Feb. 11, 2026

Will You Be My Undead Valentine? - Zombie Horror Novella: An Undead Love Story of Murder and Revenge

Will You Be My Undead Valentine? - Zombie Horror Novella: An Undead Love Story of Murder and Revenge
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A Valentine’s Day horror novella set in 1958 small-town America, where young love collides with abuse, obsession, and the grave. August Hannig and Becky Sue “Bex” Brewer find each other at a winter Grange dance—two outsiders bonded by forbidden romance and a shared hunger to escape the crushing rules of Dorset. But when Bex’s violent father tightens his grip, the night turns into a nightmare… and love doesn’t just die—it comes back wrong.

This is a darkly romantic zombie revenge tale packed with retro Americana, snowbound dread, cemetery shadows, and that classic “sweetheart… goodnight” feeling twisting into something monstrous. Expect old-school pulp horror energy, doomed lovers, and a Valentine’s date that refuses to end—no matter how many bullets, stairs, or flames get in the way.

If you’re searching for Valentine’s Day horror, zombie love stories, undead romance, small town secrets, and killer holiday horror novellas, this one’s for you. Press play… and see what love looks like after the funeral.

Will You Be My Undead Valentine — by Bruce Haney 

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Snow squeaks under boots as a shovel bites into a

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fresh grave. Because true love can't stand a curfew, and

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it's sure as hell can't stay buried. After a Valentine's

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date ends in blood, the girl in the Red Dress

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opens her eyes underground. Tonight, love comes back. What's that

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you want to be scared? He come with me. You

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will experience tales over over a, ghosts and death death.

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It is not recommended for the weeded art listeners. In

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the dark ark it's more fun than way way. This

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is weakly speaking, Hello, my Spookyes, it's Wednesday, and you

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know what that means. It's time for a little spooky

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in your weekly I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto,

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and tonight we have a very special Valentines treat just

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for all you listening, a story about love, death, and

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well a whole lot more. But before we get to that,

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I want to say thank you all so much for

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joining me on the program. I do so enjoy bringing

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you a taste of Halloween all year long. And if

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feel a chill run down their spine. And if you

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can't get enough of Valentine's horrors, come back on Saturday

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as for tonight, this one goes out to all the

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lovers out there. Imagine a small town in winter, paper

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hearts in the grange hall, slow songs on the turntable.

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It's the nineteen fifties after all, and two kids who

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finally find someone who gets them. But Indorset love is

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treated like a sin, and some fathers don't just break curfews,

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they bring everything else too. So what happens when the

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sweetest Valentine in town is taken too soon and the

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grave can't hold her? What if the last dance isn't

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a memory? What if it's a promise? Because in this town,

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my spookies, love doesn't die, No, no, it waits. So

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get comfortable as we hot rot our way to a

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story of love and loss? Will you be my undead Valentine?

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By Bruce Haney Valentine's Day, nineteen fifty eight, August Hannig

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used the soul of his black leather boots to press

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the blade of his shovel into the snow covered earth.

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Despite the snow, the ground was still soft and easy

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to dig out the benefit of it being a fresh grave.

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I wish I could have gotten here sooner, sweetie, August said,

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though there were only the trees, the wind, and the

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tombstones around to hear him. Two weeks earlier, August was

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a bit of a social outcast, and he would rather

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have stayed home. He was eighteen, shouldn't he get a

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choice in the matter. But his mother had been making

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him go to the Friday night dances at the local grange.

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She suddenly found it important for him to socialize. All

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his life, she had told him that women were evil,

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and she kept him from creating any lasting friendships because

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it seemed like everybody he wanted to be friends with

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came from a quote unquote bad family. After she pushed

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him out of the house to go to the dance,

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he went by the old Shack and grabbed an issue

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of The Vault of Horror to read as he planned

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to do what he always did at these dances, sit

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on the benches reading comics while everybody else danced. There

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wasn't much to do in the small town of Dorset,

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especially during the winter. Although there was snow on the ground,

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you couldn't even go sledding because the area was miles

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of flat land with only a few stores, a grange,

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and a bunch of farm properties. He wasn't the only

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wallflower that night. Next to him sat Becky Sue Brewer,

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who wore a red poodle skirt, a white blouse, fire

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red lipstick, and a pompadour hairdo. August thought she looked

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like she had stepped right out from one of those

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car chase movies, like Hot Rod Rumble or Drag Striped Girl.

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Either way, she looked much different than when he used

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to see her around school, back when she wore plain

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dresses and straight hair. When people called her boring. Becky

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is that an easy comic. Becky Sue asked August closed

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it to show her the cover and gave an evil

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little smile. It featured a horrific Christmas scene of a

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woman in a nightgown with a look of horror on

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her face as she looks upon a coffin wrapped with

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a big red bow and a tag with her name

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on it. Behind her stands a man swinging an axe

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aimed right at her skull. Yeah, Vault of Horror their

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best time title. Aren't they banned? How'd you get one?

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I have a whole box of them. Got them at

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Geisler's junk shop for a song. Oh yeah, thirty issues.

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Mister Geisler said they had been sitting there since fifty four,

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when an irate mother donated them. How much did he

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charge you? She asked, a buck each for the whole box.

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Used comics aren't worth much more than five cents each.

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Did you get any issues of Tales from the Crypt?

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A few? You see? She said? I just think Jack

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Davis was their best artist, and he drew almost every

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cover of Tales from the Crypt. Funny. I'm more of

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a fan of Johnny Craig, and he drew most of

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the vault of horror covers, the crazier covers, the ones

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that got them in trouble with that dweeb who claimed

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that they were contributing to the delinquency of mind. His

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covers were on the more gruesome side, she said, and

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smiled at him. So she looked at him like she

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was waiting for him to ask something. What August asked

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you going to ask me to dance? Or what he

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thought about telling her that he didn't dance, that he

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had only come because his mother had made him, But

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he suddenly wanted to be close to old, boring Becky Sue,

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a girl who knew horror comics. He didn't think such

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a thing existed. When he heard the twangy guitar sounds

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of Dwayne Eddie come over the speaker system, he took

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it as a sign. August stood up, folded his comic,

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and placed it in his back pocket. Becky Sue, May

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I have this dance? August? We aren't kids anymore? Call

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me backs, and yes you may. Is this a good

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time to tell you that I don't dance me either?

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My dad would kill me if he knew I was here.

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It's a dance at the Grange Endorset. It's no honky

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tonk doesn't matter, he says, dancing is for harlots. And well,

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I don't want to say the rest. Oh, well, I

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guess we can learn together. Sure. The two of them

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were awkward. He put his hands on her shoulders and

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she put one hand around his waist, keeping a good

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eight inches between their bodies. Before the song was over,

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they both had relaxed a bit. It's hard to stay

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nervous and perky jerky when Dwayne Eddie's twangy guitar is playing.

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Do you like this song? Bes asked? Of course, Dwayne

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Eddie is the coolest. Dwayne Eddie is cool, but Blink

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Ray is the coolest him or Eddie Cochrane. When Rebel

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Rouser ended the Teenage classic, A Town without Pity came

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on and Bex laughed a little. What is Dorset if

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not a town without pity? She said, I want to

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get out of here so bad? Why, he asked, while

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he looked in her striking green eyes. I can take

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it or leave it. We have a farm and it'll

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be mine someday. We have a bunch of animals. You

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should come by some time. My dad would kill me

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if I went to a boy's house. I'm not a boy,

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I'm a man lady, she laughed. He continued, My mother

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used to be that same way. She didn't even let

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me have friends or date because everyone was from an

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immoral family. And she said all women are harlots, not

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just the ones who dance. Wow, she really believes that,

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Isn't it true? August said seriously, before cracking a smile.

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She smacked him on the shoulder, huge jerk. Then she

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moved her body a little closer to his. What changed?

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You know? For the longest time, I couldn't figure it out.

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One day last winter, she just started pushing me out

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go make friends. She would say weird. But I eventually

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figured out why, the sudden change of heart, and it

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made me feel kind of awful. Why. One day I

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was in her room fetching her bible. We have daily

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Bible readings. As I left the room after grabbing it,

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I noticed something peculiar. What was it? In her closet

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on the top shelf, the corner of a magazine was

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sticking out from under her neat stack of sweaters. That's strange. Yeah,

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magazines aren't allowed in the house. Even my comics. I

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have to hide in the old shack where my father

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spent all his time before he passed. He hated my mother.

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She won't go in there. I'm sorry, but I don't

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think I'm following. What could a magazine have to do

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with anything? It was a life magazine, and it was

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the issue that covered ed Gean. I heard about him him.

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He murdered a bunch of people, right two. But more

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than that, the dude used the people he killed as

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well as once he dug up for let's call them

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depraved arts and crafts projects. August leaned closer and whispered

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in her ear. In his house, they found furniture upholstered

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with human skin and a belt made of female nipples.

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That's hideous. Why would you tell me such a thing?

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Because of how hurt I was by it? Because my

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life was a lot like his long dead father, overbearing

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mother who believes everybody is evil. My mother only changed

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because she thought I was going to be the next

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ed Geen. Do you know how that makes me feel?

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That she thought I would be some kind of depraved

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grave robber and murderer. I'm sorry, beck said August side,

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but I gotta admit ed Geen is my hero. Bex's

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gave him a concerned look. Not like I don't look

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up to him or anything. I mean, he saved me

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from a cruddy, lonely life. Being on that farm with

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my mother and not being able to socialize was not

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good for me. Were you thinking of digging up some friends. No,

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but my life was quickly becoming something I was getting

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tired of doing, if you know what I mean. Oh,

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he noticed the worry on her face. Sorry, I'm way

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over sharing. I shouldn't have said any of the things

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I've said in the last few minutes. I barely know you. No,

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it's okay. I'm glad you shared. I'd be lying if

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I said that I didn't have those thoughts. My home

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life isn't great either. You graduated last year when I did. Right,

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you're eighteen nineteen. I even got a job stocking shelves

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at Fritz and Erickson's to try and save up and move.

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But a dollar an hour isn't going to get me

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my own place. I guess you're right. Over the sound system,

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a voice is heard. It is now nine pm. All

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you young folks who have a curfew, It's time to

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say good night for you older folks. Here's another fast one,

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Bill Haley and his comments with Rock around the clock.

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Beck's takes her arms off, August, it was nice dancing

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with you. Not a Bill Haley fan. Curfew. Yeah, yes,

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can I walk you home? I'd like that. Let me

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use the little girl's room first. Okay. She was in

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there for ten minutes and when she came out, she

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had brushed out her pompadour and removed all her makeup.

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She gave him an awkward smile. Hey, pretty pretty, August said.

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As they walked the two miles to her house, they

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continued to talk about their lives. The one thing they

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had in common was their overbearing parents. She opened up

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and told him about the time she was punished for

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chewing gum in church. He asked what the punishment was,

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but she wouldn't say so. August told her about the

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time his mother caught him hanging out with the neighbor

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girl and how she screamed at him for talking to

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a girl who came from such an evil, immoral home.

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The rumor at the time was that the little girl's

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mother had been caught sleeping around. At least that was

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what everyone guessed when they saw her around town with

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two black eyes. The little girl started crying, and my

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mother just said, those are mighty big crocodile tears for

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the offspring of an adulterer to be shedding. The girl

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never talked to me after that, and to this day,

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if she sees me, she turns around and walks the

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other way. Did you get punished? She tore my hide up?

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Real good? You sure you want to keep walking me?

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You're getting aways from your place. You're over on Archer right,

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I've got nothing else going on. How much further is

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it if we cut through the old cemetery about a

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half a mile. Dorset was a rather old town, and

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this century old cemetery desperately needed some repair work. The

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arching metal sign on the rotting wrought iron posts should

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have read Dorset Pioneer Cemetery, but many letters had fallen

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off from age or had been stolen. August hesitated before

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following her through the archway. I've never been in a

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cemetery before, not even when your father passed. She asked,

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I didn't go. Your mother didn't make you. She tried,

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and I ran away. What cemetery is he buried in

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this one. I have to get home, or I'd say,

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let's look for him. I don't want to anyway. Oh okay,

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Then she grabbed his hand to comfort him. He looked

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her in the eye and gave a half hearted smile.

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It would ruin my delusion. What do you mean, I

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still pretend that one day he'll come back. That should

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make your mother happy. Why well, if you really were

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in ed Deen type, you would be spending more time

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in cemeteries. And if you were like him and you

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wanted your father back, he would have come over a

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long time ago and brought him back home. August laughed.

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We have to get moving. I don't want to get

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into trouble. All right, Just one more moment, he said,

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and took in her beauty. All right, we can go.

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I just wanted another moment of looking at those two

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beautiful malakite spheres. You got there, bewitching, she blushed. Bewitching, Eh,

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malakite spheres. You are new desocializing, aren't you. They continued

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their way through the old graveyard till they arrived at

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a pathway that went through the woods. That's the way

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to my place. You live in the woods. No, this

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is just a short cut. The front of the house

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sits on Second Street. Oh okay, then August began walking again.

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What are you doing? Walking you home? I appreciate it,

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but this is as close as you can go. Oh why,

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my father would kill me and possibly you too if

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he saw us holding hands. Oh what if he caught

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me giving you a good night kiss? He would castrate you,

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she said, and then leaned in to accept the kiss.

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He closed his eyes and moved in. They were both nervous,

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neither had ever kissed before, but they both perched their

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lips instinctually. The butterflies in August's stomach were fluttering at

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full speed. A rustling sound was heard in the bushes,

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and Becks jumped back. Run, she said in a low

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but serious voice. Thankfully he listened and was able to

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get far enough to jump behind the single mausoleum in

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the cemetery before her father, Joseph appeared on the pathway.

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The old man was dressed for bed in white thermal

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pants and a top. The only precautions he had taken

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for coming out in the snow were putting on a

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pair of boots and throwing on an old, worn red

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wool coat. He would have looked comical if it weren't

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for the long barreled rifle he was carrying, which made

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him look terrifying. Where have you been? Her father screamed,

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geez pa, I was just at Sarah's house. Her parents

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took dinner late. Missus Holly burned the meat loaf, and

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her husband insisted she cook a whole new meal from scratch.

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I tried to leave, but mister Holly said, Sarah, we

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invited you to dinner. We ain't sending you away hungry

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because my wife is a poor excuse for a cook.

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What was I supposed to do? Joseph stared at her

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with anger in his eyes, like he was trying to

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will her into confessing to some crime. August watched this

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exchange from the protection of his hiding spot man. She

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was a good liar, he thought. Then he watched in

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horror as the old man suddenly looked in his direction

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and slowly brought the rifle up to aim. August moved back.

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Father Joseph shot an angry glance that stopped her in

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her tracks. He held the rifle up to his shoulder,

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closed one eye, and took a second to make sure

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his aim was true. The sound from the thirty six

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was deafening. August yelped in fear and then placed his

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hand over his mouth as fast as he could as

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if he could pull back the sound he had made.

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The bullet had found its target, and it was a

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perfect kill shot into the chest of a coyote that

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was not fifty yards past his hiding spot. Wahoo, I gotcha,

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you chicken thieven, no good mongrel. Now fetch that and

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hurry the furrow. Make a nice hat, and maybe, just

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maybe I'll go easy on you for breaking curfew. Yes, daddy,

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Thank you, daddy, she said, and then made her way

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towards the corpse of the coyote. Don't forget to grab

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a switch on your way, he said, and then he

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sighed a medium one. I'll go easy on you. She

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turned towards him. Yes, daddy, of course, Thank you, daddy,

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she said, smiling at him as she tried to hide

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her fear, but a single tear rolled down her cheek.

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Joseph turned around to make his way back home. Once

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he was gone, she made her way towards august who

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jumped up and ran towards Becks and wrapped his arms

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around her. She looked at him and saw the concern

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in his eyes, and could no longer hold back her emotions.

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She broke down and cried, so he held her tighter.

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It's okay, Everything'll be okay. He didn't believe his own words,

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and secretly he wanted to go attack her father. Who

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could hurt a girl like her. You've got to get

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out of that house. I have nowhere to go. Can't

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your mother help you? She shook her head no, then

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took him by the hand and walked him a fad

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you rose down and pointed to a small tombstone that

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said Beatrice Sue Collins nineteen twenty to nineteen fifty seven

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your mother. Yeah, what happened depends on what you believe.

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She allegedly fell down the stairs. That's so sad, Yes

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it is, But but what I don't know, she sighed,

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It's just the night it happened. They had been fighting.

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More tears flowed down her face with sadness and relief,

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as August was the first person that she felt like

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she could confide in with her thoughts. There was some

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other strangeness too. My father made me stay in my room,

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but I peeked out when I heard him return home

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with the sheriff. I tried to listen to their conversation,

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but they spoke in a hushed tone. The only part

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I heard was when my father got upset and raised

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his voice. He said, remember, if I go down, I'll

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tell everybody about what you did. Then I heard the

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sheriff say, I guess it does look like an accident,

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and he walked out, slamming the door behind him. August

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held her tight to his body. She looked up at

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him kiss me. He wasn't sure if he should, but

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she was in such an emotional state and her eyes

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had such a pleading look to them. He gently kissed

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her lips, then again. Then she kissed him back, and

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a minute later she was pushing her tongue into his mouth.

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She kissed him even hard after she felt his man

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parts pressing against her leg. The only time before this

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that she had felt that was when her father hugged

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her that one Christmas after he had a few too

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many beers. Her mom had been there to separate him

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from her after seeing the fear on her face. As

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August and Beck's kissed, her hands began to explore, and

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eventually he realized where her hand was heading when she

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touched the place that he only dared to when he

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hid in his father's old shed, and then only if

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his mother was taking her nap or had gone to

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the store. The sensation was so intense that he felt

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his legs begin to buckle. When the top of the

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tombstone blew up and the sound of Joseph's rifle once

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again echoed through the graveyard, his penis went into full

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turtle retracto mode. By the time they looked in the

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direction her father was running towards them. The gun was

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pointing at August. Daddy, No, no, don't, sir, it's not

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what it But then he was silenced when the old

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man swung the butt of the gun, hitting him in

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the head. August didn't know how long he passed out for,

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but he was freezing and had to brush off a

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bit of snow that had landed on him. His first

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thought was to run to her house and save her,

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but then he second guessed it, afraid that it would

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cause more trouble for her. The next day, as he

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worked around the farm, all his thoughts were of her,

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and that kiss and her roaming hand. He tried to

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keep his mind off it. How many times had his

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mother told him that sexual thoughts were immoral and just

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as evil as sex outside the marital bed. He still

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believed some of that to be true, but he couldn't

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keep his mind from sinning. If he wasn't thinking about

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having sex with Becks, he was worrying about her. Neither

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idea was comforting. He considered confessing these thoughts to his mother,

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thinking that she could guide him and absolve him of

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his sin, but he didn't want to risk hearing her

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opinion on Becks. He knew she would call her a

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harlot and a vessel of sin. August began to cry,

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and he couldn't quite place why. He was so wrapped

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up in his own brain, and he had nobody to

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talk to. If only he had a friend, or if

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his mother allowed him to go to church, a pastor

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might be able to give him some spiritual guidance. But

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since Dorset had no Lutheran church, he had never been

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inside a place of worship. What's wrong with you to

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day boy, Margaret, his mother yelled at him as he

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fed the hogs. He was so in his head that

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he didn't notice her coming outside. Margaret was a thin,

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frail woman who had earned every line on her wrinkled

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face from scowling at people and the constant judgmental frown

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she wore. Regardless of circumstances, she always seemed to be

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upset or disappointed. I'm just feedin the hogs, Ma, I

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can see that. But it's noon. He should already be

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in the barn milkin, Betsy, I guess I'll have to

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do that too. I'm working my way there. I can

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do it. If you were really working, you would have

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gotten to her by ten thirty. You know she gets

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fussy this late in the day. I know, Ma, I

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know I can handle her fussiness. It's just then he

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stopped himself. Though she had gotten more lenient about who

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he spoke to and encouraged him to make friends, he

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didn't think she would be okay with him spending time

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with the daughter of Joseph Brewer. What is it, boy,

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spit it out. Better to spit it out than to

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make the animals suffer from your lazy way of working.

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I met a girl. This stopped Margaret in her tracks,

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and August could practically see the gears in her head

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turning as she decided on her response. She stared at

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him a good while before finally saying, that's good boy.

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I'm going to take care of Betsy. Once she was gone,

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he sighed in relief and thought, God, bless you. At

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Gheen at the Brewer House, Bes was moving around slowly

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doing her chores as well, but her slowness was because

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her body was sore. After they had left, August passed

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out in the snow. He dragged her by the hair

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to the house, and instead of a switch, he threw

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her against the wall and punched her repeatedly. She had

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thought to herself during the fight, just keep yourself away

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from any stairs. August wanted to impress Bes, so he

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had dug through his clothes and his father's to create

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a look. He settled on a striped shirt with a

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blazer over it. They contrasted horribly. He paired that with

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his nicest blue jeans and a pair of brand new

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Chuck Taylor's. As he walked into the Grange dance hall,

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he noticed eyes on him. He immediately felt self conscious.

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He looked down at his wardrobe and sighed, hey, you

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lookin sharp. August spun around to see who the wise

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acre was, but instead was greeted with Bex's smiling face.

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Oh hey, I wasn't sure if you'd be coming, August said, yeah.

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I was surprised that I was able to. I had

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to do extra work around the house and made my

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dad his favorite dinners all week to get permission to

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go to Sarah's house. But of course that was a

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ruse to come here and see you. I've been thinking

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about you all week, he said. He didn't mean to

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be so honest. He had planned to play it cool.

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I was afraid you wouldn't like me anymore. Why wouldn't I,

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he asked, because my father attempted to murder you. Oh

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that happens to me all the time, she laughed. So

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should we dance or should we sit on the benches

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and judge people first? They danced all night and smiled

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and laughed together as if they didn't have horrible home

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lives to go back to. And this moment, my life

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is perfect, August said, you old softy, It's true, he protested.

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She rolled her eyes, then moved closer so that their

456
00:35:55.599 --> 00:36:00.920
bodies were touching as they danced. They stayed in that position,

457
00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:06.239
slow dancing, even when the song ended and the curfew

458
00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:12.800
announcement was given. Don't you have to go? August asked, yeah,

459
00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:17.519
but she didn't let go, and they continued to hold

460
00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:24.679
each other forgetting about the outside world six inches, said

461
00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:28.159
miss brock Miller. Miss brock Miller was one of the

462
00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:34.320
unofficial chaperones of the dance. Nobody asked her. She had

463
00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:39.440
just started showing up one week and took control. Mostly.

464
00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:42.400
She made sure that the disc jockey didn't play too

465
00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:46.320
much fast rock and roll and that nobody was doing

466
00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:53.320
the dirty boogie. Oh sorry, ma'am, Beck said, I wasn't thinking.

467
00:36:54.360 --> 00:37:01.800
What would your father think? I uh? She began to respond, Hey,

468
00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:07.679
leave her alone. August said, we're not kids, and we separated,

469
00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:12.199
as asked, So move on and bother somebody else. And

470
00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:14.639
what would your mother think of you talking to your

471
00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:20.480
elder like this? My mother can think whatever she wants to. Plus,

472
00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:23.239
you know, my mother doesn't value the opinion of a

473
00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:28.800
divorced woman anyhow. Miss Brockmiller huffed and then walked away.

474
00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:36.079
Oh no, Beck said, what. August asked, She's going to

475
00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:42.000
tell my father? No, she won't. Yeah, she will. She

476
00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:48.639
works with him, oh, August said, then looked down at

477
00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:55.519
the floor. I'm sorry, Beck's with all that. They stopped dancing,

478
00:37:56.199 --> 00:38:00.400
and her real life troubles began to return to her head.

479
00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:04.800
I've got to go. I'm going to be in so

480
00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:10.000
much trouble. It's going to be all right. She gave

481
00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:16.159
him a fake smile. Thank you all for coming. We

482
00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:19.320
are closing out the dance like we always do with

483
00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:31.840
the Maguire sisters. Good Night, sweetheart, good night. What time

484
00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:37.599
does the dance end, Becks asked, with panic in her voice. Eleven.

485
00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:42.840
It's eleven, she said, in a panic. He's going to

486
00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:46.800
kill me. He won't kill you. You don't know him.

487
00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:50.360
I met him kind of when he hit me in

488
00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:53.480
the face with the butt of his gun. Doesn't that

489
00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:57.880
tell you what he's capable of. Becks broke out in tears.

490
00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:02.039
So he put his arm around. She put her head

491
00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:05.760
on his shoulder, and they walked out of the dance together.

492
00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:10.320
As he guided her towards the direction of her house,

493
00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:15.079
she stopped him. You can't walk me home. I might

494
00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:18.079
not be murdered if I talk quick enough, if I'm

495
00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:23.880
sweet enough. But he will kill you, okay, he said,

496
00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:30.840
it was nice dancing with you always. Then she turned

497
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:35.960
to walk away. Becks. He waited for her to turn

498
00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:42.519
around and then continued, before you go. He reached into

499
00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:46.119
the pocket of his jeans and pulled out a little card.

500
00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:50.760
She walked back towards him, and he handed it to her.

501
00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.880
On the cover, he had drawn a heart with their

502
00:39:54.960 --> 00:40:00.239
names inside. She smiled at him and then opened it

503
00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:06.559
up and read, Dear Becks, Becoming reacquainted with you last

504
00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:10.760
week started a fire inside of me. Just as I

505
00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:14.239
was settling for a life of boredom and solitude at

506
00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:19.760
the farm, I met you, a girl so full of life.

507
00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.840
I shouldn't say it, and I know it's dumb to say,

508
00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:27.199
but when we had that first dance, I fell in

509
00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:32.840
love with you. Oh Augie, she said, and then threw

510
00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:38.119
her arms around him and kissed him. It is stupid

511
00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:42.760
to say, she stated, and watched his face turn into

512
00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:47.400
a frown. But I must be stupid too, because I

513
00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:53.119
feel the same about you. I love you, August began

514
00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:59.119
to smile once again. So will you be my Valentine?

515
00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:05.159
The big dance is next Friday, of course, but I

516
00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:08.519
do expect more from a date than just going to

517
00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:14.679
the same dance every week. Of course, Dinner at Jay's beforehand.

518
00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:19.519
August leaned in and kissed her again, and it wasn't

519
00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:23.920
long before they were full on making out. Leaning against

520
00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:29.000
the side of the grange hall. Becky Sue miss brock

521
00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:34.800
Miller yelled. They separated instantly, suddenly hit with the reality

522
00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:39.159
that the dance was ending. People were filing out, and

523
00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:42.960
half the town saw them making out like a couple

524
00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:49.039
of teenagers. I'm calling your father, she shouted. Screw you,

525
00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:54.639
beck said, and then grabbed August's hand and dragged him

526
00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:58.480
away from the grange hall. He didn't know where she

527
00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:11.119
was taking him, but he followed without complaints or questions.

528
00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:15.320
She dragged him to Fritz and Ericsson's, the department store

529
00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:18.960
she worked at. Inside, she led him to the showroom

530
00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:22.800
where they had a single bed. It was a top

531
00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:26.320
of the line bed set with a beautiful gold wrought

532
00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:31.280
iron headboard. It was nice, too nice for the town.

533
00:42:31.760 --> 00:42:34.480
She had noted how many people had looked at it,

534
00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:37.440
but it was one of those items that was just

535
00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:42.119
too expensive for any of their customers. It had been

536
00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:46.199
sitting in the showroom for two years waiting for someone

537
00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:49.480
to take it home. Every day that she worked there,

538
00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:52.559
she dreamed of a future where she would be out

539
00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:56.400
on her own, away from her father, and how the

540
00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:59.760
first thing she would furnish her place with would be

541
00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:05.079
this very bed. She imagined it as her marital bed.

542
00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:09.039
Bex let go of his hand and sat on the

543
00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:13.239
corner of it, where she slowly took off her red wedges,

544
00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:18.519
then climbed on top and gave him a come hither look.

545
00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:22.679
August was no fool, so it only took him a

546
00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:26.639
few moments to pull off his coat and sneakers and

547
00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:29.760
jump into bed with her. It took him all of

548
00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:33.400
ten minutes of making out before he had the nerve

549
00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:37.960
to place his hands on her side, right below her breast.

550
00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:45.199
Can I, he asked, I don't know, can you? She laughed,

551
00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:51.480
I mean, may I? She gave a small chuckle before

552
00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:57.119
grabbing his hand and placing it on her breast. Oh

553
00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:03.599
my god, he thought, I'm touching abreast over her dress.

554
00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:08.559
But still he wanted so badly to put his hand

555
00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:13.719
underneath and touch her bare skin, but he was afraid

556
00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:17.440
that she wouldn't be ready for it, plus he would

557
00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:22.199
have to go past her femininity to reach it. Suddenly,

558
00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:25.760
she grabbed his hand and pulled it from her chest,

559
00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:30.920
then stood up, pulled her dress off, dropped her panties,

560
00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:36.119
and reached back to unclasp her bra. It was almost

561
00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:39.679
too much for August. She was the first girl that

562
00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:43.480
he had ever kissed, and now she was fully naked

563
00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:46.519
in front of him. He had never even seen a

564
00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:50.320
naked female before. The best he could do was the

565
00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:54.480
cleavage of the evil females who appeared in e C. Comics.

566
00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:59.440
The eviler the woman, it seemed, the more cleavage they showed,

567
00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:04.440
he liked the evil women. Are you sure you want

568
00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:10.239
to do this? Isn't it obvious? She asked, I just

569
00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:15.360
want to make sure it's nothing you'll regret. Never with you,

570
00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:20.239
you have my consent, she laughed. She then jumped back

571
00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:24.480
into bed, and he continued his exploration of her body

572
00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:30.440
just as she did his. Eventually it leads to him

573
00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:35.760
climbing on top of her. You're sure, right, he asked

574
00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:40.880
once again, as he lifted her legs up. For God's sake,

575
00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:45.039
put it in me. You have my consent, you always will.

576
00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:49.360
I'm always going to keep asking, though I'm a gentleman.

577
00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:55.360
Then he entered her. They both moaned, both of their

578
00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:59.559
minds blown by the intensity of the sensation that comes

579
00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:03.559
with that first taste of sex, the kind of pleasure

580
00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:06.480
that can only be felt when you hit that perfect

581
00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:14.079
mix of love, lust and repression. Augie, I don't care

582
00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:29.880
if I'm dead, You'll always have my consent. After his

583
00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:35.079
third climax and her fourth, they both finally passed out,

584
00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:39.440
both completely at ease from the flood of dopamine that

585
00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:46.639
can only be delivered by sex or possibly heroine. I'm

586
00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:52.480
going to marry you, August said, Oh, yeah, where's the ring?

587
00:46:53.719 --> 00:47:01.840
And then they both fell asleep. Joseph Brewer had been

588
00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:07.360
upset when Beck's wasn't home by nine. This became anger

589
00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:11.639
when she wasn't home by ten, and by eleven thirty

590
00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:15.159
he was fully dressed in his warm winter coat and

591
00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:20.599
hat and fuming in a white hot fury. At midnight,

592
00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:27.840
he grabbed his shotgun in the graveyard, he found no

593
00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:32.559
sign of her. The snow had stopped that afternoon, so

594
00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:36.440
he would have easily spotted her path had they spent

595
00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:41.960
any time there. In his truck, he drove recklessly, slipping

596
00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:45.559
and sliding in the snow on tires that had little

597
00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:49.840
tread left. But he had been driving in snow his

598
00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:54.719
whole life, so it was no concern to him. His

599
00:47:54.880 --> 00:47:58.559
focus was on finding his horror of a daughter and

600
00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:03.639
the scum that was likely defiling her. At this very moment,

601
00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:07.639
he let go of the shifter to fumble in his

602
00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:12.239
jacket to pull out a large chunk of chew from

603
00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:16.800
his pack of little Katy chewing tobacco. He felt a

604
00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:20.920
bit like a pansy carrying around a bag of little katy,

605
00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:24.880
but it was a few cents cheaper than plowboy or

606
00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:29.199
beech nut. Plus he thought it had a better taste.

607
00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:32.760
He was also ready to fight if anybody ever gave

608
00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:37.800
him guff about it. Nobody did. It was known around

609
00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:42.519
Dorset not to mess with Joseph Brewer. When he pulled

610
00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.440
in front of the grange, the lights were still on.

611
00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:50.159
He left his truck running, went upstairs and threw the

612
00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:54.039
door open, ready to make a scene, but the only

613
00:48:54.119 --> 00:48:59.679
ones inside were a few people cleaning. Joseph Brewer. A

614
00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:03.400
woman's voice said, do I have a story to tell you?

615
00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:08.039
It was miss Brockmiller, and she told him all about

616
00:49:08.119 --> 00:49:12.920
how close Becky, Sue and August Hanning were dancing. She

617
00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:16.679
also told him how they had walked out together and

618
00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:22.840
which direction they were heading, what the hell is going

619
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:26.400
on here? August and Becks shot up out of bed.

620
00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:30.280
Even in her hurry, Becks was aware enough to hold

621
00:49:30.320 --> 00:49:35.719
the blanket so that her breasts weren't exposed. Explain yourself,

622
00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:40.840
you hussy. I uh, it was the heat of the moment,

623
00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:48.559
Bes offered. Hugh, little slut, Sarah said, and then laughed, Hugh,

624
00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:52.079
are so lucky mister Fritz had me open this morning.

625
00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:57.039
I guess I am, Beck said. You will keep my

626
00:49:57.840 --> 00:50:03.119
She looked over at August our secret, of course, but

627
00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:06.719
later you give me a call. I want all the details,

628
00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:11.880
she said, as she took in August's exposed muscular chest

629
00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:16.119
that all the farm boys seemed to have. August was

630
00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:19.760
already sliding off the bed to get dressed. In his

631
00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:23.119
attempt to pull his underwear on while holding the blanket,

632
00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:27.599
he started to pull the covers away from Becks. Fearing

633
00:50:27.639 --> 00:50:31.559
that her naked body would be exposed. She yanked them back,

634
00:50:32.079 --> 00:50:37.840
which suddenly revealed his full naked form to Sarah. Oh my, my,

635
00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:42.360
you must have had fun, Becks. After they both got

636
00:50:42.480 --> 00:50:46.639
dressed and made their way outside, August went to walk

637
00:50:46.679 --> 00:50:51.360
her home. Augie, for your safety as well as my own.

638
00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:54.599
I think this is as close to my house as

639
00:50:54.639 --> 00:50:59.159
you should go. I want to walk you home. I

640
00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:03.400
appreciate that gesture, but it seriously won't be safe for

641
00:51:03.480 --> 00:51:07.039
either of us. But what if he wants to hurt you.

642
00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:11.639
He's going to hurt me, but it's a matter of

643
00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:14.920
how bad, and it'll be much worse if you come

644
00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:20.440
with me. I promise that for my safety, let me

645
00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:25.199
walk home alone. I can't have him hurt you. This

646
00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:28.440
is the end of that part of your life. That's

647
00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:34.639
all over with. She laughed. You're sweet, Come home with me.

648
00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:42.079
That'll only make it worse, not if you move in. What. Yeah,

649
00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:44.880
I know it's sudden, but I'm in love with you

650
00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:49.400
and we have the space. What would your mother say?

651
00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:53.960
It doesn't matter. I'm the man of the house. You

652
00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:57.199
got the penis, so you make the rules. Is that it?

653
00:51:57.840 --> 00:52:01.199
Of course? For the head of every man is Christ

654
00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:05.199
and the head of every woman is man. They both laughed.

655
00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.400
All right, I guess it's safe for you to walk

656
00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:13.079
me home. Then Bex felt a weight off her shoulder.

657
00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:17.960
She hadn't felt this much at ease in her whole life.

658
00:52:18.039 --> 00:52:22.119
She was finally getting away from her abusive father. And

659
00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:29.559
moving in with August just felt right. At the Hannig farm,

660
00:52:29.800 --> 00:52:35.320
her father paced the porch inside August's mother, Margaret, was

661
00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:41.000
heard yelling, I said, get off my land. She suddenly

662
00:52:41.079 --> 00:52:44.559
wished she had a phone line, but to her she

663
00:52:44.679 --> 00:52:48.480
had nobody that she wanted to jaw with. Phones are

664
00:52:48.480 --> 00:52:53.159
for gossip and layabouts, she always said, but now she

665
00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:57.679
knew they could also be used for calling authorities to

666
00:52:57.760 --> 00:53:03.480
pull protective fathers off her property. She understood how he felt.

667
00:53:04.039 --> 00:53:06.639
She was just as angry at her boy for not

668
00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:10.679
coming home and for doing god knows what with his

669
00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:14.599
harlot of a daughter. But those are matters to be

670
00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:19.440
taken care of under one's own roof. She's his kid

671
00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:22.280
and he can beat her if he wants, but not

672
00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:28.199
on her porch. This is it, She thought, I'm grabbing

673
00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:32.440
my shotgun when she slammed open her door and pointed

674
00:53:32.480 --> 00:53:35.800
the old double barrel at him. He got the message

675
00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:40.159
and ran to his truck. His bad mood didn't improve

676
00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:44.559
as he drove out of there, especially when Missus Hannig

677
00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:49.000
pulled the trigger, spattering bird shot on the tail gate

678
00:53:49.440 --> 00:53:57.440
of his truck. August and Beck's had arrived at the

679
00:53:57.480 --> 00:54:02.840
Hannig Farm's long driveway. Just moments before, Missus Hannick went

680
00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:06.320
into her house to get her shotgun. When August had

681
00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:10.239
run into the field, Bex wasn't sure what he was

682
00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:15.199
doing until he leaned over and picked a few wild flowers.

683
00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:19.519
Bex smiled as he approached with them, but then she

684
00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:22.800
was confused when he only handed her half of them.

685
00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:28.159
He held up the other bunch for my ma. She's

686
00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:30.920
going to have to accept this, but she ain't going

687
00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:34.320
to be too happy. Bex put her nose to the

688
00:54:34.360 --> 00:54:40.679
combo of wildflowers to smell them. They're pretty permission to

689
00:54:40.679 --> 00:54:46.679
be cliche. Sure, not as pretty as you are. Bex

690
00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:51.400
held her stomach bent over and made fake puking noises.

691
00:54:52.400 --> 00:54:55.039
Come on, give me a break, I'm new to romance.

692
00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:59.960
She straightened back up and smiled at him. You sure

693
00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:03.440
you're not just trying to get back in my pants.

694
00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:06.599
I can't wait to play naked twister with you again.

695
00:55:06.719 --> 00:55:10.840
But that's not the reason I think the world of you,

696
00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:15.199
and I want you to know that. She stops there

697
00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:20.280
walking to give him a little kiss. I'm nervous that

698
00:55:20.360 --> 00:55:24.360
your mother won't like me. That's a correct feeling. She

699
00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:28.159
won't like you, but she will feel better when she

700
00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:33.119
finds out that we're getting married. We are I don't

701
00:55:33.159 --> 00:55:38.360
recall a ring or a proposal, Augie Hannig. That's when

702
00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:43.639
he turned around and faced her. Becky, Sue, you know

703
00:55:43.679 --> 00:55:48.239
how much I care about you. Yes. The sound of

704
00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:53.480
a shotgun going off was heard by the two bes

705
00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:58.239
looked at him with concern. Mama's probably shooting at coyotes,

706
00:55:58.719 --> 00:56:03.480
he explained. Then he got down on his knees and

707
00:56:03.639 --> 00:56:07.639
pulled a loose ring out of his pocket. Her face

708
00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:14.719
expressed surprise, then happiness, and then she didn't know why,

709
00:56:14.880 --> 00:56:21.239
but she began to cry. This whole relationship was so fresh,

710
00:56:21.960 --> 00:56:30.400
This was crazy. Yet she knew her answer already. Oh, Augie, yes, yes,

711
00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:34.239
she said. As he went to put the ring on

712
00:56:34.360 --> 00:56:38.599
her finger, her face changed to express a new emotion.

713
00:56:39.519 --> 00:56:42.960
He watched with confusion as her face went from tears

714
00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:48.239
of happiness to terror. That's when he heard the sound

715
00:56:48.360 --> 00:56:53.000
that had already registered to her ears. She had known

716
00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:57.159
instantly from the way the exhaust rattled that it was

717
00:56:57.280 --> 00:57:01.960
her father's truck. It sound was so distinct because he

718
00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:05.960
had been too cheap to replace his rotted out muffler

719
00:57:06.480 --> 00:57:10.800
on the truck, even after she offered to pay for it. Instead,

720
00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:14.159
he opted to fix it with a patch, which only

721
00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:18.360
added a whistling sound to the low rumble. When the

722
00:57:18.400 --> 00:57:22.639
truck came to a sudden stop behind him, August stood.

723
00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:26.800
Back up, you son of a bitch, Joseph yelled as

724
00:57:26.840 --> 00:57:31.559
he threw his door open and made his way to August. Look, sir,

725
00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:35.719
we're all adults here. Let's calm down. And the punch

726
00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:39.079
to his face delivered by the old man was enough

727
00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:42.719
to shut him up. You stay away from my daughter,

728
00:57:43.480 --> 00:57:46.760
or I'll kill you, he said, while he held his

729
00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:50.719
aching right hand. I'm not going to stay away from her.

730
00:57:51.079 --> 00:57:54.400
I'm going to marry her, August declared, as he put

731
00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:58.000
his face right up to Joseph's. And there is nothing

732
00:57:58.239 --> 00:58:02.719
you can do about it, daddy. No. Bex yelled and

733
00:58:02.840 --> 00:58:06.320
ran towards them. She knew the sound of his colt

734
00:58:06.360 --> 00:58:10.920
pistol being cocked too well growing up on a farm.

735
00:58:11.079 --> 00:58:14.840
August knew the sound well too, and began to back

736
00:58:14.920 --> 00:58:18.760
away from the old man. I thought there was no

737
00:58:18.880 --> 00:58:23.840
way I could stop you, Joseph laughed. Becks, get in

738
00:58:23.920 --> 00:58:29.000
the truck, don't, August yelled to her, but she was

739
00:58:29.079 --> 00:58:33.440
already heading to it as Joseph walked towards August, bringing

740
00:58:33.480 --> 00:58:38.320
their ten foot gap down to two. Then he smiled

741
00:58:38.760 --> 00:58:45.400
and took another step, putting the gun to August's forehead. Daddy, stop,

742
00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:50.559
I'm in the truck already, I'll be good. Joseph squinted

743
00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:55.440
and stared into August's eyes, never taking his finger off

744
00:58:55.480 --> 00:58:59.880
the trigger. August couldn't hide the anger he was feeling,

745
00:59:00.599 --> 00:59:05.400
but it didn't outweigh his fear. Moments passed that felt

746
00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:10.280
like hours. Then Joseph stepped back afoot, made a quick

747
00:59:10.400 --> 00:59:15.159
inhale of breath, and then spat a mixture of saliva

748
00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:20.519
and chewing tobacco in August's face. As soon as Joseph

749
00:59:20.639 --> 00:59:24.719
pulled away with his new fiancee in the truck, August's

750
00:59:24.840 --> 00:59:29.559
knees buckled and he fell to the ground. That son

751
00:59:29.639 --> 00:59:32.880
of a bitch, What a total son of a bitch.

752
00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:38.199
He had no intention of letting him win. He stood up,

753
00:59:38.679 --> 00:59:42.280
slid the ring back in his pocket, and swore to

754
00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:47.880
himself that he would put it on her finger as

755
00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:51.599
soon as he arrived at his family's farm. His mother

756
00:59:51.800 --> 00:59:55.719
began to scream at him. You are a no good fornicator,

757
00:59:55.760 --> 00:59:59.519
you son of Solomon. What shame you've brought to this family.

758
01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:03.559
You should have seen how upset that man was. Fuck

759
01:00:03.639 --> 01:00:07.599
that guy. Oh, my my life, Where Lord did I

760
01:00:07.679 --> 01:00:12.320
go wrong? She looked up to the sky. I'm sorry, Lord,

761
01:00:12.760 --> 01:00:16.920
I've wasted this precious life you gave me raising a sinner.

762
01:00:17.920 --> 01:00:22.760
August fade shock. I thought now you wanted me to

763
01:00:22.800 --> 01:00:28.360
be like everyone else normal people date. His mother's eyes

764
01:00:28.559 --> 01:00:33.079
snapped from the sky to looking directly at him. There

765
01:00:33.239 --> 01:00:37.920
is a difference between dating and being a common fornicator.

766
01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:41.000
Do not stand here and lie to me and tell

767
01:00:41.039 --> 01:00:44.480
me that you and that Harlot spent all night talking

768
01:00:45.079 --> 01:00:50.400
that nothing sinful happened between you. August wasn't going to lie,

769
01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:55.400
so he said nothing, And what about me and my worrying?

770
01:00:55.800 --> 01:00:58.679
Did you ever stop to think what being out all

771
01:00:58.760 --> 01:01:01.400
night would do to my health? Not to mention the

772
01:01:01.440 --> 01:01:06.000
poor father of the girl you defiled? Jesus Christ, Mom,

773
01:01:06.559 --> 01:01:11.880
August yelled, give me a break. Everybody has sex. The

774
01:01:11.920 --> 01:01:15.280
stress of all that had happened, with the added shame

775
01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:18.800
of her son taking the Lord's name in vain, was

776
01:01:18.880 --> 01:01:23.639
too much for Margaret her face suddenly froze, and then

777
01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:31.920
her knees buckled. August ran to his mother, you are

778
01:01:32.039 --> 01:01:35.320
nothing but a no good little whore. Do you know

779
01:01:35.360 --> 01:01:39.400
what kind of shame you've brought to this family? Joseph yelled,

780
01:01:40.000 --> 01:01:43.559
just inches away from his daughter's black and blue face,

781
01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:48.000
her tears mixed with the blood from her nose, keeping

782
01:01:48.039 --> 01:01:51.760
the crimson blood fresh, though the broken nose happened an

783
01:01:51.760 --> 01:01:56.760
hour ago when he punched her in the truck. Don't

784
01:01:56.800 --> 01:02:01.400
you love me, bes asked. He just stared at her.

785
01:02:02.400 --> 01:02:05.360
How can you hurt me this way? Why do you

786
01:02:05.480 --> 01:02:09.480
hate me for liking a boy. I'm not doing anything

787
01:02:09.519 --> 01:02:13.880
outside the norm of every other American girl, she explained,

788
01:02:13.920 --> 01:02:17.639
as she looked into his eyes, searching for any sign

789
01:02:17.719 --> 01:02:21.239
of his humanity or even the slightest hint of her

790
01:02:21.320 --> 01:02:30.000
getting through to him. She saw nothing. Mama, don't die,

791
01:02:30.039 --> 01:02:34.320
August said to his mother in her hospital bed. She's

792
01:02:34.400 --> 01:02:37.800
not a harlot. I plan to marry her. I promise.

793
01:02:38.519 --> 01:02:41.199
I'm going to make her an honest woman and be

794
01:02:41.360 --> 01:02:45.480
the man you want me to be. His mother attempted

795
01:02:45.519 --> 01:02:49.480
to smile and touched his hand. He stayed in that

796
01:02:49.559 --> 01:02:54.199
position for a long time looking over her, but his

797
01:02:54.360 --> 01:02:58.000
thoughts drifted to Beck's and how he was going to

798
01:02:58.039 --> 01:03:01.719
get her back. He thought thought about grabbing his father's

799
01:03:01.760 --> 01:03:06.639
old small game rifle and shooting Joseph Brewer. It was

800
01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:10.119
only a twenty two, but it was good enough to

801
01:03:10.280 --> 01:03:13.239
kill his own father when he shot himself in the

802
01:03:13.320 --> 01:03:18.119
head a decade back. But as much as he wanted

803
01:03:18.159 --> 01:03:21.440
to end her father's life, he knew it would end

804
01:03:21.519 --> 01:03:24.920
theirs as well, and he felt like his life was

805
01:03:25.119 --> 01:03:28.360
just beginning. He wasn't going to let that old man

806
01:03:28.800 --> 01:03:33.280
be the cause of it being ruined. No, he was

807
01:03:33.360 --> 01:03:37.760
going to have to be very cautious. He felt like

808
01:03:37.800 --> 01:03:42.119
a bastard because his only plan was to sneak over there,

809
01:03:42.559 --> 01:03:46.880
grab her, and leave town at least for a little while.

810
01:03:47.599 --> 01:03:51.039
But to do that while his mother was possibly on

811
01:03:51.119 --> 01:04:02.199
her deathbed made him feel terrible. Becks desperately clung to

812
01:04:02.280 --> 01:04:04.960
the couch as he tried to pull her from the

813
01:04:05.000 --> 01:04:08.880
front room. She knew his plan and she was going

814
01:04:08.920 --> 01:04:12.639
to fight with all her strength to stop him. For

815
01:04:12.679 --> 01:04:16.079
an old man, he was strong a life of farm

816
01:04:16.119 --> 01:04:19.880
work on top of his real job, which included loading

817
01:04:20.000 --> 01:04:24.400
up other farmer's trucks. With heavy supplies at Dorset Feed,

818
01:04:25.480 --> 01:04:28.800
so it wasn't long before she lost her grip and

819
01:04:28.960 --> 01:04:32.639
fell to the floor. He laughed and dragged her by

820
01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:35.559
her right foot as she kicked him with her left,

821
01:04:36.360 --> 01:04:39.960
which didn't seem to stop him, but not much wood.

822
01:04:40.239 --> 01:04:43.639
He was at white heat. She grabbed the kitchen table

823
01:04:43.679 --> 01:04:46.960
as she slid past, but let go when he stomped

824
01:04:46.960 --> 01:04:50.039
on the arm that grabbed it. From the sound of

825
01:04:50.079 --> 01:04:53.320
the crack and the new rush of pain, she was

826
01:04:53.400 --> 01:04:57.119
sure it was broken. She held her arm as he

827
01:04:57.199 --> 01:05:01.039
brought her to her feet and pushed her. She knew

828
01:05:01.360 --> 01:05:05.320
this was the moment, her last chance to save herself.

829
01:05:06.239 --> 01:05:08.880
She let go of her broken arm to cock back

830
01:05:08.920 --> 01:05:12.800
her other one and swung as hard as she could,

831
01:05:13.400 --> 01:05:18.039
making perfect contact with his nose. She smiled when she

832
01:05:18.159 --> 01:05:23.199
heard the crack, she knew she had broken it. He

833
01:05:23.320 --> 01:05:26.760
looked at her with disdain in his eyes and kicked

834
01:05:26.760 --> 01:05:30.679
her as hard as he could in the stomach, throwing

835
01:05:30.719 --> 01:05:34.199
her back through the doorway he had opened earlier, and

836
01:05:34.400 --> 01:05:39.039
watched as she tumbled down the basement stairs. He heard

837
01:05:39.119 --> 01:05:43.280
the thuds and some cracking sounds, but he didn't hear

838
01:05:43.360 --> 01:05:47.440
the loud snap He had hoped for the snap he

839
01:05:47.480 --> 01:05:51.760
had heard when he pushed his wife down the front

840
01:05:51.880 --> 01:05:57.440
room stairs. You were always a problem, he said, and

841
01:05:57.559 --> 01:06:01.840
then walked down to the basement floor. She was moaning

842
01:06:01.920 --> 01:06:05.320
in pain and crying. He knew he would need to

843
01:06:05.360 --> 01:06:10.199
wipe the tears away. That wouldn't look good. The bruises

844
01:06:10.239 --> 01:06:13.360
weren't great, but of course he had that dirt on

845
01:06:13.400 --> 01:06:16.960
the sheriff that kept them from looking too hard. After

846
01:06:17.000 --> 01:06:20.920
the death of his wife, he probably didn't expect him

847
01:06:20.960 --> 01:06:24.559
to play that card a second time, let alone only

848
01:06:24.599 --> 01:06:30.519
a few years later. Daddy, please, I'm in love, she

849
01:06:30.719 --> 01:06:35.320
said weakly. He smiled at her and then grabbed her

850
01:06:35.360 --> 01:06:39.360
shoulder while putting his other hand on her head, and

851
01:06:39.480 --> 01:06:42.880
did what the stairs were supposed to do. With a

852
01:06:43.000 --> 01:06:51.960
quick jerk, he broke her neck. August felt bad leaving

853
01:06:52.039 --> 01:06:55.320
his mother's side, but he had to check on Becky.

854
01:06:56.039 --> 01:06:59.320
He arrived at the Brewer home in the family car,

855
01:06:59.559 --> 01:07:04.760
a ninethe teen forty two Chevrolet Fleetline. You can do this,

856
01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:09.519
be strong, just walk up and demand to see her.

857
01:07:10.440 --> 01:07:14.519
August turned off the car, got out and walked up

858
01:07:14.559 --> 01:07:17.880
to the front door as fast as he could, in

859
01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:22.599
fear that he would lose his nerve. He knocked, but

860
01:07:22.760 --> 01:07:27.159
there was no answer. That's when he noticed that the

861
01:07:27.280 --> 01:07:31.679
truck wasn't there, so he went back to his car

862
01:07:32.280 --> 01:07:36.320
and waited. He was nervous when he heard a vehicle,

863
01:07:36.440 --> 01:07:41.639
but his nerve switched from anxiety to fear when he

864
01:07:41.679 --> 01:07:46.800
saw it was an ambulance and behind it was Joseph

865
01:07:46.880 --> 01:07:50.840
Brewer's truck. August jumped out of his car and ran

866
01:07:50.920 --> 01:07:54.920
to Joseph, pulled open the door and shouted, what the

867
01:07:55.000 --> 01:07:59.960
fuck did you do? Joseph looked around. The ambulance drove

868
01:08:00.039 --> 01:08:03.559
driver had already hopped out and was heading his way.

869
01:08:04.840 --> 01:08:13.400
I'm sorry, son, Joseph said, then pretended to cry, she's gone. No.

870
01:08:14.519 --> 01:08:19.199
August yelled for show. Joseph climbed out of his truck

871
01:08:19.640 --> 01:08:23.560
and put his arms around August and hugged him and

872
01:08:23.680 --> 01:08:26.840
said loud enough to make sure the ambulance driver heard.

873
01:08:27.840 --> 01:08:32.720
I know, I know you loved her too. The ambulance

874
01:08:32.800 --> 01:08:35.960
driver slowed his stride to let the old man and

875
01:08:36.039 --> 01:08:40.399
boy have their moment. August felt so gross with the

876
01:08:40.479 --> 01:08:45.239
man's arm around him. Joseph leaned closer and whispered into

877
01:08:45.279 --> 01:08:49.560
his ear, this is your fault. You know, thinking more

878
01:08:49.600 --> 01:08:54.520
about sewing your wild oats than about her. August pushed

879
01:08:54.560 --> 01:08:57.159
the old man away and then punched him in his

880
01:08:57.239 --> 01:09:02.039
already swollen nose. The ambulance driver ran to August and

881
01:09:02.119 --> 01:09:05.680
pulled him away from Joseph, who leaned against his truck

882
01:09:06.039 --> 01:09:10.199
and pretended to cry. August was able to break away

883
01:09:10.239 --> 01:09:15.119
from the driver quickly, but that's when the police car arrived.

884
01:09:18.039 --> 01:09:22.199
For the attack on Joseph Brewer. He was arrested for

885
01:09:22.319 --> 01:09:25.960
two whole days. He sat in that jail cell with

886
01:09:26.159 --> 01:09:30.720
nothing to distract him from his misery. All he did

887
01:09:31.039 --> 01:09:36.560
was sleep and cry. You have a visitor, Sheriff Altelle

888
01:09:36.680 --> 01:09:39.840
said as he walked a young woman toward his cell,

889
01:09:40.520 --> 01:09:45.840
then stopped. That's close enough. Miss August stood up and

890
01:09:45.920 --> 01:09:51.920
put his face up to the bars. Good morning, August, morning, Sarah.

891
01:09:52.880 --> 01:09:56.800
Sarah was wearing a long black dress and black shoes.

892
01:09:57.680 --> 01:10:00.159
I wanted to come by and see how you were doing.

893
01:10:01.199 --> 01:10:05.319
Bex would have wanted that, why are you still in here?

894
01:10:05.920 --> 01:10:09.359
Twenty five dollars bail, and he's all yours. The sheriff

895
01:10:09.399 --> 01:10:16.520
offered twenty five dollars for punching a murderer, miss mister Brewer.

896
01:10:16.560 --> 01:10:19.079
Has gone through a lot. If you don't stop with

897
01:10:19.159 --> 01:10:22.640
that talk, I'll kick you right out of here. I

898
01:10:22.720 --> 01:10:27.479
can't stay long. Bex's funeral is today, and it feels

899
01:10:27.520 --> 01:10:31.159
so wrong that you won't be there. She's being buried

900
01:10:31.199 --> 01:10:35.039
in the dress she bought for your Valentine's date. If

901
01:10:35.079 --> 01:10:37.880
I had the twenty five dollars, i'd bail you out.

902
01:10:38.920 --> 01:10:43.840
You should be there. It just feels so wrong that

903
01:10:43.960 --> 01:10:51.600
she's gone, August replied. On the morning of Valentine's Day,

904
01:10:52.039 --> 01:10:56.279
August's mother, Margaret, was finally doing well enough to leave

905
01:10:56.319 --> 01:10:59.800
the hospital, and the first thing she did was bail

906
01:10:59.840 --> 01:11:03.920
her son out of jail. August was happy to be

907
01:11:03.960 --> 01:11:07.680
able to change back into his own clothes and get

908
01:11:07.680 --> 01:11:11.680
his personal effects back. The first thing he did was

909
01:11:11.720 --> 01:11:15.119
put the ring that was meant for Becks on his

910
01:11:15.239 --> 01:11:22.720
pinky finger. That afternoon, he drove the fleet line to

911
01:11:22.800 --> 01:11:26.880
the cemetery. His mother didn't like him driving the car

912
01:11:27.000 --> 01:11:32.319
more than necessary, so usually he'd walk everywhere, but he

913
01:11:32.359 --> 01:11:36.960
no longer cared about her rules. As he entered, he

914
01:11:37.119 --> 01:11:40.800
thought about his father, but still did not want to

915
01:11:40.880 --> 01:11:46.680
see his grave because that would make it final. He

916
01:11:46.760 --> 01:11:50.720
felt the same way about hers. He still wanted the

917
01:11:50.800 --> 01:11:54.640
fantasy that she would come back to him, but he

918
01:11:54.720 --> 01:11:58.039
had made himself a promise that he had to keep.

919
01:11:59.319 --> 01:12:02.199
It wasn't hard to find her grave, as it was

920
01:12:02.239 --> 01:12:06.239
the only one marked with a wooden cross. He guessed

921
01:12:06.279 --> 01:12:11.399
that the headstone hadn't been created yet. August Hannig used

922
01:12:11.439 --> 01:12:14.479
the soul of his black leather boots to press the

923
01:12:14.479 --> 01:12:21.479
blade of his shovel into the snow covered earth. Despite

924
01:12:21.600 --> 01:12:25.159
the snow, the ground was still soft and easy to

925
01:12:25.239 --> 01:12:29.239
dig out the benefit of it being a fresh grave.

926
01:12:30.920 --> 01:12:33.800
I wish I could have gotten out here sooner, sweetie,

927
01:12:34.520 --> 01:12:39.000
August said, though there were only the trees, the wind,

928
01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:44.479
and the tombstones around to hear him. It took an

929
01:12:44.600 --> 01:12:48.680
hour to get down to her coffin. He was fearful

930
01:12:48.760 --> 01:12:52.960
that someone would spot him, but not so much to stop.

931
01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:58.520
She was just as beautiful as he remembered. The undertaker

932
01:12:58.600 --> 01:13:03.800
had done a fine job. Though she looked pale, especially

933
01:13:04.319 --> 01:13:08.560
with her now light blue skin contrasting with the red

934
01:13:08.680 --> 01:13:13.359
Valentine's dress that had a decorative heart over her right breast,

935
01:13:14.199 --> 01:13:18.840
she was still so beautiful, he thought. He was still

936
01:13:19.039 --> 01:13:23.720
so in love with her. He couldn't help himself. He

937
01:13:23.840 --> 01:13:29.079
bent down and kissed her cold lips. He then ran

938
01:13:29.199 --> 01:13:33.039
his hand down her side until he reached what he

939
01:13:33.159 --> 01:13:37.680
was after, he held her hand in his and began

940
01:13:37.800 --> 01:13:43.159
to speak, Oh, Becks, these last few weeks have been magical.

941
01:13:44.159 --> 01:13:48.359
I never expected to find love. I didn't even really

942
01:13:48.479 --> 01:13:54.439
know what love was until I found you. You're so smart,

943
01:13:55.039 --> 01:13:58.479
caring and cool, and that's with you being under the

944
01:13:58.520 --> 01:14:02.359
thumb of your father. I can't imagine what you'll become

945
01:14:02.479 --> 01:14:05.720
when you're past his influence, and I want to be

946
01:14:05.760 --> 01:14:08.560
a part of that. I want to support you in

947
01:14:08.640 --> 01:14:11.439
any way I can. I want to love you for

948
01:14:11.479 --> 01:14:16.760
the rest of my days. Becks, will you marry me?

949
01:14:17.720 --> 01:14:21.399
He looked at her for a response, but of course

950
01:14:22.239 --> 01:14:29.079
none came. Then he slipped the ring on her finger,

951
01:14:29.960 --> 01:14:34.640
kissed her cold lips once more, then closed the coffin

952
01:14:35.399 --> 01:14:45.399
and covered it back up. Good Bye, my love. If

953
01:14:45.439 --> 01:14:49.039
he had stayed a bit longer, he would have seen

954
01:14:49.159 --> 01:14:54.840
her eyelids begin to flutter and then open to reveal

955
01:14:55.000 --> 01:15:01.680
her cloudy, dry, dilated, yet still green eye. Her struggle

956
01:15:01.760 --> 01:15:04.800
to climb out of her grave wouldn't have been as

957
01:15:04.920 --> 01:15:09.680
rough either. She wouldn't have broken all her nails, and

958
01:15:09.800 --> 01:15:13.760
her beautiful red dress wouldn't have been covered in dirt

959
01:15:14.520 --> 01:15:17.880
as she dug her way out of six feet of it.

960
01:15:22.800 --> 01:15:26.239
After the death of his wife last year, and now

961
01:15:26.319 --> 01:15:29.520
that his daughter is gone, there was a certain amount

962
01:15:29.560 --> 01:15:34.680
of ease to Joseph Brewer's mind. Of course, things would

963
01:15:34.720 --> 01:15:40.159
be a bit tighter financially without her contribution, but at

964
01:15:40.279 --> 01:15:43.359
least he no longer had to worry about the women

965
01:15:43.479 --> 01:15:48.399
in his life embarrassing him further. As he opened the fridge,

966
01:15:48.439 --> 01:15:52.079
he was disappointed to no longer have someone to make

967
01:15:52.119 --> 01:15:56.479
his meals, so he would be having a simple dinner

968
01:15:57.119 --> 01:16:00.800
of a sandwich and maybe a can of soup. But

969
01:16:00.960 --> 01:16:04.960
for now he was just grabbing another beer. If he

970
01:16:05.079 --> 01:16:09.000
hadn't used the commercial break to grab a drink, he

971
01:16:09.039 --> 01:16:16.079
would have seen his front door open. He sat down

972
01:16:16.159 --> 01:16:19.680
with his fifth bier of the night, just in time

973
01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:24.000
for the opening of gun Smoke, his favorite show. Though

974
01:16:24.039 --> 01:16:27.560
he didn't always agree with the morality tales they told.

975
01:16:28.479 --> 01:16:32.279
He thought the marshal was too lenient and shouldn't stop

976
01:16:32.319 --> 01:16:35.640
the good old boys from hanging the criminals. All the time,

977
01:16:36.479 --> 01:16:41.760
he believed in frontier justice. He ignored the first creak

978
01:16:41.800 --> 01:16:46.039
he heard on the stairs. This was an old house

979
01:16:46.479 --> 01:16:50.640
and it made noise from time to time. But when

980
01:16:50.640 --> 01:16:53.119
he heard the creek at the top of the stairs,

981
01:16:53.840 --> 01:16:58.399
he knew somebody was in his house. He knew that

982
01:16:58.600 --> 01:17:03.359
squeak very well. It only happened when somebody moved from

983
01:17:03.399 --> 01:17:08.039
the stairs to the walkway in one fluid motion. He

984
01:17:08.159 --> 01:17:13.960
stood up and swung around to look, but nobody was there.

985
01:17:15.359 --> 01:17:18.720
He tried to tell himself it was nothing, but that

986
01:17:19.119 --> 01:17:23.199
was when he noticed the dirty footprints by the front

987
01:17:23.239 --> 01:17:27.119
door and the bit of dirt on the first couple

988
01:17:27.119 --> 01:17:32.960
of steps leading upstairs. That's no good, boy, he said

989
01:17:33.000 --> 01:17:36.920
to himself, then yelled, don't you know if you enter

990
01:17:37.000 --> 01:17:40.079
somebody's home, they have every right to defend themselves with

991
01:17:40.199 --> 01:17:44.920
lethal force. Joseph walked over to the little end table

992
01:17:45.000 --> 01:17:48.720
where his wallet and keys were set. He slid open

993
01:17:48.760 --> 01:17:53.520
the drawer and pulled out his Colt pistol, then yelled out,

994
01:17:54.279 --> 01:17:56.239
I always wanted to know what it was like to

995
01:17:56.239 --> 01:17:59.960
shoot somebody with this gun. You know, I haven't shot

996
01:17:59.840 --> 01:18:04.880
anyone since the war. He got no response from his taunts,

997
01:18:05.560 --> 01:18:08.640
so he made his way to the stairs and began

998
01:18:08.760 --> 01:18:13.079
his ascent, while thinking how many times, can I shoot

999
01:18:13.159 --> 01:18:16.920
him with it still being self defense. At the top

1000
01:18:16.960 --> 01:18:20.600
of the stairs, he saw a bit more dirt. He

1001
01:18:20.680 --> 01:18:25.600
couldn't see which direction the person went, but they were smart.

1002
01:18:25.880 --> 01:18:30.079
Both bedroom doors, the closet, and the bathroom doors had

1003
01:18:30.119 --> 01:18:34.279
all been open to throw him off, so he bent

1004
01:18:34.439 --> 01:18:37.479
down and tried to look at each door opening to

1005
01:18:37.560 --> 01:18:41.079
see if there was any dirt tracked into the rooms.

1006
01:18:41.640 --> 01:18:45.760
Then he would know where the bastard was hiding. Come on,

1007
01:18:45.880 --> 01:18:50.399
you little twerp, where are you show yourself? He had

1008
01:18:50.479 --> 01:18:53.680
just noticed the tiniest bit of dirt on the floor

1009
01:18:54.119 --> 01:19:00.520
of his own room. Bingo. That's when Beck's pumped out

1010
01:19:00.560 --> 01:19:05.640
from the bathroom door. He screamed, but despite being startled,

1011
01:19:06.000 --> 01:19:08.479
he brought up his gun and shot her in the

1012
01:19:08.560 --> 01:19:11.880
side of her head, taking a large chunk out of

1013
01:19:11.880 --> 01:19:16.239
her ear. Since her father cheaped out and didn't spring

1014
01:19:16.279 --> 01:19:20.560
for formaldehyde, red blood still came out from the wound,

1015
01:19:21.039 --> 01:19:24.960
but only at a trickle since her heart had ceased

1016
01:19:24.960 --> 01:19:28.680
to pump By the time she reached him. He had

1017
01:19:28.720 --> 01:19:32.760
shot her twice more. From years of hunting, he was

1018
01:19:32.840 --> 01:19:37.319
a wicked shot, so despite the panic, his bullets both

1019
01:19:37.359 --> 01:19:40.800
found purchase in the side of her skull, ripping two

1020
01:19:40.880 --> 01:19:45.079
more holes in her head. Both were brutal kill shots,

1021
01:19:45.640 --> 01:19:50.800
but since she was undead, the only effect was cosmetic.

1022
01:19:51.760 --> 01:19:55.680
In response, she pushed him with supernatural strength toward the

1023
01:19:55.760 --> 01:20:00.640
stairs instead of falling down multiple ones. He only hit

1024
01:20:00.680 --> 01:20:04.479
the last two, and even that was just his ankles,

1025
01:20:05.000 --> 01:20:09.039
which both broke with enough force that they folded forward.

1026
01:20:09.800 --> 01:20:13.319
His toes touched his shins. She stared with her dead

1027
01:20:13.399 --> 01:20:18.560
eyes of malachite and watched him scream before making her

1028
01:20:18.680 --> 01:20:23.039
slow descent down to him. When she was half way

1029
01:20:23.079 --> 01:20:27.279
down the stairs, his survival instinct kicked back in and

1030
01:20:27.359 --> 01:20:31.359
he started dragging himself towards the front door. He made

1031
01:20:31.399 --> 01:20:35.239
it there, but was struggling to reach the knob, so

1032
01:20:36.239 --> 01:20:40.399
she helped him with that. He looked up confused as

1033
01:20:40.399 --> 01:20:45.439
she held the door open for him, allowing his escape,

1034
01:20:45.600 --> 01:20:51.319
but he attempted to continue anyway. That's when she slammed it,

1035
01:20:51.840 --> 01:20:56.600
catching his head between the door and the frame. You bitch.

1036
01:20:57.840 --> 01:21:01.720
Then she pulled the door back again and slammed it

1037
01:21:01.880 --> 01:21:06.039
even harder. The sound of his neck breaking was much

1038
01:21:06.159 --> 01:21:11.079
like the sound hers had made before she left. She

1039
01:21:11.199 --> 01:21:15.800
went into the kitchen and used her cold, dead fingers

1040
01:21:16.359 --> 01:21:20.000
to put out the pilot lights on his stove. Then

1041
01:21:20.239 --> 01:21:23.680
she cranked up all the knobs to hide and made

1042
01:21:23.720 --> 01:21:28.880
her way out. Soon enough, she thought the gas would

1043
01:21:28.880 --> 01:21:34.640
make it to the fireplace, then boom, no more house

1044
01:21:35.880 --> 01:21:39.720
when she was alive. She had done this three times before,

1045
01:21:40.319 --> 01:21:43.520
in the middle of the night after her mother had passed,

1046
01:21:44.039 --> 01:21:48.760
wanting to die and take him with her, but every

1047
01:21:48.880 --> 01:21:54.760
time she chickened out. Now though he was already dead,

1048
01:21:55.600 --> 01:21:59.319
and so was she, and she was never coming back

1049
01:21:59.359 --> 01:22:04.119
here again, and so why not. She had made it

1050
01:22:04.239 --> 01:22:08.920
back to the cemetery when she heard the explosion. She

1051
01:22:09.079 --> 01:22:13.640
planned to kill him then crawl back to her grave.

1052
01:22:14.800 --> 01:22:18.439
But she wasn't ready for death just yet. It was

1053
01:22:18.560 --> 01:22:23.439
Valentine's Day, after all, and she had a date. She

1054
01:22:23.520 --> 01:22:32.079
looked at the ring on her finger and smiled. Margaret

1055
01:22:32.159 --> 01:22:36.359
Hannig was sitting in her favorite chair and knitting while

1056
01:22:36.399 --> 01:22:39.640
listening to a sermon on the radio. It was a

1057
01:22:39.720 --> 01:22:45.399
Lutheran broadcast, but the minister's constant preaching of forgiveness God

1058
01:22:45.479 --> 01:22:48.560
on her nerves. Is it not better to live a

1059
01:22:48.680 --> 01:22:54.119
pious life than to ask for forgiveness? August walked through

1060
01:22:54.119 --> 01:22:56.720
the living room on his way to get a glass

1061
01:22:56.760 --> 01:23:01.479
of water. What are you still doing here? Margaret asked,

1062
01:23:02.359 --> 01:23:07.119
what do you mean? It's dance night at the grange.

1063
01:23:07.399 --> 01:23:11.600
My Valentine is dead. It could be a blessing. You

1064
01:23:11.680 --> 01:23:14.439
might just meet a better girl, someone who doesn't have

1065
01:23:14.840 --> 01:23:19.680
mental illness in their gene pool. August turned around and

1066
01:23:19.840 --> 01:23:24.640
faced his mother. He was furious, like, we aren't riddled

1067
01:23:24.640 --> 01:23:28.239
with mental illness in our gene pool? How dare you?

1068
01:23:28.840 --> 01:23:33.119
How do you mean? Well, you have some weird obsession

1069
01:23:33.199 --> 01:23:36.439
with religion which stops you from living a life, and

1070
01:23:36.600 --> 01:23:39.960
Dad not being able to handle your picking and constant

1071
01:23:40.000 --> 01:23:43.359
berating for not being a saint, something nobody can live

1072
01:23:43.439 --> 01:23:46.560
up to. By the way, Blue, his brain's out, And

1073
01:23:46.640 --> 01:23:50.039
you don't even talk about your parents, so I imagine they

1074
01:23:50.079 --> 01:23:53.880
weren't a source of brightness in your life either. Margaret

1075
01:23:53.960 --> 01:23:57.920
stood up God in her son's face and started screaming,

1076
01:23:58.439 --> 01:24:01.800
how dare you? Don't you rem remember your learning, honor

1077
01:24:01.880 --> 01:24:04.840
thy father and mother, that you may live long in

1078
01:24:04.920 --> 01:24:08.960
the land the Lord your God is giving you. Mom

1079
01:24:09.319 --> 01:24:13.239
calmed down. The doctor said, you can't get yourself worked

1080
01:24:13.319 --> 01:24:19.520
up anymore? How can I not? When I'm going to hell? What? Oh?

1081
01:24:19.560 --> 01:24:22.880
My God, you are so dramatic. Do you think God

1082
01:24:22.960 --> 01:24:25.880
is going to let me in heaven after raising a demon?

1083
01:24:26.399 --> 01:24:31.439
I'm not a demon. Fuck you, August yelled, and you

1084
01:24:31.520 --> 01:24:35.239
know what, I lost my only chance at love last week,

1085
01:24:35.399 --> 01:24:39.560
so he pointed his middle finger at the sky. Fuck

1086
01:24:39.680 --> 01:24:44.199
God too. God is going to smite you down. Anyone

1087
01:24:44.239 --> 01:24:46.720
who curses their father or mother is to be put

1088
01:24:46.800 --> 01:24:50.439
to death, she yelled, then stormed out of the room.

1089
01:24:51.319 --> 01:24:55.039
Let him, August yelled, and then went to the coat

1090
01:24:55.159 --> 01:24:58.520
rack by the door, grabbed his jacket and the keys

1091
01:24:58.600 --> 01:25:02.880
to the car. I have nothing to live for. The

1092
01:25:02.960 --> 01:25:07.720
wall next to him exploded, and he instinctively cupped his

1093
01:25:07.840 --> 01:25:11.760
hands over his ears to protect them, while turning around

1094
01:25:11.840 --> 01:25:15.560
to see his mother with a shotgun. All who curse

1095
01:25:15.680 --> 01:25:18.800
their father or mother must be put to death. They

1096
01:25:18.840 --> 01:25:23.039
are guilty of a capital offense, she said, as she

1097
01:25:23.159 --> 01:25:27.079
pulled back the hammer. August ran to her and grabbed

1098
01:25:27.079 --> 01:25:30.920
the gun, but she held it tight. What happened to

1099
01:25:30.960 --> 01:25:34.840
thou shalt not kill? His mother gave a big yank

1100
01:25:34.920 --> 01:25:38.640
to pull the gun away. Despite her age, she was

1101
01:25:38.720 --> 01:25:41.960
strong from working the farm, and she was able to

1102
01:25:41.960 --> 01:25:45.680
get the firearm away from him, but She pulled with

1103
01:25:45.760 --> 01:25:49.439
such force and so little care that she ended up

1104
01:25:49.520 --> 01:25:54.239
falling backwards with the gun aimed at her face, and

1105
01:25:54.319 --> 01:25:57.840
since her finger had never left the trigger, the gun

1106
01:25:58.159 --> 01:26:02.680
went off, just like her husband had years earlier. She

1107
01:26:02.880 --> 01:26:08.760
blew her brains out. August looked down at his mother's

1108
01:26:08.800 --> 01:26:12.399
dead body and the bits of brain matter and hair

1109
01:26:12.880 --> 01:26:18.319
that sprayed onto the floor and furniture, and thought, I'm

1110
01:26:18.359 --> 01:26:21.640
worse than ed Geen. At least he didn't kill his

1111
01:26:21.680 --> 01:26:28.399
own mother. August pulled into the last parking spot. The

1112
01:26:28.560 --> 01:26:32.199
dance at the grange was rocking. Usually there were maybe

1113
01:26:32.600 --> 01:26:36.880
twenty five people, but being that it was Valentine's Day

1114
01:26:37.319 --> 01:26:39.279
and there weren't a lot of places to take a

1115
01:26:39.399 --> 01:26:42.880
date in the small town of Dorset, every young couple

1116
01:26:43.439 --> 01:26:46.520
was in attendance. When he made his way to the

1117
01:26:46.560 --> 01:26:50.479
stairs leading up to the hall, he saw Bex's friend

1118
01:26:50.600 --> 01:26:56.880
Sarah sharing a cigarette with Thomas. August, you're out, Sarah said,

1119
01:26:57.720 --> 01:27:03.680
How are you holding up well? August replied, sorry to

1120
01:27:03.720 --> 01:27:09.159
hear about Beck's such a tragedy. Thomas offered, I feel

1121
01:27:09.199 --> 01:27:14.039
the same way August's side. I should have done much

1122
01:27:14.119 --> 01:27:17.680
more than punch him in the face. I saw him

1123
01:27:17.720 --> 01:27:20.800
at the funeral man he messed up his nose good,

1124
01:27:21.399 --> 01:27:26.960
Thomas said, the world's smallest consolation, I guess, he replied,

1125
01:27:27.600 --> 01:27:31.640
and walked past them into the grange. The hall had

1126
01:27:31.680 --> 01:27:36.199
been decorated for the occasion, with different sized construction paper,

1127
01:27:36.319 --> 01:27:40.800
cutout hearts and read in pink streamers hanging from the ceiling.

1128
01:27:41.640 --> 01:27:45.039
Everybody inside was having a great time dancing to the

1129
01:27:45.119 --> 01:27:50.319
song dream Lover. What am I doing here? August thought,

1130
01:27:51.239 --> 01:27:53.840
I should be calling the cops so they don't think

1131
01:27:53.880 --> 01:27:57.159
I killed her, Or I should be at Becks's house

1132
01:27:57.640 --> 01:28:01.600
killing her father. Or I should just go home and

1133
01:28:01.640 --> 01:28:06.039
shoot myself and end the Hannig line for good. But

1134
01:28:06.159 --> 01:28:09.880
he did none of those things. He just walked past

1135
01:28:09.960 --> 01:28:13.880
the dance floor and sat down on the benches where

1136
01:28:13.920 --> 01:28:19.119
they had first started talking just two weeks ago. Throughout

1137
01:28:19.199 --> 01:28:22.520
the next half hour, all the people in town who

1138
01:28:22.560 --> 01:28:25.840
had been strangers to him because of his mother's bullshit

1139
01:28:26.520 --> 01:28:31.920
came and gave their condolences about Becks. He handled it well,

1140
01:28:31.960 --> 01:28:35.520
but after a while he decided that he should drive

1141
01:28:35.640 --> 01:28:38.880
to the police station and tell them what happened with

1142
01:28:39.000 --> 01:28:44.520
his mother. But as he stood up, miss Brockmiller made

1143
01:28:44.600 --> 01:28:48.079
her way to him. How dare you show your face

1144
01:28:48.239 --> 01:28:51.359
after punching an old man? Do you know how much

1145
01:28:51.399 --> 01:28:55.039
he's gone through? Lost his wife and daughter, and some

1146
01:28:55.399 --> 01:28:58.920
punk like you, who probably defiled her innocence goes and

1147
01:28:59.039 --> 01:29:03.319
hits him in his time of grief. August looked up

1148
01:29:03.359 --> 01:29:08.720
at her. The asshole had it coming. Her face turned

1149
01:29:08.760 --> 01:29:13.520
red and her lips curled. Okay, okay, I think it's

1150
01:29:13.600 --> 01:29:17.920
time for you to go now. He no longer felt

1151
01:29:17.960 --> 01:29:21.800
like leaving. Nah, I'll leave when I feel like it.

1152
01:29:22.600 --> 01:29:27.439
I'll have you removed. You can't. You have no authority here.

1153
01:29:27.800 --> 01:29:31.079
You just showed up one week and started bossing people around.

1154
01:29:32.239 --> 01:29:35.920
August was bluffing. He was right, but he knew the

1155
01:29:36.000 --> 01:29:39.880
bitch could get someone to kick him out, regardless of authority.

1156
01:29:40.920 --> 01:29:45.560
But that's when the screaming started. August looked past the

1157
01:29:45.600 --> 01:29:49.600
woman and saw people running out the door. The reason

1158
01:29:50.479 --> 01:29:53.960
bes had walked into the room, and she looked much

1159
01:29:54.039 --> 01:29:58.359
worse than when he had reburied her hours ago. He

1160
01:29:58.479 --> 01:30:02.720
should have felt fear, but all he felt was happiness

1161
01:30:03.199 --> 01:30:07.760
and anticipation. He stood up and headed in her direction.

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01:30:08.720 --> 01:30:13.840
The screaming distracted her momentarily until she spotted her Augie

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01:30:14.359 --> 01:30:18.399
heading in her direction. Then for both of them, all

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01:30:18.439 --> 01:30:23.479
the noise and chaos faded away. They were too focused

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01:30:23.479 --> 01:30:26.920
on getting back in each other's arms to notice much else.

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01:30:27.800 --> 01:30:31.399
Most people did exit, but some were stuck in a

1167
01:30:31.439 --> 01:30:35.800
state of shock and remained. They were shaken out of

1168
01:30:35.840 --> 01:30:39.560
this state. When Miss Brockmiler attempted to get between the two,

1169
01:30:40.159 --> 01:30:43.319
stay away from her. She must be some sort of demon,

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01:30:44.079 --> 01:30:49.479
August ignored her. I missed you, babe, me too. It

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01:30:49.640 --> 01:30:55.159
was death without you. They both laughed. Miss Brockmiller grabbed

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01:30:55.159 --> 01:30:58.640
August by the shoulder and pulled him away from her approach.

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This at Bes, who responded by slapping her in the face.

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That's when the last of the stragglers broke free of

1175
01:31:08.119 --> 01:31:12.359
shock and ran out. Miss brock Miller instinctively put her

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01:31:12.399 --> 01:31:15.479
hand to her face to cover where she was hit.

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She then looked back at August, who appeared entranced, and

1178
01:31:21.319 --> 01:31:26.399
then back at her dead green eyes, then back around

1179
01:31:26.479 --> 01:31:30.319
to see she was the last one in there. That's

1180
01:31:30.359 --> 01:31:34.439
when she decided that self preservation was the best choice

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01:31:34.960 --> 01:31:43.199
and ran out. Becks, May I have this dance, of course, dear,

1182
01:31:43.920 --> 01:31:47.640
she said, and held out her hand, which he took

1183
01:31:47.960 --> 01:31:53.680
and kissed softly before pulling her in close. I missed you,

1184
01:31:54.359 --> 01:31:59.479
he said, I missed you so much, she said, as

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01:31:59.520 --> 01:32:04.840
her face scrunched and her eyelids fluttered. What's going on?

1186
01:32:05.439 --> 01:32:10.800
Are you okay? He asked. I'm crying, but I have

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01:32:10.880 --> 01:32:16.119
no tears to cry. My poor Beck scene he said,

1188
01:32:16.840 --> 01:32:20.520
and put his arm around her, attempting to guide her

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01:32:20.600 --> 01:32:24.640
head to his shoulder, but the broken neck made it

1190
01:32:24.720 --> 01:32:33.000
nearly impossible. I'm sorry, dear, it's okay, Beck's offered. These

1191
01:32:33.039 --> 01:32:40.920
have been tough lives. August said, you still have yours.

1192
01:32:42.760 --> 01:32:46.920
Outside the locals were arguing about what to do with

1193
01:32:47.079 --> 01:32:52.159
the unholy thing. Amongst them, let's shoot her, Tom, the

1194
01:32:52.239 --> 01:32:56.000
fifty year old owner of the Flying A gas station, suggested,

1195
01:32:56.600 --> 01:33:01.000
I don't think that'll help. Looks like somebody already had. Smitty,

1196
01:33:01.239 --> 01:33:06.119
the quarterback of the Dorset High school football team, said hey, Tom,

1197
01:33:06.399 --> 01:33:09.159
you got the keys to the station with you. Frank

1198
01:33:09.239 --> 01:33:15.159
the butcher, asked yeah, he said why. Frank turned to

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01:33:15.239 --> 01:33:18.920
a couple of the other guys, John Richard, why don't

1200
01:33:18.920 --> 01:33:21.000
you go with Tom and come back with some gas

1201
01:33:21.039 --> 01:33:26.960
cans full? Why what are we going to do? Bex's

1202
01:33:27.000 --> 01:33:31.159
friend Sarah asked, we're going to do what her father

1203
01:33:31.239 --> 01:33:39.479
should have done, cremat her. Inside the grange hall, Be's

1204
01:33:39.479 --> 01:33:42.800
and August caught each other up on the events since

1205
01:33:42.880 --> 01:33:46.199
they last saw each other. You don't have to worry

1206
01:33:46.199 --> 01:33:52.000
about my father anymore, Beck said, he's dead, so is

1207
01:33:52.079 --> 01:33:57.880
my mom. August added, it was an accident, Mine wasn't,

1208
01:33:58.399 --> 01:34:03.479
Beck said. When the music stopped, he excused himself and

1209
01:34:03.640 --> 01:34:08.079
walked to the abandoned record player. After a few moments,

1210
01:34:08.720 --> 01:34:12.800
August found the record. He was looking for Dwayne Eddie's

1211
01:34:12.960 --> 01:34:17.279
have twangy guitar Will Travel, which he put on side

1212
01:34:17.319 --> 01:34:22.439
a then walked back to her Dwayne Eddie She asked,

1213
01:34:23.279 --> 01:34:28.159
of course, I told you Link Ray was way cooler.

1214
01:34:29.199 --> 01:34:32.479
But Dwayne Eddie was the first artist we ever danced to.

1215
01:34:33.800 --> 01:34:37.239
But it wasn't this song, Beck said, Are you in

1216
01:34:37.279 --> 01:34:42.880
a rush? August asked, it'll get there. The first song

1217
01:34:43.079 --> 01:34:47.239
was a slow one, but the second song, Stalkin, had

1218
01:34:47.239 --> 01:34:51.800
the perfect low groove for dirty dancing. I guess we

1219
01:34:51.880 --> 01:34:55.399
don't have to worry about missus brock Miller separating us, now,

1220
01:34:55.479 --> 01:35:00.000
do we? I guess not. Their focus was on each

1221
01:35:00.000 --> 01:35:04.000
each other so they didn't notice the noise from outside,

1222
01:35:04.800 --> 01:35:08.640
and they didn't hear Missus brock miller yell light it,

1223
01:35:09.840 --> 01:35:13.880
nor did they pay attention as the younger boys nailed

1224
01:35:13.920 --> 01:35:19.479
the doors shut using nearby scrap lumber. Now they were

1225
01:35:19.560 --> 01:35:24.279
stuck in their own world. It was several minutes before

1226
01:35:24.359 --> 01:35:29.279
August noticed that something was off. Do you feel that?

1227
01:35:30.640 --> 01:35:35.199
I don't think I'm capable of feeling anything. It's getting

1228
01:35:35.279 --> 01:35:40.880
really warm, he said, and then looked around. That's when

1229
01:35:40.920 --> 01:35:44.880
he noticed the flames which had made it inside and

1230
01:35:44.960 --> 01:35:48.399
were beginning to spread across the floor. You've got to

1231
01:35:48.479 --> 01:35:53.720
go back, set for what you have, your whole life

1232
01:35:53.720 --> 01:35:58.600
ahead of you. You are my whole life. I'd rather

1233
01:35:58.760 --> 01:36:03.800
stay with you. August leaned in and kissed her pale,

1234
01:36:04.279 --> 01:36:09.880
dry lips. I love you, she said, and kissed his

1235
01:36:10.079 --> 01:36:21.600
moist lips. Then they embraced in a hug. By the

1236
01:36:21.680 --> 01:36:25.760
time the fire trucks arrived, it was too late. The

1237
01:36:25.880 --> 01:36:29.960
roof had collapsed. It took several hours for the fire

1238
01:36:30.039 --> 01:36:32.840
to be put out and for enough wreckage to be

1239
01:36:32.960 --> 01:36:37.039
cleared to find the two of them. Despite being charred

1240
01:36:37.079 --> 01:36:42.119
from the blaze and crushed by falling timber, they still

1241
01:36:42.279 --> 01:36:46.359
held each other and appeared to be looking in each

1242
01:36:46.399 --> 01:36:50.800
other's eyes. They both had smiles on their faces that

1243
01:36:50.920 --> 01:36:54.920
expressed the kind of love that only couples in dime

1244
01:36:55.039 --> 01:37:01.000
novels seemed to possess. The following year, the grain was rebuilt.

1245
01:37:01.720 --> 01:37:06.199
Not long after this, locals began to claim that it

1246
01:37:06.279 --> 01:37:11.279
was haunted. Throughout the years, their names were lost to history,

1247
01:37:11.760 --> 01:37:15.479
and the ghostly image that people claimed to see each

1248
01:37:15.640 --> 01:37:21.119
Valentine's Day of a couple dancing who weren't there became

1249
01:37:21.279 --> 01:37:26.800
known as the Valentine's Lovers, mostly because of the red

1250
01:37:26.920 --> 01:37:41.199
dress people claimed that the female ghost wore. All Right,

1251
01:37:41.399 --> 01:37:45.880
my spookys, I hope you enjoyed our Valentine's Day novella

1252
01:37:46.239 --> 01:37:48.680
as much as I did. Huge thank you to Bruce

1253
01:37:48.720 --> 01:37:53.079
Haney for writing us such a lovely and horrifying story

1254
01:37:53.720 --> 01:37:56.319
with a whole lot of heart, and not just the

1255
01:37:56.399 --> 01:37:59.600
kind that gets ripped from the corpse. If you're out

1256
01:37:59.600 --> 01:38:02.439
there to night, my spooky is walking home through the

1257
01:38:02.520 --> 01:38:06.000
snow with a slow song still stuck in your head.

1258
01:38:06.600 --> 01:38:10.560
Just remember, in a small town, everybody knows your business.

1259
01:38:11.119 --> 01:38:15.000
Somebody always thinks they know better than you, and if

1260
01:38:15.039 --> 01:38:18.840
they ever tell you over my dead body. Well, careful

1261
01:38:18.880 --> 01:38:22.079
what you wish for now, before you go writing a

1262
01:38:22.119 --> 01:38:25.039
love letter you'll regret in the morning. We've got more

1263
01:38:25.279 --> 01:38:28.720
terror on the way this Friday, Cutting Deep into Horror

1264
01:38:28.760 --> 01:38:32.640
is stepping into the Spotlight with Pearl, a bright, beautiful

1265
01:38:32.720 --> 01:38:36.479
nightmare about ambition, obsession, and the kind of desperation that

1266
01:38:36.560 --> 01:38:39.760
smiles right at you while it sharpens the knife. So

1267
01:38:39.840 --> 01:38:42.840
don't miss that one this Friday. And on Saturday, we're

1268
01:38:42.840 --> 01:38:46.800
opening the Weekly Spooky Vault for a special Valentine's Horror

1269
01:38:46.800 --> 01:38:51.079
compilation to make sure you have something bloody good to enjoy.

1270
01:38:51.479 --> 01:38:53.359
And I want to say an extra special thank you

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01:38:53.399 --> 01:38:56.399
to our Patreon podcast boosters, folks who pay just a

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little bit more at Weeklyspooky dot Com slash join to

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they are Johnny Nix, Kate and Lulu, Jessica Fuller, Mike Eskeuey,

1275
01:39:06.319 --> 01:39:09.800
Jenny Green, Amber Hansford, Karen We met, Jack Kerr and

1276
01:39:09.920 --> 01:39:13.359
Craig Cohen. Thank you guys so very much, and if

1277
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you want to hear your name at the end of

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1281
01:39:23.640 --> 01:39:26.560
appreciate it greatly. But now it's time for me to

1282
01:39:26.600 --> 01:39:28.800
get back to work. There is so much more fear

1283
01:39:29.039 --> 01:39:31.520
I have for all of you coming right up, So

1284
01:39:31.600 --> 01:39:34.680
make sure you're subscribed on your favorite podcasting app. You

1285
01:39:34.760 --> 01:39:37.800
do not want to miss all the scares to come.

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01:39:38.319 --> 01:39:41.279
So for myself, for my executive producers Rob Fields and

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babbletopia dot Com, my producer Dan Wilder, and my creepy

1288
01:39:45.119 --> 01:39:49.159
composer Ray Mattis, I will talk at you later and

1289
01:39:49.800 --> 01:39:53.960
enjoy the chocolates. Thank you for listenings. Make sure to

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01:39:54.039 --> 01:39:58.399
find your way back next week weekly, But for now

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you are safe, trust me,