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Stained – Chapters 20 and 21
“Seems to work well enough for the both of you,” the girl shrugged.
“It works about as well as a blow to the head does for a house on fire. But we are old. We have nothing left to live for.” The old man sounded tired.
“That, however, doesn’t mean I’m gonna sit here and watch you self-destruct for another night,” Earl said firmly.
“Now, tell me what has broken you into pieces like that.”
And she did. She told them about her father, who meant the world to her. He was the only family she had since her mother walked out on them when she was little and her half-sister ran away to do god-knows-what with god-knows-who. She told them about the impossible expectations he had for her and his plans in life for her, which did not match her own. And then she told them about coming out to her father and discovering that his love was anything but unconditional, like the love of a parent ought to be.
The night ended very differently from what you would expect of one so filled with emotional stories. When past sorrows and future fears had been assessed, they played some pool and the girl effortlessly kicked all of their behinds, which was really only embarrassing for the bartender, who was still sober…ish.
In the months that followed that faithful evening, the four got to know each other better than any of them had intended. No one wanted to admit that it was a friendship. They were all too different for that and they had known too much loss and betrayal in their lives. Rather, they told themselves that they had gotten used to each other’s faces and left it at that.
But when the girl’s father refused to pay her tuition because she proofed impossible to ‘straighten out,’ it was Simcha who volunteered for the task. When she told him she couldn’t accept such generosity, he smiled and simply said, “Us misfits gotta stick together.”
And when the girl demanded that the men stopped drinking themselves to death, they did.
They still didn’t call it friendship when the girl and the bartender tracked down Earl’s children and got them in touch with their dad or when they reached a descendent of Simcha’s betrayers, who came to the US solely to apologize for the actions of others.
But they didn’t have to, because it was.
TBC
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(43 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)
Awwwww so sad, but still beautiful. I actually had the image of Bette as a hooker in my head. O.O And man do I fail. I was wondering, “What kind of name is Simcha?” And now I know, and knowing is half the battle. G.I. JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE!
Really like your story, and especially this chapter. Thanks.
Okay, I don’t know what was better…your author’s notes at the beginning or this fabulous story. You definitely have a way with words and I enjoyed both very much. Thank you for sharing your thought provoking story, as well as your rather interesting caffeine induced rant.
This story is GREAT!
No more Coke for you…….;)
Baby, start hitting that cokebottle, because if this is what comes out of your keyboard then… My god! So… incredibly… I cant even find words for it… wonderfull is an understatement!
That was so beautiful. Not friends just someone to hang around with That was sad. That is call friendship. Yet they called each other misfits. I like the word and the meaning in this chapter. We all have misfits in our life thanksGod thanks
Wow, it is nice to meet others who helped Bette through tought times. I would love to have non-friends (but really friends) like those men. Now Tina is meeting these very special men in Bette’s life.
Wow this is awesome and love it!!!!!!!!!
whoa, harsh lives…great stuff…
Luv the story…More please.
Definitely a sweet story! Succeeded in getting my obsessive mind off B&T for a while… That speaks volumes! ;)
Love their story. Love your story-telling skills. It’s all so captivating. Reached a point at which I thought I might actually, unbelievably, be more interested in their story than in B&T.
maybe you should try 7up… lol… love this story… please continue
this was nice i hope it continues a bit in the bar b4 B & T head off 4 some nookey.
That was absolutely enthralling!! Thank you!