Split is at work. She is in a large building. Split sobs and sniffles into a tissue. Then her co-worker, Jamie, hears it all.
Jamie: "Split?"
Split calms down, she sighs.
Jamie: "Are you okay?"
Split: "Yeah, sure I'm fine."
Jamie: "What's the matter?"
Split wipes a tear with the tissue before looking over to Jamie.
Split: (very sad) "...Mark's dead."
Jamie: "Mark?"
Split: "Yeah..."
Jamie thought for a moment.
Jamie: "Who's Mark?"
Split: "Well, you know the guy who used to work...right over there in that corner."
Split pointed to the corner, then looked back at Jamie.
Jamie: "You mean where Shelly's sitting?"
Split: "Yeah."
Jamie was still confused.
Jamie: "Was he kind of tall, and a little hunch?"
Split: "No. He was...a little shortish. A wooden mannequin."
Jamie does not know who Mannequin Mark is.
Jamie: "Split, I'm not sure."
Jamie: "Did he work here long?"
Split: "Oh uh- a year, maybe a little longer."
Jamie was still confused so she asked another worker named Kayla.
Jamie: (calls out) "Kayla."
Jamie: "Kayla, Kayla..."
Kayla turns around from her chair. Both Jamie and Split are looking at her.
Jamie: "Do you remember a guy named Mark who used to work here, over where Shelly is now?"
Kayla: "No. Why? What happened?"
Jamie: "He died."
Kayla: "Huh."
Kayla: "Which one was he?"
Jamie: "I'm not sure."
Jamie: "Maybe Brad knows."
Jamie: (calls out) "Brad."
Brad: "I-I'm sorry, I don't but you know," (Brad exhales lightly) "I do remember a guy who, vaguely, who worked over there...I think. You know I'm not really sure."
Kayla: "How did he die?"
Split was looking away slightly.
Jamie: (looks at Split) "Yeah Split, how did he die?"
Split's phone beeped once, someone is calling her. She presses a button.
Split: "Sales," (Split exhales softly) "May I help you?"
The caller knows Split and she is not happy at all...
Caller: (in a bitter tone) "Is this Split Collymore?"
Split: "Yes."
Caller (Mannequin Mark's Mom): "This is Mark's mother. I hope you FUCKING rot in hell!"
The caller hangs up.
Brad: "Split, was he kind of um, Hispanic looking? And he is all wooden?"
Jamie finally realizes.
Jamie: "Oh yeah! You know like uh what's his name... You know, the actor..."
Split: (interrupts Jamie and is feeling bad) "Yeah, sure...That was him."
Brad, Kayla and Jamie are talking about the actor.
Split puts a hand on her face and begans to sob.

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~deepika.~ (REGRETAVATOR STORY)
FanfictionMeet three siblings at the center of a struggle with the secret demons of middle class perfection. There's Split who is rebounding from a break up with her latest loser boyfriend Mannequin Mark, Bive, a glamorous writer looking for drama in a relati...