Week 7: Structure; Profile; Lecture

Deceitfully Charming

It’s getting harder and harder to see anything but anger in him. His mental illness is taking more control of him by the day. His outbursts are fast, furious, and frequent. His new girlfriend, Melissa, keeps her eyes to the floor. The stony look to his face, the fast yet, almost lurching, steps. The cold, dead eyes. Those eyes…

About a month ago Melissa's aunt was in Wal-mart. She saw them, tried to talk to them, but he rushed Melissa off before she could get close. Before he did, Aunty saw the black eye.

 He storms into the house, pissed off that the cops had been called again. As he enters the room the dog, a Sheppard mix, cowers and urinates on the floor in fear. 

"What the Fuck!" He screams at the dog as he punches him in the head over and over. When he is done the dog is on the floor with blood coming out of his mouth.

“There! You fucking mutt! Piss on the floor again.” Melissa’s six year old

daughter covers her ears and closes her eyes.

Three years earlier… He strolls into the restaurant, head held high.  His posture is perfect. His smile is dazzling.  He takes a seat at the bar and smiles at the cook. She blushes, he is cute. He comes back every day to see her. He is always complimenting her, never anything but perfectly sweet.  People look at him and many immediately find there is something wrong. Something is off a little bit there. The cook doesn’t see it; all she sees is a handsome man who is genuinely interested in her for her. 

She places the back of the rocking chair under the door handle so when he tries to get in the door is jammed. He bangs on the door.
 "I'm going to blow your fucking head off! You fucking cunt! Open the fucking door! I’ll come through this fucking door! Open the door!" She cradles her infant son, singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, never taking her eyes off the door, praying he won't get in.

He dislikes being alone, he needs someone with him. It’s not hard for him to find a girl. His looks do a lot. Easy on the eyes, hard on the heart and sanity. When he spots someone that interests him  he turns on the charm. Sweetness pours out of him like a fountain. But it’s not real. What he really is doesn’t show right away. He has the ability to maintain a certain level of decency while in public, but that ability is fading more and more and he is becoming desperate. Desperate to gain control of anyone he can. He uses the same skill with them all. The stories are the same, the abuse is the same, his hatred is the same. In the beginning he is always Deceitfully Charming. Then he cuts you off from everyone you love and slowly tears you apart.