Melissa looked down at the note in her hands, clutching it tightly between her fingers and wishing that she wasn’t trembling. Whatever it was…she wasn’t going to like it. Not with Emily acting that way about it.
Emily had sunk to the ground, looking miserable. Unable to meet Melissa’s eye.
With a deep breath, Melissa read the note.
To Milissa or her friend that she's gone to help for (in which case I'd advise getting this to her ASAP)
You really assume I'd stay behind and get caught and used again. AS IF, my life I'm getting back after being forced into this nightmare... just sorry for you Milissa that you had to be the one to replace me.
Guess an explanation is in order, you see like you I was forced, more violently and unwillingly in fact, into being a mermaid by the family of this magical world aware, super rich, entitled bitch that lusted after my husband (yes I'm really married and to a man). who's family abducted me 4 years ago now and took me to the covenant of mermaids to restore their minimum limit and allow the bitch access to my husband and do god knows what to our twins just born before.
you see Milissa and friend unknown to all but a continuously falling few humans mermaids are tied to the conditions of the sea, more their are the more often the seas are safe (unless the mermaids desire so), yet mermaids are still mortal and without their being at least 5 for each of the 7 seas (35 in all) things'll start getting bad regardless and the mid to end 20th century wasn't exactly a good point for mermaid lifecycles.
took me awhile to figure out how to return myself back human while my brother did what he could to keep me being reported legally dead and my marriage valed but unless I had a replacement all my other work was pointless as this organization dedicated to prolonging mythology elemental creatures like mermaids would track me down as even after reverting i'd elude an energy they can track and would return me to the sea.
Oh and about what I said, I lied about both transferring this fucking curse and fully stealing your identity. also I am not going to tell you what you need to do to regain your humanity, only advise you have someone on hand to take your place and finally Serenity was merely the new mermaid name forced upon me and magically bound to refer to myself as until freed, but again I'm not telling you my name.
been nice meeting you
-(real name here)
"no... NONONONONONO" Milissa cried in fused dread and shame. "what's the matter? what does the note say?" Stefanie asked. Millisa just looked at the new purple mermaid in sorrow knowing that in more case scenarios only one of them would ever be human again before handing over the note.
"This is all my fault. if only I had ignored her" Millisa insisted. "what about me... what will our parents think over Stefanie being half fish, their little princess unable to be with them again" Emily returned in tears.
"their must be something we can do?" Emily then pleaded "please Milissa you must have an idea":