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<v Speaker 1>I did my best to backtrack exactly where I had

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<v Speaker 1>been when it happened. I didn't even think of renewing

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<v Speaker 1>my driver's license, canceling credit cards, spending another dollar for

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<v Speaker 1>the public transport card, or about the three ten dollars

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<v Speaker 1>bills I had in there for about a year. This

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<v Speaker 1>was more important, way past the unfairness of it all,

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<v Speaker 1>to take a wallet that doesn't belong to you, for

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<v Speaker 1>what was it the cash that was going to get

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<v Speaker 1>you the things that would kill you just a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit faster. Don't we all wish for that bravery, from

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<v Speaker 1>the willing and the will to face the reaper. My

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<v Speaker 1>name is Edwin, and here's a scary story. I got

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<v Speaker 1>in the car and faced the garage door as I

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<v Speaker 1>did my best to think back on my day. Three

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<v Speaker 1>men and one child on that train that left me

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<v Speaker 1>with only two suspects and a father. I've heard that

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<v Speaker 1>being a dad does things to you, but I wouldn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>And a child, well, the child can't spend on anything

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<v Speaker 1>without being asked where the money came from. The color

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<v Speaker 1>switched easily between black and green in my mind. Book

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<v Speaker 1>color was his shirt either way. I remember he looked

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<v Speaker 1>at me not a single familiar face on that train.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd tell you the other one was too busy playing

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<v Speaker 1>on his phone. It wasn't supposed to be dumb around

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<v Speaker 1>these areas to show your thousand dollars phone out in public.

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<v Speaker 1>The father and his son were a few seats away,

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<v Speaker 1>facing away from me, and I knew it. I knew

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<v Speaker 1>something was going to happen as soon as I stepped

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<v Speaker 1>into that train car. I never missed that second one,

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<v Speaker 1>but this time I did. I was rushing down the

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<v Speaker 1>steps because of that woman who couldn't figure out how

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<v Speaker 1>to use a card reader. They were new back then.

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<v Speaker 1>These things cost a dollar plus another five to put

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<v Speaker 1>your fare in it. Tracking us, seeing where we enter

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<v Speaker 1>and where we leave. Not hard to figure out where

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<v Speaker 1>we live and where we work because of it. And

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<v Speaker 1>so I watched as everyone rushed past us on my

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<v Speaker 1>right to make that train, and desperation, I murmured something

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<v Speaker 1>to myself angrily enough for her to turn around. Bright red.

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<v Speaker 1>She was beautiful, older than me, long black hair, and

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<v Speaker 1>a light purple jacket over a white shirt. I pushed

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<v Speaker 1>my wallet past her, brushing her arm with mine as

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<v Speaker 1>a beep and the green light triggered the tiny gate

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<v Speaker 1>to open. She rushed forward and waited for me, acting

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<v Speaker 1>as if we knew each other. I ran straight ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and down the steps, ignoring her loud thank yous as

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<v Speaker 1>I barely made the third car on the train. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a nice voice she had, likely a singer, shouting

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<v Speaker 1>as the door was closing. I looked at her and

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<v Speaker 1>almost waved as the train sped away. Had I not

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<v Speaker 1>been in the wrong train, I wouldn't have arrived by

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<v Speaker 1>the away. From the stairs, up the platform and onto

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<v Speaker 1>the street, I had to go past the vendors and

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<v Speaker 1>the lazy taxi driver smoking when the security guards finished

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<v Speaker 1>their rounds. Looking back at it now, I remember the

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<v Speaker 1>woman expecting me to buy coffee at six pm. Who

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<v Speaker 1>even does that? She got up and went to the

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<v Speaker 1>cash register, and I just walked past her two I

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<v Speaker 1>found it odd, But when I turned around there was

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<v Speaker 1>a man from the train right there again ordering something,

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<v Speaker 1>searching his jacket for his wallet. It was then when

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<v Speaker 1>I was walking out of the station when I realized

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't have it. There was no way to tap

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<v Speaker 1>my card on the exit thing, and now I stood

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<v Speaker 1>there as another random person behind me murmured something to

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<v Speaker 1>themselves loud enough for me to hear. I turned around

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<v Speaker 1>and stepped back, frantically searching for my wallet. That's when

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<v Speaker 1>I felt the coldness flowing over my own arms and

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<v Speaker 1>then my legs. It was gone. Now. I didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to do it, but I called up my friend Matt

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<v Speaker 1>to ask him if I could come over. His girlfriend

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be there. I was sure of it,

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<v Speaker 1>so I grabbed my things at eleven pm that same

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<v Speaker 1>night and went over there. They were acting as if

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<v Speaker 1>it was just a regular afternoon. His girlfriend, Jade was

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<v Speaker 1>making waffles and the toaster and heating something else up

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<v Speaker 1>in the microwave. I stepped over the clothes they had

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor and sat down. I started asking questions.

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<v Speaker 1>They were the only ones that stayed awake with me

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<v Speaker 1>when I couldn't sleep all those nights. They let me

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<v Speaker 1>crash on that same couch until I got better. My

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<v Speaker 1>therapist told me it was something we had to search through,

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<v Speaker 1>which didn't help, but they did. He would talk about

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<v Speaker 1>my past relationship and the streak of bad luck. When

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<v Speaker 1>I was sure I was having no job, no home,

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<v Speaker 1>no life. But there was something Jade told me that

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<v Speaker 1>would actually help. Anything you want she said, literally, that's

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<v Speaker 1>how we found each other, right, Mattie. She looked over

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<v Speaker 1>at Matt and pinched his cheeks, going in for another

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<v Speaker 1>one of those long and inappropriate kisses in front of

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<v Speaker 1>another person. That's actually how I got to know her

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<v Speaker 1>through these wishes, as she called them. At the time,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know if they were working, but they approved

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<v Speaker 1>themselves in time. First I got two job offers, the

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<v Speaker 1>second one for a lot more money than the first.

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<v Speaker 1>I got approved on the first apartment application I submitted.

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<v Speaker 1>They were doing well too. Business cards. They called them,

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<v Speaker 1>these oval shaped pieces of what I thought was paper

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, but later found out that it was

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<v Speaker 1>made of human skin. Inscribed were odd markings and soft

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<v Speaker 1>burn marks, all neatly around it, in such a way

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<v Speaker 1>that it looked to be all of one color you

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<v Speaker 1>got close enough to see them. The ink was permanent.

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<v Speaker 1>It spread over the years I had it, but I

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<v Speaker 1>tried not to look at it. Carry it with you

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<v Speaker 1>were the instructions for the thing. Almost three hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 1>for it back then. It must only stay with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Matt and Jade also had their own maid. They kept

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<v Speaker 1>it with them, but I sat there all those memories

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<v Speaker 1>circling me, mixing up with the new ones, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>decipher the shirt color of the man on the train

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<v Speaker 1>that when I was sure had taken my wallet and

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<v Speaker 1>then used it to buy a coffee. So late in

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<v Speaker 1>the day, Jade had brought over a plate of chicken nuggets,

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<v Speaker 1>the bottle of maple syrup, and her waffles to the

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<v Speaker 1>living room table. Spill. She yelled, Suddenly my wallet was stolen,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, looking at her dead in the eye. Her

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<v Speaker 1>shoulders relaxed, and then she looked at Matt. Oh, she said,

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<v Speaker 1>that sucks. Then she grabbed the nugget and stuffed it

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<v Speaker 1>in her mouth while trying to cool it down. At

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, Matt turned to me, trying to be

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<v Speaker 1>supportive as always. Did you cancer your cards or whatever? Man?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you need cash? I looked at them. At one

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<v Speaker 1>point I had trusted these two with my life, and

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<v Speaker 1>now I was out there looking at them for what

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<v Speaker 1>they really were. The business card was in there, I whispered.

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<v Speaker 1>Jade stopped chewing and her eyes opened wide. Matt got

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<v Speaker 1>on the floor and crawled up next to me. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know who took it? Jade interrupted? You sure you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't just lose it. Check your pockets, man, check them.

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<v Speaker 1>I tried to answer both of them, but they kept

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<v Speaker 1>interrupting with more and more questions about where was I

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<v Speaker 1>sure that the business card was in there? And it

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<v Speaker 1>took only a few seconds of silence for my part

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<v Speaker 1>before Matt realized what this meant. Jade took off to

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<v Speaker 1>the the room. There was a reason that this thing

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to stay with me at all times unless

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<v Speaker 1>disposed of properly according to the instructions. Jade was already

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<v Speaker 1>on the job. I could hear things being moved around

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<v Speaker 1>from down the hallway, for she came out not two

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<v Speaker 1>minutes after that. Her hand was shaking as she read

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<v Speaker 1>the instructions. I remember that yellow piece of paper from back.

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<v Speaker 1>Then keep the Prisserius with you at all times. It

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<v Speaker 1>would serve as life, as shield as sword. The sacrifice

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<v Speaker 1>was from the lineage of the First Death is at Bay.

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<v Speaker 1>Matt stayed quiet for a little bit before turning toward

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<v Speaker 1>me to ask again if I knew who had taken it.

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<v Speaker 1>We sat there in silence. There was a man on

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<v Speaker 1>the train. I started, black or green shirt. He looked

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<v Speaker 1>at me, and I looked at him. He followed me

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<v Speaker 1>out and stopped for a coffee. I think he had

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<v Speaker 1>my wallet by then. Thief Jade interrupted. Matt put his

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<v Speaker 1>hand on her shoulder and looked at her with serious eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>He will die. And that was the thing from all

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<v Speaker 1>of our conversations. The reason why I forked over three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred dollars back then, back when I was struggling with

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<v Speaker 1>groceries at the dollar store, was because of this. Somehow

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<v Speaker 1>death made these promises seem real, these gruesome photos of

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<v Speaker 1>people with the final belongings laid right next to them.

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<v Speaker 1>What remained of a man with a bloody white shirt

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<v Speaker 1>and fourteen credit cards, a license, a picture of another family,

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<v Speaker 1>and one hundred and thirty five dollars in cash, a

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<v Speaker 1>few coins from his pocket, a watch, the prisers or

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<v Speaker 1>business card as we called it. Then there were the

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<v Speaker 1>photos of a teenager with her black spiky purse from

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<v Speaker 1>hot topic, lip gloss, a prisceris, and the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>a man. And these were photos no person should ever see,

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<v Speaker 1>of traumatic deaths, bodies twisted in ways that showed me

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<v Speaker 1>how fragile we are against steel wood and pavement. The exchange,

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<v Speaker 1>the website said in every caption it was a way

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<v Speaker 1>to defer the payback if you will. They say that

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<v Speaker 1>when you ask for gifts from a dark force, you

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<v Speaker 1>must pay it back, but not with this. It was

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<v Speaker 1>yours forever, and only those who take it from you

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<v Speaker 1>would end up paying the price, ending the cycle at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, until you bought another priceras or disposed

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<v Speaker 1>of it properly, essentially meaning that you send it back

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<v Speaker 1>for it to be prepared and sent to someone else.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing you can do now, Jade said softly, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to stay here? I looked at mad. He was worried

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<v Speaker 1>for that stranger. Nearly four years since our lives turned

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<v Speaker 1>around without incident until now. We stayed up the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the night, watching the news and scanning the radio

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<v Speaker 1>every so often. Not many in terms of news out there,

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<v Speaker 1>mainly the same music we've been listening to for ten years,

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<v Speaker 1>plus the occasional pop hit, but we would get announcements

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<v Speaker 1>every now and then. A business owner arrested for suspicion

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<v Speaker 1>of fraud, a mom taken to custody for leaving her

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<v Speaker 1>children alone for two days while she left with her

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend to gamble. We talked about life and death, just

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<v Speaker 1>like back then. Matt hadn't changed a bit, though he

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<v Speaker 1>had gotten a new job. Jade had changed the most.

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<v Speaker 1>She was more serious in her tone, her lipstick wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>as stark, and she had stopped smoking. I must have

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<v Speaker 1>replayed that night after work a thousand times. I could

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<v Speaker 1>see the men in that shirt. Green, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>was the color of it. He matched the logo of

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<v Speaker 1>his shoes, and I remember that detail. The night had

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<v Speaker 1>happened because of the muddy footprints he had left on

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<v Speaker 1>the floor. They ended right where he was sitting. It's

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<v Speaker 1>why he looked at me. I was blaming him with

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<v Speaker 1>my eyes, Jade. I started looking for the website again

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<v Speaker 1>to reach out to the same guy who had sold

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<v Speaker 1>them to us, but had no luck. Suspicious, wasn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>How did they get the pictures of those who had

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<v Speaker 1>taken these items for lack of a better word, from

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<v Speaker 1>someone else. Were they on patrol for gruesome deaths? Or

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<v Speaker 1>did they get them from the police report? Somehow? Jade

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<v Speaker 1>had a theory that it must have been the latter.

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<v Speaker 1>They do take photographs of the belongings of the deceased.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes in some cases they even get more detailed. When

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<v Speaker 1>their's suspicion of foul play, and how do they know

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<v Speaker 1>it was because they had unknowingly taken the prisras. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of the reports said that the deaths were mostly ruled acts,

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<v Speaker 1>with a few exceptions. Was it some type of coincidence?

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<v Speaker 1>Matt said that it might have been marketing, you know

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<v Speaker 1>the photoshopp in the prisserius into the photos, say that

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<v Speaker 1>it was because of that, and use it to sell

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<v Speaker 1>us those things. But even he thought of just how

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<v Speaker 1>much these things had changed our lives. Matt had somehow

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<v Speaker 1>managed to sell his first business for a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jade ended up with her dad's inheritance. With the

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<v Speaker 1>courts favored her over her step mother. They both seemed healthy,

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<v Speaker 1>and although it seemed to be purely on them, I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't going to say anything because my life had changed

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<v Speaker 1>two It made me feel uneasy at first, but then

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed more and more things around me were changing.

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<v Speaker 1>Women were approaching me, and at work people would show

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<v Speaker 1>up to greet me by name, tapping a hand on

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<v Speaker 1>my shoulder. With confidence, I no longer thought of my past,

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<v Speaker 1>the fear of losing, Although fear of losing as all

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<v Speaker 1>the fear there is right our health, our money, our sanity.

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<v Speaker 1>I started risking, more confident enough to turn away opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>and wait for better ones. It was more than just

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<v Speaker 1>a thing I carried in my wallet, and I knew it.

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<v Speaker 1>And yet there was a rational part of me that

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<v Speaker 1>told me that this couldn't possibly be real, that it

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<v Speaker 1>wake up and no one would be dead because of me. Okay, man,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the thing, the detective started. You can tell me

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<v Speaker 1>what you know, so this gets a little easier for everyone.

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<v Speaker 1>We already have you on camera and everything. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>need to get dragged out so much. We have some

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<v Speaker 1>pretty nosy journalists in town. Tell them where I was

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<v Speaker 1>on the night of the fourth, the night I lost

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<v Speaker 1>my wallet. I was at Matt and Jade's apartment, and

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<v Speaker 1>part of me was afraid to tell that had they

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<v Speaker 1>done something wrong? Well, aside from the purchase, I knew

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<v Speaker 1>would get a little overconfident, but I managed to stay

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<v Speaker 1>silent until I got a lawyer. The guy was bad,

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<v Speaker 1>but at least he explained everything had been staying tuned

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<v Speaker 1>into the news for the death of a man, almost

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<v Speaker 1>believing everything I had read from the website that Jade found.

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<v Speaker 1>It seemed like such a scam. Now, sitting on those

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<v Speaker 1>no death ever came, well, not the one I was

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<v Speaker 1>looking for. The lawyer sat me down and explained even

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<v Speaker 1>more than what the detectives had found and what incriminated me. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, tell me all the truth here, and I

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<v Speaker 1>won't be too much time. I knew it was serious then,

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<v Speaker 1>so I told him what I did. That night, as

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<v Speaker 1>we prepared for the meeting with a detective and other prosecutors,

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<v Speaker 1>I was at Matt and Jade's apartment, longtime friends that

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<v Speaker 1>I knew since college. I stayed with them for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of nights because I was having some trouble and

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<v Speaker 1>evening after work, back to Matt's, and then we would

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<v Speaker 1>stay up watching television. That's the truth, the lawyer, mister

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<v Speaker 1>Brown said, leaning back in his chair. What about Melissa, Melissa,

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<v Speaker 1>I asked, confused, you gotta tell me the truth, sir,

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<v Speaker 1>he shot back, beginning to lose his patience. Who is Melissa,

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<v Speaker 1>I nearly yelled as I heard him clear his throat,

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<v Speaker 1>his mouth beginning to shake Melissa, the woman you were

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<v Speaker 1>with on the train. Now what happened next is to

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<v Speaker 1>what made me wish my memory wasn't so good. I

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<v Speaker 1>remember every detail he showed me the photograph. So what

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<v Speaker 1>was left of a woman with dark hair, the purple jacket,

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<v Speaker 1>and the white shirt. I remembered Melissa, the one that

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<v Speaker 1>was found on the train tracks right outside the platform,

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong exit, one I had never taken, The exit

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<v Speaker 1>that was traced back to me. The camera showed us

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<v Speaker 1>together by the turnstiles, the way she turned to look

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<v Speaker 1>at me and waited, the way my public transportation card

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<v Speaker 1>was scanned at the same time she left the platform

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<v Speaker 1>on Fourteenth Street, but the case was dismissed once the

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<v Speaker 1>full clips were released, no thanks to this lawyer. The

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<v Speaker 1>footage showed the way she yelled for me after I

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<v Speaker 1>had dropped my wallet. It showed me going down to

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<v Speaker 1>take the train and stepping into the wrong train car.

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<v Speaker 1>It showed her exit the platform alone the way I

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<v Speaker 1>had taught her with my wallet. The stories on Scary

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<v Speaker 1>Story podcasts are written and produced by me Edwin Kowarubias.

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<v Speaker 1>We needed a bit of a gruesome story with this one,

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<v Speaker 1>and adds a similar feel to this one. Anyway, as always,

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