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“I was hanging out with my mom’s cousin once removed (I don’t understand how cousins work). We met that year at the annual family reunion. He lived with his grandma, who was also my mom’s aunt. The reunion was on the family farm, which was still my mom’s aunt’s place. The cousin and I were closer in age to each other than anyone else there. We ran off together, and he let me ride his 4×4 while his dog ran beside us. We got way out into this other field, and suddenly, his demeanor changed.”
“I was young and annoying, so my dumbass being as creeped out as I was, decided the best thing to do would be to talk nonstop. He snapped out of his creepy state and took me back as fast as he could.
On our way home, my mom told me some stories about him. He used to chase her and her sisters around with a sharp knife when he was little, saying he was going to kill them. She told me she didn’t like me hanging out with him. I told her how weird things were when we rode out into the field. I told her he really creeped me out. She told me he was afraid of her, so he would never hurt me because she would kill him.
About a month later, we found out he killed my mom’s aunt.”
