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    Visiting the Farm Home
    Visiting the Farm Home
    Visiting the Farm Home
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    Visiting the Farm Home

    By Dwayne Phillips

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    Sherri is taking her boyfriend Todd home to the farm to visit her parents. Todd is looking forward to a change of pace and some relaxation. He learns that Sherri's family has something else in mind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDwayne Phillips
    Release dateFeb 21, 2011
    ISBN9781458176929
    Visiting the Farm Home
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    Dwayne Phillips

    A systems and computer engineer since 1980. A short story fiction writer.

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      Visiting the Farm Home - Dwayne Phillips

      VISITING THE FARM HOME

      by

      Dwayne Phillips

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Visiting the Farm Home

      Copyright © 2011 by Dwayne Phillips

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      VISITING THE FARM HOME

      The red Ford sedan slowed as it approached a turnoff from the two-lane highway, just as it had done the three previous turnoffs.

      Is this it? asked Todd.

      Yes, answered Sherri firmly. "This is it."

      Good, sighed Todd. I was starting to wonder...

      Wonder what? asked Sherri with a broad smile beneath shining blue eyes and glowing blond hair. You've been asking 'is this it?' 'is this it?' for the past ten miles. I told you exactly what the turnoff that leads to the farm home looks like.

      I don't know. They all look the same to me.

      Sherri twisted in her

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