You lay there panting in bed when suddenly the door opens and Winnie walks in wearing a short blue nightgown similar to her day clothes.
"Are you ok, Jason?"
she asked worriedly.
"I heard screaming."
"I'm fine, Winnie,"
you say.
"Just had a nightmare."
"What's so bad about a nightmare?"
she asks you, walking up to your bed.
"For me, nightmares are different. You see, I'm not a ghoul like you and the rest of the girls. My dad and I are both human."
"Then why'd he send you to a monster school?"
the werewolf inquires once more.
You sigh, then say
"Because he's as close to a monster as a human can get. Your dad scares people, right?"
"Yeah,"
Winnie replies.
"Does he kill people?"
"Well, he says that people have died of fright from him scaring them, but he's never said anything about killing like mauling them or anything,"
she says.
"My dad's different from yours,"
you explain. "He's not a monster. He's a murderer."
"A murderer?" Winnie asks. "Why would he be such a thing?"
"It's a long story," you tell her.
"I've got time," the werewolf replies, getting in your bed and sitting up next to you.
"Ok then," you say. So you tell Winnie the entire story, how your dad became a murderer, why he kills, what he expects of you, everything. When you finished, Winnie just sits there awestruck.
Finally she speaks. "That's awful of him to force what he wants you to be onto you," she says.
"I know," you reply. "I know I'll end up disappointing him, but I just don't want to kill people like that."
There was silence. Then Winnie says "So, that's your dad's mask?"
"Yeah," you say. "He makes me wear it."
"Mind showing me what's underneath it now?" she asks.
You sat there, staring at her, silent. Should you show her your face or not?
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