"Cack-cack!" I cough into my weakly clenched fist. "Debra..."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAuUvoqsxm
My grand-daughter leans in. "G-Mammy?" The name I required her to call me after I put out my greatest rap singles album. The album didn't clear the bottom of the chart, dead on arrival like a spawn kill in Overwatch... but she still humors me with my rapper alias, which almost makes me feel guilty for what I'm about to ask her.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikdvYvZSor
"Why the hell did your mom name you Debra Lane?" I whisper. Before Deb can pull back, I insist, "Debra Lane Garter is a 1860s saloon-lounge-prostitute's name."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPKTdP3gBv
Deb's expression goes flat. "Blondie, I'm going to leave..." she warns.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxBCOPdi94
I rasp a laugh and smack her shoulder. "I'm jus' messin' with ya! Here... You're the only one I trust with this. The only one," I impress upon her. "The Only One."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8W3k4zW4LL
"I get it, G-Mammy."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rUQz9cVfr
"THE ONLY ONE, DEBRA."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqGaY7O7oP
"Okay, okay! Jeez..." she takes the envelope from me, but I stay her hand from opening it. Her blue eyes hold only questions, serious questions and remorse for never having taken me seriously in the past. "Grandma, I'm..."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDduQxQv4t
I put a finger to her lips. "Shhhhhhhhhhhhh--sh. Be quiet, Darling. Read it after I'm gone." I put a hand to my sweaty forehead for dramatic effect. "Just... Just..." I cough again, but this one's on the real-real and I see blood on the back of my hand, bright red and unfair, but certain as the sunrise. "I love you... I love..." and my voice seems to fold in on itself as I can no longer find the air to force the words out.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0PirtGA93
I float out of my body as Debra is reduced to tears; genuine tears of sadness and grief. "Good," I say in my ghostly apparitious form, rubbing my translucent hands together gleefully. "Let the bitter sweetness flow through you!" I let out a delighted cackle as my granddaughter goes for the letter in her hands. "BEHOLD!" I bellow, yet unheard, "MY LAST WORDS!"878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEaSovDCxX
Debra's eyes squeeze together into a seething glare and she barks a curse, scoffing, "For Chrissake G-Mammy!" She flings the note onto my death bed, stands up and stalks out the room to the vigil waiting for her outside. I float through the door to follow her.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaXWNcphTm
"Say it, say it!" I order as relations badger her over what my parting words had been.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcc1qYz5dr
Debra's face is red with scorn, chagrin, and just a little bit of satisfaction as the room quiets around her. She holds my entire family in anticipation--My youngest successor, my beautiful princess, my venerable clone. Debra smirks a little as she intones, "Grandma Blondie's last words were..." She wipes a tear from her face. She's really raking it in. She's my granddaughter after all. I will never be prouder.878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPl09vslPv
Debra lets out a breath, saying, "Send Nudes."878Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYGknWzUfF
