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One spring morning, a couple of years ago,

Karen McDonough was having her tea at her dining room table.

She lives in a cute little two bedroom place in Quincy, Massachusetts. She

looks at her window to the neighborhood beyond and she sees something unusual.

They were like 20 cars and they all came at the same time and they parked like in front of my

house across the street up the street and down the street. I just had this

feeling like something really bad had happened. She was right.

Something bad was definitely happening to her.

And then I saw people get out and then they were like coming to my lawn and I'm like, why is everybody

at my house?

Karen puts on her shoes, goes out to the driveway.

At this point a group of men are milling around the lawn,

casually dressed, except for one guy who seems to be in charge.

There was somebody I think he might have had a uniform on or something

and he had a piece of paper and I said, what's happening and he goes,

we're selling your house and I'm like. and he goes, goes,

I'm like, what are you talking about?

He goes, don't pretend that you don't know

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