Steve's Plea
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 89
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
Dr. Horn couldn't remember the last time he felt so nervous, maybe just before meeting his very first patient. The man was usually cool, calm, and collected, but this morning he was anything but. He was shaking like a leaf and using his catatonic coworker as a support animal.
He watched Steve with bated breath as he knew his life was in the man's hands. "I just hope this plan of his works!"
The doctor-professor remained silent for a few more seconds before finally opening his mouth. "Hello Debbie. You look... different. I take it the woods weren't exactly five star."
The giantess looked somewhat surprised by his words and responded nervously with, "No. Not really. I tried brushing my hair with a tree and well... you've seen the results. So, yeah."
The opening dialogue was awkward and painful. The couple didn't really know what to say to each other especially after everything that happened since the escape. Debbie had begun to buy into her partners philosophy and Steve retreated deeper into his affair for comfort.
"Do you want to tell me why you broke Erica out of prison." The scientist continued. "I don't remember her being a part of the plan."
Debbie winced. "Prison wasn't safe anymore Steve. The guards were corrupt and the when words got around of my connection to Erica the inmates started making moves on us. I didn't have a choice."
Steve frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that, but there's always a choice Debbie. I didn't want you to go but you felt like you had to and I respected your decision. But at the same time you should've known that prison isn't safe. Prison is never safe."
"I know." The woman whispered. Guilt was the main reason she allowed herself to be taken into custody but looking back, if she knew then what she knew now, she would've listened to Steve. "But it's too late to do anything about it now. The prison's in ruins and it's not coming back anytime soon. How are the kids by the way?"
So far the conversation was progressing and while it wasn't perfect, Steve would count this as a win. "Physically they're all right but mentally... Debbie, you did a lot of damage. They still care about you but they're hurt, angry, and more than a little confused. Why do all this Debbie? Why attack the hospital?"
"Because they needed to pay." She answered, glaring at Dr. Horn and the nurse he was holding. "Before I made my way over there we stopped by the old neighborhood and it was there that Erica showed me the way."
"You're goddamn right!" The giantess in question cheered.
"I think I remembering hearing a report about that. The news interviewed a woman... a lawyer I think." Steve spoke. "I don't know your reasoning. Why listen to Erica after everything she did to the town? After what she tried to do to you?"
Debbie thought about it. "Guilt mostly, and because she was right. Steve, I've been a doormat all my life and even after becoming a giant I still let people walk all over me. I just had enough. I was done being shat on, I was done being pushed to the side, I was done being too nice, undervalued, and underappreciated!"
That last one had to have came from the heart because her voice actually quivered.
Steve ran a hand through his hair. "Be that as it may, that still doesn't make your actions okay. Innocent people are dead, Debbie. Our kids are hurt, and I don't know if there's any of the old you in there. The Debbie I married wouldn't betray my trust, she wouldn't work with a known serial killer, she wouldn't attack innocent people, and she certainly wouldn't frighten her children."
Silence...
"That's not fair and you know it." Debbie whispered.
Dr. Horn was growing more nervous and impatient. So far, Steve hadn't mentioned sparing him at all and the longer this went on, the more he felt like a spectator to an old married couples relationship woes.
"Uh... Steve." He tried.
The scientist turned to him with a look that reminded him of a parent scolding their child. "Remember what I said."
The frightened doctor looked between he and his wife. "Speak when spoken to."
"That's right." The scientist sighed before turning his attention back to his wife. "Debbie, you know what you've done is wrong and the longer you stay with Erica, the more wrong you'll do. I'm not just hear as your husband but as your friend and moral compass. It's time to take a step back and let go. Not just for me and the kids, but for yourself."
"You've got to be kidding me." Erica chimed in. "What's with this fortune cookie BS. Crush that little bug doctor and let's move on. You went through all this trouble trying to hunt him down and letting him go now will make everything you did at the hospital meaningless."
"Don't listen to her Debbie!" Steve cut in. "Listen to me. Revenge won't undo what happened! It'll only lead to greater pain!
Dr. Horn felt his throat go dry.
Nurse Tuesday remained unresponsive to external stimulus.
"We are going to die!"
He watched Steve with bated breath as he knew his life was in the man's hands. "I just hope this plan of his works!"
The doctor-professor remained silent for a few more seconds before finally opening his mouth. "Hello Debbie. You look... different. I take it the woods weren't exactly five star."
The giantess looked somewhat surprised by his words and responded nervously with, "No. Not really. I tried brushing my hair with a tree and well... you've seen the results. So, yeah."
The opening dialogue was awkward and painful. The couple didn't really know what to say to each other especially after everything that happened since the escape. Debbie had begun to buy into her partners philosophy and Steve retreated deeper into his affair for comfort.
"Do you want to tell me why you broke Erica out of prison." The scientist continued. "I don't remember her being a part of the plan."
Debbie winced. "Prison wasn't safe anymore Steve. The guards were corrupt and the when words got around of my connection to Erica the inmates started making moves on us. I didn't have a choice."
Steve frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that, but there's always a choice Debbie. I didn't want you to go but you felt like you had to and I respected your decision. But at the same time you should've known that prison isn't safe. Prison is never safe."
"I know." The woman whispered. Guilt was the main reason she allowed herself to be taken into custody but looking back, if she knew then what she knew now, she would've listened to Steve. "But it's too late to do anything about it now. The prison's in ruins and it's not coming back anytime soon. How are the kids by the way?"
So far the conversation was progressing and while it wasn't perfect, Steve would count this as a win. "Physically they're all right but mentally... Debbie, you did a lot of damage. They still care about you but they're hurt, angry, and more than a little confused. Why do all this Debbie? Why attack the hospital?"
"Because they needed to pay." She answered, glaring at Dr. Horn and the nurse he was holding. "Before I made my way over there we stopped by the old neighborhood and it was there that Erica showed me the way."
"You're goddamn right!" The giantess in question cheered.
"I think I remembering hearing a report about that. The news interviewed a woman... a lawyer I think." Steve spoke. "I don't know your reasoning. Why listen to Erica after everything she did to the town? After what she tried to do to you?"
Debbie thought about it. "Guilt mostly, and because she was right. Steve, I've been a doormat all my life and even after becoming a giant I still let people walk all over me. I just had enough. I was done being shat on, I was done being pushed to the side, I was done being too nice, undervalued, and underappreciated!"
That last one had to have came from the heart because her voice actually quivered.
Steve ran a hand through his hair. "Be that as it may, that still doesn't make your actions okay. Innocent people are dead, Debbie. Our kids are hurt, and I don't know if there's any of the old you in there. The Debbie I married wouldn't betray my trust, she wouldn't work with a known serial killer, she wouldn't attack innocent people, and she certainly wouldn't frighten her children."
Silence...
"That's not fair and you know it." Debbie whispered.
Dr. Horn was growing more nervous and impatient. So far, Steve hadn't mentioned sparing him at all and the longer this went on, the more he felt like a spectator to an old married couples relationship woes.
"Uh... Steve." He tried.
The scientist turned to him with a look that reminded him of a parent scolding their child. "Remember what I said."
The frightened doctor looked between he and his wife. "Speak when spoken to."
"That's right." The scientist sighed before turning his attention back to his wife. "Debbie, you know what you've done is wrong and the longer you stay with Erica, the more wrong you'll do. I'm not just hear as your husband but as your friend and moral compass. It's time to take a step back and let go. Not just for me and the kids, but for yourself."
"You've got to be kidding me." Erica chimed in. "What's with this fortune cookie BS. Crush that little bug doctor and let's move on. You went through all this trouble trying to hunt him down and letting him go now will make everything you did at the hospital meaningless."
"Don't listen to her Debbie!" Steve cut in. "Listen to me. Revenge won't undo what happened! It'll only lead to greater pain!
Dr. Horn felt his throat go dry.
Nurse Tuesday remained unresponsive to external stimulus.
"We are going to die!"
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