Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions. - Primo Levi
For the third day in a row Rich was
spending his morning watching the sun rise through the mini blinds of
his girlfriend Shay's bedroom window with her two young boys, 8 year
old Andre and 4 year old Jo-Jo, in between the the two of them. Rich
considered himself a patient man. He was 32 which he considered
relatively young, had no children of his own, a small business
selling security to neighborhoods that he wished to live in one day,
and helped take care of his brother Jai that lived at home with his
mother.
Rich could feel his patience slipping.
At 2am, minutes after having sex with his girlfriend of four months Shay, the door suddenly exploded. Jo-Jo was first to enter. Rich had
just enough time to cover himself up before Jo-Jo landed on the bed
screaming. Moments later Dre ran in and joined his brother. Shay
rubbed their heads. Rich retrieved his boxer shorts from the floor
and discreetly put them on while the boys were distracted.
“It came again!” Jo-Jo shouted. “I
saw his eyes this time!” Last night it was his hands Rich thought.
The night before it was his teeth. “His eyes were yellow!”
“No, they were green!” Dre chimed
in. This started a debate about color.
“You can't see green eyes in the
dark!” Jo-Jo said.
“You can when they glow!” Dre
replied.
“Eyes don't glow in the dark...”
Rich said which caused Shay to sigh.
