Take Me Or Leave Me

“It’s over.”

My smiley baby girl, I'll always love and defend you!

But never forgetting one of her best qualities: being THE QUEEN OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS™

And this was E V E R Y T H I N G to me. One of the best friendships in this house. If not THE best, imo.

Tell 'em!!!!

What a rollercoaster, BUT OUR BABY GIRL AND HER PRIDE AND JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And one day the three most bizarre men she has ever laid eyes on walk out of her basement and act like THEY live there in HER home?

I don't think she would have stood for that. Despite her position as a lone woman without even the ability to grab a makeshift weapon to defend herself, I do think she would have stood her ground and told those intruders to get the hell out of her house and leave her alone. Probably with several choice insults and curses thrown in that I don't care to imagine.

But after a moment of confusion on the strangers' faces, Hetty is surprised to see a deep sadness and sympathy in their eyes as realization dawns on them.

She can see them. She is one of them, now. Which means that she has died.

The little girl that they watched grow up, watched have her heart broken, watched be sold off into a loveless and miserable marriage and who they watched learn to treat others with cruelty and disdain - is dead. And she has been condemned, as they have, to wander these halls for an eternity.

“𝑇𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝘩𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝘩𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐𝘩 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛, 𝐻𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡𝘩 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑟𝑢𝑏𝑠”.

Suddenly they feel Whumpee's breath hitch and their shoulders shake. They frantically move Whumpee's face from their chest, searching for any sign of suffering, and they're met with red-rimmed, wet eyes.

"Hey, hey... What's wrong? Talk to me, come on... Do you feel worse?"

Whumpee can barely get air into their lungs as they let their tears fall freely. They shake their head, squeeze their eyes shut and bury themself back under Caretaker's chin.

They're exhausted, in pain, cold and so damn useless.