the new old house

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we bought an old house,my boyfriend and i.he's in charge of the "new" construction- converting the kitchen into the master bedroom for instance, while I'm on wallpaper removal duty. the previous owners wallpapered EVERY wall and CEILING! removing it is brutal, but oddly satisfying. the best feeling is getting a long peel, similar to your skin when you're peeling from a sunburn. i don't know about you but i kind of make a game of peeling,on the hunt for the longest piece before it rips.under a corner section of paper in every room is a persons name and date, curiosity got the better of me one night when i googled one of the names and discovered that the person was actually a missing person,the missing date matched the date under the wallpaper! the next day, i made a list of all the names and dates. sure enough each name was for a missing person with dates to match. we notified the police who naturally sent out the crime scene team.

i overheard one tech say "yup, it's human" human? whats human?

"ma'am, where is the rest of the material you removed from the walls already? this isn't wallpaper you were removing".

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