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Great Unexpectations Chapter 37
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A floor lamp turned on and illuminated the young man sitting in the chair next to it. "Joe couldn’t make it", Richard said with a cold dead stare.
"Who the hell are you?", Buckley asked angrily. Richard sat stone faced, letting Cora’s father take in the scene in around him. Strewn about were the files Richard had gathered during his tenure with Faye. Pictures of bruised arms and legs. Police reports. Doctors reports.
"Who are you?", Buckley asked again. The anger was now replaced by no small amount of fear.
"Have a seat", Richard commanded softly pointing to the chair directly across from him. Buckley stood mute, staring at the record of his sins. He distinctly remembered paying good money to ensure the disappearance of those.
"Yeah. I guess greasing a few palms doesn’t get you the kind of protection it used to", Richard smirked. "Now. Sit. down."
Buckley’s throat went dry. He numbly took the seat. "Who are you?", he asked one last time.
"Who I am isn’t important. Come on Buckley. You know the real question."
Buckley closed his eyes. "What do you want?"
"There it is", Richard said happily. "The question. What do I want? Well, gee Buckley, thanks for asking. Hmm…Let’s see. I guess I don’t really want a lot. I’m not one of those ‘world peace’ kind of guys. Kind of goes against my sense of job security if you get my drift. I Don’t really need any money. I do ok with the ladies." Buckley could see that Richard was having fun with him. Playing this cat and mouse game. Toying with him until he was tired of it. But then what?
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Cora walked slowly down the locker-lined corridor. She nervously grasped the slip of paper given to her by the pleasant woman in the principals office. God. Am I really doing this? I’m twenty years old and back in high school. She reached into the back pocket of her pants and patted it. Checking to make sure her new identity cards were there. As far as anybody at this school knew, she was your typical seventeen year old. Richard had planned for everything. New name. New birthday. New life. Finally, a new life. She studied the numbers on the doors as she passed them by. Her heart raced. Every door she passed brought her closer to her new reality. Stopping to calm herself she reached into her other pocket and brought out the handwritten note she kept with her at all times. She opened it and read it for the millionth time. We’re so proud of you sweetie. You can do it!! We’re always here for you. -B, T and A.
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Wow what a finale, glad to see another baby on the way. Thanks for a great ending and hope too see more.
Great ending….but it left me wanting more…how selfish!!!! lol
Loved it!!!! Really thorough ending especially Mr Buckley’s demise. Thx so much for a greatly intriguing story. And my soppy heart loves the ending. Maybe
maybe, one day u’ll let us in on how Cora progressed and do a little update on B, T, A, The poopy dog [u know they can be trained to do it in the one place], new baby and Alice. maybe…see my big pleading puppy dog eyes!!!!
Thanks for this great story. I’ve loved every minute of it.
well, well, well, look who finally posted her story! it was definitely worth the wait so i won’t bust your chops too much. can’t wait to read the new one. i was a bit surprised that mr. buckley’s demise. i kinda figured it would feature a shovel, a hammer, and a ticket to tahiti. anyway, thanks for giving us this story. i know the next one will be even better!!
I have missed you and this story. I loved the ending with Cora getting some of her childhood back and Richard doing whatever was needed to make sure she was safe from the “evil dad”. I loved the banter between Alice and the locals at the beach. Heck, in our area we still stop for funerals. I do hope that you will revisit this story at some time down the road. You left us hanging with a pregnant Tina and mommy Bette.
What a long awaited welcome surprise, hope you are back to writing a bit before dissappearing again.
Bittersweet. Yhat’s what it is. We are blessed with another post, but the post is the finale. Thanks for coming back to finish. Thank you for your story. I hope you will share another s with us.
Gotta echo Spumoni – very bittersweet it is. Thank you for this amazing finale….hope to see another one from you, whether it be a continuation of this one or something else – when you can, of course…till then ;)
Great story…loved every chapter!
I just wanted to express my graditude for your story I have been guilty of silent reading but just had to let you know how much I love this story. Great journey which had me scared happy and joyful for our girls and poor Cory. Thanks
Thank you for this story. It was a pleasure to read (and I’m delighted Angie got her dog).
This was a wonderful story, red. Thanks so much for writing it. Cheers
I absolutly loved this story and hate to see it go. So I’m with Rau in the pleading for a little tidbit in the future of how Cora is doing. And how B&T, Angie and her little brother or sister (or maybe both LOL)are doing….please???But every story of you will make me read it, thank you Red and hope it won’t take too long for a little somnething from you!
Fantastic ending! Though I will miss this story I hope to see more stories from you soon.
Great story, Red!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!