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3 True Creepy Tinder Horror Stories That Will Make You Delete Your App · True Horror Stories

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Speaker 1: This is an utterly disturbing story. My husband and I
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Speaker 1: are both doctors. We both have pretty hectic work schedules.
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Speaker 1: We have a son who was only four years old.
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Speaker 1: It was difficult to raise him and manage the work
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Speaker 1: at the same time. Hence we had to rely on
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Speaker 1: babysitters to keep an eye on him. He's always been
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Speaker 1: a pretty active child. The area we live in can
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Speaker 1: definitely be considered safe until this instant shook all of us.
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Speaker 1: It happened last week and I'm still trying to get
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Speaker 1: over the trauma. My husband and I work in the
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Speaker 1: same hospital and we're both surgeons. After the pandemic and
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Speaker 1: lockdown period, our work stress increased rapidly, while Monte stayed
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Speaker 1: home alone, so my husband and I often kept a
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Speaker 1: babysitter to watch over him. I posted an ad on
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Speaker 1: a very famous social media platform. Three days after posting
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Speaker 1: the ad, I received a call from a girl named Diana.
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Speaker 1: Diana was a student and she seemed very interested in
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Speaker 1: the job over the phone. Without thinking much, I told
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Speaker 1: her to come by and babysit on Thursday evening. The
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Speaker 1: day arrived, and if I'm being honest, Diana and Monty
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Speaker 1: got along really well. They started to play puzzles, and
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Speaker 1: I got relieved that Moni would be in good hands.
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Speaker 1: My husband and I left for the hospital. I told
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Speaker 1: Diana that we would be home by ten. I also
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Speaker 1: told her that we made a pasta for them and
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Speaker 1: it was in the fridge but needed to be microwaved,
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Speaker 1: and that Monty's bedtime was at eight pm. Diana smiled
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Speaker 1: at me and said, sure, missus Mendez. As I got
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Speaker 1: in the car, I saw Monty and Diana standing at
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Speaker 1: our house porch and waving me goodbye. After that day,
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Speaker 1: Diana became a regular choice whenever we needed a babysitter.
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Speaker 1: She became good friends with Monty, and surprisingly, Monty listened
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Speaker 1: to her with full tension. I was happy to see
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Speaker 1: this sudden change in Monty at first. One day, my
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Speaker 1: husband was out of the station at a medical conference.
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Speaker 1: I took the day off so that I could spend
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Speaker 1: time with Monty and decided to draw him back and
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Speaker 1: then watch a cartoon movie with him. I placed him
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Speaker 1: inside the bathtub, and when I went to scrub his back,
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Speaker 1: I got shocked there was a weird symbol drawn onto
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Speaker 1: his shoulders with a black marker pen. I didn't understand
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Speaker 1: what the symbol meant. I asked Monty what the sign
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Speaker 1: was and he just replied saying it was nothing. That
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Speaker 1: was the first time I felt like my son was
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Speaker 1: hiding something from me. I asked him again, who did
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Speaker 1: this to him? And he replied saying, Diana and I
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Speaker 1: were playing. She has a tattoo like this. I wanted
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Speaker 1: one too, and that's when she drew it on me.
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Speaker 1: I know I should have dealt with this matter with
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Speaker 1: more priority, but at that moment, it appeared like a silly,
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Speaker 1: childish wish and nothing else. Fast forward a week later
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Speaker 1: and I was doing regular house chores and I was
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Speaker 1: cleaning the window of Monty's room. I opened it to
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Speaker 1: wipe the outside surface of the glass. That's what I found,
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Speaker 1: a cross like figure. As I looked more closely, I
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Speaker 1: noticed strands of hairs tied to it too. Did know
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Speaker 1: where it came from. I thought maybe the window brought
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Speaker 1: it here. I dumped it in the dustmin and didn't
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Speaker 1: say anything to my husband. I overlooked the alarming situation
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Speaker 1: that day. More time passed and I realized all that
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Speaker 1: was happening wasn't just some weird coincidence. My husband and
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Speaker 1: I were sitting in the living room watching a movie,
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Speaker 1: and suddenly he said, Amy, I was thinking of asking
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Speaker 1: you something. I replied, asking what it was, and he said,
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Speaker 1: did you notice anything strange in Monty's behavior? Until now?
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Speaker 1: I was keeping that feeling of myself, But I asked,
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Speaker 1: Simon mentioned it. I immediately looked at him with worried eyes.
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Speaker 1: Simon went on to say, last night, when I went
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Speaker 1: to the kitchen to get water, I heard whispering sounds
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Speaker 1: coming from Monty's room. I at first I thought maybe
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Speaker 1: I imagined it, so I tipped up to his room
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Speaker 1: and peeked inside. You won't believe what I saw. I
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Speaker 1: immediately asked him what I saw? Our son was sitting
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Speaker 1: on the bed and praying. I mean, I have no
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Speaker 1: issues with this sudden change, but you know, we've never
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Speaker 1: been a very religious family. I wonder how we learned
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Speaker 1: all that. Simon's voice sounded confuse. We were both a
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Speaker 1: bit worried, but you can't just scold a child for praying, right,
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Speaker 1: so we didn't confront him at that point. One night,
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Speaker 1: Diana came to babysit again. I instantly asked her, Diana,
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Speaker 1: if you don't mind. Can I ask you something? Diana
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Speaker 1: replied with the same smiling face. Sure, missus Mendes, what
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Speaker 1: is it? I said, in a hesitant voice, did you
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Speaker 1: teach Monty to pray before bed? She didn't get startled
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Speaker 1: by my question. With the same calm expression on her face,
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Speaker 1: she said, what's wrong in praying? Missus Mendes. Honestly, I
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Speaker 1: had no logical answer to a question, so I just
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Speaker 1: dropped the topic. I mean, seriously, no harm ever came
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Speaker 1: from a four year old kid praying before sleep. Right in,
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Speaker 1: days passed and my son started to change into a
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Speaker 1: completely different person. Aunty stopped running around the house or
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Speaker 1: doing all those things to annoy me. Suddenly he turned
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Speaker 1: into an extremely quiet and introverted kid, and at some
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Speaker 1: point his behaviors freaked me out. For example, one afternoon,
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Speaker 1: I was working in the backyard and Monty was sitting
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Speaker 1: on his swing and watching the birds fly in the sky.
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Speaker 1: I said, in a joyful voice, what a lovely day
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Speaker 1: it was, and asked Monty if he thought the same.
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Speaker 1: He didn't reply like he used to. I was thinking
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Speaker 1: to go and play with him, when suddenly a small
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Speaker 1: bird fell on the ground. I rushed towards it and
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Speaker 1: picked it up. Are you hurt? The little guy? And
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Speaker 1: that was when Monty said something that made the hair
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Speaker 1: on the back of my neck stand up. Monty walked
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Speaker 1: close to me and looked at the bird and then said,
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Speaker 1: and it's pain, mom, it should die. I was shocked
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Speaker 1: hearing these cruel words from a four year old. I said, Monty,
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Speaker 1: why would you say something like that? Who told you
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Speaker 1: all these things? Suddenly he looked at me, and I
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Speaker 1: felt this was not the Manty I used to know.
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Speaker 1: There was something in his eyes that spooked me. That day.
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Speaker 1: He smiled in a very evil way and then went inside.
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Speaker 1: I told my husband this instant, and we both came
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Speaker 1: to the conclusion that Diana is leaving a bad impression
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Speaker 1: on her son. So we decided to opt for a
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Speaker 1: new babysitter the next time. We finally did. The new
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Speaker 1: babysitter's name was Corey. She was the daughter of our
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Speaker 1: next door neighbor, so we knew her well. I said
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Speaker 1: to Monty, Monty, Corey will come and watch you tonight.
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Speaker 1: Your father and I will be home as soon as
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Speaker 1: we can. Monty looked at me with angry eyes and
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Speaker 1: said where's Diana. I instantly replied, she won't come here anymore.
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Speaker 1: Corey's your new babysitter from now on. Monty started to argue, no,
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Speaker 1: I want Diana. I lost my calm voice and scolded him, saying,
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Speaker 1: I told you Diana won't come here. Now go to
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Speaker 1: your room. I don't want to hear another word about Diana.
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Speaker 1: Corey came, but Manti didn't come out of his room.
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Speaker 1: I left for work with a disturbed mind. After being
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Speaker 1: at work for a while, I come out of the
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Speaker 1: urgency room. I went to my desk to call home,
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Speaker 1: just to check on them. I was going to dial
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Speaker 1: when I received a call from Diana. Out of irritation,
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Speaker 1: I picked it up and said what Diana replied, missus Mendez,
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Speaker 1: I don't think the new babysitter will be able to
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Speaker 1: take good care of Monty, and you should probably think again.
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Speaker 1: I was disgusted to see the girl's audacity. I screamed
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Speaker 1: on the phone, saying Monty was my son, and then
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Speaker 1: I knew what was best for him. I told her
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Speaker 1: if she didn't stay away, I would take serious action.
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Speaker 1: I then disconnected the phone. My husband came and asked
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Speaker 1: me what happened. I told him the entire matter. Still angry,
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Speaker 1: I also told him I should have kicked that freak
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Speaker 1: out The day she made a weird tattoo on our son.
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Speaker 1: My husband looked at me with confused eyes and said,
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Speaker 1: what tattoo? And I explained to him it was a
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Speaker 1: star inside a circle. Simon googled something on his phone
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Speaker 1: and then showed it to me, saying, is this the
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Speaker 1: symbol you're talking about? It was indeed the symbol. Simon
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Speaker 1: then said, in a panic voice, we should have taken
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Speaker 1: this matter more seriously. Why. I replied, what does the
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Speaker 1: symbol mean? And we came to know that it was
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Speaker 1: actually a satanic symbol that colt groups worship. All the
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Speaker 1: weird behavior of my son started to make sense to me.
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Speaker 1: The thought of Diana being a cult member came to me.
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Speaker 1: I immediately called the house to warn Corey did not
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Speaker 1: let her in if she comes. I dialed her number,
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Speaker 1: but it just kept ringing. My heart beat grew rapidly,
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Speaker 1: and Simon and I rushed towards the car and we
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Speaker 1: called nine one one on our way home. When we
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Speaker 1: reached the house, we found the house in pitch darkness,
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Speaker 1: not a single light was on. As I walked close
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Speaker 1: to the main door, I heard a chanting sound coming
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Speaker 1: from Monty's room. I found the door locked from the inside.
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Speaker 1: Simon twisted the key and the door finally opened. The
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Speaker 1: entire house stood like a set from a horror film,
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Speaker 1: and there was this burning smell. I noticed someone was
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Speaker 1: lying on the living room couch. Simon slowly walked and
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Speaker 1: we found Corey on the couch. She was unconscious and
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Speaker 1: there was dried blood on her forehead. It was clear
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Speaker 1: someone hit her with a blunt object and made her unconscious.
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Speaker 1: I ran to Monty's room and I opened the door.
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Speaker 1: That's when my heart sunk in terror. His room was
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Speaker 1: filled with candles. Monty was lying on Diana's lap. She
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Speaker 1: was chanting some psychotic prayers and there was a circle
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Speaker 1: made around them. And beyond all that, she was holding
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Speaker 1: a knife to my four year old son's throat. I
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Speaker 1: screamed at her what she was doing with my son.
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Speaker 1: Diana opened her eyes and started to laugh like a maniac.
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Speaker 1: I could see Monty woke from a sense of numbness
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Speaker 1: and started to cry. Diana said, in an evil voice,
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Speaker 1: the dark Lord demands your son's soul. I'm preparing him
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Speaker 1: for the sacrifice. Once I submit his soul, I'll be immortal.
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Speaker 1: It will give me all the powers he has promised.
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Speaker 1: I screamed in response, saying that if she hurt my son,
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Speaker 1: I would kill her. Diana just laughed and rose her
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Speaker 1: knife while chanting her satanic prayers. I screamed at the
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Speaker 1: top of my lungs, sang no. Suddenly, my husband rushed
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Speaker 1: towards her, and before she could slice Monty's throat song
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Speaker 1: and hit with his baseball bat hard. It all happened
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Speaker 1: so quick that Diana couldn't guess it coming. She fell
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Speaker 1: on the floor and blood started to flow from the
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Speaker 1: back of her Once he got up and rushed towards
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Speaker 1: me while crying and shaking in fear, and we called
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Speaker 1: the cops and they came shortly after to take her
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Speaker 1: into custody. Corey was admitted to the hospital as well.
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Speaker 1: Diana had been shifted to a mental institution after she
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Speaker 1: recovered from the head injury. The cops came to know
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Speaker 1: that she had joined a cult group. It still scares
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Speaker 1: me to sleep that if we didn't reach home in time,
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Speaker 1: she would have actually sacrificed my son for some satanic ritual.
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Speaker 1: Her psychotic chance still haunt me in my sleep. I
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Speaker 1: started babysitting in high school for some extra cash. Back
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Speaker 1: in those days, the only phones out were flip phones,
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Speaker 1: so it's pretty easy to guess this story happened a
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Speaker 1: long time ago. I come from a suburban area. My
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Speaker 1: dad was the local sheriff. Though our town was boring
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Speaker 1: when it came to crime and antisocial activities, so my
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Speaker 1: dad often complained about not having a thrill in his job.
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Speaker 1: Maybe this is why babysitting was quite a safe and
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Speaker 1: fast earning option among teenage girls of my age. One day,
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Speaker 1: I was coming home with my friend. We were on
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Speaker 1: the sidewalks and there were barely any people out. We
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Speaker 1: were talking about common high school stuff when I came
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Speaker 1: close to a flyerboard on my left back. In those days,
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Speaker 1: small towns like ours had bulletin boards to hang flyers
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Speaker 1: and advertisements. There were flyers on general store discounts, local
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Speaker 1: salon advertisements, and many other things. One had caught my
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Speaker 1: eye though. It was a yellow colored old pamphlet that
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Speaker 1: read babysitter wanted for a toddler and then gave the
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Speaker 1: contact number. Seeing the condition of the pamphlet, I realized
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Speaker 1: it had been there for a long time. I didn't
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Speaker 1: know if the ad was still active, but out of
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Speaker 1: interest to earn some more cash, I took down the
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Speaker 1: phone number on my cell phone. Coming home that evening,
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Speaker 1: I dialed up the number. The line kept ringing for
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Speaker 1: two to three seconds, and then someone picked it up.
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Speaker 1: A man spoke in a low voice, saying hello. And
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Speaker 1: it was weird though. Just from the sound of his voice,
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Speaker 1: I could tell he was in pain or suffered a
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Speaker 1: long term illness. I said, hi, there, I saw your advertisement.
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Speaker 1: Are you still looking for a babysitter? The man replied, yeah, absolutely,
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Speaker 1: it's for my little son. Are you free tomorrow? I
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Speaker 1: instantly replied to this, saying yeah. And then the man
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Speaker 1: told me his address and said to be there by seven.
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Speaker 1: And the next day I decided to head towards the
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Speaker 1: babysitting job right after college. The house was situated on
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Speaker 1: the outskirts of town. It was a wooden house. I
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Speaker 1: walked towards the house porch, I rang the doorbell and
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Speaker 1: the door creaked open on its own. At first, it
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Speaker 1: startled me a bit. Then I looked down saw a
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Speaker 1: little boy standing in the doorway. I figured this was
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Speaker 1: the kid the man was talking about. The boy looked
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Speaker 1: frail and weak. I could tell from his wide eyes
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Speaker 1: and boney b that he was not fed properly, and
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Speaker 1: I said, Hi, i'm Ellie. Are your parents home. The
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Speaker 1: boy replied in a weak voice. My mom left with
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Speaker 1: the angry man. My dad is sick. Who are you?
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Speaker 1: I replied in an awkward voice, saying that I was
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Speaker 1: called the babysit him. That's when I heard a man's
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Speaker 1: sickly low voice coming from the back of the house.
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Speaker 1: The voice told the kid to let me in. The
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Speaker 1: kid looked at me once again and then let me in.
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Speaker 1: The boy was probably three years old, but he looked
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Speaker 1: in terrible condition. The house interior was stuffy and messy.
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Speaker 1: It had been a long time since someone had cleaned
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Speaker 1: that house, I could tell. At the end of the
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Speaker 1: living room, I saw a bedroom door in the left corner.
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Speaker 1: The boy pointed out in that direction and said, that's
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Speaker 1: my dad's room. He hasn't come out for two days
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Speaker 1: since my mom left. He says he's not feeling well.
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Speaker 1: I realized this kid's parents must have split up and
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Speaker 1: his mom left his dad for some other guy. I
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Speaker 1: knocked on the door. Sir, it's me Ellie. We talked
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Speaker 1: over the about the babysitting job. Are you all right,
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Speaker 1: the man replied in the same voice, I'm fine. I
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Speaker 1: just need some privacy and rest. If you could, please
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Speaker 1: go to the kitchen and prepare some food for my son,
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Speaker 1: he hasn't eaten for two days. And then go to
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Speaker 1: the couch and you'll find a phone directory. There you'll
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Speaker 1: find my mother's name under the name missus Martha Saunders.
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Speaker 1: Police call her to come get my son. Not well
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Speaker 1: enough to take care of him. I felt bad for
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Speaker 1: this entire family. The kid looked at me with big,
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Speaker 1: teary eyes. I replied to mister Saunders that of course
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Speaker 1: I would help him, and I asked him if I
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Speaker 1: should call an ambulance for him. He just replied, saying
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Speaker 1: that he was fine and to just take care of
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Speaker 1: his son until his grandma arrived. He also told me
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Speaker 1: that there was a wooden box in the living room
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Speaker 1: and I was to take fifty dollars for the trouble.
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Speaker 1: People have their own way of coping with marriage issues,
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Speaker 1: so without dwelling further into the family matter, I went
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Speaker 1: to the kitchen. There were unclean dishes everywhere. It was
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Speaker 1: evident from the condition of the kitchen that the police
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Speaker 1: hadn't been used for a few days. I found a
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Speaker 1: packet of ready to cook pasta. I made it and
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Speaker 1: placed it on a plate on the table, then asked
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Speaker 1: the little boy what his name was, and he replied,
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Speaker 1: sanning was Ted. I took him on my lap and
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Speaker 1: sat down on the chair near the dining table. I
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Speaker 1: fed him the pasta, and the way he ate it,
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Speaker 1: I could tell he really hadn't eaten in a while.
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Speaker 1: I felt bad for him. I felt a sense of
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Speaker 1: anger towards the kid's mother. What kind of mom was she?
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Speaker 1: She could have taken the kid with her, or at
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Speaker 1: least called someone to help with her ill husband. The
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Speaker 1: poor kid remained hungry for two days. After finishing the meal,
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Speaker 1: I decided to give Ted a bath. That's when I
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Speaker 1: noticed he had bruises all over his back. I asked,
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Speaker 1: in a surprised voice, what happened, Ted? Who did this
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Speaker 1: to you? Ted stood quietly near the bathtub and then
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Speaker 1: just said that he hates the angry man and he
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Speaker 1: hates his mom, and they both made his dad sick.
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Speaker 1: I asked if the man hurt him. Tad nodded with
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Speaker 1: his head and hugged me with tearful eyes. My throat
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Speaker 1: became heavy. I was disgusted, knowing how anyone could do
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Speaker 1: this to a child. I decided to tell his grandma
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Speaker 1: so that she could call the cops and report the
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Speaker 1: whole situation. The man he was talking about was probably
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Speaker 1: his mom's boyfriend. I thought they both deserved to be
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Speaker 1: in jail. I cleaned Ted and dressed him in his
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Speaker 1: new clothes. Ted smiled for the first time and said,
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Speaker 1: you're a lot nicer than the other babysitters so far.
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Speaker 1: My mom often went out, leaving me with the babysitter
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Speaker 1: whenever my dad wasn't home. I combed the kid's hair
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Speaker 1: and asked him if he would like to show his dad.
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Speaker 1: I was expecting a joyful expression, but instead I saw
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Speaker 1: Ted's face changing color. His face turned all pale and scared.
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Speaker 1: He replied, we shouldn't go to my dad's room. He
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Speaker 1: scares me when he talks in a confused tone. I
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Speaker 1: asked how his own dad scared him. Ted looked around
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Speaker 1: and then said, in a low voice, his lips never move.
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Speaker 1: He doesn't even blink his eyes. He just keeps staring
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Speaker 1: and a voice comes out of him. I get scared
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Speaker 1: when he does that. The hair on the back of
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Speaker 1: my neck stood up, I replied in a panic voice. Well,
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Speaker 1: what do you mean? Ted replied with his mom, and
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Speaker 1: the angry man shouted at his dad. His dad then
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Speaker 1: told him to leave, and he heard fighting in his
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Speaker 1: dad's room. But after some time, his mom and the
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Speaker 1: angry man came out and left immediately. He said he
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Speaker 1: went to his dad's room and saw him lying on
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Speaker 1: his bed like that, and he said he didn't go
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Speaker 1: to his room anymore. He just talks from the inside.
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Speaker 1: And Ted stands out near the closed door, and his
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Speaker 1: dad told him to wait for the next baby sitter,
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Speaker 1: and he said surely someone would come. After seeing the ads,
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Speaker 1: I bolted out of the bathroom and rushed towards the
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Speaker 1: bedroom where mister Saunders spoke to me. As I opened
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Speaker 1: the door, a foul smell of dead flush suffocated my lungs.
17:37
Speaker 1: I saw a lot and dead body of a man
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Speaker 1: lying on the bed. He was stabbed vigorously in the stomach.
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Speaker 1: Lotted blood was all over the bed sheets and his clothes.
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Speaker 1: His eyes were still wide open, looking directly at me.
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Speaker 1: I came out of the room and felt sick to
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Speaker 1: my stomach. Ted started to sob terribly seeing me react
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Speaker 1: that way, he said, in a sobbing voice, don't get
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Speaker 1: sick like dad, please, I'm scared of being here alone.
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Speaker 1: I sat down and gathered my thoughts. I hugged Ted
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Speaker 1: close to my chest and eventually called nine one one
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Speaker 1: and his grandmother and the paramedics took out the dead body.
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Speaker 1: Missus Saunders kept crying while holding our grandson. The cops
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Speaker 1: investigated the case, and the horrifying story shivered our town.
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Speaker 1: Ted's mom had an affair with a drug dealer out
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Speaker 1: of anger and frustration. Mister Saunders denied and rebuked his
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Speaker 1: wife for what she did. The argument led to a fight,
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Speaker 1: and the drug dealer boyfriend stabbed Ted's dad to death.
18:32
Speaker 1: Due to the fear of getting caught, Ted's mom ran
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Speaker 1: away with the drug dealer, leaving poor Ted all alone
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Speaker 1: with his father's corpse. To this day, this story still
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Speaker 1: terrifies me when I recall mister Saunders speaking to me
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Speaker 1: at first when I arrived, and I recently went to
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Speaker 1: go visit Ted, and he's now living with his grandma.
18:49
Speaker 1: The kid looked a lot happier last time I saw him,
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Speaker 1: and his grandma told me to take the money as
18:54
Speaker 1: I did do the babysitting job. She thanked me profusely,
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Speaker 1: saying that without me, her grandson would have died too.
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Speaker 1: She then handed me the money and I went home.
19:04
Speaker 1: I still don't know whether it was real or my
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Speaker 1: mind playing some trick on my imagination, but whenever I
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Speaker 1: closed my eyes, I still remember how clearly the ghost
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Speaker 1: of mister Saunders spoke to me that night. This happened recently.
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Speaker 1: I'm an eighteen year old college girl. I came from
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Speaker 1: a small family. My dad owns a small local store
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Speaker 1: and my mom works in a restaurant. I was a
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Speaker 1: bright student since childhood, so my grades helped me get
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Speaker 1: a few scholarships, which eventually paid my way to college.
19:34
Speaker 1: Even after a scholarship, college education proved to be quite
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Speaker 1: expensive for a girl like me, so I decided to babysit.
19:43
Speaker 1: In my opinion, babysitting was better than a full time job,
19:46
Speaker 1: as it gave me time to concentrate on my studies
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Speaker 1: and also have an income to support my daily expenses.
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Speaker 1: After doing it five to six times. I became quite
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Speaker 1: confident and carefree about the parks of the job. And
19:58
Speaker 1: that was until one incident in my life. Last week,
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Speaker 1: I saw an advertisement for a babysitting job on our
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Speaker 1: college website. Our college forum had a website to offer
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Speaker 1: basic jobs for students to help them with their sight income.
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Speaker 1: One day, I was sitting in the college library going
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Speaker 1: through the website for jobs when an ad caught my attention.
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Speaker 1: The ad was given by a man named mister Wood.
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Speaker 1: It said he needed a babysitter on the coming Saturday
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Speaker 1: night for his twins, Marla and Roney. As I already said,
20:28
Speaker 1: I gained good experience in this field, so without wasting
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Speaker 1: much time, I dialed the contact number. Mister Wood told
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Speaker 1: me to reach their house on Saturday night. I needed
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Speaker 1: the money really bad, so instead of going to the
20:40
Speaker 1: club with my friends, I decided to work as instructed.
20:44
Speaker 1: I reached the house mentioned in the address. The house
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Speaker 1: was quite fancy. It was on the top of the
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Speaker 1: hills with no other neighboring houses nearby. The house was
20:54
Speaker 1: no doubt far away from my town, so I informed
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Speaker 1: my dad. Just to be safe, I walked up to
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Speaker 1: this and reached the house porch hesitantly, I rang the doorbell.
21:05
Speaker 1: After waiting for two to three seconds, I heard footsteps
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Speaker 1: walking up to the door finally, and the door opened.
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Speaker 1: I saw a man in his late forties standing in
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Speaker 1: an expensive suit. The man checked me out, which obviously
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Speaker 1: made me uncomfortable, and then said you must be Lisa.
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Speaker 1: Come on in. I smiled awkwardly and went inside the house.
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Speaker 1: The house was even more luxurious from the inside. Big
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Speaker 1: couches were facing a huge TV screen. When the stair
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Speaker 1: went up on my left, which I guess led to
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Speaker 1: the bedrooms. The man then poured himself a drink and said,
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Speaker 1: I'm John Wood. Please take a seat. I sat down,
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Speaker 1: and he called out in a firm but irritated voice, Marla, Ronny,
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Speaker 1: she's here, come on down. As soon as he said it,
21:50
Speaker 1: I heard running footsteps from upstairs. A girl and a
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Speaker 1: boy age between three and four years came down and
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Speaker 1: stood silently in the living room. Now I've seen a
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Speaker 1: lot of kids, but there was something off about these ones.
22:03
Speaker 1: And I smiled at them and said, hi there, I'm Lisa.
22:07
Speaker 1: The girl looked at mister Wood. Mister Wood gestured her
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Speaker 1: to answer me, but none of them said a thing.
22:13
Speaker 1: Mister Wood said in a strict voice, Marla, say hi
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Speaker 1: to Lisa. Now. The girl smiled like a robot and
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Speaker 1: said Hi, I'm Martha. This is Rony. I didn't like
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Speaker 1: the way mister Wood pressured the kids interact, because kids
22:28
Speaker 1: take time to mix in with new people. Also, seeing
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Speaker 1: the boy and the girl, I felt they were scared
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Speaker 1: of their father. I figured mister Wood might be a
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Speaker 1: strict father, as raising two kids alone can be tough.
22:40
Speaker 1: Mister Wood finished his drink and then said, Lisa, I
22:44
Speaker 1: have a very important business meeting tonight. I'll be back
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Speaker 1: by nine pm, and don't worry, I'll arrange an uber
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Speaker 1: for your return. Once I come back. There's plenty of
22:52
Speaker 1: food in the fridge, and the kids go to sleep
22:54
Speaker 1: at eight pm sharp. Make yourself comfortable. And mister Wood
22:58
Speaker 1: then called someone, probably business client, and said yeah, I'm
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Speaker 1: coming in a half hour, and once again of the
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Speaker 1: kids for one last time and said don't do anything
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Speaker 1: that you shouldn't do, and listened to Lisa. All right,
23:10
Speaker 1: good night, you guys. Fathers can be strict when it
23:13
Speaker 1: comes to disciplining their children, but his father wasn't just
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Speaker 1: harsh on them. He was somewhat emotionless too. Mister Wood
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Speaker 1: left in his car and I locked the main door.
23:24
Speaker 1: As I turned around, I saw the kids sitting on
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Speaker 1: the couch and staring at me with their big, wide eyes.
23:30
Speaker 1: The boy, Ronie, didn't say a single word so far,
23:33
Speaker 1: so I went to him and said, it's just six
23:35
Speaker 1: point thirty and you guys have a lot of time
23:37
Speaker 1: before going to bed, so do you guys want to
23:40
Speaker 1: do something for fun or just watch TV? Ronie looked
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Speaker 1: at his sister Marla and said, she doesn't even look
23:46
Speaker 1: like us. I wasn't expecting this comment. I looked at
23:49
Speaker 1: them with a surprised face and said, uh, what do
23:52
Speaker 1: you mean. Marla immediately replied can we watch some cartoons
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Speaker 1: until bedtime? And I realized what she was doing was
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Speaker 1: being the bigger sister and trying to hide something regarding
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Speaker 1: what his brother said. I just dropped the topic as
24:05
Speaker 1: well and said okay, sure. The kids sat down on
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Speaker 1: the couch and started to watch TV. It was a
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Speaker 1: busy day and I barely had lunch. I opened the
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Speaker 1: fridge and it was stacked with food, like literally too
24:18
Speaker 1: much food. I mean, the people living in the house
24:21
Speaker 1: was only one adult and two toddlers, and so the
24:23
Speaker 1: hoarding of the food felt a bit odd at first,
24:26
Speaker 1: and then I thought it maybe it's difficult to run
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Speaker 1: by the general store due to the distance. I sat
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Speaker 1: down on the table near the kitchen window with a
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Speaker 1: slice of cake. And I had other times I have
24:36
Speaker 1: to play games with the kids, but these kids were different.
24:39
Speaker 1: As I already said, a view from the table didn't
24:42
Speaker 1: cover the entire living room area, but it was perfect
24:45
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on the kids. And the kids
24:47
Speaker 1: were laughing while watching cartoons. I got busy on my
24:50
Speaker 1: phone while eating the cake. I don't know how long
24:53
Speaker 1: I remained distracted, but suddenly I felt the ambience was
24:57
Speaker 1: too quiet, and I lifted up my face and my
25:00
Speaker 1: heart dropped. Marla and Ronie were sitting on the floor
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Speaker 1: like statues, and they were just watching me, even though
25:07
Speaker 1: they were just two small kids. This weird stare creeped
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Speaker 1: me out. At that moment, I said, guys, what happened?
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Speaker 1: Why are you sitting on the floor, and they kept
25:18
Speaker 1: staring at me. They didn't say a single word, and
25:21
Speaker 1: they didn't even look away. They were just staring at
25:23
Speaker 1: me with an expressionless face. I got up and said Okay,
25:28
Speaker 1: enough now, well, let's put you guys to bed. It's
25:31
Speaker 1: already seven thirty. Your dad will be here any minute now.
25:34
Speaker 1: Marlon and Roney got up slowly, and they looked at
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Speaker 1: each other and said, his name's mister Wood, and he
25:40
Speaker 1: prefers to be called by that name only. I thought
25:43
Speaker 1: it was weird, but I ignored it. I went towards
25:46
Speaker 1: them and held their hands to take them upstairs. Suddenly
25:50
Speaker 1: Marla said, why didn't you come to visit us all
25:52
Speaker 1: the time? I had no idea what these kids were
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Speaker 1: talking about, and I crouched onto their level and said,
25:58
Speaker 1: what are you talking about? Marla? Is everything? I'll write
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Speaker 1: with you too far? Marleo can answer my question. Ronie said,
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Speaker 1: in a sad face, you were supposed to come earlier.
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Speaker 1: Mister Wood brought us here to meet you. Don't you
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Speaker 1: love us? The hair on the back of my neck
26:12
Speaker 1: stood up. I was beyond confused that whatever these kids
26:15
Speaker 1: were telling me. I said, in a clueless tone, why
26:19
Speaker 1: would I come visit you guys? And what do you
26:21
Speaker 1: mean by mister Wood brought you here? Marla broke into
26:24
Speaker 1: tears and said, please, Mom, take us with you. The
26:28
Speaker 1: sky above my head broke upon me. Mom, sorry, sweetheart,
26:33
Speaker 1: but I'm not your mom. Can you please tell me
26:35
Speaker 1: what's going on here? I replied, Marla said, but you are.
26:39
Speaker 1: Mister Wood said that you are a mom, but that
26:41
Speaker 1: you'll be angry if we called you that, so we
26:44
Speaker 1: didn't say anything at first. Are you angry? And I
26:47
Speaker 1: realized there was something really wrong with these kids in
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Speaker 1: their lives, and I set them both down and said,
26:52
Speaker 1: who's mister Wood and is he not your father? Ronnie
26:56
Speaker 1: replied Marla and I lived with the other children earlier
26:59
Speaker 1: in that old house. Mister would talk to Aunt Christy
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Speaker 1: and brought us here. He said he'd take us to
27:04
Speaker 1: our mother, and last night he said our mom was
27:07
Speaker 1: coming to meet us, and then you came. Please take
27:10
Speaker 1: us with you before mister Wood sends Roney to some
27:12
Speaker 1: other house. The situation was getting more and more tense
27:15
Speaker 1: with each second. Marrying these kids made me feel like
27:18
Speaker 1: this actually was not their house and the man I
27:21
Speaker 1: just met was not really their father. I said, mister
27:25
Speaker 1: Wood wants to take Ronnie where Marlowe replied with the
27:28
Speaker 1: same sad face, he said, we'd be sent to stay
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Speaker 1: with other people. And then one day when we would
27:34
Speaker 1: grow up. He said, he'd bring us back to you,
27:36
Speaker 1: but I don't want to go anywhere. I just want
27:38
Speaker 1: to be with you, Mom. And I realized finally that
27:41
Speaker 1: these kids were in grave danger. Without wasting a second,
27:44
Speaker 1: I immediately called my dad. He called the cops, and
27:47
Speaker 1: they came to rescue the kids, and the cops later
27:50
Speaker 1: arrested mister Wood that same night. And it turns out
27:53
Speaker 1: this man was trafficking kids, and he used to buy
27:56
Speaker 1: children from poor orphanages and then would sell them who
27:59
Speaker 1: knows where. You must have had the same plan for
28:02
Speaker 1: these kids if they didn't meet me. Marlon and Rony
28:05
Speaker 1: are now being adopted by a nice couple in our town.
28:08
Speaker 1: I often go to see them and they still call
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Speaker 1: me mom, which I guess I don't mind, because whether
28:13
Speaker 1: they were my children or not my children, they deserve
28:16
Speaker 1: to be treated like children. I honestly feel proud of
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Speaker 1: myself that I could save two young lives from getting
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Speaker 1: lost in the darkness of this world.