"Script II" by Val

Bathroom - Norwalk, CT
Thursday
1:10pm

"These people never do anything," Monte groaned,
climbing out of his brother-in-law and sister's
stopped-up shower.

"Why?" He was talking out loud, barely able to see
himself in the steam. "Why don't they do anything?"

Monte's subconscious, Van, barked back like an angry
Turk. "Because they WORK, Monte and they are raising
CHILDREN," He pauses as the mirror clears for him to see his
ruby eyes. "That's why."