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give him a project that’d take him years to complete.” Donna laughs.
    “ True. Aw, the tree house is still up and looks strong. Do you think Allen will destroy it now that…..Sarah isn’t….here?” I ask.
    “ Probably not, it’s one of the things we have very good memories of. I thought it was a good idea to tear it down because it’d be way too hard on him to look at, but he disagrees.” Donna says.             
    “ I agree.”
    “ Why don’t we all go inside and you can introduce your friends to Allen. The family won’t be here today. They figure it’d be too much on you and your friends. I told them it’s up to them.” Donna informs us.
    Donna motion s for us to go in the house. My heart beats faster as I walk closer to the house. As I get to the porch, I look over at the swing that sits to the left of the front door. I turn around to take one more look at the yard. My car sits at the end of the sidewalk which leads to the road. The sidewalk’s lined with small, round black lights that give just enough light to see where we need to go to get to the porch.
    The tree house’ s visible from the porch swing. Donna thought it’d be best if Allen built it there, so she could watch Sarah while she played. She hated letting Sarah out of her sight. There weren’t a lot of trees around but they bought a few acres of land on the outside of town, giving them the feel of being in the country. Allen hated the country, but he didn’t want to have a small yard. The property fits him well.
    Donna planted a garden along the porch. She always dreamed of having a small town house with a beautiful garden wrapping around it. Her vegetable garden sits to the left of the house and has a small white picketed fence surrounding it. Allen said it added class to the yard, but Donna would rather the fence go all the way around the property. Needless to say, the backyard is all fenced in. Allen did this before Sarah was born.
    “ Amber, are you ok?” Donna questions.
    “ Yeah, I’m coming in now.” I say, as I wipe my tears away.
    I turn around, grab the white screen door handle, and open the door. Stepping inside, feelings hit me at once. The sounds of Sarah laughing in the kitchen, like old times, run through my ears. I try to shake them from my mind but it isn’t working. I look around. Everything’s still the same from the last time I was in the house. I noticed Landon looking at me as he walks over.
    “ Honey? You okay?”
    “ It’s just so ha…hard for m…me to do this.” I sob, trying to suppress the urge to cry harder.
    “ I know. It’s all right. Take your time. Do you need something to drink?” He asks with his loving voice and his eyes filled with concern.
    “ Not yet. I’ll join you in a few minutes. Just give me some time alone…please.”
    I watch Landon walk away , and take another look around. The oak steps to my left line the wall, which leads upstairs. Allen replaced the dark orange carpet in the hallway to the kitchen with hardwood flooring. That looks really nice. It’s a while lot better than the old ugly orange carpet.
    I saunter into the sitting room to my right and glimpse around to see most of the pictures are new. There are baby pictures of Sarah hung in the same spots I remember. The walls are painted a soft sand color and the furniture accents the walls in a darker shade. On the far side of the room is a fire place with a mantle which holds several pictures of Sarah with friends. I am one of them, which makes me cry harder.
    I amble over to the pictures, staring at them through the tears. The pictures that catch my attention are the ones that mean the most to me. It’s when Sarah and I went to Kingmont Amusement Park. This was our first time going somewhere like that without our parents. I remember Sarah and I were so excited because this was our first taste of freedom...our first feeling of being adults. The memories flood into my mind.
    I turn away from the picture,