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Never open the basement door after dark
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Never open the basement door after dark. My grandmother said it every single night. I opened it.
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The stairs went down further than the house was tall.
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At the bottom was a kitchen. Our kitchen. With the light on.
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And at the table sat my grandmother, setting out two plates.
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She looked up and said, you are late. The other one went upstairs an hour ago.
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Upstairs, I could hear someone locking the basement door.
