Worse than you can imagine

[mmcirvin]

"The first one is harder than anything you've ever done before," Nancy told her. "You'll see. You're thinking, sure, I know it'll be hard. But no matter what you're thinking, the reality is worse. It's worse than anything you can actually imagine."

Sarah nodded and said, weakly, "That's what everyone tells me."

That night, she looked down at her belly and tried to sleep, imagining her baby triumphant after slaying the million innocents of a city in flames, the world cowering before him, his eyes hooded with evil as he stood like an infant colossus atop a pile of skulls.

Comments

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Not... Baby Geniuses 3?

[tomscud.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was having a conversation about various proposed life changes, and she kept telling me not to be so nervous about it: What's my worst-case scenario?

Ha ha, I say, you don't want to hear my worst-case scenario.