Should be fun to watch.
Okay, I'm taking off--from here--for a few days.
The story starts when I get back.
To hold you for the meantime, a third taste of a short preview:
.....“We can’t have that dirty filthy dog in here,†kpete protested. “You got rid of the dirty filthy cats, but this dog’s worse than that.â€
“He’s not a dirty filthy dog,†franksolich replied; “it’s obvious he’s
somebody’s dog, and he’s lost and he’s scared and he’s terrified, and so he stays here, until we find out.â€
kpete grimaced. “Well, at least put him out in the garage.â€
“You forget. The roof of the garage is gone. He’d still be outside.
“He’s somebody’s dog; he’s scared, and he needs to be with people.â€
“I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it,†kpete shrieked.
Raising his voice for the first time, he shouted, “OKAY!
“I’LL PUT HIM IN ONE OF THE BEDROOMS!
“AND I’LL STAY THERE WITH HIM, UNTIL HE’S CALMED DOWN, DAMN IT!â€
“But the roof’s gone there, too,†kpete said.
“Not all of it,†he coldly replied; “only half of it. The other two bedrooms are still okay; all they have is water cascading down the walls,†after which he carried the shaken dog away, slamming the door behind him.
I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, kpete muttered as he disappeared.
I hate him with all my heart and soul, this misbegotten deformity, this mistake of nature.
Oh, why did his mother have to carry him to term, this gross caricature of humanity, this clumsy stupid inept retarded buffoon who doesn’t know anything about anything?
“I hate him, I hate him, I hate him,†she said out loud, as she crumpled into the reclining chair, this time not bothering to lay the sheet of plastic across it so as to insulate her from his—and only God knew who else’s--germs and contamination.
She began crying.
The thunder and lightning outside got closer, growing more intense.
Oh God, she thought; and my life’s in the hands of this bizarre perversion of human life, this cripple, this grotesque Imperfection, this weird disability, this genetic malfunction, this freak who should’ve never been allowed to be born; this idiot, this man-child.
“I hate him, I hate him, I hate him,†she repeated.
Suddenly, three days after it should’ve happened, the electricity flickered, and the lights went out.
The darkness made the rain outside seem louder, and more terrifying.
She shivered as she looked towards the door he’d slammed shut, hoping he’d come out.
But as lightning punctuated the darkness, the door remained adamantly shut.....