Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.

“Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will …”

“But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us…”

“She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It …”

“The children on the playground all heard her. They took off running together, a…”