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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"After falling asleep for nearly 7 hours, we pulled up to this large Victorian-style house./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""Hello! You must be the (Y/L/N)s! It's great to meet you. I'm Hydie, and I can't wait to show you everything this house has to offer." We walked up to the porch, and my Dad and Hydie were talking about the house and all that jazz. I walked in before looking around at the stained glass and chandeliers. They stayed in the living room while I ventured up the stairs and to a bedroom with a large window and seat with a view of the area. I smiled at the thought of me living here; I'd have peace away from him and his affairs, and he could never take that away./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"~/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"I've had it. Aunt Veronica moved in claiming that my father was "emotionally distraught" after my mother's passing. That's a load of bullshit. If he's going to continue sleeping with Veronica, fine by me. I'll just leave. I am tired of hearing them from next door. It is revolting. He thinks it is acceptable to sleep with his wife's sister less than a week after her passing. That's even assuming that he started to sleep with her after my mom's death. I despise how he thinks everything can be pushed under the bed like it never happened; he refuses to mention my mom, refuses to acknowledge me as his daughter and only pays attention to Aunt Veronica or as he tells everyone, "his soulmate."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""I can try to talk to him," I said before lifting my head off of Nora's shoulder. One of her hands came up to wipe the tears off my cheeks, and she gave a supportive smile before urging me to go talk with my father. Once I felt calm enough, I started up the basement stairs. I could hear them from the hallway; I cringed before walking into the kitchen, slamming my hand down on the table. "May I talk to my father alone, Veronica?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""Father, I want you to say it out loud, to me. Veronica isn't here for support. She's here to be your fuckbuddy now that mom's gone; hell, how long has she been your fuckbuddy?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""That's all I needed to hear," I cut him off before making my way out of the room and to the living room where Veronica is sitting. I started up the stairs before turning around "He's all yours."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"~1993~/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""Hey."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""Who are you?" Tate exclaimed once he saw me sitting on his bed./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""So, you're here to tell me what's wrong with my room?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""Tate. How did you get in here?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Tate, Chad, and Patrick don't like me. Can you do something about them?" /emThis led to him dressing in the rubber suit and killing Chad and Patrick./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;"em style="box-sizing: border-box;""Baby, I don't think Phil deserves to live, don't you agree?" /emThis led to Tate hiding Violet's dead body from herself./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;""Yeah, since mom died. You still never told me about it. What was it? Murder? Suicide?"/p
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