Stuck in the basement with a love-crazed girl.






Chester

had stopped counting the hours since he had been kept in this basement.

It was probably the only way he could keep his sanity. He had stopped when they amounted to an entire day. And even then, he couldn’t know for sure if he got the count right.

Clarisse

Phagein







Age twenty-one—him and her; her to him and him to him.






When Clarisse was twenty-one, she was driven to school by Steven. Since they had become parents, despite still being in university, they had started to live together

Clarisse

Phagein







Age nineteen—a man’s part time lover; a woman’s one-time star strike.






When Clarisse was nineteen, she was taken to a different house by her father. The last year, she had met Steven, who had become her boyfrie

Clarisse

Phagein







Age seventeen—parental adventure; a secret relationship

.






When Clarisse was seventeen, she walked through town alongside her big sister Coralie. Their classes had ended early because some o

Clarisse

Phagein







IV—Herself






The weather was sunny. Few clouds were indolently traversing the sky. The beach was full of vacationers, laying on the sand or taking a swim. On the left of a dent in the cliffside, people had to wear swimsuits

Clarisse

Phagein







III—The date’s family.






When Clarisse was twenty, she walked to the door of Steven’s family house. It was a typical suburban house, with nothing in particular, aside from a backyard closed from the view of ever

Coralie

Phagein






(Alternate ending to the tale of Clarisse

Phagein

, where her sister Coralie makes do on her proposition.)






When Clarisse was eighteen, she went for a walk in the park with her sis

Clarisse

Phagein






II—The sister.






When Clarisse was eighteen, she went for a walk in the park with her sister. The sibling had never participated in the wicked family game on the beach, having gone on vacation on her own with friends. Only her elder by one y

Clarisse

Phagein







I—The parents.






When Clarisse was sixteen, she went to the beach with her parents. They claimed it was to lighten her mood, since she was feeling downtrodden after one of their declarations, but so far, it didn’t do