Entry Twenty-three

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May 16th, 1981

My father's voice haunted my dreams last night. Not the bellowing he did, but the pleas for me to understand his fear of Grandpa Wes.

I saw his description of his teachers skull, still dripping blood to a basement floor. A pretty woman's face just below the saw line across her forehead. My heart was pounding and I seemed to choke on air. Grandpa Wesley's eyes met mine. His laboured frown turned to a spite filled grin and he nodded.

I became dizzy, as if I had been holding my breath, when I could feel myself choking. The room turned red and everything disintegrated.

I laid flat in my bed when I came too. Red is the answer and I have a plan.

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