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Chapter 33

Calmdowncalmdowncalmdown.

“What’s that noise?” my mom asks.

“It’s Mary,” Aunt Bette says. “I told you. She’s ready to go home.”

I hear my mom say, “Bette, please. Please stop torturing me like this.”

I’m still standing on the stairs, stuck in place. Something is wrong. Very wrong. Suddenly I’m afraid to go down there.

“You need help, Bette,” my mom says, and she sounds like she’s crying. “I’m taking you away from here. This house is making you sick.”

“No no, I’m fine, Erica,” Aunt Bette says desperately. “She wants to leave! She wants to leave with you! I’ll be better when she’s gone!”

“This house is in shambles, and you’re—you’re not well,” my mom chokes out. “You can’t stay here any longer.”

Aunt Bette backs up. “You can’t go without Mary. She’s going to be upset. She’s going to hurt someone.”

“We’re leaving. Now.” Mom has the door open. I stare at it and force it closed. She’s shocked as the knob flies out of her hand. The door bangs shut, and the dead bolt clicks.

Aunt Bette cries
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