5:30 PM, the dinner table
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"So, how have you all been?" Beth and Allie's grandma asks, taking a sip of her water.

"We've been just fine. Guess what? We've got a new neighbor!" Their mom says.

"Oh, wow! That's great, someone's finally moving into that old house over there. Been abandoned for about five years," she says.

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THE END