I didn’t know what to say to that. Blakely had always said she was a killer. That’s how she liked to introduce herself at camp when we were really young. Whenever we got matched with our counselor, the first thing they made us do was go around the room and introduce ourselves. Blakely always said the same thing. “I’m Blakely, and I’m a killer.” She’d giggle as they looked back at her with horrified expressions. None of them ever knew what to say after that. She loved shocking people. Anything to throw them off balance. She’d give them a few more seconds to squirm before saying the next part,
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