Monster: Chapter Twenty-Three

4:22 p.m. – 8:56 to Termination

There is a pleasure, sure, in being mad, which none but madmen know. —John Dryden

There was no simple way to say it, so he just said it.

“Almost four years ago I was in a car accident. I hit my head. When I woke up, I saw a rift floating above everybody’s head. Like a tear through reality.”

Celeste’s face didn’t change. He decided that he didn’t ever want …