Chapter 11 - Blame his parents

What if Tweek died?

𝗧𝗪: Drug use (meth)

"𝖧𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗒!" 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾. 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖺𝖻 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀'𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌. *𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴* 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋. 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖱𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗉 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽. "𝖲𝗁𝗂𝗍!" 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗍, 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖽𝗂𝖾. 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽'𝗏𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝗎𝗍.. 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖱𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗇𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆.

𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀, 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗅𝗒𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗈𝗉𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇, 𝖭𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖳𝗈𝗅𝗄𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖩𝗂𝗆𝗆𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗅𝗒𝖽𝖾 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖿𝗌. 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. "𝖢𝗅𝗒𝖽𝖾, 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀." 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝖬𝖺𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗒!" 𝖢𝗅𝗒𝖽𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗉𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇 𝖻𝗎𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒.

Nicole: I mean.. it's "Megan goes missing." I don't blame.

Clyde: Right! A true story??

Craig: They're trying to scare you.

Nicole: No? True story means true story, baby.

Bebe: Would it be better if we watch the exorcist?

Jimmy: That's not sc-ary.

Tolkien: I agree. I pick the deliverance!

Craig: That's new?

Tolkien: Yea.

Jimmy: I w-wanna watch it!

Clyde: Can we watch chucky first?

Bebe: Chuck isn't scary, Clyde.

Clyde: Or peppa pig?

Craig: You're that scared?

Clyde: I haven't watched a horror movie snice I was little, man.

Tweek: We could tell.

Nicole: Boom!

Bebe: I'm hungry, yall want something?

Jimmy: N-noodles!

Tolkien: Yall just ate popcorn?

Bebe: And? That's not gonna full me up!

Tweek: I'll make some noodles.

Nicole: I'm coming with!

Clyde: Don't take too long!

Bebe: Shut up!

Clyde: Umm.. can we watch SpongeBob?

Craig: Dude.

Clyde: pleaseeee!

𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄, 𝖭𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖴𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿.. 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗎𝗉. 𝖧𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍. 𝖶𝗁𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀? 𝖶𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗋? 𝖧𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖺𝖻 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗍. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾.. "𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄?" 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋. 𝖧𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌.

"𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗄?" 𝖭𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗅𝖾𝗌. "𝖸𝖾𝖺.. 𝗒𝖾𝖺, 𝖨'𝗆 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾." 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽. 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 (𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌.) 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗋𝗂𝗀𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋. (𝖮𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖽.) 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍.. 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗁. 𝖧𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗓𝗓𝗒, 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺 *𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗚* 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽. "𝖸𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾?" 𝖳𝗈𝗅𝗄𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍. 𝖬𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝖭-𝗇𝗈! 𝖧𝖾-" 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝖺𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖿𝗈𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁, 𝖭𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖡𝖾𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗌. 𝖳𝗈𝗅𝗄𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝗅𝗒𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖩𝗂𝗆𝗆𝗒 𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖧𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋, 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍... 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈, 𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗍, 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀. "𝖡𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉, 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉!" 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄, 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀, 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖤𝖱 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌.

𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀'𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 (+ 𝖳𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺) 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗍. "𝖤𝗑𝖼𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗆𝖾?" 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾. "𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝖳𝗎𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋?" 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽. 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾, 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝖾 𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆.

Laura: So...

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Laura: I know that you love him so much. But... Craig. He's gone.

Craig: .... Like dead?

Laura: Yes. And um... it was from the meth he had been consuming.

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Laura: I'll give you some time... Thomas, call Helen.

𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽? 𝖭𝗈. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽, 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄. 𝖣𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗉𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌. 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖱𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖳𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗌. 𝖨𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖱𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽. 𝖳𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄. 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖳𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖱𝗂𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍.

𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗈'𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝗌 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗇. 𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍! 𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗆, 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗎𝖽𝖽𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗁𝖾'𝗌... 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖺 𝗐𝖾𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖧𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝗈 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗐? 𝖨𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄? 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗄𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋, 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝖬𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖢𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽. 𝖧𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒.

"𝖨 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎."