Chapter 1
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My sister–in–law, Brenda, she’s obsessed
with sushi, right? After she got pregnant, she
started losing weight, but her stomach just
kept getting bigger and bigger.
I swear, I thought she wasn’t carrying a baby,
but a freakin‘ giant tapeworm.
And wouldn’t you know it, I was right! I caught
it one night, saw this huge worm slithering
out from under her nightgown for some air.
I totally freaked out, dragged her to the ER
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that night to get de–wormed.
They pulled out this tapeworm that was, like,
three feet long! And yeah, she lost the baby.
My parents blamed me for killing their
grandkid, and Brenda and my brother, Kevin, blamed me for offing their son.
Then they had the nerve to try and force me to eat the damn tapeworm!
The thing hatched a million little worms that burrowed all through my body. I died from the inside out, screaming in pain.
Then I woke up, back to the night I saw the
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tapeworm taking a breather.
I just smirked and quietly closed their
bedroom door.
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw that
white, wormy head poking out from under
Brenda’s nightie.
It just kept wriggling along like nobody’s
business, more and more of its pale, slimy
body oozing out.
It made my skin crawl.
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I could still feel those little worms squirming
around inside me, the agony of my insides
being ripped apart.
I clenched my fists, fighting back the urge to scream, and quietly shut Kevin and Brenda’s door.
I was about to head back to my room when I saw my mom standing in the living room, staring right at me.
I held my breath, my heart pounding. I had no idea if Mom had seen anything.
“What the heck are you doing up, you lazy
bum? Why are you not asleep?”
Hearing Mom say that, I let out a silent breath
of relief and tried to smile.
“Just saw that Kevin’s door was open a crack.
Didn’t want our little nephew to get cold, so I
closed it.”
“Good for you, doing something for once“.
Mom rolled her eyes and went back inside.
I tiptoed back to my room and collapsed on
my tiny bed, finally able to relax.
Brenda might be from around here, but she’s
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crazy for sushi.
Ever since she got pregnant, she’s been
eating like a horse, putting away a whole
platter in one sitting.
Her stomach keeps getting bigger, but she’s losing weight everywhere else.
I knew something was up, suspected it wasn’t
a baby she was carrying, but a giant
tapeworm. I tried to gently suggest she get checked out.
But Brenda just flipped out.
“It just means my baby’s getting all the
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nutrients! Are you jealous I’m having a
healthy, chubby little boy? You just can’t
stand to see me happy!”
Mom chimed in too, yelling at me and calling
me a bad omen, then demanding I give her
$50 to buy Brenda more sushi.
Then, yeah, I saw the tapeworm crawling out
from under her nightgown in the middle of the
night.
I freaked out, screamed, and dragged her to
the hospital to get de–wormed.
The doctor pulled out this tapeworm that was,
like, three feet long! Plus a whole bunch of
smaller worms.
Brenda lost the baby and lost any chance of
having another one.
Kevin and Brenda blamed me for everything,
said my big mouth turned their baby into a
worm.
My parents were just as bad, saying I’d killed
their grandkid.
They grabbed that disgusting tapeworm and
tried to force me to swallow it.
“You killed my grandson, so you’re going to
eat it!”
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The big worm started spawning a bunch of
smaller worms that broke through my
stomach and burrowed into my organs.
I was in so much pain, I begged them to take
me to the hospital.
They didn’t care, just locked me in my room and let those worms crawl out of my body
until I died from the inside out.
I shook my head and closed my eyes again.
If they’re so desperate for a son, then maybe they should all have one.
