mY BesT FRIenD

PART TWO: Jessica

Mommy is in her room again. When she gets home daddy hits her and then she goes to the basement. I visit her sometimes, but only to give her food.
Daddy says it's too dangerous to go down there.

Oh, how I hate it.

Ever since I found the eyes in my closet it's been talking to me every night.
It sounds like a girl and it tells me not to cry.

Not being able to tell him.

She says. I don't know why but she is mad.

She is mad at my mommy.

She says that she wants to see my mommy. But she can't because there is a circle. A circle in my closet that traps her inside of there. She says she is mad at my mommy for not telling him. When I ask who she says my daddy. That's all she tells me.

I've been getting close to her. She says she is my best friend. She says she can help me. She tells me to keep taking my pills. Because if I stop taking them, she will go away.

Daddy was gone for a while. And mommy was still at her hospital. I was home alone. But I wasn't alone. Because she was with me. She said her name was Paula. But I said it can't be because my mommy's name is Paula.

But it's okay because we are the same person. And if she doesn't make him suffer,

I will.