Grimm Fairy Tales #26: The Little Mermaid: Part Two

Part two of the story of the Little Mermaid continues! After the heart breaking revelation of the last issue, Ariel finds herself at a crossroads. She wants Prince to pay for his betrayal but isn’t so sure she can go through with it while the Sea Witch waits patiently in the wings to collect her soul. Meanwhile a young girl is spurned by her famous athlete lover and when her mother coaxes revenge, the girl must make a choice that will forever change her life.

As the story continues it reveals the prince is to marry and the distraught Little Mermaid seeks any way to undo this and to make him love her again. In the modern day the young woman is successful at seducing the professional basketball player fall. The two begin a sexual relationship but eventually he deserts her coincidentally right after she discovers that she is pregnant. Back in the fairy tale the mermaids sisters reveal to her she can break the curse of she kills the prince but she is eventually decides not to and is attacked by the Sea Witch. In the modern day the young woman confronts her ex-boyfriend and almost actually shoots one of them before fleeing. She is arrested outside and is later shown in jail and still pregnant. At the end of the story another mermaid ventures into the realm of the sea witch to make a bargain to allow her to pursue a human.