Illusions and Delusions

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Illusions and Delusions is the third chapter of Don't Let the Darkness Consume You.

Synopsis
A traumatic domino effect takes shape. A dark chapter is remembered. The darkness has no curfew, and will not stop trying to make any person's life a living hell... even the purest soul ever known.

Plot
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Quotes

 * Matthew Barton to William Sullivan: "You'll need to understand one thing. I am not Winston Smith. I will not get obligated by these fat fuckers and that Big Brother shit, to change to something that I am not".
 * Ashley Murray to Matthew Barton: "I like the way you lead and love, but that needs first to go to your heart".
 * Richard Ramirez to Mary Jane Fitzgerald: "If I want to hear you cry, I will. If I want to take your virginity, I will. And if I want to take your life, I will".
 * Casey Lombardi to Miss Evers: "This may be your yard, señorita, but finding Mary Jane is Liars Club business".
 * Ashley Murray to Mary Jane Fitzgerald: "You belong in a group of good people that were born to do the right thing. Doing that inspires others to do the same right thing. But when some of these inspired people try to do good and fail, they become envious about your people's success, and will do whatever it takes to take that success from them".
 * Mary Jane Fitzgerald: "Is it me? Have I lost that big a step to live? Am I the reason why this stuff is happening?".

Cultural References

 * Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel (1949) - Matthew Barton mentions that he isn't Winston Smith, in reference that he will not be obligated by the opressive authorities to follow its rules, like how Smith was forced to change at the end of novel.
 * Glassell Park murder - Kenneth Palmer mentioned the Night Stalkerʼs murder of 79-year-old Jennie Vincow on June 28, 1984 in her apartment in Glassell Park, Los Angeles.
 * Friday the 13th (1980) - The satanic whispers that sound off when Mary Jane Fitzgerald was sleeping, are a reference to the infamous "KiKiKi MaMaMa" whisper heard whenever Jason or Pamela Voorhees are out for killing.
 * Undertaker: The Last Ride (2020) - Mary Jane Fitzgerald questions herself is she has lost the step to live and if she is the problem on why the events of her past have taken place. This is similar to how professional wrestler Mark Calaway, who is known as The Undertaker, questioned himself if he is the problem on why some of his career-threatening injuries have taken place in his late career.

Raised Questions

 * Will Satan show the way to the Night Stalker and get his revenge on Mary Jane?
 * Do the locations seen in Mary Jane's hallucinations have a secret link to her past?