The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

Chapter 28

Sunshine was finally able to convince her mother to see the doctor.

After that little experience the other day — yeah, no, she wasn't risking anything else happening. Sunshine didn't forget what the medium — god, the dead medium — had said earlier, either. And he was literally, like, deceased. Because of her house.

She felt terrible, but no one needed to know that.

Anyway, back to Mom. All the tests had came back as negative. Or... not positive..? Either way, Sunshine isn't buying it, because how would a doctor find out if someone's possessed?

But uh, yeah, her mother really isn't doing well. As literally all of her subscribers have seen. And that being said, Sunshine is wondering if she should do the sacrifice, like Creepy Lady suggested. Really, the only thing that could go wrong is that Sunshine dies or something but, then again, would it really be that terrible? Her life is just going downhill at this point, so it seems like a win-win situation.

Still... she's not sure. Like, she wants to. She does. But trusting Creepy Lady — ugh, Victoria, she'll never be able to remember that damn name — is hard. Trusting anyone is hard. Because if she's can't trust her own mother... why would she believe in anyone else?

As Sunshine explains this all to the camera she jumps at a sharp rap on the door. She raises a brow and stands slowly, stumbling over her words. She's not really expecting visitors.

God, if it's Victoria —

Sunshine gasps when she gets to the screen door. She grins like a little kid and jumps up and down, eyes wide. "Uncle Tommy!" Her voice raises in pitch and she feels her heart leap into her throat with excitement.

She was lying. This is someone she can trust.

"Hey, kiddo!" Uncle Tommy says, smirking as Sunshine opens the door. He has short brown hair and a round, plump face, and looks to be in his early 30s. He's wearing a green shirt and plaid blue shorts because why not? He has kind blue eyes and a smile that's always contagious, and is probably, like, 40% gay.

God, she missed him. So, so much.

"Hey, how are you?"

"Good, how're you doin'?"

"Good." She lies right through her teeth but ignores the pang, because Uncle Tommy is here, Uncle Tommy is here and it's going to be a good day, Sunshine just knows it.

Oh.

Right.

So, who is Uncle Tommy?

"Alright everybody on YouTube." Sunshine motions toward Uncle Tommy, who is current sitting on the couch beside her. "This is Uncle Tommy."

He waves. "Hello YouTube."

Sunshine squeals with happiness. "Isn't he exciting?" He laughs and she continues on. "So, I asked Uncle Tommy to come."

Yeah, okay, so she'd said she couldn't trust anyone, that was true. But seeing Uncle Tommy in person was different from writing him. Now she knew she wasn't alone. Now she knew that people were actually here for her... because she honestly hadn't been expecting Uncle Tommy to even come, and the fact that he had come, that he was here right now was just amazing to her.

Did she mention how much she loves him?

He looks at her and nods. "Yeah, you sent me an email."

"I did." She smiles and plays with her braided hair, having to do something with her jittery hands.

"And I showed up!"