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Margaret and takes Marty, Kylie, and Kylie’s friend Stuart hostage. Rachel and Pete confront the twins, with Olly apparently agreeing to spare the family’s lives. However, Kylie, realizing the twins’ duplicity, shoots Olly dead, while Rachel, after a brutal fight, fatally
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