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Chapter One - "Enter"

Sometimes, life leads you in the most unsuspecting places.  I wasn’t sure how I had ended up so far away from home.  I was lost in a spiritual sense.  In a physical sense, I was freezing.  It was bone-chillingly cold. The clouds hung gray in the sky.  You could tell that snow was inevitable. A flashing neon sign in the window caught my attention. It looked warm and inviting from the outside.  As I crossed Green Avenue and made a slight left onto Beethoven, I noticed a small help wanted sign posted just beneath the flashing insignia. It was the first glimmer of hope I had since I arrived in this town. From the outside, it looked like an old romantic pub. Despite the wilted leaves that hung from the nearby trees, the small bar sat on a fresh patch of green grass.   I hesitated for a minute as I opened the door and stepped inside. You know that magical moment when Dorothy enters the land of Oz and everything turns to color?  Now, ...