Chapter 3

Shelly peeked into the bag and saw something long and black, but it was a quick peek and she couldn't quite make out what it was.

"What is it Roman? I want to know!" She squealed in anticipation.

Roman laughed and handed his sister the pink bag and she took no hesitation to open it up and pull out its contents. It was a long layered black wig. But it was nothing like she had before. It had styled side swept bangs, curled ends and felt so soft. It had a purple butterfly rhinestone clip on the opposite side of the bangs. She looked into the bag and saw a whole assortment of clips. Some just like the butterfly but in different colours, and some of different little animals and flowers.

"Roman.." She breathed in disbelief.

"Shelly, you deserve to have the best. I know your old wig got ruined, so I wanted to give you a new one... Only better. And the clip can come off so you can change it when ever you like!" He was just as excited as his sister.

"Can you help me put it on?" She smiled as she handed him the wig.

Roman took the scraggly hair she had and gently put it into a small ponytail and tucked it into the wig once it was sitting perfectly on her head. The wig covered her beautiful large brown eye and left her "normal" side out with the clip on that side. He fixed and adjusted it so it was absolutely perfect.

"You look so beautiful Glow Worm!" He smiled.

"Roman... I don't glow anymore... You know that." She stated, confused.

"Yes, you still do." He replied back with a smile. "Just because you don't glow blue to the touch, doesn't mean you don't still glow as a person."

Shelly smiled and blushed a bit. "I want to see!"

Roman moved the mirror over to her and the sight nearly took her breath away. "Roman! I look... I look..."

"Like you always have to me Sis." He smiled even bigger now.

Shelly's smile faded once she remembered what she wanted to ask her brother. "Roman, why hasn't mom come to visit me since the day I was supposed to have my new body?"

Roman froze. He wasn't sure what to say. She couldn't know the truth about that awful, ruthless bitch. He had to think quick.

"She's busy." Was all he could muster.

Shelly looked at herself in the mirror once more and back to Roman. She didn't believe him, but she knew she shouldn't push the matter further.

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Peter staggered through the woods. His feet were tired from running so hard, and for so long. He honestly thought he saw Shelly. He didn't know many tall girls that wore a lot of black clothing. 'But who else could it be?' He thought.

He kept looking at the wet ground as he walked until he heard a soft noise. Not a whisper really, more of a muffled noise. Peter's first instinct was to check it out... His second was to run. Of course, Peter being Peter listened to his first instinct and he would soon wish he hadn't.

Peter crept cautiously towards the muffled noise and was shocked and repulsed by what he saw. It was Olivia, Romans mother, crouched over a corpse. A torn apart, gut spilling corpse. She was gnawing and ripping her way through the body. Muffled sounds escaped her organ filled lips as she satisfied her hunger. Peter tried to creep away slowly but, of course, there just had to be a twig under his foot that snapped. Olivia turned her head and her eyes set on Peter, Before he could even move his feet, Olivia was already sinking her teeth into him.

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Roman said goodbye to his sister after a while and left her to play with her new hair. He felt good, like some how things would be okay. But he felt bad for lying to his sister, but she had been through enough and didn't want to upset her even more and have her freak out and go into a rage like she did when she found her body's innards spilled all over the floor... That was too painful for him to watch and he wasn't sure if even Olivia could hold her own against her.

He turned the corner and saw Dr. Pryce walking towards him.

"Mr. Godfrey," Pryce said sternly. "I wish you hadn't given her that wig. Now she will never want a new body."

Roman looked at him sharply. "In case you don't recall, my mother ate her body. She ruined any chance Shelly ever had at a normal life."

Dr. Pryce sighed. "Yes Roman I am well aware of what happened that night. However, my team and I are close to creating a new body for her. But she will not accept it until she finds out what happened to the old one. I did not bring you here to play dress up with your sister!" Pryce became extremely annoyed.

"Doctor, you are here to make sure she gets well. Not to be playing house with her consciousness! She is still very malnourished and her wounds seem to be getting worse rather than better! If i want to give my sister just a moment of happiness I will! No matter what the cost!" Roman was fuming. How dare Pryce try to tell him how to handle his own sister.

"We had a deal, Roman." The doctor tried to keep himself calm. "You convince Shelly to take the new body, and I make sure Olivia never sees the living light again."

"I can take care of Olivia myself. And if you so much try to put a single finger of Shelly's into a new body I swear I will have you out of Godfrey Industries and you will never have a job any where ever again." Roman's voice was menacing. He didn't give the doctor any time to respond before he stormed off.