - She replied.
“Abigail, I have never seen Lisa so anxious.”
“Yeah. She’s always calm and reasonable. I wouldn’t reckon that she’d so frustrated over When it begins.” - But she protected her friend. - “Jennifer was rude.”
“We cannot blame her. The book is blazing nonsense. It’s about Black rights, second duties, no-nature-law people, colored harmers. We’re not in the 2010s anymore, people should see the risks of those things, instead of excusing for beginning against nature.” - Luke told her.
“A woman wrote that ill-repute novel.” - She said. - “Although, writing isn’t hard, just type, click, post, or maybe print, it’s still a man's job. She doesn’t have to do that, not like plays or movies, where people need actresses.”
“The problem is its misdeed on people, mainly women.” - Her boyfriend smiled. - “It should be banned in most states.”
Abigail frowned. - “You prompted me with a rumor that the novel was first published in Scotland - your home country, but has been banned. Somehow, it got to Northern American with a new name, new author, a new way of writing, but stay the same plot.”
“Did someone sue the author?” - Luke joked.
“No.” - Abigail ignored his ill-humor and continued. - “Have you read it?”
“Yes. A week before Lisa suggested taking that line.”
“What is well-written?”
“No, horrible.” - He added. - “Not as good as George Mark’s books.”
Abigail was curious. She headed home soon after that with the infamous ‘When it begins‘. The first line was:
‘Joe Brew, a black, working man, died on the 23rd, June 2055, which was yesterday, because of a hypocrite. He left two children and his wife at the edge of hunger. On the 25th, there was a funeral, with rain and five people: Father, a gravedigger, and his family.’
“Oh, what?” - Abigail wondered. This book was like no others, far different from them, from how the best seller was written, from how ‘The last Midnight’ by George Mark, who was successful, won ‘Author of the year: 2033, 2038, 2040, and 2050‘ (and related to Lisa somehow, but not everyone knew this), begun: ‘Mrs. James Zanderson, sat at the window, waiting for her dearest husband to be home. He had gone for two weeks after the Black devils came to their house and betrayed their kindness. On that day...’
Abigail continued the next few pages. ‘Lawyer Rose Huller sat at the table full of men...’
“I’ve never expected a female character can sit with men and be a lawyer. What a fictional thing.” - She speculated. - “Women with high education give higher education to the younger generations. Their duties are pride, but it must be in its place, no alternatives could replace the women’s recognition. Women must be and will be, in the place, with other women, build affectionate, safe, cultured place at home, for their family, maintain the goodness of life of the son and daughters. Involved in a second obligation would lose their esteem and expectations from other people.”
She inhaled:
“This is an awful novel.”
Book 2: Now-the end of time
‘When it begins’ won the Worst book of the year, and people still question why it hasn’t been banned. Ironically, its sequel passed all the horrendous critical reviews and presented on the New York Times No.1 best seller: Now-the end of time.
“Offensive and fabricated.”
“Must-burn book.”
“Amber Heller is the most perilous threat of the society.”
“A smut of literature and education.”
Lisa removed the line soon after. All went well. No one discusses what happened that day. Until Abigail shared her experience on the When it begins.
“I know, it’s horrible.”
“Yeah, and someone did not realize that.” - Jennifer provoked.
“I think many people did.” - said Luke. - “The sequel is terrible. I looked through a few pages. Some disgusting Lesbians were in there, and totally, coming out.”
Jennifer replied. - “How loathsome - A no-nature-law supporter. Maybe she’s one of them”
“I hope not.” - Abigail said. - “There are some Asians in the pages. Colored harmers and no-nature-laws aren’t jokes. There are threats.”
Lisa left the room, headed to her godfather’s place, like every time she’s miserable.
Book 3: The promised land
‘...Rose Huller, one last time, glared at the white sociopath’s dead body. She walked on the train, approaching her promised land.
The end.
28th, May 2054,
A. G. M. H
Amber G. M. Heller’
Lisa closed the novel, took the letter out again, read for the fifth time:
‘Epilogue for Lisa Christ,
Rose arrived in Aurora late at night.
The view was silent, and as she’s known, calm.
Mrs. Joe Black’s word whispered through her ears: “You’ve got choices. Choose to be brave, be bold, be free. When no one listens, say to your heart, when the world pretends to not listen, shout through their ears. Shout until someone turn to you, or until they’re deaf.”
She realized she has made it - survives the storm. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Black rest forever in truth and justice. His daughters would live for their mother’s rewarding, faithful heart. Lia Chu found her destiny with Jenny Macklin and long forgot Sia Lynne, who chooses the other’s path instead of herself.
Zach is dead. His pain and madness remain in silence.
For all the poor souls he killed, Rose prayed.
“Forever, you deserve more.”
A. G. M. H
Amber G. M. Heller
(George Mark),
The truth lives in your heart, my dearest goddaughter.’
Lisa kept them in her drawers, passed into the daylight. Her duty is hers to decide.
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