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Laid Up: Another Season 3 – Chapter 26C
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“Yes, I know. I can pay you. Don’t worry. Just please do something to get me out of this darn Detention Center. Please, Mr. McGhee.”
“All right.” He hesitated as if he were trying to decide something. Finally, he spoke, “You heard about your Daddy?”
“What?”
“They fished him out of Lake Norman the other night. Dead as a black tooth in a big, grinnin’ hillbilly.”
“What?”
“That low down, son of a gun is dead, Miss Steph’nie. Drowned hisself.”
Stephanie’s mouth went dry and her voice disappeared. Her forehead dropped onto the wall beside the phone. Her head lowered, she thought about what she had just heard. The last time she had spoken to her father, just a few days ago, he had threatened her after learning that his ex-wife knew what he had done years earlier. He was dead. She remembered how once he had been the greatest father. He had taken them to Six Flags Over Georgia every year ‘til Mom had thrown him out. He had taught her to tie her shoes, ride a bike, and where to drop a crab cage in the water to get the most crustaceans. And before his drunken sexual assault against her, he had never missed a football game where she had been the captain of the cheerleading squad. Now, he was dead. She felt both relieved and sad.
“Steph’nie?”
“Yeah, I’m here. Was he murdered?” Daddy, she knew, swam like a fish. She didn’t believe it was just a simple drowning. This was about her and Stephanie wondered who had done it. Her mother could have flown back to North Carolina, found him and done the deed. Her mother was headstrong that way; Grandpa Erskine definitely wouldn’t have thought twice about taking the law into his own hands. She recalled the determined look on his face when she saw her grandfather earlier in the week. He loved her and Tina and any boy, any person who hurt his little girls had hell to pay. Once Grandpa learned about the rape, she imagined he could have done just about anything to his former son-in-law; but It could have been her good high school friend, J.W. He had come out and said without hesitation that if he could, he’d kill her father himself. She didn’t know who, but somebody had done it.
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i am once again left speechless at your incredible ability to weave a tale. i actually yelped in excitement when Angie was safe but at the same time, believe it or not, felt somewhat sorry for Josh. only your writing could evoke that somewhat schizophrenic sympathy.I’m also a bit worried at the introduction of Jodi into the story but hope that after all that we’ve been through with Bette and Tina to date, she will not pose a threat to their relationship.as for all of the other characters and their stories, i am finding them entertaining and interesting as well which is not usually the case when reading as i’m pretty much just a Tina/Bette fan. this again, is testimony to your ability to ability to entertain.thanks again for the story and the time and effort that must be involved. looking forward as always to reading more.
WOW. you put so much into this everyone was weitten about. Could have done without Jodie tho. thanks
I’ve spent the past two days reading the whole thing, and honestly? It’s great. Really, really great. The characters are well written and adhere to canon, your reweaving of the events of Season 3 into this alternative version is not only really well done, but in my mind — preferable. As for the Jodi issue, if she’s like every other non-core character in your work (herself, but changed), I’ll be very happy to see where that goes. I do wonder, though, moments after Bette is reunited with Tina and her baby for the first time in weeks, she wanders off to talk to Jodi? That seems a little… I don’t know, inhuman? But, hey, if that’s my only complaint in 26 chapters, consider it an amazing feat. I’m a huge Danish fan, and I’m happy to see you keeping the love alive. Would love to see more of that relationship in your writing, but generally I think the chapters are fairly good about being even with their time. You’re prolific. Are you really spitting out this much in three days? Because if so, that’s incredible. I mean, really, really exceptional. Thanks for writing this, it’s a great read, and I can’t wait to see more of it.
more sharmeeeeeen!!! pleasee!!..excellent chap, so glad angie’s ok, hope you post soon
Thank goodness Angelica is safe. I’m glad Boden was there. Um, not too excited about Jodi showing up in this story :). Can’t wait for the celebration…hope everyone gets a little ‘private celebration’ time :wink:. You’ve really spoiled us this last week Portia. Thanks for this wonderful fic and don’t be gone too long :)
Nice way to weave Jodi and Big Bear into the story – and loved that Bette denied ‘gush’ing. Great stuff, Portia.
Bette better mess up of jodi!! yeah for angie being okay… now it’s time for the port-kennards to get on with their lives. tina needs to finish her rehab.i wonder what else steph. did what else is she hiding??? great update!!:)
Ahhhh… I can breathe now. That was tense, but Baby A is safe, finally! I’m so glad there was a third person there and Boden clocked that whining maggot Josh. Although, I think Bette would have ripped him apart eventually anyway. Hels is leaving, which is a shame, but her heart’s somewhere else… So! Ol’ Steph’s about to get her comeuppance, big time. I hope Peter gets his money back, as well as his furniture. I’m dreading the stuff coming out that was on that list of hers. Girl needs help, if she can survive prison. This was so good, I can’t wait for the next post. thanks Portia.
glad angie is ok…can’t wait for shane to get home and face the wrath of carmen…things need to change