"Three cursed the entire Rudio family, current generations and future. We can't escape it. See these yellow spots that look like mustard?" She waved her hands over her clothes. "They're in little groups of three. They appear no matter how many times I wash them. This bandage on three of my fingers? It's to keep those fingers from running away. They do, though. Daily."

My jaw dropped into my lap. "Whoa. But they come back again? Where do fingers go when they run away?"

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