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you

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I deliver us from you the power and the

glory forever

no it can't be Scots well no it's not

your Lord said suffer the little bit

them not for our son she's the kingdom

I know I know everything don't kill my

baby

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not to do it what she does

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you can enter home what you Devils walk

my baby is innocent

the Guardians

good

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yeah boy I

your burial fees

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pursue your premise there close your

eyes

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are they closed yes

darn

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your eyes do you think it's beautiful

it's got a big backyard little nature

walk good spaces perfect it's only been

open for a few months and the website's

still under construction so are we

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hmmm ripped up pages Battlement oh we're

here

you like love it

I'm married a bookworm

sorry yeah been interesting Oh yet let

me guess Ireland okay look at me there

can't be triggers here I know the window

you must be Liam and Ray Ray de Latour

Monica Leeds it's lovely to meet you and

welcome to the Mersey so let's get you

checked in shall we

I trust you had no problem finding us

that's secluded but that's exactly what

my wife and I want it beautiful in you

have oh thank you we're still fixing it

up but we've had a wonderful response so

far no well this late in the season were

mostly preparing for the winter so you

are our only guest

we have the place to ourselves indeed

for all three nights now may I just have

a driver's license and a credit card

please oh no I'm gonna pay with cash oh

yeah I hope that can wait till checkout

it's just for incidentals oh yeah there

is a continental breakfast included but

there are a few dining options in the

town nearby we saw that driving twin yes

so shall we add supper here why not

perfect and when are you expecting your

new arrival I'm only three months how

did you know the glow in your cheeks my

dear departed mother delivered many

babies so

I've always had a sense about such

things now shall I um show you to your

room Wow Oh

let me help you baby on board how old

was the house it was built in 1848 by a

wealthy merchant mother took possession

in 1945 what do you do ray I'm a

journalist

I made me teach now very nice for more

media coverage the yep the Mersey really

is an undiscovered gem maybe for a

travel piece and what do you do Leah oh

it's all right

mr. Darrow I use accounts occasionally

to sell one plane man how fascinating

I'll have to Google you there is

wireless right I have no bars at all I

ought to leave the town there's almost

no coverage but we have our own network

yeah

the passwords in the room

it's the room to your liking yes just

dizzy stairs here to set a relaxing mood

can we remove these ever far he censored

our chemical waste if I'm breathing it

soothes my baby and of course I'll take

them with me Oh ed cocktails at 7:00

virgin of course

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don't volunteer me to write a vacation

fluff piece please that's the big deal

that's just trying to I was an

award-winning crime reporter I'm not

ready to be busted down to weekend

features I thought we might get a

discount my birthday that's nice I know

you don't love teaching so maybe there's

a way that you can write again without

getting your flashes PTSD it's not

menopause and I already have a therapist

thank you images hallucinations whatever

I'm just trying to help you're not

helping what something just grabbed my

leg oh come on no kidding

peekaboo I'm practicing sorry I know I'm

not easy I'm sorry it's okay it's okay

thank you

I'm gonna take a walk before dinner

myself okay

don't stray off the path why not

Derek falls fast so tangle Valders for

miles and seen cold besides I'd be a

lousy way to spend my birthday weekend

Thanks

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Jesus

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hello something wrong miss no your watch

is it gold gift from my parents why

you're asking

enjoy your walk miss

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are we lost just exploring the acoustics

in here are wonderful

what is this device it said a ghost box

it's patterned after thomas edison's

we're speaking to spirits of the dead

get out of here really supposedly a blue

light bulb inside two glows with their

presence 19th century social media for

dead people a toy for fun and games if

this room is unoccupied

do you think I could use it to record

some music I brought my keyboard it's

out in the car I don't think my wife

will appreciate it if I set that beast

up in a hearse I had noticed that she

has certain sensitivities he had no idea

but it's been a long time since we had

any music in the house I'm sure mother

would be pleased well thank you I've

been lacking inspiration lately promise

I'll try not to make too loud oh it's no

bother at all in fact it said it's nice

to see you thanks so much for the watch

I'm fine please don't worry

I'm about as far from any crime scene as

you could imagine what mom you're

cutting out yeah okay birthday Skype on

Sunday

love you too

I recognized your name when you made

your reservation and I have removed this

from the guestbook

she must have signed it for both of us I

didn't know lovely girl

the other one so young and full of life

that's over now I'm not proud I trust

you'll be discreet

of course I love my wife

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you

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hello

you gave me a fright

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it may have been a local girl we hire

them to do the laundry

she was securing any she was in bare

feet youth around here a little wild

they sometimes use our woods a shortcut

Stockton a is back there that's

dangerous hmm so I heard now I have

prepared a very healthy meal from local

produce with French flair it sounds

delicious

most of my life in Europe owned a little

in there until I came home to resurrect

the Mersey what's this place before

before weren't there before wasn't in a

private sanctuary for unwed mothers away

from prying eyes and scandal my mother

was the proprietress and a highly

renowned Midwife this was a maternity

home isn't did that propose mother Rose

died in 1979 she would have been a

hundred years old this year two mothers

passed

the future Tomatoes mothers

he used to work with her well only in

the summers I was sent to England to

boarding school so your mother made a

lot of money of this well in those days

private adoption was a fee service the

parents and girls paid good money to

avoid shame and barren couples would pay

well for a child of their own oh look

the Monticello the Pittsburgh adopted

this little boy and the swains from

Hartford took this girl where are the

photos of the mothers there are none

their identities were protected and

secret for their sake and the sake of

the families the girls were given a

pseudonym the moment they arrived here

patience charity prudence

faith yes their names still adorn the

doors false means virtuous names to set

them on the proper path in life

my mother Rose proud Christian leading

businesswoman she made and sold elixir

she was a self-taught herbalist far

ahead of her time so why did it end in

the late 60s and early 70s mother ran

into financial troubles love children

your legitimacy was common normal even

and then with some birth control and

abortion women owning their bodies more

enlightened times hmm can I interest you

in some cake too much sugar

I have enough trouble sleeping of course

I'm a diabetic myself

not the whole time it's blank not new

that's off your journalist she probably

just wants you to write a nice review

that's all sweet I'm gonna take it back

it's not too late you know

we could wait a little while until you

get better wait until when I'm 42 on

Sunday maybe there's no cure for what I

have what we have

wearing this together all right because

of my condition it's a greater chance of

something going wrong

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leave

there's a smell

sweet

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it's okay baby right it's just amazing

okay I don't think so good morning mr.

Darrow you left some of your musical

gear in the upstairs room right I can

run back up no no later is fine but

please don't move any toys out of the

bedrooms

many of them are valuable antiques and

they they carry memories so will you be

breakfasting here no I think we're gonna

explore the town local diner there's not

much to see I'm afraid although it is

charming we do have a a lovely old

library by the way there's um there's a

peculiar smell there's something musty

oh there's some mildewed boxes in the

basement oh yeah I was planning to trash

them this very weekend but with your

booking by I'll uh I'll take care of

them immediately thank you I guess the

air fresheners were masking it

yes she's always like this

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you barely touched your food

yeah a rough night

a streaming and that I wasn't

I was awake when I saw that girl again

what girl

ever since we got there it's like two

addicts know each other without speaking

it's like the house has what I have the

house has post-traumatic yeah you're

like the least gullible person that I

know it was did you notice anything

there

No

you really are spooked we're going to

church I'm not quiet

well I really found party central maybe

I just need to relax

libraries relax me explore what this is

it morning

where you want

it won't stay there do it

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mom way baby

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can I help you find something

doing more information on this place

it's called the mercy in now we're

staying there no thank you

what mother's here

you're not gonna speak to her and keep

her betting this no she was oversold man

wait no what you read an article that's

all whatever she was or wasn't it

doesn't matter the mom has long dead

this is a vacation it's the story well

it's already been written it wasn't a

truth

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did you enjoy our little town yes it was

educational good

oh and ayah i removed the source of that

offf smell it won't bother you anymore

thank you and by the way the weather is

calling for some thunderstorms to come

through this area this whole house tends

to creak and groan in such weather it's

as though it doesn't like loud noises

that's funny

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enough

more [ __ ]

no one would ever go on the record

I've spent a fortune on lawsuits always

staying one step ahead checking to see

whether you have enough towels oh is

that your child mm-hmm the girl they

think it's too early to be sure isn't

technology wonderful would have been

such a boon for mother being able to

determine the child's sex own structure

saleability

place ability parents have very high

expectations as you know Oh little angel

you have growing inside you have you

felt her move yet No

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genius

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Wow for a second I thought so you're

really back in action after everything

the doctor said to I'm trying to keep me

away knows who I really am you try to

expose your therapy before it didn't

work everything that's happened to me

since yesterday the images I saw it's

girl I saw they're not mine they belong

to this place what if I was meant to

tell this story maybe because of my

illness I'm more receptive ladies

because I'm about to become a mother I

don't know this is the next step

hello mercy in hello yes yes apparently

we're going to get some weather this

evening at one of your current guests

was in making inquiries about the mercy

home

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st. Colts I don't believe this me

neither

I mean you I don't believe you

we're not doing this I'm doing it you

don't have to okay this is barbed wire

and you are [ __ ] pregnant ray you'd

read the books you know that I'm just

squeezing through a fence

well you've held me or not what do you

expect to find remains awesome

is all of this worth the risk to us they

didn't have in us they didn't have

anyone

wait just wait you know I paid 600 bucks

for this

they kicked at us for me we better not

get kicked out

it's like there was a trail here but

it's all grown over check your phone to

your signal no signal let's go back you

stay here okay

with inside of the bench and you keep

calling my name so I know what you are

don't worry I'm fine

you know where the worst place to be

during a thunderstorm is right

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yeah

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right leo

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right

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stubborn

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yeah leaves legs strong think what's

back there go home to the city it's a

burial site

I won't tell me something it's your

local rules just don't ever come here

it started pouring I came back here they

call the search and rescue for Christ's

sake

how do you know what you're seeing it's

not just in your head this is your not

in my hand why can't you trust me why

can't you just let this lives this whole

place is a [ __ ] lie this facade is a

lie being here is not good for you it's

not true I'm stronger here I have a

purpose again I never even felt a

connection to her child it's not good

for us

I want to go home I can't

how's your food that's great I love this

salad made with wild mushrooms picked

fresh in our own woods you know I heard

that the house and your mother were

often investigated indeed and always

exonerated but there were deaths here

many it's true some died it was always

very painful for mother she she tried

her best on her own to care for those

poor girls with no support from the

medical establishment or some poor

really that's the heiress of course they

paid their way by working as cooks and

nurses housemaids mother never refused

anyone in need some of those girls had

been trying to abort themselves with

coat hangers and and LED pencils when

mother gave them refuge

I assure you more babies died in city

hospitals and abortion clinics and never

died in their mercy I'm just asking

my dear perhaps your illness is making

you more imaginative

you were so esteemed as a reporter all

those crimes

what happened

I was too young

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I stopped believing good was stronger

anything poor child

mother Rose also dealt with more than

her share of cruel humanity the men in

the hospitals were threatened by by what

she was doing as they don't infant

mortality trying to bully her out of

business they hated the idea of a

successful woman the town rallied around

her no girl who ever birthed here not

one mind you ever testified to any

wrongdoing drove mother to heartbreak

she died of a lack of appreciation

I never consider it that way almost no

one did the whole town is trying to put

it behind us

I implore you not to open old wounds

you know she's she's got a point I can't

show you these feelings I couldn't have

been imagining that [ __ ] crazy

this house is not haunted

you are haunted tomorrow's our last day

it's your birthday no working okay

promise me I promise

maybe I'll play you myself

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who are you

what do you want me to play

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do whoever may find this I have arrived

here may 8 1973 against my will

withdrawn from school my name here is

cultivate one of the many who have gone

by this name at the mercy if I or my

child should die here

this will be our Testament none of the

girls are permitted breaking material or

pencils or to send any letters home I

received this journal from the service

man he's kind to me are helpless as we

all are against mother's madness

I stole lemon juice to write these words

there are no safe hiding places

it is late summer Thunder outside

permitted to enslave or even to touch

them in the nursery Rose screams at them

but they learn how to stop

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arts in spirits are broken Fred

I couldn't

everybody thinks about another dead a

Negro girl given the name of charity

delivered a beautiful coffee colored boy

of mixed-race mother Rose ordered it fed

only molasses and water it's starving

cries boost my heart I began reading

woman's secret stay he died the crypts

up attrition I have no doubt what

occurred

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what are you doing what is this

it's a working title I think I've got a

real winner here just listen

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you don't like it it was written with

lemon-juice it's invisible until you

hold it to heat like you read it no you

don't want to hear what terrible things

happen sure because you don't want to

hear about what I'm doing but the fact

that I could be a real composer instead

of a jingle writing cover playing hack

but my music it's not important is it

it's just something I'm supposed to

[ __ ] grow out of now that I'm about

to be a daddy never said I see the way

you look at me when I can't ever use my

credit card because I don't have any

money cuz I'm not trust fund silver

spoon society snob like you but still

it's cut down on your out-of-town gigs

Liam I need you to be home because

you're so consumed what being a hotshot

big-time reporter again oh and let's not

forget your little condition your meal

ticket has a price

stop talking like a fool you fool me you

waited for me to fall in love with you

before telling me what [ __ ] mess you

are and now we're gonna have a baby

which I never wanted that stands a

million chance of being deformed who

[ __ ] [ __ ] because you're so

[ __ ] old right I've shown you the

utmost patience October 12 1973 I am

under suspicion I fear for my life and

that of my unborn son feeling deep in my

heart he is a boy I have been barred

from the kitchen and now work in the

laundry I used my own wastewater to

write this while another girl weeps

in labor down the hall the only drugs

used our mother's homemade elixirs pain

is meant to purge our wayward nature's I

believe she puts drugs in our food to

aid with our submission and obedience

today a girl in labor had her legs tied

together to prevent birth

whose is heating her dinner it is said

sometimes she eats the afterbirth

believing he restored it for her own

health I was forced to assist as was

performed a caesarean section butchers

work will haunt me till I die

both the mother and child have

disappeared this place has become an

abattoir

who's there

I'm so sorry

come home now

can you help me

good morning will you be having Sunday

brunch this morning

oh no thank you Oh Andre she's not

feeling well either she actually took a

trip to the drugstore

Oh when I think serious I hope oh what a

shame her special day it's normal it's

gonna be fine

and will you be I'm sorry I couldn't

help overhearing the two of you arguing

last night

I apologize well there's no need

marriage is hard

and it's certainly not for everyone

what do you mean all your problems can

be solved

let's speak to someone about the Mersey

in is this a criminal complaint I don't

know yet

may we speak privately please I used to

read your stories in the city paper

thanks for speaking to me I'm not

speaking to you understood yes for a lot

of years the Mercy homes the pride of

this county when we started here on the

other side and you wouldn't believe it

still can't Rosa Leeds is dead

whatever happened or didn't happen what

about her daughter Monica could she have

been involved all I know she was birthed

in Boston no local hospital was good

enough for a child of rose herself

senator boarding schools overseas she

was never questioned in my investigation

you were part of that investigation what

we heard it started with the babies that

mixed race or if the babies were born

with health problems harder to sell for

adoption she knew she'd have to feed

them it cut into a profits while she was

greasing politicians to keep you out of

there not always we went in once after

an anonymous call a newborn had its head

dashed in against the door allegedly by

Rose herself

we took samples off every door in the

house we never found a trace I know

which door perhaps you'd feel more

comfortable in mother's room tonight oh

the one you're so fond of what you do

your composing mother love to be amongst

the girls she was most vigilant

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I put a bat in for you

you sleep like a baby when I get

separated every day it was just a fight

of course with a lot of pressure lately

perhaps we can help believe it

what if I was to find a written

testimonial from one of the girls alive

I don't know I don't think so but I'm

fairly certain the children are buried

in the woods behind the house there are

even markers my side bone my leaders

even if we found it's a bone it'd be

next to impossible to prove murder

there must be something some way to

connect us

this whole thing is best left alone what

would it take to reopen this case a

witness a living witness

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your wife has returned a shoe upstairs

pack up my insurance my gear checking

out tomorrow you buried them know what

you're talking how many how many

children close the door

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was my older sister

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Sadek we're going straight to heaven

have toys and music no Monica girls like

prisoner than me as well live the babies

Mike did anyway sometimes before they

were buried this place called you back

and uses people there wants to finish

what I could

what

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how do you know that you're only

underground a couple minutes

our mother was kind to me

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the Little Dipper in the left wrist it

was forty two years ago tonight today's

your birthday you're saying it's

impossible my gosh it's someone who knew

people in Montreal the rich couple

wanted a baby

no possibly I'm not adopted you

confusing me with someone else

this is [ __ ] insane I named you after

your mother rich baby ray the dark place

I guess your new parents liked it your

mother was smart with words a writer

like you

I gave her the scribbler I hid it for

her

this isn't happening could you read your

page no this isn't happening I don't

believe it

I won't Faceman disaster kitchen No

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welcome back I know what's gonna work

I'm sorry I need you to keep distracting

her I just can't

they ain't not staying for dinner can

you make an excuse for me I love you I

love you do

glory be to God thank you for looking

after her all these years

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were you ever going to tell me was to

protect you to give you the best

possible chance in life I'm 42 years old

today mom

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I loved you too much I never wanted to

share just tell me where was I born I

don't want to baby ray that's all

anybody needs to know mom where did you

buy me from

private hospital

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so we have some wine before it in there

really be good oh she's still here

what a shame

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wonderful Liam you're very talented

Mac I can barely make a living playing

music little writing in my age should be

free to hone your art doing better is

what I meant to say

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where we were starring this they didn't

finish it of course you did

have you considered the offer

so you haven't here whatever do you mean

something evil

your mother my mother

yes

I can assure you if there is an evil in

this house it is male in the basement

medical gear looks primitive you in for

the Society's bottles full of elixirs I

suppose home chemist living people

experimental

back

once mother had a gentleman caller

handsome like you the young stranger the

local lads buzz around this place I care

flies but mother was not a comely woman

no never chose her

he did

shall we dance

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I'm Tyler with wine blood without her

cheeks the music

he was

stranger twirled her on the dance floor

that night

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that makes hee

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I was she prayed

but only the evil remained a child you a

boy

Simon Joseph the devil's own son she was

poisoned after that yeah her my the

child did she braid their prayers were

evil still Oh for the ads man

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fatherhood is no isn't he

what happened to you brother yeah it

wasn't

I wasn't human

it's not feature feed

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she did what was missed well you Lee

things have begun

I pray to live through this day

but fear we will see the block fail we

should I here give my name from Alton

and pray that truth me somehow hide the

light of day

Rachel Elizabeth Morgan child

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stay buried so will trouble son like the

[ __ ] who bore you the supply he's

giving short what are you talking about

distilled of impurities from the lesser

races mother Rose discovered a way of

gradually restoring youth by injecting a

lot of new parts

it wasn't don't come any closer

someone might love your mother did hey

you won't hide it forever my dear I

already have you see

I am my mother

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is she not yet the doses have to be

given at intervals

otherwise it could show up in a blood

stream untraceable and it keeps the

fetus alive

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wait what are you one with it

so what do you care you never wanted it

anyway no that's not true it's my

business

now you can [ __ ] your slot and play your

music and enjoy whatever insurance money

might come your free what every man

wants

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nobody allowed us to see the condition

predisposes heard of stroke that's what

it'll look like

I don't have to be here for this just

like

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by

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where are you dear

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shouldn't be out of bed

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sorry cyber hack she driving yeah I'd be

wrong but so many things

touch me not you [ __ ]

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I hope you've enjoyed your Stadium

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this is where it should be

where I thought you were buried years

ago

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save yourself

good night sister

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it's okay you're safe the mother started

to call non-stop you got cut off

she was afraid maybe something what what

happened

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the medics were just here perfectly fine

they said miracle they're gonna airlift

you to the city it's on its way

my phone it's in the basement and

there's a journal we're down there now

we'll find everything this time we will

thank you it's good to have you back

Rachel

if you were girl that's your me

Oh

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you

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you