Hello, I'm Blair Bathory, and this is the Something Scary podcast.

Thank you so much for being here, whether this is your first time or you're one of the brave souls who join us every week.

So often in life, we aren't content with just having a roof over our heads

and food on the table. We always seem to strive for more, better jobs, lots of money and true

love. While sometimes the ambition for these things can motivate us to work harder, sometimes these

desires can turn deadly. When we become

obsessed with having more and taking more, we'll stop at nothing to get exactly what we want,

no matter who gets hurt in the process. First, killer love, followed by revenge of the grieving, then the deadly

price of beauty. Finally, in our featured story, a dark secret with a terrible end. So,

want to hear something scary?

Deadly desire.

They say when you love someone, you should let them go. And if they come back, it was meant to be.

They never mentioned, what if they come back against their will?

Like in this tale tale written by our featured

writer El Marie Wood. The spray picked up the blood and carried it toward the drain, where

it spiraled in warm water before cascading down the pipe. Lovelace let the hot water beat

against her skin,

warming it to blush,

pricking her flesh like needles with every drop.

She leaned into it,

letting the spray wet her face and hair,

rinsing away the blood she had smeared on her cheeks.

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