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You Can Bring Your Therapist

The house had been abandoned since December 24th, 1996. The day the family disappeared. I know. I was there. The only survivor that we knew of, all the others gone. I had not been back since my cousins disappeared. I was only three at the time, but I sometimes see glimpses. Men with guns. One has a bandana on his head. The other has an eye that moves out of sync. They are yelling, and the mother is screaming. I wake up from the dream, wondering if I can do this. You can bring your therapist, the police detective told me. I do not know if this will help. But I do show up then next day. The house glares at me, it shows its evil self. I smell death.

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Date: 10/1/2022 7:44:00 PM
Oh, this sounds bizarre, Caren. I think I'll steer a clear path around that house.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/2/2022 2:32:00 PM
Hahaha The challenge was to write a scary tale around a haunted house.
Date: 10/1/2022 3:03:00 PM
Brilliantly terrifying.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/2/2022 2:32:00 PM
I appreciate that Ian. It delights me.

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