[ Wp ] You wake up Easter morning to an indelible sense of calm . You find a letter on your kitchen table with only IXOYE as a return address .

IXOYE. It looks so familiar. I stare at the crumpled white envelope with IXOYE on the return address for too many seconds trying to make some sense of it. 
 
 Maybe I woke up too recently. Perhaps my brain is still a bit sluggish from the muscle relaxers that I had to take last night to convince my stupid brain to just shut up for a few seconds and let me sleep. I feel calm and relaxed for the first time that I can remembered, the meds definitely have n't run their course. I open the letter and read. 
 
 `` Robert, I know you are going through a lot right now. I know you are hurting. I know you are using alcohol and medications to make yourself feel better, but you need more than that. You need me. You need us. You think you can make it on your own, but you ca n't, trust me. Come see me today. 
 
 J'' 
 
 I look up quickly. Who the hell is J. Jason, Josh, John. They would never be so insufferable as to refer to themselves as J, they know I know too many J's. There's also Jay, but I do n't think he's clever enough to color a coloring sheet, let alone set up this kind of thing. 
 
 I still feel so calm. I feel like I'm floating down a river of Xanax and Valium. I wonder if everything is going to be ok. I wonder if this is just a bad trip. I force myself up. I go into the living room and there I find nothing of consequence. The room as I left it. No random letters, no indication that anything is amiss. I go to the refrigerator and take out a beer, this day is already fucked, I might as well speed it along. 
 
 I dream. I dream in vivid colors. I see them coming. I hear them after me. I need to get out of here. I need to escape. I dream I am a fish. I have no fins, just a tail. I have a tattoo covering my body, IXOYE. I am awake. I remember where I saw those letters, and I know who is after me. 
 
 It's dark somehow as I leave the house, it was just morning. I run to my car, hop in, staring at the dash, seeing the colors blur with movement. I put the car in drive and head down the street, continuing on until I arrive. I park the car and get out, walking slowly to the entrance. I hear bells from the tower above; 8 chimes. 
 
 I climb the stairs up to the front door and push it open. I'm staring at a huge cross. I need to find him, he has to be here. I walk to the communion table and there I see the next clue. A white envelope with only the word `` Robert''. 
 
 `` Robert, you were too late, she's already dead.''
