Writing Prompt 3-4-10 The Secret Scar

Prompt: "Well, if you could accuse anybody of being downright evil, it would be him"

Evil comes in many shapes and tons of different forms. Each human has their very own definition of evil. For example, a person who is a "every time the doors are open" churchgoer could be considered evil due simply to the hypocrisy that most of us find inside the church doors. Others may consider a person evil if they should kill the person who betrayed them in one fucked up domestic violence situation. Still, others may find evil to lay inside themselves, and therefore consider themselves evil. The world is full of good, as well as, it is full of evil. Evil is simply an emotion that all humans must embrace within themselves.


With all of us, there are crimes that are so horrible they make our stomachs turn, yell, and weep in disgust. These evil emotions shape us to be non-trusting, non-forgiving, and also to loose faith in the good that can be found in the world. Once an evil emotion hurts a human that intensely, usually they never recover. This is what happened to Scarlett. She stopped trusting. She never forget the evil she experienced, and she never got any revenge for it. It has just stuck with her in the pit of her belly with no way to ever escape or make herself "whole" again. 


Scarlett has seen many psychiatrists in order to deal with this evil, yet nothing they do, say, or prescribe her to take have even started to tear into the hurt even in the smallest way. Scarlett has come to the realization that she will just be forever tormented by the evil that she experienced as a child, and the guilt that resides inside her due to the evil she experienced.


Scarlett was six when the evil started. Scarlett lived in front of an elderly couple, and she always had a soft spot for elderly couples, and loved to go help them by doing the dishes, walking their poodles, or just watching the evening news with them. It was the favorite thing about Scarlett's childhood.


She would visit the elderly couple that lived behind her everyday. The wife, May, cooked with Scarlett, made her Christmas ornaments, had her a birthday party even though her mother also gave her one. May gave her presents all the time, and Scarlett was the grandchild she had never had the pleasure to have.Scarlett loved being with May. Scarlett looked up to May as a role model in her life. 


May's husband, Mr. Kermit, also loved Scarlett, but in a different way. Mr. Kermit found child attractive and beautiful. Scarlett would sit in Mr. Kermit's lap and look at old encyclopedias about Indians. The Indians were naked. It was the first time she ever saw naked men, and she was curious. she loved sitting in his lap and looking at those books. Mr. Kermit explained to Scarlett that all men looked like that naked. She was shocked. She was impressed. She wanted to know more. 


Mr. Kermit asked Scarlett if she wanted to see him naked, and being the adventurous girl she was, she happily obliged. Mr. Kermit took her to his bedroom while May was out shopping, and showed Scarlett his nakedness. Then, he asked Scarlett if she wanted to touch it. She did. She wanted to know what it felt like. Then, he went further, and asked her if she wanted to put her mouth on it. She did. Afterall, we all want to know what things taste like. Scarlett liked it. She saw nothing wrong with what she was doing. She liked the way Mr. Kermit felt. 

Then, Mr. kermit asked Scarlett if she wanted to show him below her panties so that she could feel the way his nakedness against her nakedness. She did. She removed her panties, and felt him against him even though he couldn't enter her. He then asked if she wanted to feel him taste her. She did. She thought it all felt so wonderful and delightful. 


May came home shortly afterwards, and they quickly got dressed. Mr. kermit told her, "If you tell your Momma about this, she won't let you come back over here". She never told her Momma because she liked the way it felt and wanted it to continue. She would visit The Kermit's everyday, especially on the days that May wasn't home. 


This routine continued for years until Mr. Kermit did the same thing to another little girl from his church. That girl's parents went and talked to Scarlett's parents. Scarlett knew that she would never get to see Mr. Kermit again, and at that same time she realized that what was happening was wrong and evil. Out of nowhere, Scarlett went from feeling joy to guilt that she did something that was very incredibly wrong. 


Scarlett's mother put her in therapy, but Scarlett wouldn't talk. The whole issue became a family matter that was never discussed again. To this day, Scarlett has never seen Mr. Kermit or May again. Scarlett doesn't know if he is alive or dead, or even if he went to jail. Still, Scarlett doesnt want to know either. 


Simply put, as her name implies, Scarlett, just means that there are many scars underneath that have no need to ever be discussed. Scarlett is an adult now, but looking back if she could ever accuse anyone of being downright evil, it would be Mr. Kermit who took advantage of a child, and made her like it.