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today I've got a crazy story for you
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think family drama sneaky curses and a
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full moon showdown that'll blow your
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mind so grab a drink get cozy and let's
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dive into how I flipped the script on my
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mother-in-law's wild schemes this one's
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a ride so buckle up this morning I woke
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up and found another weird bundle under
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my pillow it was wrapped in red cloth
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stuffed with dried herbs tiny bones and
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some dark sketchy powder
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most people would have freaked out but I
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just grinned why because my
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mother-in-law Clara was getting
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predictable this was like the fifth time
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she'd left one of these cursed bundles
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to save her son my husband Jake from me
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i held it up shaking my head and Jake
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sighed from the doorway
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mom says she saw dark spirits tailing
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you last night he said i smirked waving
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the bundle oh really is that why she
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left us this lovely present jake ran a
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hand through his hair something he does
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you know how she is Sarah maybe if you
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just let her i cut him off what burn
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sage in our house again wear those
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creepy charms she keeps sneaking on to
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me jake she thinks I'm the reason your
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family's got bad luck
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claire has been on this kick for three
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years ever since Jake and I tied the
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knot she's all about spirits curses and
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bad omens and guess who she decided was
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the root of all her family's problems
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it started at our wedding when Jake's
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dad had a minor heart attack nothing
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major just too much food and dancing but
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Clara took it as a sign I was bad news
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then when Jake missed out on a big job
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she blamed my dark energy the worst was
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last year when Jake's younger brother
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Ryan got in a car wreck he was fine but
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Clara was dead said I'd cursed him i'm
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like Clara I'm just trying to live not
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casting spells yesterday I found her in
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our bedroom cleansing our space i told
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Jake picking up the bundle with a tissue
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did you give her another key jake looked
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guilty she just wants to protect us
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family is everything to her that word
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family was Clara's favorite weapon
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she always made me feel like an outsider
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like she never wanted me with Jake in
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"what about the black salt around our
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bed?" I said "The weird symbols behind
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our photos the dead chicken in our
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garden last week." "That's protection
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too," Jake mumbled "she's just worried
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especially since Ryan's accident." I
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snapped your brother fell asleep driving
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after gaming all night that's not magic
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but I knew facts wouldn't sway Clara
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she'd spent the last year spreading
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rumors warning Jake about me and
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planting these cursed objects in our
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home what she didn't know was I'd been
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paying attention i'd studied her rituals
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her beliefs her superstitions every
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charm every spell i wrote it all down
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jake checked his watch i got to go mom
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invited us for dinner she says she had a
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vision about your aura i nodded already
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planning of course she did tell her I'll
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be there after he left I stashed the
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bundle in a box in my office where I
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kept all of Clara's gifts cursed coins
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graveyard dirt even a lock of hair she
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said was from a witch i'd photographed
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dated and logged everyone the full moon
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was in three days and Clara always said
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it revealed the truth this time she was
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right i called my friend Emily a
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cultural anthropologist who knows all
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about folk magic "another gift from your
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monster-in-law?" she asked "yep black
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bundle under my pillow," I said "she's
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getting bold time to move forward with
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the plan." Emily laughed "everything's
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set she won't know what hit her." I
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glanced at my calendar where the full
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moon was marked clara thought she was
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the only one who knew rituals she was
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about to learn different perfect I said
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shutting my journal let's see how she
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likes her own medicine
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tonight's dinner was going to be
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something else clara's house always
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smelled like heavy incense and herbs
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that scratched your throat tonight it
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was extra strong as Jake and I walked in
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I spotted red candles flickering
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everywhere and new protective symbols
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over the doors clara rushed to hug Jake
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standing between us like always
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i've been so worried she said the
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spirits were restless last night i
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raised an eyebrow at Jake but he looked
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away caught between his mom's beliefs
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and my skepticism "come come," Clara
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said leading us to the dining room "i
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made a special meal to clear bad
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energy." The table was decked out with
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her usual salt circles around each plate
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black candles at the corners and her
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infamous tea set with a separate pot for
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i knew how this night would go ryan was
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already seated looking awkward he'd
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tried telling Clara his accident wasn't
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my fault but she'd convinced him he was
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"sarah," Clara said my name dripping
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with venom "i had a vision about you
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last night i sat down messing up the
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salt circle on purpose," her eyes
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narrowed "what kind of vision?" I asked
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"darkness around you spreading to my
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family," she said pouring my tea but
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don't worry I've invited someone to help
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right on Q the doorbell rang clara
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brought in an older woman draped in
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shawls and crystals looking like she
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walked out of a fortune teller's tent
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"this is Madame Elise," Clara announced
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"she's a true seer she'll reveal the
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truth." "I sipped my tea to hide my
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smile everything was going as planned."
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"The spirits are active tonight," Madame
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said sitting down "the full moon's near
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secrets will come to light under the
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table I texted Emily showtime madame
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Eliz started her revelation ceremony
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telling us to hold hands for a circle of
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truth the lights flickered thanks to
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Emily messing with Clara's smart home
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system clara gasped the spirits are
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restless Madame Elise said the room got
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colder another trick Emily and I had set
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up with the thermostat someone here's
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been working dark forces madame Elise
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went on someone's been placing cursed
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objects clara jumped in yes in my son's
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house but Madame Elise's eyes locked on
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her the spirits show me someone planting
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these objects pretending to protect but
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meaning harm clara went pale
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that's wrong she stammered my phone
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buzzed i pulled up my photo gallery
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pictures I'd taken over the past year of
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Clara sneaking into our house planting
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bundles drawing symbols the security
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cameras I'd installed caught it all "the
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spirits don't lie," I said showing
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everyone my phone "every full moon Clara
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that's when you planted your evidence
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right?" Jake stared shocked ryan leaned
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in "mom that's you." Clara sputtered "i
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was protecting my family." Madame Elise
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actually Professor Elena Carter Emily's
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colleague who studies family dynamics
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by faking curses by trying to ruin your
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son's marriage the spirits hate
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deception the lights flickered harder a
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gust of wind courtesy of Emily's smart
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home tricks blew through snuffing out
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the candles "the spirits demand truth,"
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Madame Elise said in the dark my phone's
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screen lit up Clara's face still showing
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the footage of her sneaking around our
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house "the spirits aren't pleased with
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those who twist sacred beliefs to
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control others," Madame Elise said clara
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tried one last defense "i did it for the
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family she brought bad luck your dad's
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heart attack ryan's accident jake's lost
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job." Ryan spoke up quiet but firm dad's
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heart attack was high blood pressure my
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accident was me driving tired
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jake's job his competitor had better
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connections none of that Sarah's fault
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jake stood his chair scraping the floor
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mom you've been trying to wreck my
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marriage because you can't control
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everything anymore i felt a weight lift
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clara burst into tears but Jake didn't
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comfort her instead he stood by me "i've
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been blind," he said taking my hand
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sarah never tried to split us up you did
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with your accusations and schemes
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i squeezed his hand the tension of 3
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years finally easing i never wanted to
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prove you wrong Clara I said i just
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wanted you to accept me but the curses
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you planted them all every full moon the
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cameras caught it ryan stood too this
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has to stop Mom sarah's family now
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whether you like it or not the lights
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came back on emily's final cue madame
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Elise packed her crystals the spirits
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say this family can heal but only if
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truth replaces lies and acceptance
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clara looked small her schemes exposed
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not by magic but by tech and her own
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i'm keeping the cameras I said softly
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and we're changing our locks but Clara
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if you're ready to start fresh no more
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curses no more blame i am too jake put
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his arm around me that's more than fair
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after everything 3 months later things
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clara started therapy to deal with her
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control issues the bundles stopped
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showing up she even joined a meditation
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class to ease her anxiety about losing
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last week she asked me to help cook for
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family dinner no salt circles no weird
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tea just us chopping veggies side by
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side then she asked "Sarah how do you
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know about the full moon timing?"
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I smiled "you taught me to spot patterns
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Clara i just used them differently." She
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nodded almost impressed "maybe you do
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belong in this family." From Clara that
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was huge i took it as the peace offering
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it was that night as Jake and I got
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ready for bed he noticed a small
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protection charm clara gave me a real
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one not a curse hanging by our door
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"you're keeping it?" he asked surprised
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i shrugged "why not sometimes the best
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way to break a curse is to believe in
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blessings instead." He kissed my
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forehead "when'd you get so wise?" I
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grinned "oh just something I picked up
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So that's the story of how I outsmarted
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my mother-in-law's curses with some tech
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a lot of patience and help from my
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