The Staircase in the Woods
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Read between May 24 - May 28, 2025
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Red as a Ruby Slipper apple,
amy
still cannot eat apples thank u chuck
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In it are two things—one, an index card, on which is written: Take a good look, because you won’t see the next one coming. P.S. Leave Hamish alone, you fuck. It is unsigned. The second thing in the envelope—and the thing that Weems is supposed to take a good look at—is a shiny brassy 7mm Remington Magnum rifle round.
amy
DAMN MATTY COMIN IN HOT
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He was fucking awesome, Nick’s dad.
amy
something about this man… idk doesn’t feel right
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“I’ve not been particularly good at caring about other people. I mean—I care about them when I think about them. I guess I’m not good at the thinking about them part. I just hyperfocus on myself. Eyes on my own paper. I trust, falsely, foolishly, that everyone else has their shit together and just as I don’t need their help, they don’t need my help. And…they do sometimes need my help. And—” More truth that didn’t want to come free, like she was holding in vomit and knew she’d feel better once she puked it up but still tried really hard not to puke it up. “And sometimes, I need their help, too. ...more
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Too scared to get it done, to see it through.
amy
the real courage is to continue living bc living is the hardest part of it all
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Nick with his father.
amy
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHJNG OFF ABOUT THAT MF MAN I KNEW
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Eddie Naberius,
amy
WAIT A DAMN MINUTE !!!