My cousin walked into my store today while I was at work closing up. I haven't seen her in at least 5 years. Her and I were more like siblings when we were younger, she's kinda like the older sister I never had. Also reminded me that no matter how ****ing crazy I am, there's at least one person in my family crazier than me: her. She casually says to me in quick catch-up conversation: "I shot my ex-boyfriend in the leg." I just said: "Really?!?" And she shrugs and nonchalantly says: "Well, I mean, I wasn't aiming for the leg, but yeah, I shot my ex-boyfriend in the leg." I guess that's part of the reason why nobody had seen or talked to her for so long. She was just passing through town due to a recent family loss. My 4th cousin Kevin shot himself and killed himself a week ago, so she was heading back (I guess) to her town from the funeral up out of state. She seemed really distraught and hadn't slept the night before. Her and Kevin were really close when they were younger too, she kinda had the stance with him that I do with her. Sometimes, you don't really realize how much you miss someone until you see them in person again.
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