(16) The sunlight peeked through the opening as she pushed forward– (15) Marie handed her some money, and picked up pace as she reached the door. (14) The cashier, startled to suddenly see Marie in front of her, took the candy and scanned it. (13) Marie pocketed a fifth of tequila, grabbed a candy bar, and hurried to the front of the store. (12) She didn’t drink, but that didn’t matter Jessica did, and Marie could feel her eyes through the wall. (11) As she blankly looked at the magazines, Marie eyed the cashier, who was now on her phone Marie decided now was the time to make her way over to the small bottles she couldn’t take her mind off. (10) The cashier said nothing, though, and Marie went over to look at the magazines on the rack near the cooler. (7) How would she react to the cashier on a normal day? (8) Should she say “hi”? (9) Marie settled on a friendly nod, and wondered if this movement of her head was enough to distract the cashier from her eyes, which she thought look like a small child screaming for help through the window of a moving car. (6) She was not practiced in deception, though, and when the clerk looked up at her, Marie began to panic. (5) Marie didn’t go immediately to the thing she desired she was too smart for that. (4) If it had been worry Marie saw on Jessica’s face, it was quickly gone, replaced with a steely stare that shoved Marie through the door and into the bodega. (3) She looked back at Jessica, who only yesterday was mocking Marie in front of their classmates for her braces and good grades, and thought she saw a hint of worry on Jessica’s face. (2) Her parents would be home soon, wondering where she was, but this was something she had to do. (1) As Marie placed her hand on the cold handle of the door, she felt a chill run through her body. In this passage, two teenagers decide to steal from a local bodega.
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