𝙱𝚎𝚢'𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

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I͎ l͎o͎o͎k͎e͎d͎ a͎t͎ S͎i͎m͎o͎n͎e͎ w͎h͎o͎ c͎l͎e͎a͎n͎e͎d͎ a͎r͎o͎u͎n͎d͎ t͎h͎e͎ k͎i͎t͎c͎h͎e͎n͎.

"A͎r͎e͎ y͎o͎u͎ a͎l͎r͎i͎g͎h͎t͎, b͎a͎b͎y͎?" I͎ a͎s͎k͎e͎d͎ h͎e͎r͎. "W͎h͎y͎ d͎i͎d͎ d͎a͎d͎ h͎a͎v͎e͎ t͎o͎ c͎h͎o͎o͎s͎e͎ B͎e͎y͎o͎n͎c͎e͎ o͎f͎ a͎l͎l͎ p͎e͎o͎p͎l͎e͎? S͎h͎e͎'s͎ b͎e͎e͎n͎ m͎a͎d͎ w͎e͎i͎r͎d͎ s͎i͎n͎c͎e͎ w͎e͎'v͎e͎ m͎e͎t͎ h͎e͎r͎.

H͎e͎l͎l͎, C͎a͎s͎h͎ e͎v͎e͎n͎ s͎e͎n͎s͎e͎d͎ t͎h͎a͎t͎ s͎h͎i͎t͎! S͎h͎e͎ e͎v͎e͎n͎ l͎o͎o͎k͎s͎ l͎i͎k͎e͎ s͎h͎e͎ h͎a͎d͎ s͎o͎m͎e͎t͎h͎i͎n͎g͎ t͎o͎ d͎o͎ w͎i͎t͎h͎ o͎u͎r͎ m͎a͎m͎a͎'s͎ d͎e͎a͎t͎h͎. N͎o͎ o͎n͎e͎ c͎a͎n͎ t͎r͎u͎s͎t͎ t͎h͎a͎t͎ h͎o͎e͎" S͎i͎m͎o͎n͎e͎ s͎a͎i͎d͎ a͎n͎g͎r͎i͎l͎y͎. I͎ s͎i͎g͎h͎e͎d͎. "S͎i͎t͎ d͎o͎w͎n͎, S͎i͎" I͎ t͎o͎l͎d͎ h͎e͎r͎.

S͎h͎e͎ d͎i͎d͎ s͎o͎, c͎r͎o͎s͎s͎i͎n͎g͎ h͎e͎r͎ a͎r͎m͎s͎. "I͎f͎ C͎a͎s͎h͎ c͎o͎u͎l͎d͎'v͎e͎, h͎e͎ w͎o͎u͎l͎d͎'v͎e͎ a͎d͎o͎p͎t͎e͎d͎ V͎i͎c͎k͎i͎ t͎h͎e͎ m͎i͎n͎u͎t͎e͎ h͎e͎ t͎u͎r͎n͎e͎d͎ 21. B͎u͎t͎ n͎o͎, d͎a͎d͎ w͎a͎n͎t͎e͎d͎ h͎e͎r͎ w͎i͎t͎h͎ y͎o͎u͎ i͎n͎s͎t͎e͎a͎d͎ o͎f͎ w͎i͎t͎h͎ c͎l͎o͎s͎e͎ f͎a͎m͎i͎l͎y͎! N͎o͎ o͎f͎f͎e͎n͎s͎e͎ b͎y͎ t͎h͎e͎ w͎a͎y͎" s͎h͎e͎ t͎o͎l͎d͎ m͎e͎.

I͎ s͎h͎o͎o͎k͎ m͎y͎ h͎e͎a͎d͎ a͎t͎ h͎e͎r͎. "I͎ u͎n͎d͎e͎r͎s͎t͎a͎n͎d͎ y͎o͎u͎r͎ a͎n͎g͎e͎r͎. W͎h͎a͎t͎ m͎a͎k͎e͎s͎ y͎o͎u͎ o͎r͎ e͎v͎e͎n͎ C͎a͎s͎h͎ t͎h͎i͎n͎k͎ t͎h͎a͎t͎ s͎h͎e͎ m͎i͎g͎h͎t͎ h͎a͎v͎e͎ s͎o͎m͎e͎t͎h͎i͎n͎g͎ t͎o͎ d͎o͎ w͎i͎t͎h͎ y͎o͎u͎r͎ m͎a͎m͎a͎'s͎ d͎e͎a͎t͎h͎?" I͎ a͎s͎k͎e͎d͎ h͎e͎r͎.

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"𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚞𝚙, 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙼𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚅𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝙸𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚊" 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚊. "𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍.

"𝙸𝚏 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜?