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“You can’t keep me here!” Kevin yelled angrily. “Let me go!”
“For fuck’s sake.” Percy snorted. “How did your uncle die then? Dropped into a vat of chemicals and developed a penchant for giggles?”
“No! He moved to Florida, you dick.”
“And your grandparents?”
“Fuck you.”
Percy stared expectantly.
Kevin groaned in pain as his body was pressed tighter against the wall. “You’re hurting me!”
“Sorry, but I think you’ll understand if I decide not to let you use your safe word at this time.”
“Fine.” Kevin scowled. “They went on a safari in Africa and didn’t come back.”
“Come on, sug. The details matter. What happened? How did they die?”
“You son of a bitch.” Kevin blinked back fresh tears, and his stomach twisted. “They fell off a cliff. There was a herd of wildebeests, and they were trampled… It… It was awful.”
“Are you shitting me?” Percy snorted, and he laughed. “That’s the fucking story fromThe Lion King! You think you’re fucking Simba now?” He swigged back his scotch. “You fell from heaven, lost your grace, and apparently concocted a backstory for yourself after watching too much television.”
Kevin’s face flushed, and he snapped, “You think I’m the crazy one and you’re telling me I fell from fucking heaven?”
Percy pursed his lips. “It would certainly explain why your blood tastes so good.”
“I’m not a fucking angel. I’m not fucking anything or anybody!” Kevin wanted to scream. “Why the hell would I make this up?”
“An excellent question.”
“You’re crazy. God, you’re so fucking crazy.” Kevin sniffed back more angry tears. “I had parents. I had a family. I have a life.”
“Prove it.”
“What?”
“Do you have any pictures of your so-called family? Can we call Uncle Alfie up?”
“I lost everything in a house fire—”
“Oh! Convenient.”
“And Uncle Alfred is getting a new phone number.” Kevin sagged. “He… He said it might be a few weeks before he can call me.”
Percy batted his eyes. “A tiny bit suspish, wouldn’t you say, sug?”
“Fuck you! You can’t prove I’m an angel!”
“Oh, but I can.” Percy waved his hand, and a full-length mirror appeared beside him. “I’ll make a deal with you, sug. If I’m wrong, you can leave and I will never bother you again. If I’m right, you stay, and then you and I will have a nice, long chat.”
Kevin eyed the mirror. “I’m not Dracula. I can see my own reflection if that’s what you’re gonna ask.”
“It’s averitasmirror. It shows the truth, even the things we try to hide.”
“Fine. Whatever. Deal.” Kevin glared. “I know you’re wrong. Go ahead. Let me at this damn thing.”
