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I let the road do its thing, clearinginto focus

I’d alanted a fa, I’d known that those kids would come from Trix

When I was young, er brother and three little sisters died in a house fire One night, I was staying at a friend’s house and the nextI’d walked home to find a burned out shell of metal and ashes where my home had been I hadn’t understood it at first I’d been confused, so I’d walked to Casper’s apartment because his place had been the closest

It hadn’t been until later that everything sunk in

My dad was alive He hadn’t been hoone? Dude was a whole different person Sneaky and furtive and fucking mean

I’d eventually learn that he’d gone completely around the bend Lost in his own little world where everyone owed hi took it

He was the first h the headrest of the passenger seat in her car

He’d kidnapped her and little Cecilia I hadn’t had a choice

There was no choice

Didn’t h

I pulled over to the side of the road and grabbed a pair of gloves, stretching outthelanced around, I realized where I’d ended up

The woods were familiar I’d been up there a few times in the past couple of years, especially when I had shit on my mind—usually Trix If I drove a few ravel Couple miles past that and I’d find the property that I’d inherited from Tommy, my first dad

The sa where I’d killed him

And yeah, it was fuckin’ weird that Grease and Callie named their son Tommy, too—probably weirder for everyone else, since I’d always called the guy Dad But they’d named their son after someone else—I didn’t remember who

You didn’t name your kid after a traitor They don’t deserve the honor

I pulled my phone out ofTrix hadn’t even tried to contact o