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Dallas - The Original Series
A town run on favours, money and power — and the people who run it are the Ewings ...
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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 165952" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><u>Chapter 24</u></p><p></p><p><em>None of them, dammit – Lucy wiped angrily at her eyes <em>–</em> none of them knew how hard it was to carry a secret so heavy for so long. And the longer it stayed on her back, the harder it was to get rid of. Who would have believed her then? Who would listen to her now?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Walking up the road towards the house, Lucy knew just about how it would be if she stood up in the living room and spilled her guts, just let it all hang out. Now, child, Miss Ellie would say, </em>child<em>! She’d stopped being a baby that night in the little house when she heard her mama – the thought made a lump in Lucy‘s throat, choked her, but she spat and cleared it - her </em>mama<em> talking about who’s baby Lucy was.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Now, child, Miss Ellie would say, little babies don’t remember that much, and you were so tiny back then.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Baby, hell. Not remember, bullshit! Every word, every sound was burned into her head. She’d been thinking that man was her real daddy, anyhow; he came around more than the other one, the man who staggered and fell down and got sick on the floor. That night proved it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>And when he came after them – Lucy stopped walking and leaned her back against one of the shade trees that stood along the ranch entranceway. When he came after them, Lucy-that-was thought it was wonderful. But Mama – that two-faced, gutless bitch! - darling Mama took some money and didn’t even say good-bye to her baby.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>But if he wanted his baby so much, if he brought her back and asked Miss Ellie to care for her, why didn’t he claim her? Why didn’t he hold her hand, or kiss her cheek, pat her head, kick her ass – </em>something<em>?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>She could have killed him when he brought home Sue Ellen, the beauty queen. Sue Ellen much wasn’t much older than herself, and wouldn’t really get any older - not in the head, anyway. Miss Ellie was </em>so<em> old and kind of hard, and Jock was a sweetheart but he was ancient too. Bobby was gone and there just wasn’t anyone she could talk with.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 165952, member: 22"] [U]Chapter 24[/U] [I]None of them, dammit – Lucy wiped angrily at her eyes [I]–[/I] none of them knew how hard it was to carry a secret so heavy for so long. And the longer it stayed on her back, the harder it was to get rid of. Who would have believed her then? Who would listen to her now? Walking up the road towards the house, Lucy knew just about how it would be if she stood up in the living room and spilled her guts, just let it all hang out. Now, child, Miss Ellie would say, [/I]child[I]! She’d stopped being a baby that night in the little house when she heard her mama – the thought made a lump in Lucy‘s throat, choked her, but she spat and cleared it - her [/I]mama[I] talking about who’s baby Lucy was. Now, child, Miss Ellie would say, little babies don’t remember that much, and you were so tiny back then. Baby, hell. Not remember, bullshit! Every word, every sound was burned into her head. She’d been thinking that man was her real daddy, anyhow; he came around more than the other one, the man who staggered and fell down and got sick on the floor. That night proved it. And when he came after them – Lucy stopped walking and leaned her back against one of the shade trees that stood along the ranch entranceway. When he came after them, Lucy-that-was thought it was wonderful. But Mama – that two-faced, gutless bitch! - darling Mama took some money and didn’t even say good-bye to her baby. But if he wanted his baby so much, if he brought her back and asked Miss Ellie to care for her, why didn’t he claim her? Why didn’t he hold her hand, or kiss her cheek, pat her head, kick her ass – [/I]something[I]? She could have killed him when he brought home Sue Ellen, the beauty queen. Sue Ellen much wasn’t much older than herself, and wouldn’t really get any older - not in the head, anyway. Miss Ellie was [/I]so[I] old and kind of hard, and Jock was a sweetheart but he was ancient too. Bobby was gone and there just wasn’t anyone she could talk with.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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