Great. Very in-character. I love your vocabulary (Mort would, of course, ahve a wonderful vocab), and the characterization was really good.

Cool. I especially liked the last three lines.

"Mort left the pile sitting on the seat as he went inside. He was very tired. Maybe everything would make sense after he slept…"

That was cool. And very in character for Mort. Good job.

Wow. Oh, wow. I feel like Stephen King's work is reaching out to me under the guise of fanfiction, and this is definitely NOT a bad thing. I loved every bit of it, every word...especially when he remembered the neighbor coming by about the strange car, the strange key on Amy's key chain...all of it was fabulously canon-like. I only wish I had your skill.

Thanks for posting this!
MJ-Skywalker

Ohh, nice concept! The ending in particular (it always seems to come back to that eh?) was fantastic. The line about maybe everything would make sense after sleep, gave me chills!

Its very good -- I really with, though, that if it's to be a stand-alone, The last sentance should be omited. Just end it with "Mort left the pile sitting on the seat as he went inside. He was very tired." I got shiver then, its very pleasing, but I feel that the extra information dulls it. Of course, if there is a plan to continue this, disregard this. Or disregard it anyways!

Hasn't each of us discovered something left by a past love and been alternately horrified and glad of the thing's presence? Of course, most of us would eventually shuck it off, not so Mort. Just one more brick in the wall of his psychosis! Thanks for this!