Ep.242 – Homecoming Queen Killer 1 of 5 - She's Back From the GRAVE!

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When it comes to the competition for
Homecoming Queen, contestants are willing to go

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to great lengths. In fact,
I would dare say the competition is killer.

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But just to be safe, let's
throw in the undead, just to

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spice things up. What's that you
want to be scared? Come with me.

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You will experience tales over opera,
ghosts, and death death. It

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is not recommended for the week at
hard Tart listeners in the dark, it's

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more fun at that way way.
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a one of five parter just for
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I've been waiting months and months to
reveal this mini series to you. Every

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January, we do something fun in
the realm of miniseries in this one is

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no exception. Tons of mystery,
intrigue, sex, murder, and more

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to come. And it all starts
now after these quick words. Homecoming Queen

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Killer, Part one of five by
Rob Fields prologue. The lightning cracked on

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the second Saturday night in October.
As the convertible sped along a brightly lit,

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seemingly deserted four lane highway. A
group of high school students were on

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their way to one particular destination.
Rit Speedman riding shotgun, glanced over her

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shoulder. Are you sure it's really
in there? How many times are you

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gonna ask me? Devor Lehmann snapped
from the back seat, Yes, it's

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fucking in there, Yes, yes, and yes again. Sounds like someone's

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on their time of the month.
August Boldman muttered next to Deborah, Eat

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me, Deborah retorted. August smirked, I'll be glad to Deborah flipped him

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off. As the convertible finally came
to the fence that surrounded Green Lawn Cemetery,

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Arnie Razor Rathman hit the brakes and
swerved the car so that it lined

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up with the main entrance. Then
he sped through the open gates and followed

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Deborah's directions. It took Razor nearly
five minutes to drive through the vast burial

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grounds before they finally stopped at their
destination. When Razor turned off the motor,

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he and Britt got out, Razor
pulled his seat forward to let the

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four riding in back get out.
When Skinny Melisan Lapalla staggered in getting out,

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Razor caught her as she fell into
his arms. When their eyes met,

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he looked at her blankly before easily
lift her out of the car and

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placing her on her feet. Thanks, Milisan said, uneasily, looking up

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at the hulking giant. Razor nodded
once. Then they caught up with the

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rest of the group. Deborah led
them through several rows of tombstones before they

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saw the one that would easily get
anyone's attention, a lone grave spray painted

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with the words prom queen Killer.
Deborah knelt down in front of the tombstone

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Laura Lee Hardy. She managed to
say, didn't you used to date her,

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Milisan asked. Deborah glanced her way. More like we fucked. We

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never went on dates. She stood
and faced her friends. I still can't

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believe what Laura Lee did in Strickfield
last spring. She pointed to the tombstone.

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This here. Laura Lee killed a
lot of students on Prom night at

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Strickfield High School, even a few
teachers. Britt raised an eyebrow. You

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know I heard Strickfield High had another
prom over the summer, Deborah sighed,

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yeah. Strickfield High is now known
for both the Prom from Hell and prom

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Knight of the Dead. It was
the Prom from Hell where Laura Lee Hardy

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made her impact. Though her family
died over two years ago in a horrible

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car crash here in Shore City.
She lost her older brother Aiden and her

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mother Ridge. Laura Lee survived,
but was hurt badly. She had to

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have several surgeries, including the metal
plate put in her head. Feeling guilty

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about what happened to her family,
she killed a few doctors. She was

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taken all the way to Erie City
Asylum afterwards. That's where she had to

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go through lots of therapy. Laura
Lee got out and moved to Strickfield.

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She found herself a new girlfriend and
was living off insurance money from when her

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dad had died. Laura Lee developed
multiple personality disorder to keep her family alive,

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she could carry on conversations with her
mother and became aiden to kill anyone

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who got close to Laura Lee herself. Laura Lee went to prom and would

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go on a murder spree from there. Two of the senior class prom queen

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candidates finally stopped her insanity. One
of them was from the ultra rich Mirn

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family. In fact, Taylor Meren
herself saw to it that Laura Lee was

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buried here and paid for the funeral. Guess it didn't take too long for

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people to learn Laura Lee was buried
here. A girl stepped forward. Wow,

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her really looking at the grave of
a of a legend. Deborah turned

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to her. I wouldn't call Laura
Lee a legend, Belinda August wasn't so

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sure. When people know you all
over Ohio and surrounding states, I think

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it's safe to say Laura Lee Hardy
is definitely a legend. He pointed to

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the tombstone. I rest my case. Then Melinda Bright turned to Malisan as

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the lightning flashed again. You know, guys, I'll bet you she could

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bring Laura Lee back from the grave. Melisan shook her head. Belinda,

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No, it was no secret.
Melisan led a goth lifestyle. She was

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pale and always wore dark clothing.
Her makeup made her look ghoulish yet beautiful.

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Yeah, melisand I heard you could
make things happen, August said.

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Look, I just dabble in black
magic a little. She admitted, I

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never really made anything happen, not
big anyway. Melinda put her arm around

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her. I think you should perform
the spell. It's October, which means

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it's Halloween season. Plus it's stormy
out here. Come on, babe,

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what could it hurt? Aside from
Deborah? The others urged Melisan to perform

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the resurrection spell. Figuring none of
her past spells ever caused serious harm,

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she agreed to do it. She
pulled her smartphone out of her jacket and

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found the resurrection spell. Then she
motioned for the others to step back.

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Melisand recited the words. The more
she read, the louder she became.

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When she finished, she faced the
others. Guess we wait and see what

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happens. Just then, the the
rains started coming down fast. They went

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back to Razor's car and got in. He started the engine and closed the

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roof. From within a dark place, two eyes opened Unfortunately, their owner

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only saw total darkness. Then the
eerie red aura glowed around the body,

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causing it to become fully restored almost
instantly. After the glowing stopped, Laura

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Lee Hardy gasped her first breath upon
being resurrected. She pushed up and felt

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her hands being stopped suddenly. Then
she remembered what had happened in the Strickfield

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High School gymnasium at the prom.
Taylor Miron and Cheryl Blint had killed her.

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Mainly it was Cheryl who had stabbed
her death, but Taylor was also

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involved. Laura Lee understood she was
in a coffin, likely buried. She

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groaned and pushed against the padded ceiling
with grim determination and screamed. When the

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lock broke, she pushed harder to
force the lid open. Dirt poured fast

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into the coffin, but Laura Lee
refused to be a prisoner to it any

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longer. Laura Lee gasped with happiness
as she finally escaped her grave and was

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standing on the wet grass in her
bare feet. Her funeral clothing was her

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prom dress from that night. She
didn't care about that at the moment.

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All she knew was that she needed
to leave this cemetery and see where exactly

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she was. Laura Lee walked around
the Green Lawn cemetery. The wind and

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rain felt wonderful against her skin.
The lightning cracked and revealed a guy urinating

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in some bushes nearby. He had
just finished and was about to head back

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to the convertible when he saw her
standing before him. Whoa where did you

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come from? The guy asked.
Laura Lee smiled sweetly. It ain't where

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I'm coming from, it's where you're
going. The guy looked confused. Huh.

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Laura Lee still smiled when she easily
exposed her breasts, putting him under

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her spell. Then she walked into
him so they could kiss. The two

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of them sucked tongues hot and heavy. Soon the guy groaned hard and tried

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pushing Laura Lee away, but he
felt her supernatural strength. In fact,

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her teeth were easily cutting through the
guy's tongue. Soon she had his entire

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tongue in her mouth when she withdrew, showing it to him before dropping it.

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The guy was practically vomiting blood as
he staggered away. Laura Lee covered

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her breasts and easily walked until she
was in front of him. Honey,

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you gave me your heart. She
punched him hard in the stomach, reached

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into his rib cage, and pulled
his bloody heart from him. When the

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man fell to her feet, she
laughed and dropped his heart. She saw

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a faint red light nearby and moved
through the tombstones until she saw the sky

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blue convertible. Laura Lee gasped when
she beheld the skinny goth girl getting out

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of the car and opening a umbrella. The girl turned to look in the

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car. I don't see August anywhere. I'll go find him. Laura Lee

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couldn't let these people find their friend. She returned to August's body and found

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his smartphone, easily accessing it by
holding it in front of his face.

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She opened the texting app and saw
many new messages from someone called Razor.

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She replied and said he met a
girl jogging in the cemetery and not to

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wait for him. Razor argued briefly, but she finished the conversation with a

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middle finger emoji. Laura Lee returned
to see the skinny goth girl again.

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She shook the rein from the umbrella
before getting back in the car. Laura

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Lee saw the varsity jacket, the
driver war and the bumper sticker. When

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they pulled away. I'm back in
Shore City, she realized, I can

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have a completely new start here.
Those people go to Shore City East High

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School. Well that's where I'm going
too. Laura Lee hugged herself, Knowing

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she had fallen in love with the
skinny goth girl. She made a vow

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right then and there to find her
and win her heart. She also vowed

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to kill anyone who got in her
way. Melissand walked into the house after

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being dropped off. Almost immediately,
her parents were all over her. Kind

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of late, ain't you her dad
demanded, I'm eighteen years old, Melissan

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protested, and still living under our
roof. Her mom corrected her. Her

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dad pointed right at her. That's
right. That means you do whatever we

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say and for starters, get that
satanic clothing off your body and put something

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decent on. Melissan tightened her fists. What is your problem. I'm not

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hurting anybody. You ain't gonna keep
dressing all in black and reading those Satanic

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books, young lady, Her mom
scolded, your father and I don't know

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where you went wrong. But you
will know your place here. Melissan groaned

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and marched right upstairs. Soon she
came back down with her backpack. I

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ain't dealing with this shit. I'm
gonna go stay with Linda. Before her

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parents could move to keep her inside, she was quickly out the door and

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gone. Laura Lee stole a car
from someone who came to Green Lawn Cemetery

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to pay his respects to his deceased
wife. She hopped into the car,

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motor running, and caught up to
the convertible. Seeing the skinny goth girl

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dropped off. She hid the car
and crept the girl's house through an open

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window. She had heard everything.
Laura Lee entered the house and grabbed two

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knives from a kitchen drawer. She
tightened her jaw the same way her brother

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Aidan did in life, and marched
into the living room. The girl's parents

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began yelling at Laura Lee. Now, Laura Lee screamed and buried one knife

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in the mother's throat. When the
father rushed at her, she opened up

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his throat with her other knife.
She took the knife back from the mother's

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neck and kicked her husband into his
recliner. Laura Lee sprang on to him

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and purred softly as she repeatedly stabbed
him with both knives. She was a

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bloody mess when she was finished.
Then Laura Lee heard the mother barely breathing

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and stood to face her. Without
mercy, Laura Lee grabbed the older woman's

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hair and forced her down onto her
back. Then she knelt down in front

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of the couch and went into a
stabbing frenzy. When Laura Lee was finished,

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she stood up and felt the blood
running down her flesh. You will

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never treat that lovely girl like that
ever again, Laura Lee murmured. Knowing

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the goth girl wasn't returning home tonight, she went back out into the storm

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with the knives. The heavy rain
both washed her and the blades clean.

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Walking over a small bridge, she
dropped the knives into the water. Laura

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Lee had lost the Goth girl for
the moment, but she knew she would

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find her again. Are you afraid? Good, weakly spooky, We'll be

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right back. Sunday afternoon, Melissand
had been working at Coffee Corner since five

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am. Her shift was supposed to
be over at one pm. Her manager,

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Trent, specifically stated employees couldn't leave
until their relief had arrived. Britt

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Speedman was working with her and came
out of the storeroom. Jesus, Susette

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still ain't here yet. She called
off yesterday too. Melissan sighed, she'll

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probably call off today too. She's
never dependable, and Trent still keeps her

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on the schedule. Britt laughed.
If we had tits like hers, we'd

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be getting special favors from Trent too. But we don't, so we don't.

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Just then, Deborah Leman and Melinda
Bright entered the coffeehouse. Hey,

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just the two girls I want to
see, Deborah cheered. I'll take a

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caramel dream hot with almond milk,
same but with oatate, Belinda added melissand

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began making the drinks as Brit rang
the orders. I have it on good

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authority that you two are both nominees
for Homecoming Queen, Deborah gushed. Melissan

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wasn't impressed people actually voted for me. You guys know, I hate doing

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school functions, including dances. She
shook her head. I decline what,

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Melinda exclaimed. Come on, melissand
Melissan shook her head again. You all

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know Principal Ghastly's been riding my ass
since freshman year. I'm not a trouble

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maker, but he gives me shit
just because I'm Goth. In other words,

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he'll make sure I don't get anywhere
near the Crown, she sighed,

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And I don't have a date prom
Saturday. Deborah noted, there's still plenty

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of time for someone to ask you. Which will happen Melissand raised her finger.

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Yeah, and that'll only be because
all the choice stuff has been taken.

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Not true, Britt murmured. We
can always go together like we did

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for Prom. When Melisand handed Deborah
and Melinda their drinks, Trent came out

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of the back and pointed to Brit, your shift's over. Leave. What

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about Melissan? Britt asked. Trent
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Leave. Then he pointed to Melissan, you're closing tonight, Susette ain't

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coming in. Melissan looked disappointed.
I opened and I got shit to do.

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Trent looked angry. Yeah, and
that's being here until close. Talk

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back to me again and I'll write
you up again. Melissan wanted to quit,

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but she needed the money. She
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at her place, but she wasn't
going to be a freeloader. Trent pointed

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to Brit leave now, or you
can stay left. I'll be okay,

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Brett, Melissan told her. The
three girls said goodbye to melissand as they

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left, then Trent said, it's
just you. All the closing jobs are

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done before closing. If not,
you'll stay here till they are done.

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Off the clock, Trent returned to
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in the office on social media or
texting people. Thankfully, it was Sunday,

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so it was slow and steady.
Soon, an attractive girl came in

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and approached the counter melissand moved to
the register to take her order. Laura

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Lee Hardy had been optimistic about finding
the skinny goth girl. Now that she

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had, she was going to have
her time with her. I think I'll

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order a Caramel Dream. It's our
most popular drink, the girl said in

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a soft, velvety voice. After
Laura Lee paid for it, she took

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in every inch of the girl serving
her. Her heart was pounding as she

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longed to make love to her.
The girls talked about general things. You

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sound down, babe, Laura Lee
observed, what's wrong? I'm getting nominated

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for Homecoming queen. Why, I
mean, what would you want to see

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me with the homecoming crown on my
head? The girl finished with the drink

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and handed it to her. Laura
Lee tasted the drink absolutely. The girl

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gawked, are you serious? Laura
Lee nodded very if I may say so,

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You're very beautiful. The girl gasped
slightly. Then they talked more.

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Just then a skinny loser came out
of the back, looking angry. You're

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here to work, not be lazy
and socialized with customers. The girl was

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mad. Yeah, you can talk, Trent. She pointed to the back.

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All you do is sit in that
office. You've never even come out

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here when we're slammed, Shut up, or you're fired right now. Trent

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threatened fire me. Then the girl
retorted, then you can work all by

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yourself. We both know it would
kill you if you ever had to do

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any work. Trent scowled before turning
and storming back to the office. When

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the girl put her hand on the
counter, Laura Lee put her hand on

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hers and gave her a look of
approval. You just became my hero.

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She glanced at the name tag melissand
she smiled. And you are Laura Lee.

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Alexandra Melissand worked as Laura Lee kept
her company, making time go by

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fast. When closing time came,
Laura Lee waited for her outside. When

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she was finally finished with her long
day, Melissand wanted to spend even more

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time with Laura Lee. When they
left the coffee corner together, Melissan never

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cared that Laura Lee was holding her
hand as they walked. Monday morning,

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Melissand and Velinda walked into Shore City
East High School and met their friends at

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their usual meeting place near the cafeteria. After a time, they turned and

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walked to the gymnasium for a big
assembly. The group went in and sat

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in the senior section. Deborah pointed
to the older man on the floor,

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Principal Ghastly's gonna announce the homecoming queen
candidates. Fuck him, Melissand muttered.

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Principal Theodore Gastor finally spoke, all
right, students, knock off the talking

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so we can get to the homecoming
queen nominations. Principal Gaster made a mechanical

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speech about homecoming before he finally made
the eagerly awaited announcement and this year's nominees

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off are brit Speedman, Daphne,
Ridley, Blake, Zerner, Genice Ingallsrhyese,

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Clairbourne, and finally, he seemed
less enthused as he announced Melissand La

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Paula. Principal Gaster gave her a
look as if asking her why even bother.

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He turned his attention back to the
student body and made a few more

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announcements before dismissing them to first period. As Melissand walked to second period,

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she was suddenly grabbed and her mouth
covered. She struggled to break loose as

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she was pulled into an empty classroom. Her captor released her and pulled the

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door shut. Malissan turned and gasped
when she saw Ali Prinz, who was

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quite intimidating, standing at six'
two and muscular. Malissand guessed Ali intimidated

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most everybody at Shore City East High
turn and face me, you satanist skank.

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Malissan turned to see Reese Claiborne sitting
on the teacher's desk. In truth,

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she feared Reese more than Ali.
It was no secret Reese came from

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money. Some students wondered if she
had the kind of money the Mirn family

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had. It was also no secret
that Reese got whatever she wanted whenever she

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wanted. Malissand took in Reese's platinum
blonde hair, her hourglass figure, and

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her surgically enhanced upper body, but
it was Reese's eyes that burned with a

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fire that chilled her own blood.
Reese pointed right at her to drop out

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of the running for Homecoming Queen right
now. She looked at malissand with disgust.

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Why a fucking skank like you would
even get any votes? Whatsoever is

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beyond me? Ree smiled, Oh, and I believe Ali wants to give

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you her personal endorsement. Malissan lifted
her hands in front of her. Okay,

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I'll drop out. I don't want
any trouble. Reese looked angry.

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Now, I really don't give a
fuck what you want. Ali flashed her

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sinister smile. I'm gonna enjoy breaking
you in half. Before Ali could grab

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her, Malissan dropped to her knees
and crawled right through Ali's legs. She

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sprang to her feet and escaped to
her second class period. Monday afternoon,

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after school, Malissan and brit were
an hour into their shift at Coffee Corner

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when Laura Lee Alexandra walked in.
Malissan's spirits lifted immediately. What can I

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get you, Laura Lee? She
asked, another caramel dream please, Laura

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Lee answered, coming right up.
As Maissan made the drink, Trent came

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out of the back. He pointed
right at Laura Lee. You ain't staying

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here and distracting my employees again.
Leave now. She ordered a drink.

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Malissan protested. Trent pointed right at
her. Then make her drink to go.

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He looked at Laura Lee again,
you ain't staying here. As Malissan

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started to protest, Laura Lee raised
her hand. It's okay. I'll come

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and get you at the end of
your shift, which will be closing again,

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Trent informed Melissan. Susette called off
again. Brick groaned. Trent turned

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to her, Exactly, you will
be leaving at your regular time. Trent

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waited for Laura Lee to take her
drink and leave. When she did,

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he gave Melissa on a mean look
before returning to the office. Fuck you,

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Trent, Malissan said under her breath. Monday evening, brit remained behind.

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After all, she managed to convince
Trent to let her switch with Malissan

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so she could leave with Laura Lee. Britt knew the real reason Trent hated

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Malissand was because he kept trying to
get dates from her after she was hired,

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but she rejected him time and time
again. When Trent knew she wouldn't

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budge, he turned on her.
Trent came out and told Brit to take

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out the trash, which was already
at the back door. Brit came and

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grabbed the bags. She went out
into the darkness and to the dumpster.

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After dumping the bags in, she
turned to see an Amazon of a girl

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directly in front of her, still
running for homecoming Queen Bitch, Ali Prince

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murmured. When Brit saw her and
Reese Clairborne leaning against the fence, she

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knew what was about to happen.
When Reese nodded to Ali, she grabbed

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Brit and punched her hard in the
face to send her falling to the asphalt.

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You have carte blanche, Reese told
her. Muscle girl. Brit tried

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to fight back, but there was
little she could do as Ali took full

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advantage of her carte blanche. When
Brit was finally spitting up blood, Reese

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nodded to Ali. Then the two
girls left leaving Brit badly beaten and crying.

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Brit groaned as she pulled herself back
to her feet. When her left

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side was hurting, she guessed that
she had cracked ribs. She focused on

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getting back inside to call the police
and report her assault. Unfortunately, the

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back door was now closed and locked. After knocking a few times, she

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looked out the parking lot and saw
Trent in his car, leaving fuckingly bastard.

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Britt muttered, I should get your
fucking pay for closing up by myself.

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Remembering she had keys, she reached
into her pocket for them. She

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was suddenly grabbed and thrown on her
back. Now, she prayed Ali hadn't

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returned for another workout. Leave me
alone, Britt yelled. Suddenly, her

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attacker sat on her and throttled her
neck with one hand. Brit saw the

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gleaming knife raised in the other.
She tried to fight, but was severely

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weakened from her previous attack. Brit
groaned when the girl covered her mouth and

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drove the blade deep into her stomach. BRIT's eyes opened wide when she saw

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and recognized the girl who stabbed her
repeatedly. Unfortunately for Brit, she wouldn't

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live to reveal the girl's identity.
An hour later, Malissand returned to coffee

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corner. She had forgotten her smartphone
and remembered where she'd left it. She

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unlocked the front door and entered to
see the alarm hadn't been set. Brit,

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you hear, Melissan called out,
finding her phone. Then she saw

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a strange shape in the middle of
the cafe area and turned on the lights.

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Malissan dropped her keys and phone and
covered her mouth as she screamed.

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BRIT's slain, bloody body was nailed
to the back wall in a crucifixion pose,

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and just to her left were words
written in BRIT's blood for you,

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my love, well, my Spookyes, that's the end of part one,

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but don't worry. Next Wednesday,
same time, same place, right here

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at Weekly Spooky, we'll bring you
part two of the Homecoming Queen Killer and

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let you find out more of what
exactly is going on in Shore City.

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And I, for one can't wait
to reveal it all to you. And

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speaking of I can't wait to head
up to the colds of Northern Michigan.

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That's right, I'm taking my I
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Michigan, as I do every January, at least for the last few years.

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But don't worry. While I'm gone, You'll have plenty to listen to.

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You'll have compilations, new episodes,
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Monday, and so much more.
In fact, honestly, you wouldn't even

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know I was gone if I didn't
tell you, But I am looking forward

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to it. So But before we
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But right now, I have to
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much more spooky to bring you.
Even in January, as everyone is cold

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in their homes, we still need
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I'll see you guys real soon.
For myself, for my executive producers Rob

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Talk at you later. Thank you
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