some families had dolls, or pictures, or cabinets, things that people have passed on from generation to generation. they had a certain sentimental value to them and seemed to affect everybody in the household.

  our heirloom... wasn't like others. it was.... a reminder. a grim note that didn't have the kind of sentimental value you would think. it didn't make you smile. in fact, if you read it, you would probably think someone was ... plotting against us. or maybe that someone was just messing with us, and we had made it up.

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  no.

  we weren't making anything up...

  and we had proof too.

  multiple had .... seen him.

  but we never spoke of him.

  that was the rule, at least and rules can be broken.

  but .... when he gave us that singular slip of paper....

  that had all of our dates....

  our death dates....

  we kept our mouths shut....