Jennifer did not even acknowledge the presence of Mrs. Tannell at my house so late on a school night, at least not to Mrs. Tannell, as she blew past her and made sure to add a sigh of frustration to plop the cherry on top. My best friend since we were small children, Jennifer knew every aspect of my life, but I absolutely needed her to get on the same page with me in regard to the demons and the portal to hell. She was usually game for anything I had to say because her home life was not the greatest it could be.
With no father at home or siblings, she tended to spend most of her time at my house acting as if my father were her father and my little brother was her little plaything, like most older siblings treated them. My family really did not seem to notice that Jennifer clung to them as if they were her own, we had never discussed it, nor had I ever heard my parents discussing some secret plan to help Jennifer and her divorced mother through th
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