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I don’t know what the future holds for me, but my past is clearer than it’s ever been.

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This agreement, this vow of secrecy Maddie made me take with her, it had ghastly undertones, though the specifics of what we were hiding eluded me. I suppose I had my guesses, but I dared not articulate them.

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I recognized it immediately. The House. Our House.

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When I found out that he was finally arrested, a few months after the attack, I felt an intense wave of emotions.