CONFESSION INTERVIEW DICTATION
“What made you decide to do it?”
“Do what?”
“Kill Garfield.”
“Why would I kill Garfield?”
“You tell me.”
“I’ve been happily serving him since 1978.”
“So you do consider it serving.”
“What do you mean?”
“You consider yourself beneath him.”
“Of course.”
“So you find that demeaning, do you?”
“It’s my place.”
“To serve?”
“To sit. On the floor. With the water.”
“So you’re blaming the water.”
“The water didn’t have anything to do with this.”
“Then you admit it.”
“Admit what?”
“You poisoned Garfield.”
“That’s crazy.”
“Is it?”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You knew he’d eat the lasagna. That’s why you presented it to him last Tuesday evening. So you could kill him before Wednesday.”
“Wednesday?”
“Yes. Wednesday.”
“What happened Wednesday?”
“Wednesday was your ticket out. You knew you’d never be able to leave the Arbuckle house if Garfield was still around.”
“I could leave whenever I wanted.”
“He’d be all over you. Guarding you the entire day. You think he’d let you out of his sight even for one minute?”
“If the timing was right.”
“When would be the right time to leave?
“I never thought about it.”
“But if you did…”
“I don’t know.”
“How about Wednesday?”
“Why would I want to leave Wednesday?”
“Wednesday was different.”
“Because of the lasagna?”
“Because of your possible new future in a better home with a better cat in a better section of the kitchen.”
“Stop.”
“You know I’m right. Just say it.”
“What?”
“Say what happened on Wednesday.”
“I wanted to leave Garfield.”
“But why Wednesday?
“Because Wednesday…”
“What?”
“Wednesday was the day that Normal was coming.”
“And you wanted a Normal life, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
“A life without neediness.”
“Yes.”
“A life without possession.”
“Yes.”
“A life without Garfield.”
“Yes.”
Object Relations 