An Excerpt and a Note

Here, to prove that I have been writing a very little bit, are an Excerpt from the story and a Note I wrote myself to include somewhere in the story:

Excerpt:

"leaving my neighbors to reach their shuddering climaxes without an audience"

Note:

"read the Grapes of Wrath instead of this story"

Also, now it's time for a plot twist from an unrelated story that hasn't been told, or even conceived of, at the present moment:

"Turns out the step-father had it in the closet, and had been lying about accidentally killing the dog to his step-son, whom he never really loved."

And with that, I leave you.