The events and characters of this story are figments of my imagination. Truly, I have no idea where I get this shit. I need help.
Should someone see themselves as characters in this story, it's either a huge coincidence on my part or guilt and shame on your part. Yet, for those who are truly shameful and guilty, don't despair, oh miserable ones. God is saving a special place for you, one that is much darker than your personality and more deeply disturbed than your thoughts.
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Whenever I can, I promise, I'll drop you down some ice. Only, by the time it reaches the depths where your soul remains in burning eternity, the ice may turn to boiling hot steam. In that case, I'll send you extra ice...and you thought your stories were hot. Give my regards to Dante, to all the Popes of the Catholic Church, who took pennies from the poor to build the glistening gold of Vatican City, and to all of our political public servants. I'd wear sunscreen and bring marshmallows if I were you.
"Honey, where are you?"
"I'm up here in Edna's room."
Jean leaned over the banister and looked up to confirm her worst fears.
"Get out of her room. She'll know you were snooping."
"I'm being careful, Honey, don't worry. I'm wearing rubber gloves, taking digital photos, and writing down everything that I touch, just like the police do at a crime scene so that I can move everything back the way that it was before she gets home."
Jean took a step up the stairs. She had not gone this far up the stairs and this close to her daughter's room in 5 years; since her daughter bought a computer and lost her mind to the Internet and to the decorum pages of Fictionrotica.
"What if she comes home and catches you? She almost killed you with that sparking knife the last time."
"I told you before, Jean, that wasn't a sparking knife. It was an electric dildo that she uses to pleasure herself."
"If only she'd get a boyfriend," her mother said collapsing and sitting on the third step. "Surely, there is someone for everyone, even her."
"Well, part of her problem is cheese doodles."
"Cheese doodles, what do you mean, cheese doodles?"
"Come up here Jean and I'll show you."
"But, I'm afraid, John. What if she comes home? I don't want to have to call the police and have her committed again."