Ed's got you so scared that you don't dare disobey him. For the next few days you spend your time in the basement as usual hoping that he forgets about you. You barely sleep and you're on edge constantly expecting him to come in to get you. You get sick many times.

Exhausted from fear you eventually give in and fall into a deep sleep…

"Wake up Suzy. It's time." You hear Ed's unpleasant voice say.

As much as you've been dreading this moment, you oddly don't feel quite as sick anymore.

"I'm sorry you had to go through what you did. I figured that would happen so that's why I let it run its course. I think you're sufficiently drained of emotion to the point where you'll be able to pull this off without the chance of hysterics now. I hope you don't mind me dropping in like this…hmm nice little hide away you got here…very dark and isolated…nice."

Uncle Ed continues his inspection of your "domain" as you slowly get up. You know he's getting a kick out of this. You intruded on his "domain" and now he's returning the favor.

"Uncle Ed?"
"Hmm?"
"I gotta get dressed."
"Oh. Please don't let me stop you. In fact I brought you some more appropriate clothing. Wear this."

Your uncle throws you some clothing at you. It's a mini skirt and tight top and basically clothing your sister Donna would wear.

"I took the liberty of getting you some more appropriate clothing. I'm pretty sure I got all the bloodstains out."

You look at this "hookerwear" in disbelief.

"You expect me to wear this stuff?"
"I'm afraid it'll be necessary for you to better lure Bobby and Pa Morningstar. They like to hang out by the park. That's where we're going. Put those on, because while you may have the morals of a saint, you have the body of a harlot… within every virgin lies a fucking slut…whore…"

Ed is successfully making you feel scared again. When he realizes what he's doing he apologizes.

"…I'm sorry Suzy. I get in another place sometimes. I guess you'll want some privacy. I'll wait outside."

Uncle Ed goes upstairs to wait and you try to psyche yourself up for this ordeal. You look at the clothing and put it on which makes you feel really vulnerable. Your legs are exposed, your stomach isn't covered. You feel almost naked.

When you exit the house it's twilight. You didn't realize you slept so long. Ed motions you over to his van where he beeps his horn. You feel like a hooker going to be picked up. You don't say a word when you get in the van.

"Ah yes, you almost look the part now. But let's do one more thing." Ed says and then pulls something out of his jacket. It's lipstick.

Uncle Ed gets close to apply it on you. Again you don't say anything. It doesn't take long, and then he shows you what you look like in a mirror. He's done a good job. Probably better than you could have considering you've never worn any make up of any kind. It would appear that Uncle Ed's done this before.

"Wish I had some eye liner, but we don't have time for all that. Your eyes are pretty enough without it though. You're a very lucky girl to be blessed with such natural beauty." Ed says as he starts up the van.

The drive to the park is uneventful. When you get near there, Ed stops the van to brief you.

"Alright, I don't want to get too close yet, but the father and son duo should be sitting at a picnic table over near that lightly wooded area way over there. I've been keeping up with their routines a bit, so they should be there. Now that area is a little secluded, but not enough, I need you to actually lure them into the woods. I'll take care of the rest. After we do this, me and you will be even and I'll be able to trust you completely."
"What if I can't lure them into the woods? What if they try to kill me?"
"They won't try to kill you. They don't do it that way. And I have faith that you'll be able to lure them. No man can resist a whore…"

Sensing your uncle is going to his dark place again, you cut the conversation short.

"Okay, I'm leaving…" you say quickly getting out of the van and nearly running off. You're so glad to be out of his presence.

You look around the park which is still fairly populated at this time, though most of the families are going home now. You're drawing some looks from several teenage guys though. You get a lot of comments as well. You aren't used to it so now you're afraid of getting assaulted by some horny teenagers. But like most teenage guys, they do a lot of barking, but don't actually do anything.

Eventually you reach the area your uncle was talking about. You see a young man sitting at a table by himself, you know that's Bobby having seen him a few time before in the neighborhood. No sign of his father though. No sign of your uncle either, but you sense he's somewhere nearby.

As you approach Bobby you see that he must be preoccupied because he isn't even looking up. It's like he's deep in thought.

Searching your memory of how you've seen it done in movies and TV, you try your best to be seductive.

"Hello." Is all you can think of.

Bobby looks up.

"Erm, hello? Do I know you?"
"You might. I'm Suzy. I live down the street from you."
"Oh yeah…I haven't seen you for quite awhile."
"Well, I'm around, I just don't get out much."
"Hm. So what brings you out here?"
"Oh sometimes I like to take walks by myself. You know clear my head from family troubles."
"Well I can understand all about family trouble, let me tell you. But I've never seen you here before. I come here quite a bit and I can honestly say I would remember you walking around." Bobby says looking you up and down referring to your state of dress.

You get a little shy, and try to think of an excuse.

"Oh this get up? Well, I don't usually dress like this, these are my sister's clothes. I lost a bet with her. It's a bit complicated."
"Ah, say no more. Family again. (Sigh)"

That's the second time Bobby's mentioned family in a distracted manner again, so you decide to follow up on it before he presses you for more information.

"Is there something wrong?" you ask as you sit down.

Bobby looks hesitant to tell you at first, but when you smile at him from across the table, he lets down whatever guard he might've had up.

"It's my Dad. He's so demanding. I come from a very large family and just because I'm the oldest son I have all this extra responsibility! I'm expected to keep all my siblings in line, I'm supposed to take over when Dad's gone. I'm supposed to do all this shit and it's always been that way all my life and it sucks! Tiamat forbid that I get to do some stuff by myself."
"Uh…Tiamat?" you question, but Bobby doesn't stop his rant to explain that oddity.
"My Dad still treats me like a little kid sometimes. I have to go with him to do all these important things and he takes every opportunity to point out all my shortcomings, without listening to any of my ideas! We were supposed to do something to today and instead of doing it, we spent the whole day arguing. He stormed off and told me I better get my shit together by the time he comes back. In fact he left not too long after you showed up. If he saw me talking to you, he'd probably accuse me of not paying attention to my so called duties."
"Is your dad still here, where did he go?"
"Yeah, I wouldn't be fortunate enough for him to leave me alone that long. He went to go cool off in those woods over there…"

Your heart begins to race quicker at that thought. If Pa Morningstar went into the woods then he might've already run into Uncle Ed. Things on your part are probably going to be a lot easier now.

Part of you wants warn Bobby though since you sort of sympathize with him on some level.

You don't warn him

It's pointless, even if you did warn Bobby then what? You can't count on him to help you and you'd be at Uncle Ed's mercy. No, you need to go through with this.

You just hope you can convince Bobby to actually go into the woods. From the sound of it, he's not to happy with his dad right now who's supposed to be in the woods, so it wouldn't be likely he'd follow you there to do anything sexual.

You decide to try a different approach.

"Bobby. I know it might not be my place, but I think you should make up with your father."
"What?! You're taking his side? Who the hell are you to tell me what to do?!" he snaps. "Hold on slow down, I sympathize with you. I really do. But remember he's family."

Bobby calms down and listens to you.

"Sometimes family can be overbearing and annoying and all of that. Trust me I know. But like I said, they're still family. And when it comes down to it, they're the only ones who you can usually count on. There's a bond there. A strong one that shouldn't be easily broken over a silly argument. I'm sure deep down you dad cares about you."

Bobby looks at you and nods.

"Yeah…yeah…I suppose you're right. My dad has always been there for me. For all of us. He must care, I mean I'm the next one to take his place in case anything happens to him. I guess he just wants the best for me. I need to go find him."
"You want me to come with you?"
"Heh, no you've done enough. Besides I'm trying to make up with the old bastard, if he sees you, it might get complicated. I need to go alone. Thanks though. Maybe I'll see you around sometime." Bobby says quickly getting up to leave.
"Yeah. Maybe. H…hey I'll stay here though in case he comes out and you miss him okay?" you shout at Bobby, but he's already entered the woods.

You wait at the table for awhile in the darkness. There isn't a soul around. You continue to look into the woods waiting for someone to step out. Bobby, Uncle Ed, Pa Morningstar, anyone…

"So you ready to go Suzy?" you hear Uncle Ed say as he puts a hand on your shoulder and scaring you again.
"Oh shit! Fuck! You scared me!" you gasp. "Where the hell did you come from, I didn't see anyone come out of the woods.
"Oh I took the scenic route. You should be more alert though and look all around you so you don't get anyone to sneak up on you again. Come on the van's in the parking lot."

You head towards the lot with Uncle Ed by your side the entire time. He's pretty quiet on the way to the van. He's not even staring at you anymore. Doesn't make him any less creepy or dangerous though. In fact the trip back home in the van is pretty quiet as well half way through.

"So, Suzy how did you manage to do that?" Ed suddenly asks.
"Do what?"
"Get those Morningstars to go into the woods, separately too I might add. Boy that made things a lot easier. Thanks. But I never saw you. In fact I thought you'd screwed up at first when I only saw Pa Morningstar there wandering around and so early."
"Well, he and his son had an argument. Pa stormed off into the woods to cool off, shortly before I even got there. So that's why you bumped into him so quickly."
"Really? Guess that was a lucky break for you then. What about the son?"
"I convinced Bobby to make up with his father, because it was important that family stick together no matter what. So he went into the woods to do so."

Uncle Ed nods.

"Well it didn't go quite as planned, but it went easier than I expected. And more importantly I'm pretty sure I can trust you now. But not just because you're an accomplice to murder now, but because of what you just said about it being important that family stick together. You really do believe that don't you?"

You look at Ed, and it takes a lot of effort, but you convince yourself that you do.

"Yes, I do."

Ed nods again and doesn't speak again until you get back home at which point he says one last thing to you before you get out of the van.

"You're a good girl Suzy. A very good girl. Your Mom would be proud. Hell, you didn't even need to rely on your looks. You're one of the rare ones. (Sigh) Wish things were different, y'know? But things are what they are. Guess I better leave. No sense in causing you distress. This isn't the life for you. I'll be out of here by morning."

Ed starts to laugh as he gets out of the van.

"Ha ha I just thought of something funny. I killed those two because they were encroaching on my territory, but now I'm leaving anyway. Oh well, guess it just wasn't their night."

You leave Ed to his morbid sense of humor and back to the "safety" of your basement. You don't leave it for days. You swing from emotion to emotion. Guilt, fear, sickness, sorrow, etc. Eventually you leave to check the garage, because you just have to know if he really left, and he did. Apparently Moon Shadow and Tommy moved into the garage shortly after Ed left. The garage has been completely redecorated into a much "happier" place.

In time you learn to live with what you were involved in, but you become even more distant and introverted. You never leave the basement again.