From the
Razor to the Rosary
We sat in my room, looking at
each other.
“How about an introduction from
each one of us?” I suggested, eager to break the silence. The atmosphere was
giving me the chills.
“We can introduce ourselves, if
you like, but I don’t think we would need one from you. Maybe Ash and Izzy needs
it. Cat, Sue and I have been living in you long enough to know every little bit about
you.” Said Deb serenely, perched on my study table.
“You guys have been living
inside me?” Flabbergasted, I exclaimed, my mouth wide agape and my hand flew to
cover it.
“I’m afraid so, my dear.”
“Why didn’t I know about it?”
“The time wasn’t right yet. Now it is.”
“O…Ok…” I struggled to make
sense of what Deb just said. So they had been living inside me all along, but I just met them? It all sounds too
inconceivable.
“Right, the introduction,”
chimed Sue, reminding us, “ So um, hi Eileen! I am Sue and yeah that’s about
it. Deb, Cat, Izzy and I are about the same age.”
“I’m Cat. I’m here to help you
cope. Nothing else,” mumbled Cat.
“She’s got really long
fingernails to cut you,” said Deb, running her fingers down Cat’s nails which
were at least 3 inches long, “I’m Deb. I’m here to help too. To protect you from
whoever has the potential to hurt you.”
She gave a sweet, angelic smile.
“I’m Ash. Look for me if yer
should need any information regarding what Sue’s trying to get yer to do if yer
can’t get it from Google. He hides a hell lot of things, yer know that. By the
way I’m older than all of yer here,” said Ash, giving his spectacles a prod.
“My name’s Izzy. I’ll come to
keep you company at night,” Izzy gave me a pat on the back, “Ok we’re all done!
How about you?”
“Er… well… Uhm… My name is
Eileen, as you probably know. I’m 11 now. My birthday is on 30th
December,” I stuttered, not knowing what to say exactly. There doesn’t seem to
be much to say anyways.
“Alright, we’re settled!” Sue
rose to her feet and turned to look in my direction.
“From now on, we will be
your shadows.”
