Misty had been dead for months. In the beginning Cordelia didn't always act the way she did now. Aside from the random outbursts of tears and withdrawal all the girls thought she was doing exceptionally well with handling the death of her loved one. It wasn't wasn't until three months after Misty had died they found out the strange behavior Cordelia had began.
It was a sunny afternoon when Zoe and the girls thought is would be a great idea to ask Cordelia to go outside to the garden with them. As they approached her bedroom door Zoe and Queenie noticed it was cracked. Peering in both gasped at what they saw.
"Just one more handful." Cordelia whispered as she ate Misty's ashes.
"Oh shit. Cordelia has flown the cuckoo's nest." Queenie whispered.
"Oh god. What do we do?" Zoe questioned.
"We'll come back later, I guess." Queenie said with a frown on her face.
Both girls waited downstairs for over an hour when Cordelia came down on her own accord. They tried to act normal as Cordelia gave them a small smile while walking by, but when they eyed her teeth they saw remains of the ashes.
"Miss Cordelia.. you've got something in your teeth." Zoe said.
Fear flashed onto Cordelia's face. As she turned around to pick at her teeth her eyes started to tear up. She didn't want anyone to know the ugly truth about her. How she secretly was eating her dead lovers ashes just to feel close to her once again. The girls would think she was crazy but it had become a daily ritual for the older woman. As soon as she would wake up she would eat Misty's ashes. Before going to bed at night she would eat the swamp witch's ashes. Sometimes she would even snack on them before lunch. She didn't want to admit she had developed a problem.
"I'm sorry girls. I have no clue what that could have been." Cordelia said looking away.
"Cordelia.. we already know what that was. That was Misty. We saw you eating her ashes early today but we didn't say anything." Zoe said softly.
"Don't be silly girls! I would never do something that crazy!" hissed Cordelia.
"Listen up Miss Supreme. You've got a problem and it needs fixing. Don't make us take her urn away." Queenie said.
"You wouldn't dare!" Cordelia yelled.
"You wanna try me?" Queenie questioned.
With that Cordelia ran up the stairs and back into her room. She grabbed Misty's ashes and ran into her bathroom. She locked the door before the girls could reach her. She opened the urn like the times before and poured a little bit of Misty into her hand.
"I miss you so badly." Cordelia cried while licking Misty off her hand.
"Cordelia! Open this door right now! Don't make us break it down. You won't like what will happen if we have to." Zoe and Queenie both yelled.
At this point Cordelia was eating massive handfuls of Misty's ashes.
"No! Not until the very last handful." mumbled the supreme with ashes falling down her face mixed with saliva.
Queenie wasn't have any of Cordelia's crap. She kicked the door open. Both she and Zoe ran to Cordelia. Queenie grabbed Cordelia while Zoe grabbed the urn with hardly any ashes left. Zoe emptied the remaining ashes into the toilet and flushed.
"No! How could you!?" Cordelia screamed.
Queenie let go of the supreme and watched her as she fell to the floor sobbing while curling into a ball.
"Shhh Miss Cordelia. It's all going to be okay now." Zoe said sitting on the floor wrapping her arms around the older woman.
"I've just got one question." said Queenie. "Did she taste like… chicken?"