“It won’t, Evelyn, don’t worry. This thing won’t harm a real human. But if it’s not a human who takes it… then its true form will be revealed! Trust me, Evelyn, trust me! You’ll know the truth tonight!”
Under Mom’s persuasion, I mixed the powder into Dad’s food and drink.
Dad didn’t notice anything. He ate and drank it all.
By 9 p.m., something was clearly wrong.
His face was growing darker and he was becoming more and more agitated, constantly yelling for water.
“Water, water! Give me water!”
I handed him bottle after bottle, but nothing satisfied him. At last, he ordered me to fill an entire bathtub and plunged into it headfirst.
Afraid something might happen, I went to check on him. But the scene I saw through the crack in the door left me frozen in shock.
