Clean Panties, Dirty Soul
Jack, desperate to lessen his guilt, began begging me frantically.
Suspended from the rescue team and under a storm of public outrage, he looked like a lost, wounded dog. He knelt at my doorstep, ignoring the neighbors' shocked stares, his face streaked with tears and snot.
He slapped his own swollen, reddened face repeatedly, each strike landing with a dull thud.
"I'm sorry, Willow. I'm sorry, Nancy!" he screamed hoarsely. "I'm not a human! I'm a monster! I was blinded by that calculated woman and did unthinkable things…"