Wednesday Story Day again and we need to go back and join Charlotte and Bob. If you will recall Bob had left to get some coffee and Charlotte called Melissa again. Charlotte wanted to warn Melissa that if Bob’s book gets published he will be a laughing stock he writes so poorly. Melissa doesn’t seem to care and insulted Charlotte by telling her she didn’t count when it came to caring if Bob was the butt of people’s jokes. It was obvious to Charlotte Melissa didn’t care what came of Bob or his book as long as it got published. Charlotte now knows she is nothing but a way to keep Bob from being a bother to Melissa. So let’s go back to our duo.
“Here you are Charlotte. I got you a plain coffee with Splenda and half and half on the side.”
“Thanks, Bob. The coffee looks splendid. Tell me a little about Melissa.”
“Melissa? Well you know she’s my mother right?”
“Yes, I know that. Mmm, this coffee is delicious.”
“I’m glad you like it. The place makes good coffee. What else do you want to know?”
“Oh, not too telling. Maybe how you two get along.”
“Get along? You mean do we see eye to eye?”
“Well, maybe that’s a suitable place to start.”
“She hates me if you want to know the truth.”
“Now, how do you know that she hates you?”
“She tells me all the time. I’m the reason she can’t focus on what she needs.”
“She tells you she hates you?”
“Not in so many words, but she lets me know I’m in the way.”
“In the way?”
“Yeah, you know when some guy comes over I have to disappear.”
“Why’s that?”
“She knows if a guy sees me he will realize she is older than the mid-thirties which is a lie she tells all her dates.”
“Oh, my gosh. Where do you go?”
“I hide in my room and work on my book.”
“For how long?”
“Until the guy leaves.”
“So you handwrite your book while your mom is with someone.”
“Can I be honest with you?
“I hope so.”
“I thought you were one of my mom’s friends and I’ve been putting you on.”
“Putting me on how? About your mom?”
“No that’s all true. No about the book.”
“What about the book?”
“I have another that I have written. This handwritten thing was supposed to drive you nuts and then you would tell my mom that you give up. Which would mean she had to deal with me again. You never did.”
“Where is the other book?”
“Here on my computer.”
“Oh, my gosh.”
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That’s a twist worthy of a pretzel factory.
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Here have a beer with that pretzel. Thanks.
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Mmmmm. Beer and pretzels. Breakfast of champions . . . or authors.
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Long story short, when I was younger a friend and I used to have eggs and beer for breakfast on special occasions. Started the day in a magical way. (whoops. didn’t see the alliteration in advance)
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I’ve actually heard of that combination before. Trying to remember why someone tried to tell me it was a ‘power breakfast’.
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Hummm That was in the day of Big Wall Street.
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I can imagine. Really that’s all I can do because all I know about Wall Street is from movies.
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Nice to be a kid of fourty
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Ah John, you set us up so well. As soon as I unscrew my head, I’m going to hope this continues 🙂
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Thank you so much Dan
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John, now that was an unexpected twist! You added so many layers to the story in just a couple of sentences. I hope Charlotte plans a bit of poetic justice for Melissa. 😀 Hugs.
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We’ll have to tune in next week.
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I with Charles and Dan … and I think Charlotte probably needs something stronger than coffee now 😉
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I wonder what she drinks? We’ll have to ask her.
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Please do … would be funny if she never drank alcohol until she met up with Bob 😉
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I like that scenario. 🙂
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Surprise, surprise!
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Ta da
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Well. Don’t that beat all! Love the twist. Hope his next attempt is worthy of Charlotte’s time. Oh, wait. He’s probably writing about all his mother’s men friends. This could get nasty. 😀 😀 Woo hoo.
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Ha ha ha, Who knows (well I do)
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Ha ha yourself. We’ll find out soon enough…
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Yes
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Remember the old days when I stuck up for Bob? Yeah…those were good times. WTHeck!
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You were right.
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I was?
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Yes when you were rooting for Bob
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I have a soft spot for him. He’ll smarten up, I think.
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Being abused does that very thing.
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Didn’t see that coming. lol
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Excellent. Thanks
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How I missed your twists and turns.
So long as Bob doesn’t call his mom “Mother” and hide her behind the curtains in that spooky old house behind the Bates Motel…promise me he’ll never resort to that.
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Naw. He’s a writer not a psychopath. Wait…Are they the same?
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