The Grave of Secrets

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thed the body of a boy

was quickly

ced somethi

e was

ter, the pas

ple spoils

ts of ten

I will pers

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cornfield. According to the forensic examination, the boy was only fifte

at Willowbrook High School..." The computer played

d hair were faintly visible in th

ten replayed this news report

ok High School, and the boy

ffee mug and walk

s an endless stre

ith golden tassels, swayed in the win

nty-five, having jus

he first batch of

he classroom, I noticed him.

ked at you with a t

ticulously completed everyth

and excelled i

he kind of student

ly was not well-off; otherwise, they would have

mature, never causing

s clean and well-kept,

ned him couldn't help bu

rom which point, his grades

he disappeared

w this stu

omeroom teacher, but

f he had vanis

ared, it was the

ad smiled and greeted me just a few days ago

s were filled with the image

soil, mixed with

er was qui

o boys from the n

re, and for some unknown reason,

t in the cornfield

uch a t

er of the neighbor

e the vast, dense cornfield outside

hild w

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class and sat down to

"The Old Man and the Sea,"

ey to adulthood

reaked open, and

more students, whom I ha

e, eagerly sharing upd

ing society. I was touched that the

t like time had retu

s, but Alexandra is back, and you will soon

ly surpr

nd Gregg. The incident hit her hard. I

poke, the offi

forced

ars. Both of them have been re

y left, but Vickie's word

d started new lives, but the victim'

nely journey, one t

"Oh, she said she felt embarrassed. Any