Jackson Fischer
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It turned out Audrey had pretty much always lived in the area.
And I remembered then that when they gave me those birthday cards when I was a kid, the envelopes had already been removed.
Anyway, when she was in her teens, she apparently developed something called hematomania, which was a craving to drink blood and get the psychological benefits.
Reward is maybe the word.
What it gives those people, right?
Like, some people believe they get younger when they drink it.
It's like a life essence belief.
Turns out, a person's body can more or less deal with it.
Sometimes without getting horribly sick.
Drinking human blood can mess you up pretty badly.
It's not even remotely healthy.
And only a few weeks after, Audrey got married.
Her husband had tried to have her committed for it.
She was pregnant with dad back then.
She did the best she could after that.
Single mother from the time she was 17.
That's the thing my mother made pretty clear.