Bad Moon Rising

Muriel couldn’t take this anymore. Her family had to get out. She called her ex and her children to the kitchen table. The old biddy stood up.

“Look!” she said. “This has got to stop! When is everyone leaving? I want my house back!” Her ex and her children were quiet at first. Muriel tried not to scream. How long had it been? Two weeks? Three weeks? She lost count by this point. They had to go.

Her eyes locked on Evan sitting the closest to her at the table.

“Why are you here?” she asked. “Did Pauline kick you out again?” Her ex had a sheepish look on his face. Muriel sighed and rubbed her forehead.

“Of course she did,” she muttered to herself. She looked up at Evan again. She made up her mind to get rid of him first. Suddenly, her phone rang. A little bit of relief washed over her.

“Stay right there,” she said. The old biddy walked over to the phone on the wall. The rest of her family looked at each other with confused and concerned looks on their faces.

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Crusher sat down at a table and sighed.

“I’m so bored!” he complained. Crusher looked up to see his aunt behind the counter.

“Is there anything fun to do?” he asked. Annie gave him a sympathetic look.

“There is the café and the shops in town,” she said. Crusher turned to her with a frown on his face.

“I don’t want to go shopping,” he complained. Annie gave him a little smile.

“It’s a small town,” she said. “It’s not like the city.” He threw back his head and groaned. His aunt’s smile dropped. Tucker would know what to do in this situation. She called him last night. It looked like he was going to be staying with his relatives a little bit longer. He apologized over the phone.

“It’s fine,” she said. “They need you there.” Annie sounded like she was about to cry. She wanted to say that she needed him too. However, she didn’t want to put that on him.

“Auntie? Are you okay?” Crusher asked as he stared at her. Annie looked up. She wiped away her tears.

“Yes,” she said. “I’m okay.” She looked up when she heard the bell above the door ringing.

“Oh, time to get to work,” she said. Crusher threw back his head and groaned. Annie ignored him as she straightened herself up.

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Lewis, Aisha, and Clyde walked up to the front door.

“I don’t think she needs us here,” the farmer spoke up. “She sounded pretty miserable the last time we spoke to her.”

“Which is why we have to be here,” Aisha said. “She needs our support.” Clyde whistled to herself.

“I’m not sure about tat,” she mumbled to herself. The leader clicked her tongue and smacked her in the head.

“Ow!” Clyde said.

“Why can’t you talk right?” Aisha asked. The dirty old biddy stuck out her tongue at her as they walked up to the front door. The leader frowned before ringing the doorbell. She made herself smile as they waited. However, it dropped when the door opened.

“Muriel, are you okay?” Aisha asked as her jaw dropped. Muriel looked like she was about to laugh or cry with madness.

“Heh,” she said. This was bad, really bad.

End