Melvin Porter
Melvin was lying in bed. He was seriously ill. He only had one wish, to see his daughters. He wondered how they faired. Kit was a famous singer. Although he didn’t agree for her to start a singing career, he always followed her. He still thanks his wife, who supported Kit to follow her dream.
Bette, his baby girl. How he regretted that he kicked her out of his home. He was an angry man back in those days. Now he realizes what he had and what he lost.
Bette’s mother was the most loving woman of all the women he dated. Well, she was his wife. The best thing he did to her was giving her a gorgeous daughter named Bette. She raised Kit as if Kit was her own. Never gave Kit the idea she was second. When he thought back, tears came into his eyes. It was his fault, she died. She never complained and she took his shit in a quiet way. And then there was Kit’s mother. She was a gorgeous afro American woman. And she was a very talented singer. Kit had her singing skills from her. What did he do to her? Jealous, not wanting her to sing, thinking that she was cheating on him because she was a heartbreaker. But she never did cheated on him. On the contrary, he cheated on her. And when she asked him to stop, begged him to stop, he beat her up. That’s when she started to drink and messed up her voice. But still the people loved her and that made him abused her more. The pain must have been too much and the drinking didn’t help to ease it. Who helped her on drugs, he never found out but when she became addicted, he kicked her out of his house. A few days later, she was found dead, overdosed. There he was with a little girl and a business that was growing. He soon fell in love with Maxine, Bette’s mother. She was a gorgeous caucasian woman. It surprised him because he usually only slept with white women, he never dated them. Somewhere deep inside, he hated white people. Hated them for the way they treated his parents. Humiliated them. That grief was deep. And the only way, in his mind then, to deal with that grief was to sleep with white women and humiliate them sexually. Untill he met Maxine. Somehow she was able to soften his heart and point of view. They got married, she accepted Kit as her own daughter and soon became pregnant and had a daughter of her own. Never, ever did she put Kit at a second position. She always treated Kit as the eldest and Bette as the youngest. And Kit and Bette were always together, smitten to each other. Kit taking care of her younger sister and being very protective of her.
He wondered why he couldn’t be satisfied with his family then. Both Kit and Bette caught him cheating with another woman. And both of his daughters confronted him about that. Instead of listening and respecting them and their mother, his wife. He threatened them and eventually drove them away. His wife, well the grieve made her sick. She died of breast cancer and he was never there to support her. How he wished he could she to her that he was sorry. But it was too late.
He had a lot of women afterwards but most of them were after his money. It took him awhile before he found out. When he did he was so acidified that he stopped dating women. He completely concentrated on his work. His business grew and a few months ago he sold it. Millions of dollars but no fun. Soon afterwards, when he had his annual check up, the doctor told him he was sick. Terminally ill. And slowly he started to miss his girls. Once he went to a show of Kit. There was an opportunity for a select group of people to have a meet and greet with her. That meet and greet was a disaster. Kit told her father that she hated him and never, ever wanted to see him again. He could feel the hate she had for him.
Bette……….he never found out what happened with Bette. He should never kicked her out. But he thought he did the right thing then. And the way he thought back then was that she’d bring shame upon him. If his business assiociates would find out that his daughter was a substances abuser, they wouldn’t do any business with him again. So that’s why she had to go. Looking back, it was the most stupid thing he ever did. Now he didn’t know if she was still alive or died somewhere as a junk.
Tears started to roll from his eyes. At that moment the nurse came in………