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THROUGH THESE EYESWe all have talents. Most are of the basic variety. Some more unusual than others. One young lady, out on her own for the first time in her life, had a talent — more like a curse — and it scared her.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — SUMMER, 1960SHE PACKED HER SUITCASE IN HER BEDROOM as quietly as she could this early Saturday morning. She checked her wrist watch and left the written note to her mother on the bed. At ten minutes to seven, her fifteen-year-old brother and her mother were probably still dead-to-the-world asleep. She quietly tip-toed down the stairs to the hall, suitcase in hand, and out the door into the bright sunshine. She removed the sunglasses from her blouse pocket and flipped them on. Then she snatched one last, longing look at the two-story house inside the pick
