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I look over at her and find that she’s pressing her fingers to her te

I cut off the vacuu my arms around her

“Breathe, sweetheart You’re going to give yourself a headache”

“What was I thinking?” she cries with a frown “I’nant This is too much”

I placeher to look atfun and spend time with friends and fa with that Besides, nobody cares if the entertainment center is dusty or there’s a crumb on the floor That only matters to you because this is our ho to be focused on all these crazy decorations, the food, and Osiris in the corner” I point to the scary realisticand screaht someone broke in

She laughs at that and cracks a s to be fine”

I step back and finish vacuu it back away in the closet

An hour later, we’re finished cleaning and setting out the decorations, so we get ready and change into our costumes

/>I’m kind of thankful that this year they’re simple Last year Thea went as Maleficent and I was a dark prince

Once I’ Prue in her costume

“Ugh,” I groan “Thea, you know she hates wearing these things”

She parts her lips, applying mascara “She has to wear a costume too Those are the rules”

I sigh “Fine, but she’s going to hate me for the next month for this”

Wrangling Prue into her costume is a chore She hates them and tries to take the one

Next year, I’ the costume