The Waist Cincher

“Why am I so fat? I like to eat a lot, but would love to be skinny. I can’t stop eating, I love it. I’m so jealous of Rebecca Simone. She’s the most popular girl at school, she’s pretty, she gets all the guys, and she always wins the ‘How much can you eat?’ contest at my school. She eats so much but yet doesn’t gain a single pound. I wish I could be like her,” that’s what I said before I died. Hi, I’m Cadenza Morales. I was very fat when I was alive. One day I was so sick of being fat that I went marching to Rebecca to ask her what her secret was for being so skinny yet being able to stuff herself like if it were Thanksgiving EVERYDAY. This is what she said,

“Meet me at my apartment tonight at 6:15 pm.” I went to her apartment that night.

“Welcome! Take a seat! I’m going to tell you a little secret.”

I said, “Sure! Don’t worry I won’t tell anyone whatever it is.”

She smiled and said, “The reason I’m so skinny is because of this,” she pulls out a waist cincher and says, “Here, have this one!”

I said to her while walking out the door, “Thank you so much!”

After a week, I was skinny and pretty! I had friends, I had so many guys asking me out, and I could eat as much as I wanted! While walking the halls of my school, Rebecca told me, “Don’t forget to wear it everyday!” Then she walked away with her friends. I kept wearing it, but

I kept getting thinner…

Thinner…

And thinner…

Until…

 

“HELP THE WAIST CINCHER IS EATING ME ALIVE!!!” It kept getting tighter…

My bones started to crack.

Blood started coming out.

“HELP… ME… PLE-EASE!!!” Those were my last words. On that day, while dying, I remember seeing someone smiling and staring at me. She resembled…

 

Rebecca…