Chapter 51: Beaten

It’s best to get unpleasant things over with quickly. That’s what I believe. So I must have been the sort of honor student who finished summer homework on time. I don’t remember, but I’m sure that’s how it was. And so, here I am now, standing in front of a house with a small gift in my hands. Though calling it a house is generous. It’s a Tooth house. It pulses, it’s damp. The entrance is like an alien’s mouth. That mouth opened. If you were to add a sound effect, it would be a…