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<v Speaker 1>Nine Story Studios Gain Story a Voice.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Erica Sanderson and this is the Wicked

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<v Speaker 2>Library Warning.

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<v Speaker 3>The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for

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<v Speaker 3>a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal,

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<v Speaker 3>and inhumanity. Monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered.

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<v Speaker 3>There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear

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<v Speaker 3>may be deeply personal, but we all share it. If

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<v Speaker 3>at any time a story takes you to a place

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<v Speaker 3>too dark, turn on the lights, press pause or press stop,

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<v Speaker 3>and always remember that, unlike in the real world, these

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<v Speaker 3>nightmares and your participation in them, are under your control.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome back to The Wicked Library. I'm Daniel Foytech, and

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<v Speaker 3>as always thank you for listening. A sincere thank you

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<v Speaker 3>as well to our supporters on Patreon. Without your continued

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<v Speaker 3>support and generosity, this show would not be possible. We're

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<v Speaker 3>thrilled the kickoff season thirteen with a tale from returning

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<v Speaker 3>author Lindsay Goddard, A story of unfinished business, haunting, grudges,

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<v Speaker 3>and one very unlucky poodle, told with wit and charm

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<v Speaker 3>by Addison Peacock. Future a custom score by nikov dz

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<v Speaker 3>of the Inky.

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<v Speaker 4>Pop right Almost Finished Business by Lindsay Goddard. Yes it's true.

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<v Speaker 4>I am the loser ghost who haunts Alma Gentry's poodle,

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<v Speaker 4>causing it to poop in her living room. I'm the

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<v Speaker 4>pathetic spector who buries treats in her garden so that

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<v Speaker 4>the empty headed little fur ball named Marshmallow will dig

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<v Speaker 4>holes in her petunia bed. I'm the one who gathers

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<v Speaker 4>water making mud puddles in hopes of staining the curly

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<v Speaker 4>white fur of Marshmallow's spindly legs after a visit to

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<v Speaker 4>the groomer. And I'm here to explain to you, the

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<v Speaker 4>Ghost Council, why this is a productive use of my time.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I know the earth is overrun by wondering

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<v Speaker 4>spirits with unfinished business. You're only doing your jobs by

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<v Speaker 4>guiding them toward the light. But calling me here has

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<v Speaker 4>been a big waste of time, because haunting Almah j

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<v Speaker 4>Entry's poodle and causing it to poop in her living

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<v Speaker 4>room is exactly what I must do with my afterlife.

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<v Speaker 4>She's got everyone fooled with her plastered smile and fake

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<v Speaker 4>tan blonde hair pulled up into a neat bun atop

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<v Speaker 4>her head. But underneath that prim attire is a sinful,

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<v Speaker 4>hell bound soul. I'm simply starting her punishment early. And

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<v Speaker 4>I promise I get no joy from spooking the dog

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<v Speaker 4>or hearing it squeal as it skitters away from a

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<v Speaker 4>disembodied whisper in its ear. Almah shaking her head and saying,

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<v Speaker 4>what has gotten into you? I would never cause Marshmallow

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<v Speaker 4>any pain, And if I manage to drive Almah to

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<v Speaker 4>the point of violence, I'll knock her on her ass

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<v Speaker 4>before she touches that poor furball. I guarantee you that

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<v Speaker 4>haunting the dog is only a means to an end.

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<v Speaker 4>Almah must suffer the way I suffered in life so

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<v Speaker 4>that I can move on. She must fall to her

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<v Speaker 4>knees and admit she isn't perfect, and that she doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>have all the answers, So many answers, answers to questions

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<v Speaker 4>I never asked. I never wanted a dog. I know

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<v Speaker 4>that's impossible for dog people to understand, But what did

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<v Speaker 4>you ask? Who are dog people? You know the ones

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<v Speaker 4>I'm referring to, the ones who crouched down on all

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<v Speaker 4>fours to get a better look at their dog's stool

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<v Speaker 4>rated on a scale of one to ten, then raise

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<v Speaker 4>their brow at a person for admitting they'd rather not.

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<v Speaker 4>Why would I have wanted to do that. I could

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<v Speaker 4>barely take care of myself, much less a life form

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<v Speaker 4>that can only express its needs in grunts and howls.

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<v Speaker 4>But then I met Travis, and for one sweet but

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<v Speaker 4>fleeting moment in time, I was smitten and thought I

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<v Speaker 4>could change. I made it clear on the dating website

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<v Speaker 4>that children would never be in the cards. Travis accepted

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<v Speaker 4>that without debate. He said he liked my freckles and

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<v Speaker 4>my limp brown hair, and all the mundane characteristics that

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<v Speaker 4>had marked me as a plain Jane in my entire life.

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<v Speaker 4>There was just one little catch. Travis worked at the

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<v Speaker 4>gentry rescue center and loved dogs. No big deal, I

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<v Speaker 4>told myself, I can adjust. If I had known Travis

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<v Speaker 4>would die and abandon me with phineas a mischievous terrier

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<v Speaker 4>mixed with perpetual crust in its eyes, rotten farts like

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<v Speaker 4>the sulfurs of hell, and a skin condition which required

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<v Speaker 4>expensive medicine, I would have hide tailed in the other direction.

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<v Speaker 4>But Travis was different. He intrigued me. I never thought

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<v Speaker 4>I'd fall for a blue eyed guy with sandy blonde hair.

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<v Speaker 4>Usually I was attracted to brown skin and dark eyes,

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<v Speaker 4>but Travis pursued me in messages, and the smile in

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<v Speaker 4>his photo drew me in a smile that proved even

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<v Speaker 4>better in person, not a flawless one. But when he

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<v Speaker 4>flashed it, I turned to puddy. I know that sounds corny,

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<v Speaker 4>but if it's any consolation, this doesn't end well for me.

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<v Speaker 4>About two years into our relationship, I realized Travis didn't

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<v Speaker 4>love me. I should have done sooner, but I'd spent

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<v Speaker 4>my entire life pretending to receive love that was never

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<v Speaker 4>really there. My degenerate parents had left me alone with

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<v Speaker 4>an outdated TV set during most of my childhood, and

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<v Speaker 4>as it turned out, Travis wasn't much different, often abandoning

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<v Speaker 4>me at home to care for the dogs while he

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<v Speaker 4>went out for some strange What does that mean you ask? Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>Forgive me? I forgot that Most members of the Ghost

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<v Speaker 4>Council died so long ago they don't understand my slang.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me put it this way, Travis would have sex

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<v Speaker 4>with just about any woman but me. I think all

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<v Speaker 4>along he just wanted a caregiver for the dogs. All

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<v Speaker 4>the gentry asked him to foster. There was a slew

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<v Speaker 4>of misfit mongrels in and out of our home. While

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<v Speaker 4>Travis attempted to kiss Alma's ass and become her right

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<v Speaker 4>hand man, the second best paying position at Gentry's rescue center.

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<v Speaker 4>Once the honeymoon was over and I was all moved

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<v Speaker 4>in scrubbing piss out of the carpet while my man

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<v Speaker 4>was out doing god knows who, I became stuck in

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<v Speaker 4>a prison from which I could not escape, not even

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<v Speaker 4>when he died, Even with all his faults, it broke

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<v Speaker 4>my heart. Losing Travis the car accident is something so

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<v Speaker 4>sudden and shocking, but the fact that he died with

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<v Speaker 4>another woman in his passenger seat hurt me even more.

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<v Speaker 4>I spent weeks sulking around in my pajamas. I wished

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<v Speaker 4>I had never met him, never traded the freedom of

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<v Speaker 4>my tiny apartment for the prison sentence of this suburban

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<v Speaker 4>split level house only a two minute walk from Alma Genter. Yes,

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<v Speaker 4>that Alma, who, instead of dropping by with a fresh

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<v Speaker 4>baked casserole or kind words to ease my grief, dropped

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<v Speaker 4>by with advice on flamds for Phineas, and nagged me

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<v Speaker 4>to schedule a check up with the vet. Tell me this,

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<v Speaker 4>If I'm such a menace and that woman is undeserving

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<v Speaker 4>of my harassment, why couldn't I get just five minutes

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<v Speaker 4>of sunshine without her shadow falling over me, her twangy

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<v Speaker 4>voice asking are you blinding to treat the grass? One minute,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm watching Phineas poke his snout through the weeds looking

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<v Speaker 4>for rabbit turds to eat. Sorry for all the talk

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<v Speaker 4>about excrement, but from what I can tell, that's half

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<v Speaker 4>of owning a dog. The next minute, I'm closing my

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<v Speaker 4>eyes and angling my face toward the sun, only to

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<v Speaker 4>have its warm rays blotted out by Alma Gentry's shadow.

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<v Speaker 4>Her voice had been like a noose around my last

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<v Speaker 4>nerve this time of year, the poisonous mushroom sprout, She'd said,

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<v Speaker 4>as if I hadn't just closed my eyes searching for

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<v Speaker 4>a moment's piece, Phineas will eat them and get six

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<v Speaker 4>So Travis used a pet friendly we'd killer on the

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<v Speaker 4>law this time of year, taking note of my disinterest

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<v Speaker 4>but casting it aside. As always, she added, do you

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<v Speaker 4>need me to write down the brand. I don't know

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<v Speaker 4>why I tolerated Almah some days, going so far as

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<v Speaker 4>to invite her inside so she could nitpick over the

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<v Speaker 4>bones I gave Phineas. Not being raw hide free, I

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<v Speaker 4>kept telling myself that eventually she'd consider me a friend

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<v Speaker 4>and stop with her ceaseless bitching. Gentry. Rescue Center had

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<v Speaker 4>paid for the house in which I lived, after all,

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<v Speaker 4>and besides, where else could I go? My parents were dead,

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<v Speaker 4>and after five years together, all my friends were Travis's friends,

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<v Speaker 4>and they were all Rescue Center people, dog people. No

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<v Speaker 4>one thought to ask how I was coping with Travis's death. Nope,

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<v Speaker 4>all they had asked was how is Phineas doing? What

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<v Speaker 4>about me? I would think, don't I matter? He's such

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<v Speaker 4>a special pop they would often add. If by special

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<v Speaker 4>they met so physically mutated and mentally affected that not

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<v Speaker 4>a single person had wanted to adopt him, forcing Travis

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<v Speaker 4>to rescue him out of pity, then yes, Phineas was special,

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<v Speaker 4>one big, special problem who relentlessly stuck his nose up

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<v Speaker 4>my ass, chewed holes in my furniture, and destroyed my possessions,

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<v Speaker 4>right down to the last gift Travis had given me

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<v Speaker 4>before dying a cashmere sweater I found strewn across the

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<v Speaker 4>floor in thirty seven pieces. When I vented about the

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<v Speaker 4>ruined sweater to Almah, I noticed a semblance of sadness

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<v Speaker 4>on her face and felt like she'd finally understood how

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<v Speaker 4>lousy Phineas was making my life. But then she had said,

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<v Speaker 4>I bet Phineas could smell Travis on that sweater. You

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<v Speaker 4>never wore it, so it smelled like him from when

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<v Speaker 4>he wrapped it. Be patient. A dog's bomb with its

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<v Speaker 4>owner is so strong. Do whatever you must do to

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<v Speaker 4>keep this dog, is what you might as well have said.

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<v Speaker 4>Much more important than your own happiness is that our

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<v Speaker 4>rescue center succeeded in saving this mongrel's life and placing

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<v Speaker 4>him in his forever home. But it wasn't about the

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<v Speaker 4>welfare of the dog. It never was. Almah only cares

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<v Speaker 4>about Almah's image. Last week, when I framed Marshmallow for

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<v Speaker 4>chewing open the shoe box tucked away in her closet

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<v Speaker 4>by tearing at the cardboard, then covering the one hundred

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<v Speaker 4>dollars bills from inside it in ectoplasm and laying them

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<v Speaker 4>in wet trails across the floor. Guess where Almah had

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<v Speaker 4>gotten all that money from cash charity donations to the rescue.

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<v Speaker 4>That's where I repeat on the gentry is not a

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<v Speaker 4>good person. Do you see now? Do you see how

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<v Speaker 4>this woman has earned every minute of her haunting? One

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<v Speaker 4>of you is nodding. That's a good sign. Look, I

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<v Speaker 4>know who filed the complaint that has landed me here

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<v Speaker 4>before the Ghost Council. It was the shackled, hooded wraith

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<v Speaker 4>who haunts the creek bed beyond Alma's backyard fence, the

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<v Speaker 4>one who cannot leave the spa where he died. You've

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<v Speaker 4>put on your best poker faces, but I know it's

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<v Speaker 4>true that sad soul burns with envy as he watches

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<v Speaker 4>me kick up dust. He doesn't have the strength to

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<v Speaker 4>break his chains and wonder free like I do. I

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<v Speaker 4>gotta ask why does he get any say in how

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<v Speaker 4>I find my light? I mean, talk about the blind

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<v Speaker 4>leading that not blind. He'll never find his light. If

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<v Speaker 4>that guy was any more rooted to the earth, he'd

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<v Speaker 4>be a tree stump. Listen, I don't know why old

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<v Speaker 4>clatter chain McGee can't summon the strength to affect the

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<v Speaker 4>living world. That's not my problem. But I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 4>why I can. I'm mad. I'm mad at my parents

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<v Speaker 4>for never loving me enough. I'm mad at Travis for

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<v Speaker 4>never loving me at all. But they're all dead now,

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<v Speaker 4>which leaves one target for my angst. And do you

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<v Speaker 4>know what Alma Gentry said at my funeral? Do you

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<v Speaker 4>with that Southern bell lilt? She turned to all our

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<v Speaker 4>mutual friends and said, I still can't believe she would

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<v Speaker 4>do something so selfish and leave poor Phineas behind like this.

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<v Speaker 4>She then proceeded to use my suicide story to guilt

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<v Speaker 4>three perspective families before adopting Phineas out to the fourth.

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<v Speaker 4>I martyred myself for that dog, and that's all she

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<v Speaker 4>had to say about me. Despite the complaint you received,

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<v Speaker 4>my haunting of Alma Gentry has made the beam of

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<v Speaker 4>light in the sky grow brighter, drawing nearer. I think

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<v Speaker 4>once I break her, I feel satisfied enough to move on.

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<v Speaker 4>I've seen those poultrygeists who throw dishes from the kitchen

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<v Speaker 4>cupboard and stack the dining room chairs. I don't see

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<v Speaker 4>the point of it. Deflating Alma Gentry's huge head is

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<v Speaker 4>the only retribution I seek, and I'm so close instead

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<v Speaker 4>of unfinished business, we might as well call this almost

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<v Speaker 4>finished business. So can you let me go?

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<v Speaker 3>Now?

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<v Speaker 4>Almost? Do to let Marshmallow outside any minute? If I

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<v Speaker 4>don't spook the little bugger every time he squats down,

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<v Speaker 4>he might end up pooping in the yard instead of

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<v Speaker 4>holding it until he eventually lets loose all over almost

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<v Speaker 4>green colored carpet, which turns browner by the day. And

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<v Speaker 4>if that doesn't break her out, what's up? I'm pretty leave.

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<v Speaker 4>No need to plead my case any further, and you

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<v Speaker 4>ghost elders, much respect to you and yours. But before

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<v Speaker 4>I go, can I ask one favor? Maybe I don't

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<v Speaker 4>deserve any favors, since I'm a loser ghost who frames

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<v Speaker 4>a poodle for my high jinks. But for whatever it's worth,

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<v Speaker 4>I was a good person. I was the kind of

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<v Speaker 4>person to return a lost wallet. I kind to give

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<v Speaker 4>up my last few dollars just because somebody needed it.

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<v Speaker 4>This bitter entity you see before you was not always so.

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<v Speaker 4>She was a human who cared and loved. I have

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<v Speaker 4>no doubt where I'll go when the light reaches me,

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<v Speaker 4>or when I reach it however that works. It's just

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<v Speaker 4>that maybe it would come sooner if I knew that

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<v Speaker 4>Travis's punishment fittest crimes. I have a suggestion for the

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<v Speaker 4>big guy downstairs, if I may. Travis must be down there.

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<v Speaker 4>No way he could cross the pearly gates with that

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<v Speaker 4>trail of broken hearts behind him. I wasn't the only

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<v Speaker 4>one he heard. His icy blue eyes, his styled hair,

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<v Speaker 4>and handsome smile were a mask that hit a monster

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<v Speaker 4>who lied and cheated to get whatever he wanted. Not

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<v Speaker 4>to mention the stolen charity donations he knew damn well about.

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<v Speaker 4>We all know he's down there, So may I make

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<v Speaker 4>a request. Half of having a dog is dealing with

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<v Speaker 4>the poop, just like I said before. But Travis never

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<v Speaker 4>dealt with any of it. We fostered a dozen dogs

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<v Speaker 4>at least, and Travis never lifted a finger. He left

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<v Speaker 4>me to shovel the yard, me to collect samples for

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<v Speaker 4>the vet, me to scrub the carpet. He left me

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<v Speaker 4>at home to waste my life while he went out

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<v Speaker 4>and lived his. I hope he is scrubbing poop. I

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<v Speaker 4>hope he is shoveling it, wallowing knee deep in it.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope steam rises from the endless piles of it

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<v Speaker 4>all around him. I hope it's under every step he takes.

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<v Speaker 4>I hope the stench is all he can breathe did

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<v Speaker 4>you possibly pass that along? Thank you, Ghost Counsel. It's

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<v Speaker 4>been an honor meeting you today. I really must be

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<v Speaker 4>going now. I think I heard almost door slide open

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<v Speaker 4>and the pitter pattern of Marshmallow's paws across the porch.

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<v Speaker 4>I must get back to my almost finished business.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for listening to episode thirteen oh one. Today's

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<v Speaker 3>story was Almost Finished Business by Lindsay Goddard. Our storyteller

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