Chapter 2 - Noah K.

I have an oc for my book "Highschool years: Seniors".. And his name is Noah King. And he went mute. Here's the backstory.

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𝗧𝗪: 𝖲𝖠, 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁, 𝖻𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌.

𝖶𝗁𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁? 𝖬𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌. 𝖬𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖦 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗂𝖺. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗌. 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒?

𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆

"𝖭𝖮𝖠𝖧!" 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗆. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒, 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗆. "𝖣𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗅𝖺𝗉 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋?" 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾. "𝖭-𝗇𝗈 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗒-" 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝖦𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖴𝗀𝗁, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇." 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗌. 𝖡𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽.. "𝖨𝗍𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝗐." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖫𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽. "𝖢𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇.." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽.

Uncle: What ya doing Noah?

Noah: uh.. reading.

Uncle: mhm... Why aren't you with Mia celebrating your birthday?

Noah: Mommy put me in here.

Uncle: Aw... sorry little man. But hey, tomorrow when I come over we can have a Uncle and nephew day!

Noah: Really?

Uncle: Yup. I'll buy you a cake too.

Noah: Thank you uncle ___!

Uncle: ofcoruse Noah.

𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗄𝖾, 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗌, 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌.. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖻𝗒𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍. 𝖣𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀.

Arthur: Noah? What you drawing?

Noah: A car!

Arthur: Whoa! That's cool kid. We have some cake left, wanna eat it with me?

Noah: Ok!

𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇, 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺.

Arthur: Hello Lous-

Louisa: Why is he eating?

Arthur: what do you mean?

Louisa: He already ate.

Noah: No I didn-

Louisa: YES. You did. Arthur don't make me annoyed.

Arthur: Noah, is it true that you ate already?

Noah: No! I didn't..

Louisa: Stop lying.. Arthur I wanna talk to you.

Arthur: Ok Louisa just give me a min-

Louisa: Like a really busy one~

Arthur: Geez not around the kids baby! I'll be right back Noah.

Noah: ok..

𝖡𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗄𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆.

Lamar: I'm trying to be like dad, you wanna do this or no?

Noah: Oh!

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗄𝖾.

Lamar: You know, uncle isn't what you think he is. You don't remember.. but I was your age when he started to say something strange to me.

Noah: What that mean?

Lamar: Your 5 now. Your staying with uncle tomorrow?

Noah: yea?

Lamar: I'm warning you. Your next. But im not gonna say much. I might do it too.

Noah: What are you saying? What do you mean I'm next?

Lamar: I'm telling you all the possible things they'll do to you. And I won't be able to help.

"𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽."

𝗔𝗚𝗘: 5

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾.

Louisa: There he is. Make sure he goes to sleep at 9 and make sure he eats.

Uncle: Ok darling!

Arthur: Hey umm ____ when it's time for him to sleep, can you turn on his night light? He's scared of the dark.

Uncle: Yea sure thing!

Mia: Bye uncle ____!

Uncle: Bye baby girl!

𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗐. 𝖥𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗒𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝖺𝗍. 𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝖽, 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 "𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖" 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽. 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽. 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗂𝗌𝖾.

𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋. 𝖧𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗍𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉. 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗍𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗌, 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗇𝗈𝗐. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝖺𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗌𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. "𝖣𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝗒. 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝖼𝗄. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗌. 𝖬𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇. 𝖧𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 "𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇" 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀.

Arthur: ___ What the hell!? What happened?

Uncle: I forgot to turn on his night light Arthur, I'm so sorry!

Arthur: It's alright... come here Noah.

Uncle: Oh! I don't know if you can see, but I think he has a purple eye. He fell off I think?

Arthur: aw.. it's ok Noah. Let's go get some ice ok?

Noah: B-b-but-

Uncle: But I should get going. I gotta go to work.

Arthur: Alright. Im gonna give you the money when we go downstairs.

Uncle: alright!

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌, 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗆. "𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗍 𝗎𝗉. 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝖺𝗆𝗇 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾! 𝖮𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉, 𝗂𝗍'𝗅𝗅 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎." 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗌 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇. "𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖼𝖾." 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾. "𝖣𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒, 𝗀𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗋." 𝖠𝗌 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾." 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. "𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝖽. 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍."

𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖣𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖨 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖥𝖴𝖢𝖪𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖣𝖮𝖮𝖱!?" 𝖧𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝖽. "𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝖽. 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖿𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖿𝖾.

Arthur: Noa- OH MY GOSH! LOUISA, CALL 911!

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗄. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽. 𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀.. 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍. 𝖧𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗒.

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𝖭𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗑. 𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍. 𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐, 𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗉𝖾𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍. "𝖤𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖲𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖤𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋'𝗌 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗎𝗉. "𝖨 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗀𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖫𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝖼 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗒. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺. 𝖬𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 911 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. 𝖡𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅. 𝖭𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗅, 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖬𝗂𝖺'𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖻𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖬𝗂𝖺, 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗐, 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝗈 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌. "𝖨𝗆 𝗌𝗈 𝗅𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗌. 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾." 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗂𝖺. "𝖢𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌, 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽." 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽. 𝖮𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗓𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗄𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝗌.. "𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗐𝖾 𝗀𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾." 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒.

𝖠𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾, 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺'𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗉. "𝖮𝖯𝖤𝖭. 𝖨 𝖲𝖠𝖨𝖣 𝖮𝖯𝖤𝖭 𝖸𝖮𝖴𝖱 𝖦𝖮𝖣 𝖣𝖠𝖬𝖭 𝖬𝖮𝖴𝖳𝖧!" 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍, 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, "𝖣𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗍." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗉 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. "𝖸𝖮𝖴! 𝖦𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆." 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 "𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁." 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁, 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 "𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆". 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽. "𝖶𝗁𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗎𝗆𝖻 𝖺𝗌𝗌?" 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖢𝖲𝖡𝖣 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨𝖤𝖣 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾. 𝖴𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. 𝖬𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗉 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝖼𝗄. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁, 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖿𝖿, 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝗔𝗴𝗲: 10

𝖦𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅, 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗋𝗍. "𝖪𝖨𝖣𝖲, 𝖫𝖤𝖳𝖲 𝖦𝖮!" 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅. 𝖠𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋'𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖠 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗆, 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽. "𝖧𝖾𝗒, 𝗆𝗒 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾. 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌?" 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇. "𝖭-𝗇𝗈𝖺𝗁."

Mike: Nice! Your brother's with Lamar?

Noah: Yea..

Mike: Lamar is cool! He helped me with my homework.

Noah: Oh? What's so hard about the work?

Mike: Here let me get it out.

𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗂𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽.

Mike: Oh! Sorry, I forgot! I'm dyslexic so it's hard for me to focus and stuff.

Noah: Oh ok now I get it.

Mike: you think you can help me after school today? I don't have a teacher yet.

Noah: sure! Where you do you want to go?

Mike: mhm... in the math class on the top floor! Room 134.

Noah: ok!

Mike: Want to go to the craft area before school starts?

Noah: Oooo! Yea!

𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗇 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗒. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗈𝗈.

𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗋. 𝖧𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾. 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗓𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗎𝗇 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋'𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁,𝗄𝗂𝖼𝗄, 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝗉 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺 𝖻𝖺𝗍.

Lamar: uh... why?

Mike: It's your brother, why not have fun?

Lamar: He's a cry baby. He'll tell on me.

Mike: We'll shut him up, Ay! Get the tape!

Noah: L-Lamar...

Mike: Just think about your uncle Lamar... you want revenge right?

𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍. 𝖧𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖾𝖽. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾. "𝖶𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆!" 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗍. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖺𝗋. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀... 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄, 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗒, 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽. 𝖮𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝖬𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽..

"𝖣𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽."

𝗔𝗴𝗲: 12

𝖠𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍, 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻 business 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗌 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗍. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝖺 𝖼𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝗎𝖿𝖿. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗂𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈, 𝗌𝗈 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗄. "𝖬𝗈𝗆 𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿." 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗄. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗉 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇. "𝖮𝗉𝖾𝗇." "𝖬𝖧𝖬!? 𝖧𝖬-" "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖨 𝗌𝖺𝗒!? 𝖮𝗉𝖾𝗇! 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖨 𝖧𝖠𝖣 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖨 𝖶𝖠𝖲 𝖠 𝖪𝖨𝖣. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒... ____ 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍." 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍. "𝖣𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗂𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖭𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝗆." 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗄. 𝖭𝗈𝗐 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇𝖾𝖽, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋'𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖺𝗋 "𝖣𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾." 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗈𝗍𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍.

𝖡𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺, 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋.

Arthur: WHOA! You grew young lady!

Mia: Yea! I'm 12 daddy!

Arthur: I see! Where's your brother's?

Louisa: They went to the bathroom. Taking forever like always.

Arthur: Oh ok.. well when they come out how about we go to a restaurant?

Mia: Oh oh! Can we go to the restaurant that has free donuts?

Arthur: Anything for you sweetie!

𝖠𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝗈 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝖾. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗍. "𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗌𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝖾, 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽?" 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝖠𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾? 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾!" 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍.

𝖡𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾, 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖳𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗌. 𝖢𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋. "𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁?" "𝖬𝗁𝗆?" "𝖮𝗁, 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀! 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾." 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾.

Noah: um... dad?

Arthur: Mhm?

Noah: I want to tell you something..

Arthur: What's wrong?

Noah: while you were gone...

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗅𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒.

Noah: Remember uncle ____? When me and him went out all day, he took me to my room and closed the door.. later, he turned off my night light and... he touched something.

Arthur: Touch something? Show me.

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖾𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝖽. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.

Arthur: firstly, _____ would never do that to a child. Secondly, I know what your brother was diagnosed with, He would never do that to his own sibling in any kind of way. And your mother? You know she's stressed out all the time due to having three kids. Nothings wrong Noah.

Noah: D-dad you don't under-

Arthur: Listen, I know I've been gone for how long but, you don't need to attention seek me. If you want to have time with your father just say that.

Noah: But...

Arthur: Noah what did I say about back talking?

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Noah: ok.

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗌. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽. "𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾? 𝖡𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗁." 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍, 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍. 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖾𝖺𝗍. 𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. "𝖦𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾! 𝗆𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝖺𝗍." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗇𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽, 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽, 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗆𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗍. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋. 𝖠𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽. 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗌 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾.

Arthur: Lamar?

Lamar: what.

Arthur: Your brother told me something...

Lamar: Like what?

Arthur: You, your uncle and mother was touching him in a certain way.. is that true?

Lamar: No. I hate him but I would never do that.

Louisa: Me? Touch him? Please don't tell me we have to get therapy for him too..

Arthur: Well Noah? Tell them.

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Louisa: Don't wanna talk now? Ugh, what was Lamar's therapist name again?

Arthur: Mr. White. Now Noah, if you don't speak, we can't help.

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Mia: Is Noah ok?

Lamar: He's fine. I'm done eating, wanna go play?

Mia: Can we play that princess game I love?

Lamar: Let's go.

𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.

"𝖬𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇."

𝗔𝗴𝗲: 14

𝖬𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍, 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 (𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗉) 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽. 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖺 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖫𝖺𝗆𝖺𝗋'𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗇𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉, 𝗌𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅, 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. "𝖧𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇." 𝖮𝗋 "𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀" 𝗈𝗋 "𝖧𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎." 𝖭𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆.. 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗒𝖻𝗎𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖺 𝗏𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽. "𝖮𝗁! 𝗈𝗆𝗀.. 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗄 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁?" 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗂𝗉𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖻𝗌 𝗎𝗉𝗌. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗁𝗎𝗀, 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽. 𝖧𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿, "𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈, 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖬𝗂𝖺. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖬𝗂𝖺." 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗅𝖺𝖽𝗒𝖻𝗎𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁.

"𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝖺𝗁.."

𝗔𝗴𝗲: 17

𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖫𝗈𝗎𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗑𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗎𝗉. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖻𝗒𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾. "𝖨'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾.. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒... 𝗂'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍!" 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾. "𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗀𝗈𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾." 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. "𝖮𝗄! 𝖨𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒?" 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿. 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖾, 𝖭𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗈, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 "𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅" 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍, "𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗄" 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾, 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅. 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁'𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗂𝗍𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽. 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝖾, 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖧𝗂 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅. 𝖮𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖠𝗋𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾. "𝖢𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇!" 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗅

Mrs. Wilson: Well hello! I'm Mrs. Wilson.

Arthur: Hello! We moved here yesterday and these are my two twin kids, Noah and Mia!

Mrs. Wilson: Oh yes! The new transfer students! I got everything ready. Here's your IDs and schedules, a security guard will come in and take you two to your class!

Arthur: Well, I'm on my way then! Tell me about you guys day ok?

Mia: Ok! Bye daddy!

Arthur: Bye!

"Hi, here to pick up the new students?"

Mrs. Wilson: Yup! Their right here!

"Come with me!"

𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗀𝗎𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗀𝗎𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖻𝗒𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗎𝖺𝗋𝖽.

Mr. G: ok class! These two are new to the school. What's your names?

Mia: I'm Mia King, and this is Noah King

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖬𝗂𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇.

Mr. G: Yall may sit anywhere you like. We don't have sitting charts here. Your to old for that anyway.

Mia: You wanna sit over here?

𝖭𝗈𝖺𝗁 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾. 𝖪𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋.

𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗂𝗆𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝖠 𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗁𝗒𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒, 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌. 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉 𝗁𝗒𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗑𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗎𝗆𝖺. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽.