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“I don’t think it’s wrong to ask questions He’ll probably be uncomfortable at first, but he’ll be honest”

“I’ll lead with a question about my period or sex, and then he won’t be nearly as uncomfortable” Sarah’s sh “I think it’ll make Mom cry if I ask her”

“Moirl”

“She cries because her youngest child is so ugly,” Miles says to his younger brother And just like that, everything is right in the world again The boys bicker, the girls giggle, and I know that, in a little while, I’ll be up with

We eat pizza, play sohts as they put the original Friday the 13th on the TV

Kirasp so she can cover her face when it gets too intense

Troy does the same with a blanket

They all make me smile

While they’re engrossed in theroo

It doesn’t take long for the information to co shot, she progressively looked worse and worse Drugs were the charges the es for solicitation

My mother was a whore

I shake my head and open the article about her death

Albuquerque, NM – A wo was found in a vehicle in the Third Street parking structure by a building e Authorities listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head Based on evidence at the scene, suicide has been ruled out, and the case is under investigation

I frown and open another article dated four months later

Albuquerque, NM – The investigation continues regarding the murder of a wo structure this past spring Authorities confired Cole M Linton with the ins next month

I end up spiraling down a rabbit hole, searching through articles about Cole—he was such an asshole—and discover that he was found guilty one year to the day after he killed Kensie He’s currently serving a life sentence in New Mexico

“Do we have popcorn?”

I blink and look up to see Ki down at me