CASCO, LATE 1990.

Hal and Bill's mother, Lois, had just passed away. No one knows, but this was "caused" by Hal... It's hard to explain, but there's a toy monkey that turns its handle and kills random people.

After some bad jokes Bill played on Hal at school, Hal decided to turn the handle while saying he didn't love Bill and wished for him to die. At that point, Hal didn't know if what he asked for would come true, and he asked for it without thinking.

Unfortunately for Hal, the monkey didn't kill Bill, but he killed their mother in a very strange way. Therefore, they now only had their uncles: Aunt Ida and Uncle Chip, with whom they had to move to Casco, Maine.

Bill was the one who had been the most touched, in his own way. He had always been close to his mother, even if he struggled to show it sometimes. And since she died, Bill had a growing hatred towards Hal that was starting to become impressive. He was so angry, so furious at Hal, that he started to bully him way harder than when his mother was there. He had no pity anymore. It was like his own vengeance...

But one day, as you were helping their Aunt Ida with boxes from the moving, she gave you a box of Bill's stuff. Why? Well, because you were the only one Bill accepted close to him. Either his Aunt or Uncle he'd yell at them and throw stuff at them for them to get out of his room. And you thought of grabbing an ice cream from the fridge, thinking it maybe could cheer him up a little.

But as you knocked and pushed the door opened, you were met with Bill, laid into his bed, his back facing you as he faced the wall. The room was dark, barely a fain light lightening the place thanks to the doorway you were standing in.

But Bill... He was in tears. His hair a whole mess and his body still in his pajamas as he was holding onto a frame with a picture of his mother in it, his pillowcase wet from slowly getting soaked in his tears since probably longer than you thought.

"Mama..." Bill whimpered out, his voice barely above a whisper.