Act perfectly normal. Understood? Entertain the guests, smile, chat, and make sure they enjoy their pie.
When they walk through the door and ask about the giant red stain, say that a stray cat chased a pigeon into your house and murdered it. Unfortunately, you’re still in the process of cleaning up the mess.
When they ask where the cat and the pigeon are now, tell them that the cat ran off with the pigeon to who-knows-where.
If you run out of jam, and one of the guests offers to head to the pantry, tell them no, it’s all right, you should get it because no one else will find it in the mess.
Before they arrive, make sure the house smells like pumpkin pie. Fill the room with sweet warmth, so pleasant and so overpowering that they’ll only be able to think of food.
But they can’t look in the pantry. Maybe you should have hidden it in your bedroom — too late. The guests are arriving.
Act normal. Understood?
They must not know about the troll and her newborn, still bloody from being born in your living room.
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