Why Does Abigail Deserve It

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anything wrong but she still go blamed for the stuff that went on, she didn't deserve that. And the person who deserves the most blame would have to be Abigail because she always cried wolf about everything, she just always blamed other people for her problems or like ran away from them. Like how when everything happens, she blames someone else. Or she starts to point fingers at someone else. She always wanted sympathy from everyone but she never really got it and when she did she didn't deserve it at all because she lies to everyone about everything just to get her way with what she

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