kevinwells3: THE CHAIR A SHORT STORY BY KEVIN WELLS A TELL OF REDEMTION ILL NEVER FORGET THE LOOK ON ANITAS FACE THAT EVENING IN JULY WHEN SHE INTRODUCED ME AND MY LITTLE BROTHER TO HER NEW BEAU,KELLY DRAKE. IT WAS AS IF SHE HAD finally WON THE LITTLE LOTTO ,THE TICKETS SHE BOUGHT EVERY WEEK AT CORNER CONVIENIENT STORE.ITS NOT LIKE ANITA NEVER INTODUCED JOSH AND I TO A NEW BOY FRIEND BEFORE INFACT SHE HAD JUST GOT OVER A GUY WHO BROKE HER HEART.IT TURNED OUT HE WAS SOME NATIONAL CON MAN AND THE PEOPLE FROM AMERICAS MOST WANTED WERE LOOKING FOR HIM ON TELEVISION. THAT WAS SO TRIPPED OUT! ONE NITE I CAUGHT HIM SNEAKING IN THRU MY BEDROOM WINDOW AT ONE IN THE MORNING,ONCE HE RECOVERED FROM THE WACK I GAVE HIM WITH THE BASEBALL BAT I KEEP NEAR THE WINDOW .HE BEGAN TO EXPLAIN WHY HE CAME IN THREW MYINSTEAD OF THE FRONT DOOR OR MY MOMS WINDOW WHICH WAS LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR AND OVER LOOKED CULVER STREET WHICH IS THE BUSY STREET IN THE AREA..NOW EVER SINCE MY DAD DIED RIGHT ON THIS STREET SEVEN YEARS AGO FROM A BULLET TO THE HEAD DELIVERD BY HIS SO CALLED FRIEND OR PARTNER IN CRIME OVER WHAT WE LATER FOUND OUT WAS SEVENTYY DOLLARS WORTH OF DRUGS I CONSIDERD MYSELF GROWN AND LIFE HAD VERY LITTLE ELSE TO TEACH ME.NOW BACK TO NINO THATā??S THE ONE WHO AMERICAS MOST WANTED WAS LOOKING FOR ANYWAY I COULD TELL HE WAS TELLING ME THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TROUBLE HE WAS IN AND AND WHY HE NEEDED TO GET A FEW OF HIS THINGS FROM ANITAS ROOM AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE APOLOGIES FOR HIS FUTURE ABSENCE FROM OUR LIVES. ACTUALLY I WAS GLAD HE WAS LEAVING ,YOU SEE I DONā??T LIKE TO ATTACHED TO ANYONE.AND IM NO SUCKER. LIKE ANITA WHO IS ALWAYS TRYIN TO FIND THE GOOD IN PEOPLE WHEN THERES JUST NO GOOD TO BE FOUND |
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