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Chapter 7

Author: Silencio
"You want us to get out?"

Aunt Zoe let out a sudden shriek, still grabbing my pant leg in a death grip. "I'm not leaving! This is my home! I've lived here for 20 years! By what right are you kicking me out?"

She whipped her head toward the relatives she usually gossiped with, wailing for help. "Emily! Lillian! Say something! Hannah is trying to destroy us! It's Christmas! I'm basically a widow now! Where are my children and I supposed to go in this cold?"

But the relatives who had been so voc
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