USER SCANDY HAS SIGNED ON
God Zilla: Hey sandy.
MagickBulletMan: Hi sandy.
sidomaniac: What’s up sandy?
budthecat: Sandy!
scandy: hey, guys!
sidomaniac: Cool of you to drop in.
MagickBulletMan: Thought you were in NY.
scandy: i am! I’m dancing at Private Eyes! It’s so great! I just had some time and wanted to say hi to my real fans!
God Zilla: ty, sandy.
scandy: sure, big Z!
sidomaniac: We were talking about the Danny Lester rumor.
budthecat: I love you, Sandy.
scandy: what rumor, sid? ty, kitty! meow!
MagickBulletMan: Lester is saying that henry has been in contact with you.
sidomaniac: It’s bs.
scandy: it sure is, sid. If Henry Thompson ever made contact with me the first thing I’d do is call the cops!
MagickBulletMan: That’s what I said.
God Zilla: He’s dead anyway.
budthecat: Then show me the body, zilla. habeas corpus. When there’s a body I’ll believe he’s dead.
God Zilla: There’s no way he could stay hidden this long. They did a Hoffa on him. sidomaniac: Who’s “they,” zilla? scandy: hey, guys! anyone seen henryhunter today? budthecat: Not today.
God Zilla: Sorry
sidomaniac: Not here.
MagickBulletMan: Did you try therealhenrythompson? he hangs there a lot.
scandy: this is my first stop. anyone know how to get in touch with him?
God Zilla: Nope
MagickBulletMan: Don’t know where he is.
sidomaniac: Havn’t seen hh for awhile.
scandy: hey, guys! I have to go do a couple things. I’m gonna stay logged on, so if hh comes by please tell him I’ll be right back!
MagickBulletMan: Sure.
Sandy pushes back from the computer in the Internet cafe on Forty-second.
– Jesus, they freak me out.
I watch as their chat continues to scroll down the screen. They bounce various theories about me, opinions about Cramer’s books, quiz each other on the names of my former “associates,” talk about my cat, and whatever else. It’s all mixed together with personal talk, mostly about a chronic lack of girlfriends.
– Interesting following.
She slides her eye from the screen to my face, and then back to the screen.
– They’re not my fans. They’re yours. I’m just extra. If it wasn’t for you, they’d have latched on to some other piece of ass.
USER HENRYHUNTER HAS SIGNED ON
henryhunter: Hey room.
God Zilla: Hey, hh.
MagickBulletMan: Hi hh
sidomaniac: Sandy candy was looking for you, hh.
henryhunter: ty, sid.
sidomaniac: She said she’d be right back.
God Zilla: You back, sandy?
USER HENRYHUNTER HAS GONE TO A PRIVATE ROOM
USER SCANDY HAS GONE TO A PRIVATE ROOM
sidomaniac: Oh man! A private with sandy! How’d hh score that?
USER SCANDY ENTERING ROOM HHSCANDY
scandy: hh?
henryhunter: Hey sandy. what can I do for you? You OK?
scandy: well, remember when you did one of my chats a couple weeks back?
henryhunter: Yeah! I love your site!
scandy: TY, hh! Anyway. you were talking about closure and I was thinking about that and you said how talking to someone who actually knew henry might help with my therapy and you said something about his parents and I was talking to my therapist and he said he thinks something like that might really help with my nightmares and stuff and I was wondering if you were like just talking or if you might know how to get in touch with them?!?
henryhunter: Wow, sandy, that’s pretty heavy.
scandy: i know! Sorry to like unload on you!
henryhunter: No! it’s ok!
scandy: ty, hh! You’re so sweet! can you help me? It’s really important to me!
henryhunter: Well, pretty much all the serious Henry Thompson people (and I mean the ones who want to seem him brought to justice, not the sickos) know by now that his parents moved to a place in Oregon. Some people have managed to get their hands on an address, but that’s pretty secret stuff.
