Jenny and Uncle Jerry – ch. 5 / 5

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Jessica

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It was the morning of my birthday, and my last two had been very disturbing. I nervously wondered what strange new things I would need to do for Uncle Jerry today.

My Mom gave me the bad news at breakfast. “Jessi, sweetie, Uncle Jerry wants to see you smoke while you play with yourself.” She handed me a lighter and pack of cigarettes! “It smells and tastes bad at first, but you’ll get used to it. You only need to smoke three a night while he watches.”

“But Mom…”

“It’s for Uncle Jerry! It’s important! If you do, we get a much nicer place to live in a few weeks, and you get a car!”

“But I don’t want to! Smoking is terrible for your health and smells so bad!”

“He says you only need to smoke three cigarettes a day for a month, after that you can quit. Will you please do it, so we can move out of this dump? I know you’ve been wanting a car of your own a long time. Will you at least try it, for Uncle Jerry?”

I sighed and said, “Okay, I guess.”

She kissed my forehead. “Good, sweetie. I’ll show you how and let you practice a little.” She took a cigarette from the pack and put it in the end of a long cigarette holder. “Just do what I do.” She put another holder on the table, then sucked the end of hers as she lit the cigarette. I didn’t like the stinky smoke, but tried it and coughed many times.

After lunch she gave me a green sucker and had a yellow one herself.