Michael Amos by Homeland

Author:Homeland
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-01T20:01:26+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Penelope the pink cloth cat was distinctly soggy. Mandy had been chewing her ear for some time now and her bubblegum-pink saliva had soaked deep into the material. Mandy had always sucked and chewed on things for comfort. As a child, she had sucked her thumb until she was six, whereupon her parents had taken to punishing her every time they caught her doing it. She had stopped sucking her thumb and taken up sucking her soft toys instead, and her parents, begrudging the time they had to spend with their difficult child anyway, left it at that.

Mandy looked up at the camera in the corner of her room. Its little flashing red light was always a comfort to her. Earlier on, she had tried to talk to Homeland, but there had been no response and she had felt, for a while, very, very alone. That bitch Jodi had made off with her man. Every time they started again with Higgs, Jodi got in there and spoiled things. Mandy had never really fully understood why Higgs would get killed and then somehow reappear a few weeks later. She didn’t ask of course—the reason was bound to be classified information or dull and complicated or both. They did some fancy medical thing and sorted him out and that was that. But it meant Jodi could get in there and brainwash him. Higgs belonged to her, Mandy, not that cheap hussy Jodi. Homeland had proved it with her figures and calculations.

Jodi should have been terminated. Mandy knew Jodi had been terminated before and then magically come back. It made no sense. Why bring Jodi back when she was so obviously an unredeemable terrorist? Clearly a terrorist. A dangerous terrorist. She might be jealous of me. When she realizes that Higgs loves me and not her, who knows what she might do?

Mandy put Penelope carefully down on the pillow of her bed and cleared her throat.

“Ma’am, are you there?”

Homeland’s voice filled the room. “Yes, citizen?”

“I am afraid that Jodi might come and try to kill me.”

“Have no fear, citizen, I will protect you.”

“But she is very cunning. I wish I had a gun to protect myself with. Just in case.”

A gun. Mandy surprised herself at what she had said. Yes, a gun and Jodi and her, alone. That would do it.

“A gun, citizen? Guns are restricted to security officers only, you know that.”

Mandy began to sniff and put her hands over her face. “I’m so scared. I don’t know what to do. She’s going to try to kill me.”

Inside, she felt a tingle of pleasure at her own cunning.

“Please do not cry, citizen. I am here for your security and well-being.”

“I should be able to defend myself. I’ve always been a good citizen.”

“You have, citizen.”

“But the terrorists are everywhere, ready to strike without warning. If only I had a gun.”

“Citizen…Mandy…”

Mandy looked up at the camera imploringly. “I hope that I haven’t done anything which has aroused suspicion in me?”

“Of course not, citizen.”

“I would be ashamed to think that I could not be trusted with a gun.

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