Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind
-Neil Diamond, Everybody's Talkin'
Chapter 4
Hammy finished tying the hanging knot. There was no real expression on his face. It was just solemn, blank. He looked at the note in his hand. He dropped it to the ground. He sighed as he began to step up the ladder towards the hanging noose…
RJ looked around. He was playing videogames with the Porcupine kids, and Hammy was usually with them.
Today, however, he was nowhere to be seen. With all that had happened, RJ began to feel nervous.
"Where's Hammy?"
Quillo looked up at him.
"I don't know. He's been acting really weird lately, though. He was on a website earlier, called "To Die" or something. He was learning how to tie a knot…"
RJ jumped up, and started running toward the tree Hammy always hung around. He had figured it out, and he had to get there in time…
Hammy stood at the top step of the ladder. He slowly and reluctantly slipped the noose around his neck, and sighed again.
I love you, RJ. I always have, and I always will love you. Oh, God, how I love you…
He gulped, and quickly jumped off the ladder as the noose gripped tightly around his neck…
RJ ran toward the tree. He just had to stop him.
This is my fault…It's all my fault…
Then, he stopped. He stared up at the tree in horror, and his heart skipped a beat. He saw Hammy's hanging body, and at that moment, to his horror, he knew that he was too late…