"L. J. Smith - Vampire Diaries 01 - The Awakening" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith Lisa J)

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The Awakening
Chapter One
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September 4

Dear Diary,

Something awful is going to happen today.

I don't know why I wrote that. It's crazy. There'snoreason for me to be upset and every reason for
me to be happy, butтАж

But here I am at 5:30 in the morning, awake and scared. I keep telling myself it's just that I'm all
messed up from the time difference between France and here. But that doesn't explain why I feel
so scared. So lost.

The day before yesterday, while Aunt Judith and Margaret and I were driving back from the
airport, I had such a strange feeling. When we turned onto our street I suddenly thought, "Mom
and Dad are waiting for us at home. I bet they'll be on the front porch or in the living room
looking out the window. They must have missed me so much."

I know. That sounds totally crazy.

But even when I saw the house and the empty front porch I still felt that way. I ran up the steps
and I tried the door and knocked with the knocker. And when Aunt Judith unlocked the door I