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Why the hell would y'all even want to go out there?

My grandmother would say, in that thick Texan drawl, before spitting a wad of dip into her snuff mug.

She was like a firecracker, always startling you with a pop, even though you were the one who lit the match.

My grandpa Joe, a towering man with calloused mitts for hands, would grunt in assent and

flip to the next page of his morning paper.

I miss them. My brother Jesse and I are cleaning out their house after my grandmother

passed, reminiscing on the mostly fond memories we shared. We were raised here, taken by our

mother in the dead of night to flee the

terrors of my drunken father. My father wouldn't find us in the vast countryside of Texas.

And if he did stumble upon the needle in the haystack, he would have to answer to Big Joe,

who preferred to settle disputes with his fists. My mom made the right call.

Dad was never able to find us.

Too many tiny towns, like the one we escaped to.

But if there's anything I've learned,

the most evil things can happen in the smallest places.

My grandparents left us the house,

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