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Max looked behind him and saw the row of cop cars coming their way. As soon as the large group all got there and heard the reason they were there, no one wanted to go into the house at all. Deanna walked up to the steps and took out her keys. She unlocked the door and pushed it wide. She reached into the house another the wall and turned on the first set of lights.
The room didn’t improve with light, and she started to flip lights on as she led the way to the third floor of the house. She was looking around but couldn’t remember where the door was that she must have found by accident as a child. She leaned on the wall, and a flash of a sliver of a memory hit her. She saw a portrait that was in the same place. She wondered why she had thought of that one portrait. That one portrait had always scared her.
It was on the second floor, not the th
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The walls were covered in what appeared to be tanned hides of smaller animals. At least that is what he was hoping for, but knowing this family as well as he did, he knew what they were. If Deanna realized she wasn’t reacting to it as he looked down at her. He was trying to stay focused, but the more he looked around, the more he wondered at the woman next to him and how she had wiped this mostly from her memory. The low light of the candles that lined the walls though he realized they were the type that was battery operated, but he could see they were newer. The dried wax was running down the walls in places in long strips. It added to the idea that this place was never really found by anyone else before.The other stains on the wall were there, and he had an idea as to what they were. As he looked around, he waited to see these other people that were here, but Max had begun to think he had already see
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Max looked at the three small girls and wondered what universe he had walked into though he knew whatever the person who had a hand in raising them as they had been raised to believe in a much higher purpose for themselves and everyone around them. Deanna looked at him and smiled softly as she looked back at the smaller girls. She nodded to them as her smile got bigger, “He is exactly that, my shining knight.”“Well.” Max started to say, but she cut him off, “Are there any more in here?”“Of course, there are.” The smallest of the girls replied. “We must always be at seven or thirteen.”“And how many are there?” Max asked.“Thirteen with all of us.” The little girl looked up to him.“Why tho
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“Could they be Henry’s sisters?” Max asked as he looked at the two closer. “They are the same size if not a bit smaller, and they have the same eyes. Deanna, I think they are.”“Triplets?” Deanna asked as she looked at him. “Samra didn’t say anything about more than one when I went to Winter Haven. She said she had to make sure he was okay, not they were okay.”“But if she had already made plans for them to be taken care of by her uncle, she wouldn’t care, would she?” Max asked. “I mean, we aren’t dealing with a normal birth either.”“Max, my parents had to file papers for Henry when he was born and then adopted. They are in my father’s desk. We should go and see.” Deanna said as she propped the toddler on her side,
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Max sat there and answered all of the questions that the social worker asked as he helped the two little girls finish their plates as Deanna sat behind one of them, helping her as well. As soon as the toddler was done Deanna got up and went over to the other bunch of girls in her mind she had dubbed the flowers. She smiled at everyone. “Was it good?” Deanna asked as she sat down with them and looked around.“Yes.” She heard as each of the girls spoke and nodded their heads.“Good.” Deanna smiled. “These people that are here right now are going to be asking you some questions, and they will have you taken to the hospital. Doctors are there and will be checking you out, and then they will find some nice people for you to stay with. Some of you might be together, but we will have to see. Soon I will be there to vis
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As she walked through the front door she felt the cool air of the season and let it fill her lungs. It felt good but she could feel the two little girls shiver in her arms. Deanna smiled as she walked back into the house and to one of the closet doors. She opened it and pulled out a jacket and two smaller ones that were for adults but they would be fine to wrap the girls in. She put hers on and then lifted the two in her ams and they wrapped their little arms around her neck as she wrapped the jacket around them.When they got outside she sat down and both girls huddled in front of her on her lap. She had wrapped the jackets around the two of them and soon both of them were fast asleep in her arms propped up on her chest. The social worker walked passed her and smiled as she then sat down on the grass near Deanna.
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Max knew it was well past the time that his parents would normally got to bed. He had looked at the clock and knew the night had gotten away from both of them. Though he didn’t regret at least getting her siblings and peter in custody for a second. It was well past the time that the family had to answer for their actions.As he pulled on the street he saw the lights on in the front room of the house and he was shaking his head watching as his mother paced around the room with Michelle in her arms and his father was watching from the kitchen with a smile that Max knew he also often wore while he watched Deanna with one of the children. He parked on the street and saw that both of his parents looked out to the car and went back to playing with the kids.As they got out of the car Max smiled at Deanna as they got the two girls out of the car seats. “Ready Clover and Poppy?&rd
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Mitchel walked over and looked at the small woman in his son’s arms. He shook his head as he looked at his wife who was still standing on the porch and looked like she was going to cry as well. The older man knew how much simple words could ruin a relationship. Though he was not known for his encouragement or his kind words he looked at his son who was doing better than he ever did.“She didn’t take her meds today. The morning one or the evening one.” Mitchel said softly. “We have had a few issues with her doing it. I am sorry Deanna that you happened to be the one she targeted today. Normally it is me.”“It isn’t your fault.” Deanna said as she sniffled slightly.“But it is in a way.” Mitchel said. “Maximillian you are a better man than I am that is for sur
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“Maximillian Anderson you are a huge pain you know that? You had me scared you didn’t want us here with that look and the I think we need to talk thing. Why did you go in the front door instead of coming through here?” Deanna turned on him as he hugged her.“Cause it was closer and the garage door was open but you were trying to breathe for a minute. Deanna I just realized that you have had so much thrown at you in the past few months. A new relationship, your parents being murdered, your sister being murdered, finding out your brother who tormented you is not only your brother but also your biological father, to now finding your mother was a crazy woman who thought she was appeasing a family curse with her perversions, to your father being as insane and holding woman in your house to get pregnant so he could use the children in some satanic ritual to “protect” you. That is
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