Too Many Humans by Jacob Rayne

Author:Jacob Rayne [Rayne, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

Upon the fortieth day, he came in, naked but for his blood-soaked dog collar.

He hosed her down and took the pound of flesh in the usual manner.

When she hungrily went to eat it, he slapped it out of her trembling hands.

‘I will not have you degraded in such a way,’ he said.

She looked at him, fresh blood smeared across her lips like she’d gone berserk with lipstick.

There was a look of longing in her eyes, for the meal that had been taken from her, but she also looked upon him with awe.

‘Tonight, you will have something proper to eat. Wait there,’ he said.

She noticed that he still locked the cage door, as though he didn’t trust her, even though at this point she had no idea what escape meant.

She wouldn’t have escaped even if she could.

When he came back, her jaw dropped in amazement.

The dim light in the basement room was torn by the candles and sparklers atop a cake that he held in his shaking hands.

He wore his proud father expression, the grin lit by the tiny flames making him look ever so slightly demonic.

‘I baked this especially for you,’ he said, almost breathless in his awe. ‘The first one who ever made it.’

She almost asked him what he meant, but it didn’t matter.

She and he had connected.

She and God had connected, in spite of her initial misgivings.

Her life had done a total one-eighty.

She was his now, body and soul.

‘I can’t thank you enough,’ she said, her voice cracking through emotion and dehydration and near-starvation.

‘It’s just out of a packet,’ he said, seeming embarrassed by his offering.

‘Not for the cake, for everything. You were right. You led me to God, exactly like you said you would. He spoke to me in here, told me to keep going. He guided me and He healed my soul. And I can’t thank you enough for this.’

He bowed his head and she could see the tears that streamed from his eyes.

This was clearly a big deal for him.

She found she felt the same way, and also began sobbing tears of the most abject joy.

She had been lost, now she was found.

Now she belonged.

And she had him to thank for it all.

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