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Hello everyone and welcome back for

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the continuation of our reading of

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CK Walker's famous creepy pasta

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story , boroska . I

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am , of course , your host , nick , and

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this is part three of our story . If

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you're just tuning in here , I highly

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recommend you go back and listen to this . This

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is the final release for this week . Next

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week we'll cover both part four , which

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was the original ending of the story , as

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well as part five , which was produced

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by the author CK Walker later on

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and provides a more complete

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ending to the story . So before

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part two , we left our protagonists

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Sam Kyle and

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Kimber in the hospital , having

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just learned that Kimber's mother

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had jumped from the roof of the hospital to

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her death . So why did

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she do it and what else might

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fall our protagonists in

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their search for the dark corners of Drisking

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and look for the truth behind

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Boroska ? Well

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comes part three . Get ready

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, do

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you ? Do you think she blames

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herself ? I don't know

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, man , probably I

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stretched out on the reclined seat of my Chevy

2:20

and pulled the bill in my hat lower over

2:23

my eyes , but but

2:25

do you think she's okay ? I

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didn't answer him . I certainly

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hadn't been okay when Whitney died and

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Kimber was even closer to her mom than

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I was to my sister . She

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was definitely not okay , sam

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. Seriously , I'm freaking , freaking

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out here . It's been two days . I

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pushed my hat up off my face and

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looked over at Kyle , who was , admittedly , a

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wreck . His eyes were bloodshot

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, his face sallow and

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his red hair was greasy

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. Dude , her

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mom committed suicide . You

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know how close Kimber was to her mom

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. She just needs some time , but

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she'll be okay . She hasn't

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answered any of my calls or texts . I've

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left her like nine voicemails . Man , I

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think I'm going crazy . You

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just have to give her space . Yeah

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, but she's my my

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he still couldn't say it around

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me . I'm supposed to be looking after

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her . I sat up and

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pulled the chair upright behind me . Look

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, kyle , I know you want

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to help Kimber . I want to help

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Kimber too , but she hasn't

3:36

answered our calls , been to school

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or come to the door when we've stopped

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by her house . She doesn't want

3:43

to see us right now and we

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have to be okay with that Right

3:48

now . Kimber knows what's best

3:50

for Kimber . But

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what about the suicide note ? You

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think that has something to do with it ? I

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sighed . We don't even know if there

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was a note . Kimber's dad

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was upset and messed up when

4:04

he said that it's possible , and

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I misheard him anyway . I asked

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my dad and he said there was no letter . Right

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, because your dad is such a beacon

4:13

of truth . One

4:15

look at Kyle , told me . He immediately

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regretted his words . I

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shrugged , man , I don't even

4:22

know what to believe anymore . The

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truth was that I knew what

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I heard . Mr Distarro

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had said something to the cops about a

4:31

letter , but I couldn't tell Kyle that

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, not right now . He

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was already worried that his relationship with

4:37

Kimber was part of the reason her mom

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had been so depressed . I

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asked my dad about the letter when he came home

4:44

that night after an east side

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, run both of his hands through

4:48

his hair in a tired way and

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said Sam , I don't

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know what to tell you . And Distarro

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didn't leave a suicide note and

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this is the first I've heard of it . With

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our best friend in mourning and our

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investigation on hold , kyle and

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I had been existing in a sort of suspended

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state . We went to school

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, intermittently , skipping classes

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here and there and smoking

5:14

more weed than either of us could afford , without

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Kimber there to set us straight and keep

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us in line . We were lethargic , brooding

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and irresponsible . I

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never realized how much I relied on her

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. Kyle and I skipped the

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last two periods of the day and debated

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on whether or not we should even go to moral , which

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was the last day of our sophomore year . We

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finally decided to show up for second period

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, which I was glad we

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did , because Kimber showed up in biology

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. I didn't even see

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her at first . I had my head

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down on my desk resting my folded

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arms . When I felt a meek hand

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pat my shoulder , I turned

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around to see her standing there , looking

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unsure and uncomfortable

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. I gave her half a smile

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and pulled her into a hug , but

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it wasn't a super comforting , not

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at all awkward Kimber hug . It

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was a longer , weaker hug

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and I felt so protective in

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it that I was sad when it was over . How

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are you doing , kay ? I asked her

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. When she finally released me , kimber wiped

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a tear off her cheek . I

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uh , I'm okay . And she gave

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me a wobbly smile and

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I knew it wasn't true . I

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wrapped her into another quick hug as Phoebe

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Dranger gave us a snotty look . Have

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you seen Kyle yet ? No

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, I have next period with him . He's

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, uh , he's been worried about

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you . Yeah , I know , she

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said , sliding her eyes to the floor . Things

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have been really hard

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for me at home . It's okay

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, we're here for whatever

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you need . Yeah , that's

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uh , that's what I was hoping . Whatever

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you need . Since

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it was the last day of school , our teacher

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, mr Founder , was just

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happy to return our graded tests and let

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us bullshit the rest of the period . Kimber

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talked about the arrangements for the funeral

7:15

that weekend and shyed Kyle and

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I for skipping finals to get stoned . When

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the bell rang , I could see that Kimber was both

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excited and nervous to see Kyle

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. As we packed up our bags

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, I assured her that Kyle wasn't mad

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. He was just worried about her . She

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threw her bag over her shoulder , said

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her jaw and nodded . She

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was trying so hard to keep it together . As

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soon as Kyle saw her from down the hall , he

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slammed his locker shut and walked

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towards us with such intensity . I

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began to wonder if maybe he was mad

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. He pushed past a dozen

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people without so much as glancing

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at them and left a curious , if

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annoyed , crowd in his wake . When

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he finally reached us , kyle threw his backpack

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against the wall and swooped Kimber up

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in the sort of way you'd see in an old black

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and white movie . Everyone

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who watched this unfold , including

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me , groaned in unison , since

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most of the teachers didn't even bother taking

8:17

attendance . That day I went to Calculus

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with Kimber and Kyle , where they had the

8:21

same conversation Kimber and I had

8:23

last period . Towards

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the end of the hour , the conversation vaulted

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and became uneasy

8:30

. Kyle and I exchanged a look

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over the top of Kimber's head and

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I nodded at him . �kimber�

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, he said quietly , �did

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your mom leave you a letter� ? �what�

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? Kimber asked in surprise . �i

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heard your dad talking about a letter on the

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day that—on

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, the day—on , tuesday . I

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said oh , as

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we waited for her to continue , the bell

8:57

rang for lunch . Everyone filed

8:59

out of the room , but the three of us stayed

9:02

still sitting on our desks . �kimber�

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, I finally said . She

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sighed sadly and looked over at Kyle . Yes�

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, �what did it say�

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? He asked nervously . �i

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don't know , I haven't seen it . I

9:19

asked my dad for it when we got home and

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he said I'd misheard him and there

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was no letter . He said

9:25

not to mention it to anyone else or

9:28

I'd just upset people . �well

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then , we both misheard him� . I said

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, which seems unlikely

9:35

. �i've known my dad

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all my life and

9:39

I know when he's lying� . People

9:42

started to filter in for the next period , sliding

9:45

sympathetic glances at Kimber . Since

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it was our lunch period , we gathered up

9:50

our things and walked out to my car , as

9:52

we always did . I sat in

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the back seat letting Kyle and

9:56

Kimber take the front . Kimber

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took a deep breath and continued �I

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know my dad is lying and

10:04

I know he has the letter� . �are

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you sure� , kyle asked . �i

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could tell he was still terrified that some

10:11

of the blame rested on him� . �yeah

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, and I know it contains the name

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Prescott� . I think

10:18

I even know where it is , �prescott�

10:21

. Yet somehow I wasn't that

10:23

surprised . He was the axis

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around which everything that was bad orbited

10:28

. �how do you know it's his Prescott�

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? Kyle asked . �i heard

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my dad reading it once . I

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think he reads it a lot . Actually

10:37

he was sort of sobbing

10:40

and whispering the words and throwing

10:42

things in his office . My

10:44

dad , he , uh , he

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hasn't been well . �do

10:48

you think she was having an affair with Jimmy Prescott�

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? I shook my head . �i'm

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guessing you need to think bigger than that , kyle�

10:56

. �i agree� , kimber

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said to her hands in her lap . With

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everything we know about the Prescotts , I'm

11:03

fairly sure that this isn't about an affair

11:05

. It's all connected somehow

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, don't you think� my dad was

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the love of my mom's life

11:12

, but she only left a letter from

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me . �i think that somehow

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I'm the one she wronged , not

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him . �you know , I

11:21

think she did something to me , or

11:24

maybe she did it because of

11:26

me� . Kimber's voice broke

11:28

over the last sentence and

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Kyle pulled her over , kissed

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the top of her head and whispered words

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to her that I couldn't hear . �so

11:37

we need to get the letter� . I said

11:39

after giving them a minute . Yeah

11:41

, I really need to read it . Kimber's

11:44

voice was still wobbly . �how

11:47

do we get it ? I asked If

11:49

it's in the office , we just need to wait

11:51

until her dad isn't home . Kyle

11:53

said as he looked out of the window . �you

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don't think I thought of that� . Kimber sighed

11:58

. �he never leaves his office

12:00

, not since we got home from the

12:02

hospital . He sleeps in

12:04

there . �so we

12:07

need to get him out . No�

12:09

, we need to get me in

12:11

. Tomorrow's my mom's funeral

12:13

, and half of Drisking will be there , including

12:16

my dad . Of course �I

12:18

need to leave without him noticing and

12:21

run home so I can go through the office . Oh

12:24

, okay , that's easy� , I said , without

12:26

my dad noticing , and I need

12:28

to be back by the end of the service . We

12:31

both nodded and stayed silent

12:33

because it looked like Kimber was weighing , saying

12:36

more �My dad

12:38

. He's been very cold and

12:40

�I think he

12:42

blames me� . Kimber finally

12:45

said �That's bullshit� . Kyle

12:47

spat , can you guys help me�

12:49

? Absolutely , of

12:52

course . We spent the

12:54

rest of the lunch hour creating a plan

12:56

far more strategic than the mission

12:58

probably needed . Kyle and

13:00

I would engage Mr Dostaro in conversation

13:03

and then Kyle would get a text

13:05

from Kimber telling him she was having a breakdown

13:07

in the bathroom . Kyle would go

13:09

leave to comfort her and

13:11

then they would take my car and go to the Dostaro

13:13

house . I would stay behind

13:16

and keep an eye on Kimber's dad while they

13:18

were gone . I went to

13:20

work that afternoon for the first time since Monday

13:22

. Mira seemed to be in a much

13:24

better mood and let me go home early

13:26

, since it was a Friday . I

13:28

didn't sleep well and I got

13:30

up at 4 am to go through my clothes looking

13:33

for something dressy and black

13:35

to wear to the funeral . My

13:37

dad came in before he left for work and

13:39

found his disheveled , panicked teenage

13:42

son looking helplessly through piles of

13:44

black clothing . He smiled

13:46

pittyingly and led me to his own

13:48

closet . Since my dad and I

13:51

had not only the same face , but the

13:53

same build as well , finding something

13:55

suitable to wear was easy . I

13:57

thanked him and he asked me to apologize

14:00

to Kimber for having to work through the service

14:02

and that he sends his love . Andistaro's

14:06

funeral was at an Episcopalian

14:08

church on the other side of town . I

14:10

picked Kyle up at nine and saw he

14:12

was also wearing a suit of his dad's , though

14:15

it didn't fit nearly as well , as he was constantly

14:18

pulling at the sleeves and readjusting

14:20

the waistline . Unfortunately

14:22

for Kyle , he was also much smaller

14:24

than his dad . We parked as

14:26

far away from the church as possible where

14:29

we hoped no one would notice a car leaving

14:31

. We went inside the

14:33

church and saw that Kimber wouldn't have to do

14:35

much acting to convince people she was having

14:37

a breakdown . We found her

14:39

at the back of the room tucked into a chair

14:41

and a puddle of curly orange hair and

14:44

tears . Kyle sat down

14:46

next to her and pulled her into a hug . Jesus

14:49

, kimber , what's wrong ? I

14:51

kicked his foot and shot him a look that said

14:53

, really , kyle bit his

14:55

lip . I mean , uh , fuck , there's

14:59

no one here , our whispered

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against his chest . My mom grew

15:03

up here . She had hundreds of friends

15:05

in this town and no one came . We

15:08

looked around and I had to admit

15:10

the turnout was sparse A

15:12

few groups of three or four people standing

15:14

together , kimber's dad , who sat

15:17

in a chair opposite the room of his daughter with

15:19

his head in his hands , and some family

15:22

I recognized from barbecues at Kimber's

15:24

house . Sheriff Clary

15:26

and his wife Grace were there , standing

15:29

with a few of my dad's deputies and

15:31

talking quietly in the corner . I

15:33

could see why Kimber was upset . As

15:36

we waited for the service to start , I'd

15:39

realized I'd never been to a funeral before

15:41

. I wished that we'd had one for

15:43

my sister , but I knew we could never

15:45

, since Whitney was still legally alive

15:47

. It made me sad to think

15:49

that she would never be laid to rest . Only

15:52

a few other funeral-goers trickled in

15:54

and the pastor began getting people

15:57

seated for the service . I

15:59

noticed the casket at the pulpit for the first

16:01

time and I was glad it was still

16:03

closed . Still , I

16:05

had to wonder at the simple , unadorned

16:08

, almost ugly coffin that

16:10

had been chosen for Kimber's mom . I

16:12

knew the Dostaros had money Quite

16:15

a lot of it actually . It was an

16:17

interesting , almost insulting

16:19

, choice . Kimber , kyle

16:23

and I stood Kimber up and started

16:25

over to the pews , but she stopped

16:27

abruptly . I'm ready , she

16:29

said and brushed the hair away from her

16:31

wet face , ready for

16:34

to leave . I

16:36

can't be here anymore . It's a disgrace

16:39

to my mother . Kimber raised

16:41

her head a notch and said her jaw . I

16:43

knew this look and it meant there'd

16:45

be no reasoning with her . Kyle

16:47

and I looked at each other . This

16:50

wasn't the plan . It'd

16:52

be a lot more obvious if Kimber was missing

16:54

from the service , especially with a

16:56

low turnout . You guys

16:58

go over and say what we rehearsed to my

17:01

dad , kyle , I'll text

17:03

you in thirty seconds Go . Kyle

17:06

nodded and started over and

17:08

I knew we weren't arguing . Mr

17:10

Dostaro was finally standing looking

17:13

over at the front pew reserved for him

17:15

and his daughter . With hesitation , mr

17:18

Dostaro , I said as we approached

17:20

I'm very sorry to hear

17:22

about your wife . She was shit

17:25

, I'd forgotten my lines . A

17:28

great woman who raised

17:30

a wonderful daughter . Kyle finished

17:32

yeah , he spat

17:35

To great women commit suicide

17:37

, leaving their wonderful daughters alone in the

17:39

world . Uh , shit

17:42

To great women jump

17:45

off of buildings and make spectacles of themselves

17:47

and leave their families to deal with the publicity

17:50

and the grief . Kyle's

17:52

phone chirped , thank God

17:54

. Oh , that's

17:56

Kimber . Kyle settled a little too

17:58

fast before he'd actually had time to look at

18:00

his phone . Oh man , she

18:03

isn't well . She says she's crying

18:05

and feeling sick . I'm going

18:07

to go help her . No , mr

18:09

Dostaro yelled . So suddenly the

18:12

Kyle dropped his phone on the ground , where it made

18:14

a loud clatter on the stone floors

18:16

. Not you

18:18

, you don't help my daughter , you

18:20

don't even talk to her . He

18:23

can go . And he pointed at

18:25

me . Uh , okay

18:28

, I stuttered . The

18:30

plan had changed too much . I needed

18:32

to somehow get the car keys from Kyle

18:34

without being seen . Kyle

18:36

gave me a shaky , subtle nod and

18:39

then he and Mr Dostaro went to sit down

18:41

. It was obvious Kimber's

18:43

dad was keeping an eye on Kyle . Getting

18:46

the car keys from him was going to be nearly impossible

18:49

. I backed into the shadows

18:51

at the back of the room while the pastor started

18:53

the service . I texted Kyle four

18:56

times asking for help , but he

18:58

wouldn't dare touch his phone . He

19:00

just stared straight ahead , flicking

19:02

worried glances at Mrs Dostaro

19:04

every couple seconds . After

19:07

several minutes I went to find Kimber

19:09

to see what she wanted to do , but she

19:11

wasn't in our meeting spot by the back door

19:13

. The plan was falling apart

19:16

. I pulled out my phone

19:18

and sent her a text . Where

19:20

are you , kyle's

19:22

? Next to your dad , and I can't get the keys from

19:24

him . I waited in the hallway

19:27

tapping my phone against my hand nervously

19:29

. After a minute or two my

19:31

phone vibrated . I'm sorry

19:33

I left without you guys . I

19:36

had to get out of there . I'm so sorry

19:38

. I'll be back before the end of the service . I

19:41

promise Shit

19:43

Be safe . It

19:46

was now imperative that I not be seen

19:48

. I went to the men's bathroom

19:50

, locked myself in a stall and played

19:52

Snake for the longest twenty minutes of my life

19:54

. I knew the service wouldn't

19:57

go on much longer , so I texted

19:59

Kimber again , you on your way

20:01

back . Yet Did you find it ? I

20:04

sat waiting watching

20:06

the minutes tick by . I texted

20:08

her again . I think the service

20:10

is ending soon . Where are you ? Another

20:14

seven minutes Of no response

20:16

. I tried calling , but it went to voicemail

20:18

. I tried again , with the same result

20:20

. I was getting nervous . I

20:23

was about to try a third time and then

20:25

two people walked into the bathroom and my phone

20:27

vibrated with a text . It

20:29

was Kyle . The service was over

20:31

. Kimber has the keys . Why

20:34

aren't you guys back yet ? Did you

20:36

find anything ? I left

20:38

the bathroom without washing my hands and received

20:41

dirty looks from the two strangers at the urinals

20:43

. As the door closed behind me , I

20:45

found Kyle staring out the window looking

20:48

for my car . Kyle , he

20:50

jumped . Where's Kimber ? What did you guys find

20:52

? I don't know . She left

20:54

without me . What the fuck ? Why

20:57

when is she ? I don't

20:59

know Kyle , she left

21:01

without me . I reiterated

21:03

she's not answering my calls

21:05

or texts . Fuck

21:07

, mine neither . We have

21:09

to keep an eye on her dad until she gets back

21:12

. We're not the only ones

21:14

, kyle said , gesturing across the

21:16

room . What the fuck is going on ? Three

21:19

men were talking to Kimber's dad in a corner

21:21

across the room . Chief among

21:23

them was Killian Clary , who was flanked

21:25

by his two former deputies . Driskings'

21:28

retired sheriff had on his hand Mr

21:31

DiStaro's arm and was speaking

21:33

with him in an angry , hushed tone . Kimber's

21:36

dad was shaking his head and

21:38

desperately objecting to something . The

21:41

two deputies walked out the front door of the

21:43

church and Mr DiStaro was sagged

21:45

against Killian Clary , who sat

21:47

him in a nearby chair . Something

21:51

was happening . Call Kimber

21:53

Now , kyle said . I

21:55

tried again and this time the call rang

21:57

twice and was sent to voicemail . I

21:59

ended the call and threw up my hands looking

22:02

desperately at Kyle Again

22:04

, he said , and took out his own phone

22:06

. I got the same result , but felt

22:08

a jolt of relief when someone answered Kyle's

22:10

call . But it wasn't Kimber

22:12

. Phil , what part

22:14

of town are you in ? I need a ride

22:16

, it's an emergency . I waited

22:18

. Yeah , man , I'm at the Northridge Church

22:20

. As fast as you can , I'm with Sam

22:23

, I'll owe you . Kyle

22:25

hung up and then immediately tried Kimber's

22:27

phone . She's sending me to voicemail

22:29

too . We both stood at the window

22:32

anxiously waiting to see Phil's silver

22:34

mask to pull up . Kyle chewed

22:36

his lip and I tapped my phone . Come on

22:38

, saunders . We threw occasional

22:40

looks back at Kimber's dad until Clary

22:43

stood him up and ushered the now inconsolable

22:45

man out of the church . Suddenly

22:48

, kyle's phone chirped and we

22:50

both looked down to see Kimber's name flash

22:52

up on the screen . Kyle's knees nearly

22:54

buckled in relief and he sagged against the

22:56

wall . I found it . Kyle

22:59

opened the text and furiously typed a reply

23:01

they're coming for UK . We

23:04

both stared at the phone waiting a response and

23:06

just as the sun blinded us as it reflected

23:09

off of Phil's approaching silver sedan

23:11

. We got one . They're

23:14

here . It

23:16

was the last message we got from Kimber . When

23:19

Phil dropped us at the Dostaro house , we

23:21

found the front door unlocked and

23:23

no one home . My car

23:25

was sitting in the driveway , unlocked

23:27

, with the keys and the ignition . Kyle

23:30

and I drove back to the church , but the

23:32

funeral was over and the few people that

23:34

had attended it were already gone . We

23:36

drove back to Kimber's house again , but

23:38

it was just as we'd left it and still

23:41

no one was home . Kyle

23:43

had lost it by this time and was

23:45

an absolute wreck . He'd called

23:47

her so many times I was sure he'd

23:49

killed her battery . His calls

23:51

went straight to voicemail and his

23:53

texts were unanswered . After

23:55

half an hour of begging from Kyle , I

23:58

finally called my dad . He answered

24:00

immediately Sammy , what's

24:02

wrong ? It's Kimber , she's

24:04

gone , dad . We've looked everywhere

24:07

, but her and her dad are missing . She

24:09

left the funeral early in and

24:11

Killian Cleary was talking to her dad and

24:14

then Samson and Greg left and I think

24:16

they went to her house and they got her dad . I

24:19

still think they're working for Cleary on the side

24:21

or something , and I think they're doing something bad . She

24:24

Whoa , whoa , whoa , slow

24:26

down . Come by the station

24:28

and let's talk . I'll take a statement

24:30

from you , boys , and I'll send a couple officers

24:32

over to investigate the house . Just

24:35

calm down , sam , we'll handle

24:37

this . I hung up and threw

24:39

my car violently into reverse , jerking

24:42

the wheel to the left as I hit the end of the driveway

24:44

. Sam , sam

24:46

, how , how do we know ? How

24:48

do we know we can trust the cops ? I'm

24:51

not trusting the cops , I'm

24:53

trusting my dad . I said

24:55

my words sounding hopeless even

24:58

to me . I turned it in the sheriff's

25:00

office and Kyle was out of the car

25:02

as soon as I slowed down enough to park . By

25:05

the time I got inside , my dad had

25:07

Kyle by the shoulders and

25:09

was nodding solemnly at everything

25:12

Kyle was telling him . When

25:14

my dad saw me , he motioned for

25:16

an officer to take us to his office . After

25:19

a few minutes he came in and sat

25:21

down across the desk from us . Alright

25:23

, boys , I'm going to have officer Ramínez

25:26

come in a few minutes and take a statement from both

25:28

of you . I want to know that

25:30

at this point in time , it looks

25:32

like the Dostaro's left town voluntarily

25:35

. No , no way , mr Walker

25:37

, kimber would never . My dad

25:39

held up his hand for silence . Let

25:42

me rephrase Jacob Dostaro

25:45

left town voluntarily . Kimber

25:47

is a minor and has no legal

25:50

rights here . If her dad

25:52

said they're leaving , then they're

25:54

leaving , but she's not answering

25:56

her phone . And we went to that house , dad . Nothing

25:59

was packed . Maybe they're just

26:01

going away for a while , maybe

26:03

to her relatives . I can't theorize

26:06

as to why she wouldn't answer the phone , other

26:08

than maybe she wants to be left alone for a while

26:11

. Kyle was exasperated

26:13

, but but but look

26:15

, I know it's hard for you to understand

26:17

, but losing a family member takes

26:19

a toll on a person . Sam

26:21

, you know that we don't

26:23

know how many people are going to grieve and

26:26

we don't have a right to . I

26:28

think it's very likely that Kimber will be

26:30

back by the fall for school the

26:32

fall , sheriff Walker . That's two

26:35

months away . You need to investigate

26:37

now . Kyle , I

26:39

know you're upset and no one

26:41

said we're not going to investigate thoroughly

26:43

. Yeah , like you

26:45

investigated Whitney's disappearance thoroughly

26:48

. I spat and I didn't regret

26:50

the words , sam . He

26:53

snapped at me with more force than I'd ever heard

26:55

him use . I am tired of listening

26:57

to you insult me and say that

26:59

I didn't do everything I could to find

27:01

Whitney . I love your sister

27:04

more than you can imagine . She's

27:06

my daughter , sammy , and I

27:08

will never give her up . And

27:10

what about the deputies that left the funeral to

27:12

go get her ? Kyle interrupted . My

27:15

dad raised an eyebrow at me . Samson

27:17

and Grig , I ground out through

27:19

clenched teeth beside Boys

27:22

. Samson and Grig left the funeral

27:24

because I sent them out on a call . I

27:26

stood up violently knocking over a chair

27:28

in my process . Oh , come on , dad

27:31

. Alright , that's enough

27:33

. The sheriff slammed

27:35

his hands down on the desk and stood up . I

27:38

told you I would tell you when

27:40

I know and I have I

27:42

understand your friend is important

27:45

to you and , god damn it , the

27:47

Dostaros are friends of mine too . I

27:50

promise you that I will use the full

27:52

extent of my resources to track

27:54

them down and put your minds at ease

27:56

, but until then , all

27:59

I can offer you is the reassurance

28:02

that there is no sign of foul

28:04

play at this time . You

28:06

boys need to get off the warpath

28:08

and let us handle this Now

28:11

. Ramirez is waiting in the hall

28:13

to take your statements and then both

28:15

of you are going home . Understood

28:18

, I said nothing

28:21

and glared at my dad's seething

28:23

with rage . Kyle stood

28:25

up and walked out of the room with no emotion

28:27

whatsoever . He walked

28:29

past Ramirez and I followed

28:32

him out to the car . We got in

28:34

and I waited for Kyle to say something

28:36

. I heard a loud sniffle

28:38

and I looked over at him to

28:40

see his face slick with tears . It

28:43

was the first time I'd ever seen Kyle , but

28:46

not the last . He… he's

28:49

lying , he whispered . I

28:51

just shook my head . I

28:54

didn't know what to believe . Kyle

28:56

turned his face away from me . I

28:59

know he's lying . The bad

29:01

has happened and he's lying about it . What

29:05

, what happened ? I heard more sniffling

29:08

as Kyle tried to collect himself . Dude

29:10

, fucking , talk to me . What do you think

29:13

happened ? Kimber's

29:15

gone , like all the others , so

29:19

she's at the place where bad things

29:21

happen . I punched the steering

29:23

wheel . How the fuck could this have

29:25

happened ? Not Kimber , please

29:28

, not Kimber . It was all

29:30

of this because of me . Had

29:32

her mother killed herself because of something I'd

29:34

done , something we'd found

29:36

out ? Was Kimber taken because

29:38

of me ? If I thought for one

29:41

minute that was true , I knew I would crack

29:43

into tiny pieces . No , not

29:46

Kimber . No , yes

29:48

, sam , fucking , think about it . Kyle

29:50

yelled at me . It's the treehouse . It's

29:52

all the same . Barasca , the

29:55

skin men , the triple tree , your sister

29:57

, the mountain and the

29:59

tree is the same , and the tree has

30:01

all been eaten . It's the Prescott

30:03

empire , and now Kimber

30:05

has been fucking consumed by it . Where do we go ? I

30:08

could feel the warm tears of my own desperation

30:11

and hopelessness sliding down my cheeks . What

30:15

do we do ? What do we fucking do ? Kyle

30:18

threw his hands up in frustration . We

30:20

have to go to Ambercott , right ? It

30:26

all starts and ends at the triple tree , sam . We've

30:29

been to that treehouse a million times

30:31

, kyle . There's nothing there . I

30:33

don't know where the fuck else to go . Sam

30:35

, I

30:38

jumped as someone tapped on the window of my

30:40

car and wiped the tears off my

30:42

face . I rolled down the window

30:44

as Officer Greg leaned down and looked in

30:46

the car . You boys move

30:48

along home , alright , yep

30:51

? I said and turned the key in the ignition

30:53

. Officer Greg waved at us as

30:55

we pulled out of the parking lot , but

30:57

we didn't wave back the treehouse

31:00

, kyle said we

31:02

drove in silence , both of

31:04

us trying desperately to get a hold of ourselves

31:06

. If we were going to be of any

31:09

help to Kimber , we needed to be calm

31:11

enough to think logically . I

31:13

parked in the space right next to the trailhead

31:15

and saw several bikes tied to

31:17

the post . As we made our

31:19

way up to the West Rim Prescott ore

31:22

trail we passed Parker and a couple

31:24

of his friends coming down it . I

31:26

nodded to him , but Kyle said nothing

31:28

, just stared up at the trail

31:31

, reaching for the only place he knew how to

31:33

go . It was almost dark

31:35

by the time we got to Ambercott and

31:37

there was little light left to search for whatever

31:39

Kyle hoped to find . It

31:41

took half an hour in the darkness before

31:43

I finally convinced Kyle that there was nothing

31:45

there to help Kimber . And

31:47

though we didn't speak of it , I knew

31:50

that he and I were both painfully aware

31:52

of all the sounds . That night we

31:54

were scared , terrified

31:56

down to our very bones that

31:58

we would hear the piercing scraping

32:00

, grinding and metal screams

32:02

of the monster at Baroska that

32:05

we'd become so accustomed to over the years

32:07

. We both dreaded it

32:09

, prayed it would not come

32:11

, and we did not speak

32:13

of it . I dropped Kyle at

32:15

home and promised we would find Kimber

32:17

tomorrow . I swore we

32:19

would . He gave me nothing

32:21

more than a shallow nod and disappeared

32:24

inside his house . My

32:26

dad was waiting for me in the kitchen when I got

32:28

home a few minutes later . I

32:30

didn't look at him , walked over to

32:32

the fridge realizing I hadn't eaten all day . Sammy

32:35

, sit down . I

32:38

want to apologize for today . I

32:41

took out some chicken and cheese and went to the pantry

32:43

for bread . Listen , I

32:45

know you're scared and I know that

32:47

there's been a lot going on that you can't exactly

32:50

relate to . He sighed , ann

32:52

. Ann had been depressed

32:55

for a good long while Sam Over

32:57

twenty years , that'll

32:59

weigh on a person I

33:02

ignored him and continued making my sandwich . I

33:05

was dying inside , wondering

33:07

if I could even trust the man I'd called dad

33:09

my entire life . She was

33:11

suffering , sam , and

33:13

sometimes people who suffer that deeply

33:16

don't know of any other way out . She

33:18

knew her depression was hurting her husband and

33:21

her daughter and maybe she

33:24

was mistakenly , maybe

33:26

she thought she was doing them a favor . Mom's

33:30

depressed , I said , without taking

33:32

my eyes from my task your

33:35

mother's coping okay . This

33:37

was very different . Sam . Kimber's

33:40

mom had been depressed since she was in her 20s . Early

33:43

in her marriage , anne suffered multiple

33:45

miscarriages . Infertility

33:48

can be very hard on some couples and

33:50

not even Kimber's birth could totally ease her

33:52

pain . Dad

33:54

, with all due respect , I'm

33:57

tired and I'm going to bed

33:59

. Kyle and I are getting up early

34:01

to look for Kimber . I threw

34:03

the knife in the sink with a loud clang

34:05

and turned to look at my dad for the first time

34:07

. Please tell me you're

34:10

still trying to find Kimber . The

34:12

sheriff stood up from the kitchen table looking

34:15

as tired and disheveled as I felt . I

34:17

promised Sammy and

34:19

I finally believed him . The

34:22

next morning , when I pulled up to Kyle's house

34:24

, parker came out to meet me . Hey

34:26

, parker , I said when

34:29

I rolled down the window and the cool

34:31

morning air waffed it in

34:33

. Kyle's not here . He left around five

34:35

Stole my dad's truck . He's

34:38

pissed so you'd better go . Thanks

34:40

, man , I said as I rolled up the window

34:43

and took off down the street . I

34:45

drove around all morning looking for Kyle

34:47

and calling his cell , but he didn't pick

34:49

up until around noon . Sorry

34:51

, man , I uh , I couldn't sleep

34:53

. Kyle sounded a bit more stable

34:56

than yesterday . That's cool . We're

34:58

yet I don't know exactly

35:00

A rare spot where I'm getting

35:02

service you in the woods

35:04

. Yeah , she's

35:06

out here , sam , somewhere in these mountains . I

35:09

can feel it , I know

35:11

it All right . Well , let me meet

35:13

you . Okay , come down to the

35:15

West Rim Trail and I'll meet you there . It

35:18

was only five minutes away , so I arrived

35:20

before Kyle had time to get down the mountain

35:23

. Mr Landy's red Dodge

35:25

Ram was parked haphazardly in a

35:27

no parking zone , and I figured it would

35:29

probably be towed by the time we get back . But

35:32

I doubted Kyle cared . At this point , though

35:34

, I crossed my arms

35:36

and leaned against my car as I waited for him

35:38

, staring up at the dirty red

35:40

trail and impatience . When

35:42

Kyle finally showed a half hour later

35:44

, he was covered in sweat and

35:47

dirt and dejection . So

35:51

I said , pushing up off the car , no

35:53

, nothing man , all right

35:55

, well , let's keep searching . We

35:57

hiked miles and miles

36:00

of the mountain that day , but we didn't find any

36:02

sign of human life , and

36:04

for the next few days , if the sun was out

36:06

, so were we . Kyle

36:09

was growing more and more desperate , crossing

36:11

onto private property to look for locking

36:13

equipment and mapping out the county's

36:16

main mines . It searched for

36:18

the abandoned buildings , but

36:20

the mountain was big and the needle

36:22

buried deep in the haystack . And

36:25

as the days slipped away , so

36:27

did Kyle's sanity . Every

36:29

time I saw my dad , he would give

36:31

me a sober look and promise they

36:33

were still looking . It seemed

36:36

to me that even he was growing concerned

36:38

that the Dostarrow House remained

36:40

as cold and empty as the

36:42

space between the stars above it . It

36:46

was on the eleventh night of

36:48

our Kimberless existence that

36:51

I was awoken out of the troubled sleep by

36:54

the piercing , whirling

36:56

, screeching sound of

36:58

death at Baroska . I

37:00

cried myself back to sleep to

37:03

the tortured sounds of Kyle's own agony

37:05

next door . We

37:08

had failed . Her Kimber

37:11

was dead . So

37:29

this was once again where I leave you for

37:31

another week . Take this opportunity

37:34

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37:36

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37:38

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37:40

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37:42

ahead . Let's finish this

37:44

story together and find

37:46

out what becomes of Kimber , kyle

37:49

and Sam . I

37:52

hope you've really been loving Baroska so far

37:54

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37:56

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38:00

I'll be back next Tuesday with

38:02

parts four and five ending

38:05

our story . As a reminder

38:07

, new episodes of the Insidious

38:10

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38:12

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38:15

standard time , but for now

38:17

it's time to close

38:19

the cover of the Insidious Agenda

38:21

. I've been your host

38:24

, nick , and I want to thank you

38:26

very much for listening . I'll

38:28

see you again next week .