Okay, what just happened? I literally passed out. I have no idea how. I think something came to my room… I’m… Starting to feel paranoid. Anyway, where did we left off…? Oh yeah, I agreed to E̶͉͒̄ṿ̸͐̈e̷̫̊ͅl̴̗̆ẏ̵̰n̵̻͊̊’s request to stay at my home and we said goodbye.

After that, I got to my workspace and sat down on my chair. I was trying to think of… Anything. The talk I had with Evelyn that day seemed to have left me… Disturbed? I don’t remember what happened that did that, but I was… For some reasons…

Oh, yeah, I eventually came up with the idea of preparing the house for her. I would have about three hours first before retrieving Wanda from school. I got out of my workspace and head to the main hallway. My house had a hallway that had two doors on each side. One side had the entrance to my bedroom and Wanda’s bedroom, the other had the bathroom and… Rebecca’s bedroom. We all had our own room with our own stuff. I never looked into Rebecca’s room for so long at that point. I still hopped that she would come back but, to be honest, I don’t even think so anymore. So, it was time to clean her room for Evelyn.

I opened the door and immediately coughed due to the amount of dust. There was a ton everywhere. I definitely needed to vacuum the entire room, shelves, and all. A thing that was great about my wife is how organized she always was. Proof: her room was perfectly organized, no mess at all. The shelves were placed perfectly so they won’t bother anyone. The bed too. Everything. The books were neatly placed on the bookshelf, none of the drawers were too heavy or a huge mess. She loved to organize herself. I also organize myself, but my bedroom and workspace are quite a mess due to my job. There are toys scattered everywhere!

I started vacuuming the entire room. I mean, I might be one of the only persons that actually likes vacuuming and thinks that it’s ‘relaxing’. Am I? To be honest, never saw anyone being relaxed by vacuuming other than myself. Fun facts, I guess.

After plenty of time, the room was much cleaner already. The next step… Was going to be slightly difficult. To me, at least. I decided to remove most of Rebecca’s stuff. Some of her books, notes, memories. I didn’t want Evelyn to be more involved in all of this, I had no choice. I stared at a wall, a very specific wall. There were photos everywhere. One was me and her at an amusement park back when we were teenagers, another was her and her best friend, another one was both of us with a lot of friends celebrating someone’s birthday and so on. So many memories I honestly had forgot about. I slowly took each photo, one by one. I was about to grab the last one, heartbroken, but then noticed something odd. It was a photo of her with someone else. That someone else looked a bit like E̶͉͒̄ṿ̸͐̈e̷̫̊ͅl̴̗̆ẏ̵̰n̵̻͊̊. I just thought it was a fun coincidence.

Well… I had done most of the stuff. All I needed now was taking care of the clothes. But I had to go look for Wanda. It was about thirty minutes before school was over for her.

I had thought of something that could save time. I got to my car and started driving back to the hospital. When I arrived, Evelyn was there with some nurses.

“Oh, you’re back?” She asked, surprised.

“Yeah. I’m going to pick up Wanda from school. Do you want to come with me so that first of all I introduce you to her and second I give you a visit of the house?” I asked, rather quickly. I don’t know why but my tone wasn’t the usual tone I had. Oh wait… Yes, I remember now.

I was scared that the bunny figure would come back. Right?

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“Hum, yeah sure.” Evelyn said, a relieved smile forming on her face. “You’re fine with that?” She asked one of the nurses.

“Of course! Don’t forget the instructions I gave you though.” Nurse Mia said. Again, I don’t remember her that much so I can’t give a proper description.

“I won’t, don’t worry.” Evelyn said, reassuring the nurse. She was carrying a bag and she had normal clothes now.

We both got in my car and started driving. “So,” I started, “I’ve cleaned a bedroom for you. It was never used in years, don’t worry.”

“Okay.”

“Tomorrow, I won’t be here all day due to my job. You don’t mind taking care of Wanda?”

“Absolutely not, I don’t mind! I’d be happy to do so. What’s your job?” She asked, curious. It seemed like she could breathe now, as she felt sort of ‘free’. I can’t blame her, being stuck in that weird hospital might have affected her and not in a good way.

“Well, I’m a toy designer. More specifically, I make prototypes of toys or plushies. I’ve made Jim, that plush for Wanda.” I explained. I already told her about Jim but not that much.

“Oh, my! That’s so cool! Your daughter must be living in one heck of a playful place.” Evelyn said, excited and interested.

“Well, yeah there’s a ton of toys at home.”

“Perfect!”

“I guess so.” We were almost to the school. It was always fun talking to Evelyn but since she’s out of the hospital, she feels like she just got reburned or something. More excitement, joy, happiness. It was heartwarming. A few minutes later, we arrived at the parking. “Alright, we’re here.” We both got out of the car. Evelyn left her bag inside though.

We approached the school and started waiting for Wanda to arrive. “Hey, huh…” Evelyn started.

“Yes?”

“Thank you again. I’m still so lost at the moment. Everything hurts but, I knew that there was always a way to get through that.” She said, smiling. I smiled back.

“Daddy!” Wanda finally arrived, running towards us. She stopped though, seeing Evelyn.

“Hey, Wanda! Don’t worry, she’s a friend.” I reassured her. She got next to me.

“Okay.”

“I’m Evelyn!” My friend introduced herself.

“Wanda, we’ll have a little talk when we get home. It’s important but good news in my opinion.” I announced. Wanda was always interested in any sort of news I’d share, which was both cute and kind of scary.

We arrived home and got inside. I could tell that Evelyn liked it already, since her face seemed really happy. Not going to lie, if she didn’t like it, it would have been kind of awkward. We all got to the living room, Evelyn and Wanda sat down the couch and I stood up. “Okay, so. Wanda, Evelyn has to stay here for a while due to a ton of problems. You don’t mind, right?”

Wanda’s face lightened. “I’m fine with that! Is she like a friend?” She asked in an adorable sounding voice.

Evelyn giggled. “I’d say more like an ‘older sister’.”

“Yeah, you’re younger than me and older than her.” I responded. “So, Evelyn, I’ll show you your bedroom. Wanda, I won’t be here tomorrow so she’s going to take care of you. Gotcha?”

“Gotcha! I also have Jim to take care of me but it’s nice to have someone else!” Wanda told me. Evelyn giggled again.

“Okay! Do your homework now, sweetie. I’ll show the house to Evelyn.”

I showed her the bedroom for her first. She really liked it, to my surprise.

“It’s well organized, not too big and all. I like it!” She said. I then showed the bathroom, the kitchen and all. I was about to finish the visit with my workspace.

We entered it.

“Wow.” Was the first thing she said. It was a big room with so many shelves filled with a ton of toys. The lighting made the room stood out from the rest. It was almost sepia. She started to look everywhere, analyzing the prototypes and everything. She was impressed. Very impressed. Though, the room was a big mess too. There were so many toys that some were just scattered on the floor. And it was also slightly dusty. “It’s incredible, I have to say it.” Evelyn admitted.

“Thanks. I spend hours in here.”

“Wait… What is that smell?” She asked.

“Oh, that, just a ton of melted plastic and stuff like that.” I said, amused. “Leftovers from pretty much all of my prototypes. Since I spend so long staying in this room for my work, the smell is just normal to me now.” I explained.

“Oh. That makes sense.” Evelyn giggled. She sat down on a nearby chair. “So, huh… What are you going to do tomorrow?” She asked, which made me smile. I always wanted to talk about my job to someone else other than my adorable daughter.

“Well, I’m going to present a prototype I was requested to do.”

“Oh! Which one?”

I grabbed the house prototype from my desk. “Keep that secret as the thing it’s from isn’t even revealed yet.” I said quickly, ending with a wink. “A construction set for Fazbear Entertainment’s show. Yes, they’re doing one for money.”

“Wow!” Evelyn approached me to see the house closer. “Looks pretty good, I have to say it! I bet that, if it gets accepted, kids would love it! Don’t you think so too?” She had the exact same thought that I had. That was pretty funny, not going to lie.

“Yep. I’m going to present it to the company tomorrow. It’s going to be long and quite boring but hey, that’s my job.” I said.

“You know… This place is reminding me of myself…” She suddenly said. It caught me off guard. “When I was younger, I always loved toys, plushies and all. I was just a little girl wanting to have some fun with someone.” She started to tear up a little. “That never really happened to me. Eric, I have to admit somethings to you. One, I never had that much help in my entire life, so thank you so much. Two… I may have done a bad thing…”

“What? What do you mean?” I started to get concerned.

“I… I’m… Not really who you think I might be. A few months ago, I’ve gone… Too far. I’m just trying to go back but… i̶t̵'̸s̸ ̶ a̸l̵m̸o̴s̶t̸ ̷ i̶m̷p̴o̴s̴s̶i̴b̷l̶e̸ ̶ i̴n̷ ̷ m̷y̴ ̴ c̵u̴r̷r̵e̵n̷t̶ ̴ ̶ c̶o̶n̵d̷i̴t̷i̶o̵n̴s̴” She explained, her voice… Glitching… No, it wasn’t just her voice. Her body too, very slightly and subtly. I thought I hallucinated at first but… I wasn’t. I think.

“W… What?”

“For short: I did an oopsie and now I’m kind of ‘sick’.” She explained, sort of.

“Oh…” I still wasn’t sure about what kind of sickness she had, but it definitely didn’t look very good. “Is there something I can do about it?”

“Not really. You shouldn’t really be involved in this. Plus, I already got a ‘friend’ helping me. Not a big deal though, just someone I know.”

“Okay.”

“However, I may have infected something but I’m not sure…?” I̸ ̷w̶a̷s̷ ̵t̵a̴l̸k̵i̷n̶g̴ ̴a̵b̸o̷u̴t̵ ̸i̷t̴.̸

Huh… I think I head a noise… Give me a minute…

…

…

…

Okay, everything’s fine. I need to finish this quickly, I’m getting nervous. Where was I…?

“Don’t worry, if you say I shouldn’t be involved about your conditions, then I won’t. Is there anything I should know however?”

“Yes. Follow me.” Evelyn said before going to her room. I followed her and we both entered. She was looking at her bag. From it, she took a bottle of pills and another bottle with a liquid.

“What are these?” I asked, obviously not knowing the contents.

“Well, the pills are to destress me. I sometimes go a bit… Hum out of hand, so I need these when that happens. Stress is a huge problem to me.”

“That’s a bit relatable to me.” I commented, knowing about some of my prototypes that were so tiring. “And the liquid?”

“Eh… I prefer keeping that a personal secret of mine. It’s pretty complicated and kind of weird so, just, don’t worry about that. If you want an actual answer, it makes me feel better sometimes or something like that.” Evelyn explained.

“Okay. So private stuff?”

“Pretty much, yeah. No worries though.” I had to say that all of this was kind of hard to handle all at once. From one moment to another, I suddenly know about all of this stuff and it confused me a little. Let me take a few quick notes just in case I accidently forget again.

Evelyn, sick. Glitching? Unstress Pills. Strange liquid? Private? ‘Friend’?

… I don’t know. Even with that, I’m concerned, confused and I’d rather not talk about that.

I should stop distracting myself. It hurts h̷e̴r̸ more than it hurts me.