WICHITA, KS—Urging her niece and nephew to sit down on the couch for a moment to talk about something serious, local fun aunt Penny Laurence confirmed Monday that she had to go away for a while. “Aunt Penny loves you very much, but she made a mistake and now she has to go bye-bye for a little bit,” said Laurence, asking her sister’s children if they knew what the word “rehab” meant and reiterating that it was okay to feel scared and mad at the same time. “Aunt Penny’s brain is sick with something called alcoholism, but if she goes through this special program and doesn’t break the rules again, a person called a judge will let her stay out of jail. Do you remember when you lost iPad privileges for a few days because you weren’t listening? This is like that. Your Aunt Penny can’t wait to come back and be silly with you again.” The fun aunt added that when she returned she would live in her sister’s basement until she could find a job that she could get to without a car.
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