A/N: SPOILER WARNING: Another major plot twist in the end of the chapter!
In the kitchen, Chucky watches Nica and Alice cooking and setting up the table. Nica chops the vegetables. "Yes...That's it..." The pot turns on. "Keep on cookin'..." Alice stirs up the chili. "Keep on cookin' that delicious food..."
Alice tastes the chili. "Mmm...It's really good!"
"It's the oregano." Nica said, as she puts the pot on the table. She wheels herself as she asks Alice, "Did you finished setting up the table?"
"Almost!" Alice said as she opened the door for Nica. "Pay the toll."
"We're on a roll!" Nica gives Alice a high five before they left the kitchen.
Chucky looks around the kitchen. "The coast is clear." He then looks down at the food.
In the dining room, Nica and Alice continue to set up the table. Nica lits up the candles while Alice sets up the plates
Back in the kitchen, a plastic hand is seen pouring rat poisoning in the bowls.
Nica catches Alice about to touch the candles. "Oh, no honey, don't touch that!"
"Sorry, Auntie Nica, I forgot."
"Can you hand me the napkins? Ya know, the fancy ones from last year's Christmas?" Nica asked Alice as she wheels herself back in the kitchen. She spots Chucky on the floor and stars at him suspiciously. "How the heck did he get down there?" She then notice that kitchen cabinet was open and closed it.
7:00 PM
Dinner was ready and everyone were starving. Alice sat Chucky on her lap, she sat next to Barb. After Barb was Nica, then Frank, then Jill, then Ian.
"Father, would you like to say grace?" Barb asked Frank. Frank recited the grace. Ian stuck his finger in Alice's ear. Alice giggles. "Stop." Frank finished the grace.
Ian offered Jill some wine. "Want one?" Jill accepted it. "How 'bout you, Father?" Frank declined.
"I am starving!" Alice said as she scooped up chili in her spoon.
"Wait a sec." Ian laid his hand on her arm. "To the chef!" He laughs. They all held their glasses.
"I love chili." Jill said.
"Really? Me too!"
Barb smelled her spoonful. "Please tell me there's no meat in this chili."
"Oh, no. Not at all." Nica responded.
"It's vegetarian." Alice added. They all took a bite of the chili.
"Huh..." Barb said as she looked at her spoon.
"Oh my God. Oh my God!" Ian exclaimed.
"What is it?" Nica worriedly asked.
"That doll looks familiar to me somehow." Frank said, observing Chucky.
Ian laughed. "This is incredible! That doll is a Good Guy doll! They were my favorites back in the 80s. Even my brother had one."
"So did mine!" Jill exclaimed. She and Ian laughed.
"I think I recall seeing him on the news." Frank remarked. Alice and Nica turned to him.
"Really?" Nica asked.
"Yes. And I think it became an urban legend." Frank continued. That made Chucky turn his head. "They said that a boy, Alice's age, claimed that he was possessed by a serial killer."
"What was his name?" Alice asked
"I think it was Charles Lee Ray. Gunned down in 1988. Plus if I remembered correctly, they made a whole movie about it."
"Oh yeah, they did!" Ian remembered.
"But it probably wasn't true." Jill added. "Sometimes, what they say on the news are never true."
"Yeah!" Ian laughed.
They all continued eating the chili. "That's it...Keep on eating that food, you stinkers!" Chucky thought.
Frank stops eating with a lot of sweat on his forehead.
"Father, are you alright?" Barb asked.
Frank just looked at his hand. "Oh, um...I'm sorry. I'm going to have to be going."
Barb gasps. "Oh my God, Father, are you ill?"
"Oh, no, I'm fine. It's...Just...I have an appointment at the church. Nica, thank you very much. The chili was delicious." Frank wiped his head and stood up. "Please forgive me. I don't mean to be rude. I'll see you all at the cemetery. Uh, goodnight." He left without another word.
Alice walks to the window and watches him drive away. "Chucky, I feel worried. And by 'worried', I mean 'scared'" After everyone else left the dining room, Chucky's eyes turned red. All Alice could do was scream.
