Later

by Stephen King

Even the love never seemed all that strong to me. I don’t like to tell you this, but hate stays stronger and lasts longer.

“No, why do it at all? Why set all those bombs?” He smiled, and the way it kind of squelched the bloated side of his face? I still see that, and I’ll never be able to unsee it. “Because,” he said. “Because what?” “Because I felt like it,” he said.

As I said at the beginning, this is a horror story.

Perhaps it would, BUT I URGE YOU NOT TO DO IT. Tightrope walkers sometimes fall. Lion tamers can be mauled by cats they believed to be completely tamed. Under certain conditions, even the best dog may turn and bite his master. My advice to you, Jamie, is to leave this thing alone.

Everybody has secrets, Jamie. You’ll find that out for yourself in time.”

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite em, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so on ad infinitum.