STORIES
321 - Watched
2023
Charlotte Cammeo Mez Tahariel
Sunday afternoon in Cammeo and Tahariel’s room …
CHARLOTTE:
An’ ‘ere I am again. Why do they keep putting
me in this bleedin’ doll? I think I ‘ear me sis comin’.
CHARLOTTE:
thinking to herself
Bloody ‘ell - she’s goin’ tah play that bleedin’ fiddle
of ‘ers. Oh ‘ow I ‘ate that thing.
CAMMEO:
How odd, I haven’t felt that since …
CHARLOTTE:
thinking to herself
Whew - thought she was on to me I did.
CHARLOTTE:
thinking to herself
Oh me bleedin’ ears.
CAMMEO:
I could swear I saw her move.
CAMMEO:
Sometimes, when I’m near you, it feels as if Herita were here …
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
MEZ:
Hey Cam, ya ready?
CAMMEO:
Um, yes - we’re off to the movies, right?
MEZ:
Mm-hm.
CAMMEO:
Shall we go?
MEZ:
Aren’t you forgetting something?
CAMMEO:
I don’t think so.
MEZ:
You’re not bringing Charlotte?
CAMMEO:
Oh her, I’d rather not this time. Is that alright?
MEZ:
Sure, it’s just - you haven’t gone anywhere without her
since I gave her to you. Did you two have a fight or something?
CAMMEO:
I’m not sure.
MEZ:
I was joking, Cammeo.
CAMMEO:
Oh right - as was I. How silly of me. We best be off.
MEZ:
If you say so.
After they leave …
CHARLOTTE:
So me sis feels me, and she’s so surprised about
it too. If she ain’t the one bringin’ me ‘ere, then who?
CHARLOTTE:
… An’ she’s still got ‘er boy. She took mine from me all
those years ago, Threw ‘im in a fire she did. Maybe I’m ‘ere
to settle things up. What’s that sayin’? An eye for an eye …
CHARLOTTE:
… Uh-oh - I think I ‘ear the other one.
A little later …
TAHARIEL:
I feel like I’m being watched.
TAHARIEL:
Oh no. I have too much studying to
do to be distracted by you.
TAHARIEL:
… You’re going to the living room.
- Damn, there’s that hostile vibe again.