'So, what are you saying, sheriff?'
Sheriff Doyle reported, 'Mr., Mrs. Snell, we just got word that Margaret's mother is still alive and living in Matton,' 'Perhaps, she might take him in.'
'Are you kidding?,' the irate Sue was lying in bed.
'Now, Sue…'
'No, Mom,' Sue bellowed, sitting up, 'After the bang-up job she did raising her daughter, you want to entrust her with Josiah?'
'Miss, from what we've gathered so far, Margaret White's…mental troubles had nothing to do with anything her parents did, no signs or reports of abuse…'
'Well, nobody saw Margaret abuse her daughter,' Sue's father spoke up.
'Cause nobody cared enough to look into it,' Sue spitefully muttered.
'Miss, the woman had two children with her second, late husband,' the sheriff was trying his best to persuade, 'Both well-to-do adults now, by all accounts, no criminal history.'
'For God's sake, she never did anything for Carrie and she was her blood!', Sue yelled, 'Why do you think she would take in the boy her nutjob daughter adopted?'
…
Josiah was cutting up carrots with a knife when he heard from behind him, 'Joey?'
'Yes?'
STAB HER, JOSIAH.
Chop.
'About this prom thing…'
STAB THE WITCH, JOSIAH.
Chop.
'I don't feel comfortable leavin' you alone with Momma…the way she's been acting. So, I talked to Tommy, and he said his friend can watch you while we're at prom.'
'What?', Josiah turned around in surprise, the knife still in his hand, 'Go to a stranger's house?'
'It'll be alright, Joey,' Carrie soothed him, 'Nothing bad'll happen. Just one night.'
THE LORD COMMANDS THAT YOU STAB THE WITCH. YOU MUST NOT SUFFER A WITCH TO LIVE.
Josiah dropped the knife onto the counter, 'Ok.'
…
Josiah awoke to find a nurse standing next to his bed, 'Wha-,'
'It's okay, sweetie,' the nurse soothingly spoke, 'Just need to move you.'
YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED HER, JOSIAH.
Josiah paled when he heard the voice.
YOU MISSED YOUR CHANCE. YOU SUFFERED THE WITCH TO LIVE.
As his bed was moved out into the hall, Josiah leaned his ears on the pillow, trying to block out the voice.
AND NOW, HELL CAME TO CHAMBERLAIN, AND IT IS ALL ON YOUR HANDS.