[COMPLETED]
[THE NUTCRACKER meets CHAMBER OF SECRETS meets HAMLET]
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GENRE: Paranormal
"Time wasn't faithful, it never is."
Lindsey Knightley has had a strained relationship with her...
A wheezing resounds but I initially find nothing. I look closely and see a yorkshire terrior dog snoring peacefully on a small-circular carpet at the corner. The hair of his whisker blow softly with each inhalation and exhalation.
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"That's Jackie, our dog and the only brown haired specimen in the family," Allison says as Jackie turns from lying on stomach to rolling on his back.
"Well, Jackie's sure a heavy sleeper," I say as I tilt my head to the side while looking at the little dog on his brown circular carpet. I guess that's why I didn't notice him before since his fur is also of the same colour.
"Just give him a favourite spot in the house and he's a goner," Ethan says as his eyes twinkle with fondness for the dog. I think I could also see a glimmer of the same child-like passion the triplets have.
"Do you have a pet, Lindsey?" Allison says, withdrawing my attetion from the dog.
"Dylan gifted me a dog for my ninth birthday: a King Charles Spaniel whom I named Gem. And as usual, he gave me his present through Ms Bragge, rather than himself," I say as both of the cousins' expressions fall for a moment before being cloaked again by smiles.
I really liked Gem; she was the best gift I ever got, apart from the keys to the attic. I always got gifts from Ms Bragge, Dylan and even Alfred on birthdays and other occasions. I loved the gifts Ms Bragge and Alfred gave me, but Dylan's felt merely like an obligation: a need to do something, anything brotherly. His gifts kept on piling up in the lowest drawer of my wardrobe. That is, except for Gem and the keys.
"Why Gem? I mean- that isn't exactly what I thought you'd name a dog." Ethan asks he looks over at Jackie.
"Gem rhymes with Jenn, my mum's nickname."
I don't think that it was a coincidence that Dylan bought a King Charles Spaniel, either. Charles was Dad's name and I wanted my dog's name to be something relating to that, a knot that tied all the strings together.
I remember Gem had beautiful brown fur covering her ears and back and a white coat of hair sprawled against her body. She had eyes so big that they could suck you in and not to mention, a tongue that used to have a licking parade whenever you came in close vicinity.
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