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TWENTY-NINE

Alderney State Penitentiary,

Dear Amethyst,

I’m glad you’re feeling better. I knew the medication was causing your memory lapses. Society is so fixated on molding its drones to the same mindset that it’s willing to iron out any deviations with drugs.

The attorney your parents hired should never have drugged you for what happened with your music teacher. He was the worst kind of predator and needed to be destroyed. They should have given you protection, not prescriptions.

I would never see your scars as ugly. Each is a sign of a challenge we survived. If yours are truly as vivid as you claim, then I would treat each one with the utmost love. Without them, I would never have you. However, I won’t press for you to send full nudes.

Your comment about my online notoriety made me laugh. I knew I was popular from all the fan mail I received, but I had no idea people were making posts on social media about my life. If talking about me on the internet makes you happy, then you have my permission to set up an official fan club.

Tell everyone out there that I appreciate their love and support. I can’t reply to every letter, as the volume of mail I receive is more than one prisoner can manage, but if you relay one or two questions in each letter, I will provide answers for the fans.

Tell me what else they want to know. I’ll do my best to supply you with content for the fan club’s social media.

Since you asked about my father’s proposal, I will tell you the story in multiple parts. My father is still alive and an extremely dangerous man, as are his associates. For your own safety and my peace of mind, do not share the next parts of my story. Not even with your best friend.

Xero.

P.S. I remade the toy and it’s in the mail. Let me know the moment you receive the package.