the events rattled her to the core , she couldn’t even resurface from her own home. the fear didn’t exist for herself , and certainly not in this situation -- but there was a piece revealed to her through that snuff film. the disturbing part was -- it wasn’t faked. FP really saw her run off with Jason Blossom -- and it could have been what ultimately led to his death. The wound had been reopened and salted with that grim discovery. Did her own mother know about it ? Another lie that Alice could add to the never-ending list , and she couldn’t even color herself as shocked at anything Alice Cooper did or didn’t do when it came to raising her and beyond that.
a couple days passed and the fire would still be the talk of the town. given her own history with the ghoulies --and her association with the serpents-- sheriff keller thought she’d be a missing piece to the investigation puzzle. while she complied , polly hardly made their jobs easy. voicing that the serpents were innocent and pointing to the ghoulie’s direction hardly seemed to do anything but annoy them. it was all so bizarre for someone to be so adverse to the truth. her green eyes flashed to the face of someone familiar , but the restlessness urged her to avoid any further interaction. “ hey -- “ the greeting came awkwardly as she had been leaving everyone on read since that night. and maybe it was selfish to not check up on others -- but she couldn’t be any help to anyone while she was crumbling.
