THE WEEKEND - A Strickfield Series PATREON EXCLUSIVE

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Hello, my Patreon spookies. It's
your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto here

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to bring you the first ever episode
of the Weekend by Rob Fields. Will

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be bringing you a chapter every single
month as a special thank you to all

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of you patrons who help keep the
Spooky rolling on the Weekly and beyond.

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This is a Strickfield story just for
patrons, and real quick, before we

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start the first chapter, I want
to give you a quick rundown of what

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you'll be getting. A group of
college kids from North Ridgeway are on their

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way to the abandoned camp rolling Acres
just outside of Strickfield for a weekend of

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fun, intentionally leaving their smart devices
behind. Little does the group realize that

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they are being targeted by someone who
may have a history with one or more

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of them than will every member of
the group ultimately survive the weekend? All

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But now, my friends, without
further ado, let's get to the

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story prolog. One week earlier.
It's after one in the morning when the

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old, beat up, abandoned cabin
comes into sight. As I make my

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way around it, I can already
feel it's going to be the perfect place.

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I do al once around and eventually
come to the stone steps that lead

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down into the basement. I descend
the steps and find the doors unlocked.

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Naturally, I'm going to be greeted
by pitch blackness when I go inside.

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However, the darkness this has never
been a problem for me, since I'm

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quite used to working in it.
Then I remember my pocket flashlight and pull

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it out. Yes, so much
better. Now let's look around in here

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and see what I can use,
shall we looks like a back room over

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there, Let's check it out.
The door creaks when I open it and

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I shine my flashlight around. Looks
like a workshop. There's a workbench,

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a locked tool chest, and even
a table saw. Removing the lock from

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the tool chest won't be difficult.
All I have to do is pull my

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king ring out and first try.
I look through each of the drawers in

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the chest and see I have all
the tools i'll need. Now it's time

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for me to get to work to
make this cabin the perfect hideaway. There's

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plenty of lumber here just outside.
I remember the original owners were going to

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fix this place up, but ultimate
never finished it. That's okay, this

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works well to my advantage. Using
the equipment, I'll be able to cut

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the boards to the sizes I need. I pull the hammer out of the

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tool chest and find a nice box
of nails. I'm so glad I won't

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have to make multiple trips back and
forth for supplies. And now it's time

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to go to work. It takes
some time and determination to board up each

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and every basement window perfectly, making
sure there's very little space in between the

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boards to allow the passage of light. No, I don't want people who

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may happen to wander by here looking
inside this basement. I doubt it.

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But just the same, why am
I doing all this work when it comes

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to this cabin. Let's just say
I have plans for it. You see,

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sooner or later others will be coming
here. They're going to wander in

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from the closed and long since deserted
camp rolling Acres not too far away there.

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I just finished nailing up the last
board. I do a once around

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down here to make sure the windows
are boarded up pretty solid. Oh yeah,

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I did a damn fine job if
I do say so myself. Now

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it's time to get out of here
and go to the camp itself. When

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I reached the camp, I come
to the canteen building. Such a shame.

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This was a brand new building that
was only open for one summer before

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the camp closed for good. Taking
my keyring, I unlock it and go

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inside. I shine my flashlight around
and see everything here is still intact.

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I open another door to find a
gasoline power generator. I pull a couple

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of bottles of gas revitalizer out of
my jacket and empty them into the tank.

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Once I finish, I give the
pull cord a good, hearty pull.

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The lights come on almost immediately.
The generator had a little trouble firing

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up last time, not enough revitalizer. I think I got it right this

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time, based on how quickly it
fired up. I look around to make

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sure everything's in place for later.
I turn the generator back off at the

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same time all the lights go off. I lock the entrance to this generator

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and walk to the main door.
Then I leave after putting the padlock back

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on. I look around camp,
rolling acres again and know all of my

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hard works going to pay off.
I wish the endgame was right now.

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I'm going to have to be patient. Revenge doesn't happen overnight, you know.

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Chapter one, The Present. It
was a Friday afternoon when DJ Miller

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pulled his sleeping bag out of his
closet, excited about getting out of North

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Ridgeway for a few days. Suddenly, his older brother by a year,

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Chris, appeared in the open doorway. Chris was more outgoing, while Djay

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was calm. You ready, bro, Chris asked, you know I am,

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dj replied cheerfully. Chris pointed behind
him with his thumb. Then let's

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move. The others will be here
soon. Madison's already here. She's down

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in the living room. The brothers
went downstairs. Soon they saw Madison's sire

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sitting on the couch with her long
legs crossed. When Chris reached her,

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he noticed her staring and what are
you looking at? Madison smiled and sang

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softly, I've only got eyes fo. He knelt down in front of her

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so they could kiss. Really,
you two, DJ cut in for the

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record, Mom and Dad are out
back and can come in at any time.

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The lovers quickly separated. You know, Chris, I think your little

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brother's green because you have a girlfriend
and he don't, Madison teased. DJ

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saw movement out the front window.
Looks like Steve and Kimber are here.

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Chris and Madison stood up and followed
DJ to the door. They went outside

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to meet Steve, Carrey and Kimber
Shore. Steve was a wide receiver for

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the North Ridgeway University Guardsmen. However, he wasn't going to play in tomorrow's

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game because he was sick. At
least that's what the coach thought, since

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Steve was excused from it. Steven
Chris had planned this weekend way in advance.

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When they talked to the others who
would be going, they could only

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free up their schedules for this particular
weekend. Steve wasn't about to cancel to

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play football, even to be on
TV. To him, his friends were

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more important. However, Kimber,
his girlfriend, was the most important thing

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to him. He both loved and
cherished her despite her blindness and often felt

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sorry for her because of it.
She usually wore dark glasses to cover her

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eyes. Steve, Kimber, glad
you could make it, Chris said,

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cheerfully. Wouldn't have missed it for
the world, dude. Steve replied,

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Hey, DJ, think you can
survive a weekend out in the woods with

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the rest of us. Yeah,
he will, Chris said confidently. He

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hasn't been going camping every summer the
way we have, but he'll survive.

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Steve looked at Kimber. Here's my
arm, honey. Kimber smiled a little.

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Just walk, Steve. I have
my cane. I can hear your

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movements. I'm not totally disabled,
you know. Steve felt foolish. Sorry,

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I keep forgetting The group walked to
the garage where the van they would

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take to the village of Strickfield was
parked. Soon, an suv pulled into

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the driveway and stopped. Two girls
exited with their camping here. Then they

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pulled out a large drink cooler to
carry in between them. Selena Brandon looked

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like an average college student with jeans
in a North Ridgeway University hoodie. Angel

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Thomas wore fingerless gloves on both hands, tight black jeans, and a leather

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jacket that revealed what appeared to be
a dark blue halter top. She also

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wore black lipstick that matched her hair. We're here, Selena cheered, as

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the suv pulled out of the driveway
and left. Angel and I brought plenty

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of sodas in case we Then she
saw the blank stairs on half of their

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faces. What the girls put the
cooler down? Madison pointed to Angel.

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What is she doing here? Selena? Selena looked at Chris. We talked

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about this, Remember, most of
the others looked to Chris. Madison was

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now giving him an icy stare.
Selena then understood, Okay, you didn't

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tell them, tell us what Chris
Madison demanded. Chris sighed, You know

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how, you guys wanted me to
talk Selena into coming on this camping weekend

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with us. I couldn't get her
to say yes. When I finally asked

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her what it would take, she
said Angel would have to come too.

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That's right, guys, Selena agreed. So here we are. Madison folded

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her arms in front of her,
and you were going to tell us this

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when Chris. Chris sighed again and
looked in Selena's direction. Maybe you'd better

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not bring Angel after all. Angel
sighed, I told you this was a

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bad idea, Selena, Yeah,
guess you were writing, Angel. Selena

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still looked at Chris. Looks like
we're walking back home, Babe. It's

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obvious we ain't wanted here. Let's
go. They start to pick the cooler

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back up. You can stay,
Selena, But Madison started, and so

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can Angel. Selena snapped. Or
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It's either both of us or neither
of us. What's wrong with Angel?

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Dj asked, taking selena'side. Steve
turned to him. What's wrong?

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He pointed to Angel. She's a
murderer. She is not, Selena shouted.

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Steve turned to her. She killed
a cop, didn't she? Angel

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was released. Selena fired back,
there wasn't any evidence to link her to

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that CoP's murder. She ain't coming
with us, Selena. Steve yelled,

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no way in hell, Yes she
is. Kimber suddenly cut in. All

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eyes were now on her. I
was listening to this story on the news.

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The gun found at the scene didn't
have Angel's fingerprints on it. The

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real killer's prints were, though.
There's a statewide manhunt out for the guy.

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What's his name, Kimber, DJ
asked, brock Launders. Kimber replied,

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he's killed other people. Too.
That don't mean Angel has to come

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with us, Chris protested. Kimber
turned her head slightly in his direction.

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Maybe you don't like her, Chris, I'm guessing she probably don't like you

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much either, but she is here
with Selena on the impression that she was

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part of our group. DJ backed
Kimber up. Chris, if you told

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Selena that Angel could come, then
it's settled. Mom and dad said,

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when you tell somebody something, you
better mean it. It was no secret

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to anyone in the group that Chris
and DJ's parents were avid churchgoers and very

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Christian people. Chris knew DJ and
Kimber were right and sighed, Okay,

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everybody, Angels coming too, That's
how it is. Ah, come on,

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Madison protested, how are we gonna
be able to concentrate on having any

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fun at the camp if we have
to keep watching our backs all the time?

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Angel had had enough. You know
what, just forget it. I'm

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gone. It's obvious I ain't wanted
here. Selena sighed and smiled a little.

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Well, then, if Angel's not
going, neither am I. The

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two girls picked up their cooler,
turned and started to walk away. Fine,

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Selena, Angel can come. Madison
called out, but I'll be watching

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her. Those who originally didn't want
Angel going also changed their decisions for the

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moment, all was calm. Okay, last thing, Chris said, we're

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all leaving our cell phones at home. Right. We all agreed it was

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just going to be us out at
Strickfield campgrounds and no phones whatsoever. Right,

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no phones, Selena replied, I
didn't bring mine, an Angel doesn't

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have one. When everybody confirmed they
didn't have their smartphones on them, the

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brothers finished packing the gear in the
van. When it was time to leave,

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everybody climbed in, DJ started the
van and began the drive to Strickfield

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and camp Rolling Acres. They had
no idea the horrors that were awaiting them.

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Well, my friends, that is
just the beginning of Rob Field's Strickfield

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series the weekend. If you loved
what you heard and you want to hear

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more, well on the first we'll
be publishing chapter two. So that's immedia.

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