Later that evening…..
“IT’S BACK!!! MILO IT’S BACK!!!”
“Did you try and make friends with it?”
“Yes! But it HATES ME and now it wants to eat both of us!!!”
[mutual screaming]
“LOLA GO GET MOM!!”
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*smack* Keep that face down, that’s right *smack, smack* who’s daddy now huh? *smacksmacksmacksmacksmack*
“Wait, Mike! The kids are up.”
*smack* they *smack* gon’ *smack* have to *smack* wait until *smack* I get *smack, smack, smack* this nut *smacksmacksmacksmack*
“MOMMMMMMM THE MONSTER’S BACK!!!”
“Mike get UP!”
“FUCK! We’re not having anymore kids Lauren. Hurry up and tell them there are no such thing as MONSTERS!”
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“You guys, for the last time, there are no such things as monsters ok?”
“But mom, I tried to make friends with it but it’s not working.”
“There there baby, it’s gone now. You two get some sleep now, you have school in the morning!”
“Milo…..”
“Yes Lola…”
“I think daddy was hurting momma.”
“He wasn’t.”
“How do you know?”
“Daddy told me. They were playing some game called hide and go get it.”
“In bed?”
“Yeah. They play every night. Daddy says its only for grown ups. Adults are weird Lola.”
“Yeah.”
Things Fall Apart 