Watch Your Step

Nina's Tea Party

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND HIM!" Rachel shouted at the cops. They told her the house was empty and there was no sign of the man she was describing.

"We're doing the best we can, ma'am, until there's enough evidence gathered. If you could just give us proof to make this simpler."

"H-he broke our cameras!" she shrilled, her hair was all over the place, and her eyes were wide with trauma. "THE DOLL! THE FUCKING SEX DOLL! IT SHOULD BE THERE!"

"Let's just calm down," the officer said in a dry tone, "and if you're ready, you can tell us what happened, ma'am. Please, take a breath."

"YOU HAVE TO CATCH THAT DERANGED ANIMAL PLEASE!"

"Okay, let's start over ma'am, how did you say you escaped from there?"

"I-I - when I realized I could move again, I used Nate's knife to stab that animal and I—I ran away from there...the...tea..." Suddenly, her throat croaked, her lips trembled, and white foam came out of her mouth. The trauma-stricken woman collapsed on the floor. If not for her disheveled hair, the dirt on her face, and ragged clothes, she would be beautiful. Underneath all of those unsightly features, she would most certainly look like a porcelain doll.