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"Delusions are supposed to be all-knowing, not all-stupid," Mrs Bendsfield saidaway

Dani held her breath She waited a beat "Did he father my children?"

Mrs Bendsfield froze Her hand stopped mid-motion and then, after a second, she stood slowly and rotated on her feet to stare at Dani "Oscar Bendsfield was et that in your head and stop showing up around these parts! I took a shovel to you thirty years ago, and I’ll take a shovel to you today"

Dani stood slowly, hands fisted at her side "Are you sure he wasn’t my father?"

Mrs Bendsfield blinked, but remained in place She shook her head and muttered, "Don’t need these headaches Don’t need these delusions Headaches and delusions I have to lay off those mushroo just a bit

"Stop playing with me We both knohat happened Your mother’s been in the insane asyluone with her for all the foolhardy things you were saying My Oscar would never touch a piece of filth like you We both know that Just get on raising those bastards of yours"

Dani stepped forward "Bastards? Bastards of whose? I want to know!"

"It was the other vagabond Although he wasn’t no vagabond byback to sire the last two, didn’t he? Vagabonds coo That’s how they do it That’s how my Oscar was born"

"You kept your son fro my father?"

Mrs Bendsfield frowned and stepped back as Dani stalked forward One step by one step A slow and randmother?"

Confusion crossed the elder worandrave, Daniella You know that You held my hand at her funeral"

"Where’s my mother?" Dani asked instead

"The asylum I already told you, but you know that You kept it frorave, that was our agreement"

"What asylu You’ve been visiting her all your life I don’t knohy you forgot that Don’t make no sense Delusions don’tto herself, "Subconscious, my ass"

"Mrs Bendsfield," Dani said firhtly irritated at the intrusion

"I am not a delusion, and I ahter, Danielle I was named after my mom and I will be back Be sober when I do I want some answers"

She knew Mrs Bendsfield would just shake her head, convince herself it was a weird hallucination, and go back to painting Dani didn’t care She reical powers Mrs Bendsfield res, and secrets to the grave