Judge: I suggest you answer the question now.
Hester: Fine....
Judge: Good
Hester: I'm here because I am a boil on the butt of soceity, and you all are trying to pop me. Weary to the fact that once you pop me, I'll become infected and spread ....
Prosector: Indeed...
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Hester sat indian style upon the couch. Her therapist stared into her eyes as if she was trying to dig deep into the pit of Hester's mind..
" Hester, you haven't told me much these last few days..." " why is that?"
" Not much to tell Mary..." " I live a boring life..."
"Why do you say that?"
" Because, I don't have much to say..."
" But your family and friends have said differently..."
"I'm a random person..."
" So tell me something random..."
" I miss being numb"
" Explain Hester..."
" It's a simple explaination Mary..." " The drugs... I miss the drugs..."
" But you were not that much of an addict.."
" Deep down I was.... I found the will to quit popping pills...but that will is slowly fading..."
"Why?"
" Because I'm sore..."
" Sore?"
" Everything is sore....My heart, my soul, my mind..." " I'd enjoy having a fix..."
" Any specific "fix"?"
" Ultram...maybe... Valium..."
" Pain killers?"
" Yeah..."
" No one will prescribe me anything because I may get addicted..."
" I can control myself.... Mary.... I don't really want to be numb... That's the problem... I just think i need to... and i know i don't... "
" I understand Hester..."
" Do you?"
" Of course..."
" I'm on trial..."
" Explain.."
" I had a dream last night.... The world vs me.." " My life was on trial..."
" Why do you think you dreamt that?"
" Because... I lack something.."
" Do you know what you lack?"
" No...."
" Maybe I can help you figure it out..."
" Maybe..."
Hester looked at the clock on the wall...." I have to be at work in fifteen minutes.."
" Alright... I'll see you in two days.."
They both stood....and said their goodbyes...
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" Tomorrow they'll come.."
" who?"
" Everyone...they're coming to take me away.."
"why?"
" Everyone hates me.."
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Prosecutor: You ARE a boil on the butt of soceity Hester...which is probably the reason why there is no one here to defend you...
(mumbling from the crowd)
Prosecutor: What do you have to say for yourself Miss Ennington?
Hester bowed her head and sighed..."Nothing..."
Judge: Very well... I sentence you to life...
Hester: Life?
Judge: Is there a problem?
Hester: No...Not at all..
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Walking along a narrow path, Hester stops. Her mouth dry, she drinks from a half empty glass of water. She sighs and takes a seat to rest. " Fuck me..."...
After a while, she stands and carries on walking her narrow path. She comes to a fork in the road soon ahead. " Left or right.." She takes the left path and soon finds herself in a downward spiral. The spiral ends. Hester is dizzy and frustrated. She finds another path, a bit narrower. She comes to another fork, and again, chooses the leftward path. She spins again.
Over and Over again, throughout her life, Hester continues to walk the narrow path and spin out ata leftward angle.
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Mary stared as she usually does. Hester sat indian style and blah.
" Tell me something interesting Hester..."
" Like what?"
" The first thing that comes to mind..."
"Ok..." " I'm lonely..."
"Ex..."
" I know.. I know..." " Explain right?"
" Yes..."
" I've always been lonely....no matter how many friends...no matter my family... "
" Romantically?"
" You can say that..." " I just want to be held..."
" That's very understandable..."
" I bet..."
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" So you think you might be able to escape?"
" Not a chance..."
" why not?"
" they know where i am at all times..."
" that bites.."
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Stop staring Hester, stop staring.
You're going to make a fool of yourself.
Don't get any stupid ideas!
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" Hester you come off as a hard ass, but I see right through you.." Mary stated arching a brow.
" Do you?"
" Yes..." " Unfortunately..."
" You're not helping me ..."
" I'm tired of helping you..."
" Fine..."
" Goodbye Hester..."
She departed. Hester was alone yet again. Today was exceptionally horrible. It was storming, she was hungry. She mistook her rumbling stomach for thunder.
©STemGone 2002
Reagan Rees(Hester Ennington)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
