Author: jesseteller

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There was a pattern to these things. Job went to work either in the morning or afternoon. He was gone most of the day no matter what. Chanel stayed home with me. Bekah came over around dinner time, stayed for a few hours, and was gone by the time Siren got there at night. Then…

Aftermath Guardian’s War 4: Abuser

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One night we found a new alter, a thing not born of abuse but of learning. He was not damaged, but twisted and wrong. He was not helpful or in need. He wanted things to fall apart. He called himself Char. We called him Abuser. Every Tuesday we got drunk. We would drink all sorts…

Aftermath Guardian’s War 3: Conductor

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In the summer of 2001, the game changed forever. A bridge was created that changed it all. I will preface this by saying that it is amazing what the human mind can do, and by saying that this is all true. Some of the experts who know this disorder will dispute this as impossible, but…

Aftermath Guardian’s War 2: Urgent

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I lived with Job in the apartment he shared with Anton for about a month before they moved into the Pink House. They were both friends of mine from Kentwood dorm. They had both allowed themselves to fail out. When you have minds as sharp and dangerous as Job and Anton, the only way you…

Aftermath Guardian’s War 1: The Fellow Warrior

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Let’s do it again, shall we? There’s final pieces moving into place. We have to look at the aftermath of me losing everything in Guardian’s War. How I rebuilt myself, rebuilt a life, and hacked a path through the heart of darkness. This blog blast will be 19 posts long. It’ll take us from six…

Aftermath New Girl 16 / Guardian’s War 1: Denver

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That Christmas we went to her parents’ house in Virginia. Her mother greeted me at the door and pulled me into a tight embrace. Said it was good to see me. Beckoned me to come inside, where I found Bliss, who ran to me and gave me a great big hug. She said how she…

Aftermath New Girl 15: Giving Them Away

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I guess I have to back up to when Mumble and Rose divorced before I can really give them away to their new spouses. Let’s start with Mumble and get Horrid out of the way. Rose and Honed is a little easier to swallow. First the shit. Mumble wanted to run something past me, and…

Aftermath New Girl 14: Answers

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After losing my job at Pizza Hut, everything started to list to the left. Next time I saw Bekah we talked about it. “I lost my job.” “How?” she said. “Fired.” “What happened?” “I crawled on top of the salad bar like a puma and swiped and roared at the customers.” I said it just…

Aftermath New Girl 13: The Puma

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I told this story already. If you have read Teardrop Road then you know of the time that I broke with reality and had my manic storm. But to put a thing in context is to understand it. To set a thing next to the things around it is to see it for the first time.…

Aftermath New Girl 12: A Future with Muttons

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