Creative writing - Goodbye, Gregory.
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October 26, 2003 Lianne Chan 11 HK Goodbye, Gregory I took a dollar out of my bag and dropped it into the pay phone that stood in the corner of the restaurant. As I dialed my family's phone number, I said a silent prayer of hope. Hope that Gregory wasn't in any pain. Hope that his cancer had miraculously disappeared while I was out. "Hello?" It was Mrs. Saunders, our neighbor. Why is she there? I wondered. "Hi, Mrs. Saunders," I said, my heart lurching. "It's Madeline. I wanted to check in and see how my brother was doing." There was a pause. "Your parents took him to the hospital," she said finally. " I came over so that I could tell you when you got home." "Oh no," I whispered. "Please, no." I didn't hear the rest of what she said. I hung up the phone and sprinted out of the restaurant, tears streaming down my...


