Status Updates From La chica de al lado

"He used to just put a belt, a stick and a wrench on the table, and just say 'Choose'..." ---- "Well I gotta go with the belt on that one, Vanna." ---- "I used to go with the wrench." ----"Why the wrench?" ---- "Because fuck him, that's why."------------------ "I'll never put on a life-jacket again."------------- "Nothing the god of bio-mechanics...wouldn't let you into heaven for..."

Right. So, this is not the same as Billy by Whitley Strieber...but it is probably going in that direction, once the story moves to the basement. Or some similar scenes, but with different, I dunno, underpinnings for the cruelty. As someone who read Toxic Parents as an adult, and didn't get helped by it, a novel like this is an emotional challenge...and apparently, this novel is based on true events. Very sad.

This one will hit me personally a bit more than I was expecting…but ‘ll deal with it.

Scared to read it. Reading it anyway. It’s like that, sometimes.