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Emily's father helps out the town of Jefferson, and all of his taxes are dismissed.
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Due to emily's higher class mentality,she never gets married.
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Emily's father dies, and she denies it for three days. Emily is age 30 when her father dies.
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Thanks to money left by Emily's father, a construction crew comes down to work on roads in Jefferson. The construction crew's foreman is named Homer Barron
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Homer Barron stays in the town of Jefferson, and becomes a well respected member of the community. He and Emily meet and go on a few dates.
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Emily is seen buying things such as men's clothing, a silver toilet set with "H.B." monogrammed on it, as well as arsenic.
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Homer and Emily disappear for some time, and are presumed to be married.
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A strange smell appears around Emily's house, and a group of people go to put lyme out around her house. The smell dissapates after a few weeks
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Emily dies in her sleep in her sixties, in her house, they find several things, and only have one room left to explore...
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The final room is explored, and inside they find a skeleton, still dressed, it is the body of Homer Barron, and next to the body they find fresh strands of Emily's hair.