Jennifer Doyle
Stories 1
Chapters 6
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As the woman shouted, Jack felt his heart beating faster and faster. Then, a man ran in from the back door of the store, shouting, "Is it really Uncle Jack? Is it really you?" Jack looked at the man and gasped. This was exactly his nephew Tommy, who he had executed himself five years ago. Jack felt a chill on his scalp, and the hairs on his body stood up. Tommy didn't look much different from five years ago, except that his face was pale, without a trace of blood, and he walked lightly, as if his feet…- 1.9 K • Completed
- A Strange Explanation Tommy pulled Jack into a room in the backyard of the store and asked his wife to go out to buy some meat and beer. They closed the store early. After the wife bought the meat and beer and cooked the dishes, they sat down at the table and started drinking. At the dinner table, Tommy kept offering Jack drinks. Jack didn't dare to refuse and didn't dare to ask what was going on. After half a bottle of beer, it was Tommy who first brought up the topic. He said, "Uncle, I was on the…
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- A Strange Incident Jack shook his head as he thought about this. After a long time, the stagecoach finally arrived in Chicago. After getting off the coach, Jack had a hard time finding the place Tommy mentioned in the letter. It was a small grocery store in the west of the city, selling daily necessities. The store was not big but was tidy and clean. Jack stood outside the store for a long time. His legs felt as heavy as lead. He had never been so hesitant in his life. This matter was so strange that…
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- A Strange Plan Tommy was not a good boy. It was all because his parents had spoiled him when he was a child. When he grew up, he became a bully in the town, doing nothing but causing trouble. He made friends with some hooligans and always behaved arrogantly. As the saying goes, good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds are punished; if not now, then later. Five years ago, Tommy not only cheated people out of their money but also killed someone. He was arrested by the police and sentenced to death. Two…
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- A Strange Letter As the saying goes, "A man lives for his pride." There's a story behind this saying. In the late 19th - century in a small town in the Midwest of the United States, there was a man named Jack. He was known as "Brave Jack" because he had been bold since childhood. When Jack was twenty, recommended by someone, he became an executioner in the local sheriff's office. Although it wasn't a glorious job, it could support his family, so he had been doing it for more than thirty years. One…
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