I awoke to yelling. I headed downstairs, Douglass followed.
"You worthless— you disgust me!" Raymond spat.
"You're too ignorant realize I know best," David retorted.
"You're ruining us!"
"Listen to father," Damien demanded.
"Puppet!" Raymond yelled.
I intervened, "Let's settle down and—"
Raymond stormed out, Douglass chased after him.
One day I discovered a letter on the kitchen table, Raymond had left, he was never returning. I wept for nearly a month.
Soon Damien got married. I was sickened at the thought that another one of my children was leaving me. "If only there was a way I could keep them with me forever," I thought. They moved to America but never kept contact.
~
"Beautiful day," I said to David. He seemed uneasy, and Douglass was out. I sat down.
"I'm leaving."
"What?"
"I'm going to start anew, tomorrow."
"No!"
"Yes."
"Lies! Drink your tea, you're tired—"
David got up from his seat and left. "If only there was a way I could keep them with me forever."
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The Landlady: "If Only...."
FanfictionKandice Leslie Orillton: an english wife and a mother of three handsome boys. They are her life, they are her soul, they are her dreams, her joy- they are all she has left. But happiness never lasts forever... Read and witness how Kandice transforms...
