45 pages • 1 hour read
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Content Warning: This section of the guide features antigay violence and an antigay slur.
The intruders tie Eric and Andrew to chairs. Wen sits on blankets between them. Her favorite show, Steven Universe, is on the TV, and she stares at the screen. Leonard sweeps up broken glass, Adriane tries to mend the cabin’s sliding doors, and Sabrina cleans and dresses Eric’s head wound. Eric experiences nausea and a headache from his concussion and is painfully sensitive to light and noise. He feels briefly pleased that the injury will leave a scar matching those of Wen and Andrew, and then he begins to cry. Sabrina comforts him.
Andrew accuses the group of targeting them because they’re a gay couple, but Leonard insists that this is untrue. The intruders take turns standing in front of the family and giving them details about their background. Sabrina reveals that she’s a post-op nurse from Southern California. Although she planned to train as a nurse practitioner, she used her savings to travel to New Hampshire. Leonard says he’s from Chicago and teaches sports at an elementary school. When his turn comes,
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