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The Deadliest Family Secret
Disclaimer — names have been changed to protect privacy. Also please remember, this is a family story that has been passed down — there is probably some embellishing ;)
It started as a Ninety-Nine Year lease.
It ended with a murder and a house burnt beyond repair. Or so it seems.
Some people seem willing to go to any lengths to protect what they have. Even if it isn’t theirs.
Every family has its secrets, right? That one story you always hear about but nobody really believes is true?
For this family, it happened to be all too real.
Marrying into the family seemed easy. Everyone loved Samuel from the beginning. The engagement was short, after an even shorter dating window.
The wedding was fun — the most fun the family said they had had in a long time.
It seemed like, after all this time and heartbreak, the widow had finally found the man of her dreams.
Samuel could make anyone laugh.
He was smart and witty and willing to help anyone in need.
It might just have been those traits that led to his demise, in hindsight.
Samuel was the fifth husband to a recently divorced widow. Everyone loved him the short time he spent…
