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- Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Crime
- Published: 01/12/2019
When Joe jumped into his car to head out to see the woman he loved, he didn't know. He didn't know the two and a half hour drive was going to turn into the rest of his life. Well that might be a slight exaggeration, but it sure is how he felt.
It had just started to snow when he climbed into his old Mazda 626. He wasn't worried, in his part of the country it had been years since they had a big snowfall. He was headed south, so it couldn't last. Within a half hour the road was covered, and drivers that had no idea of how to drive in snow were sliding all over the place.
Now here he was stuck and looked as if it might be awhile two trucks were sideways in front of him blocking the road. Time moved very slow, but soon it had been a hour without moving a inch. He decided it was risky but he would take the shoulder and try to pass them.
He found his back end sliding off the shoulder, he stirred with slide and held his foot steady on the gas. He was past and back on the road but less then a mile and all he saw was tail lights. Lucky for him he was at a off ramp, so he creeped up the ramp and got on the small highway.
Cheered up, he started to sing, on the road again. The snow was really falling hard and night fall was catching him. There was not any traffic so he took the middle of the road. He laughed, you would think he was in Mexico where the drivers took the middle of the road in great weather.
The back road route wasn't all bad, but he had to drive slow and the road was so covered he no longer could see the edges of the road. He spotted a 66 gas station and beside it, well better stated connected to it, Starlight Cafe. He was hungry and as he slowly pulled on a empty lot except for a old Ford pickup. He smiled, fix or repair daily, and wondered if it even ran.
He walked in, a short walk, but he was covered by snow. Walking in he picked a booth, he saw two rough looking guys with cowboy hats talking to a cute woman in a blue dress. He guessed she was the one and only waitress and cook. She finally sauntered over to him, slapped a greasy menu on the table and a dirty looking plastic glass of water on the table.
He said, a cheese burger pickles and onion and a Coke in a to go cup please. She said in a voice that said she was bored with him, fries? No just the burger please.
He watched her at the grill just as the two local boys did. She had a nice swing to that back door as she cooked. He shorter blond hair swaying as she moved as if she was doing a dance. It smelled good and he liked what he was watching. He didn't notice the Cowboys looking at him.
When she brought the great looking burger to him and big cardboard cup of Coke. He handed her a ten dollar bill, hoping to get a smile and said, keep the change. She did smile and it would of been beautiful except for the tobacco stains.
As he took his last bite, he noticed a shadow cast on his table, looking up in the bearded face of a very big hillbilly. His big black and red checkered shirt, blue jeans held up by a black belt with a big silver cowboy buckle.
Hello he said, as he wiped his hands. The guy said, so you been looking a might hard at our Mary. He slipped in the seat across from him. Leaning on the table, black hairy arms that he thought, man you need to shave your face and arms, you look like a ape, but smart enough not to say it.
Oh I noticed her she is a pretty woman, now I have to hit the road. That hairy arm reached out and a huge hand closed around his wrist. Why the hurry, you know for a twenty you can have a little play on the table with our Mary. We might enjoy watching a limp tadpole like yours trying to find away in Mary's well used cave.
Hey there is no need for that kind of talk. I have a very nice girl friend and I am not interested. The guy stood up, hey Willy, this city boy thinks his pony is to good for the likes of our Mary. Then he grabbed Joe under the neck and lifted him up out of seat into the air like a rag doll.
Joe was not a guy who scared easy, but he was now, hey man let me down I just want get to my girl. Mary yelled, put him down Saul, I don't want his crabs.
Saul laughed and tossed Joe away, he landed on his butt on the wet floor from the snow. Ah come on Mary, he is on his back, take a ride, maybe he is a bucking Billy? Willy walked over and grabbed his arms pinning him to the floor. Saul walked over and Joe was kicking with all he had. Saul yanked his pants off and tossed them on the floor.
He grabbed his boxers and yanked them off too. They both laughed, look at this Mary, I think he is a girl. She walked over and looking down started laughing, then walked over and got some lukewarm coffee and dumped on his privates, maybe this will get his little boy to want to play, as she laughed.
Joe had tears in his eyes, let me go, please. Willy let go of his arms and him and Saul walked back to their table slapping each other on the backs. Mary walked behind them laughing.
Joe grabbed his clothes and put them on and ran to his car. They didn't even look his way. Joe was a city boy, and had run into a few tough guys. Yet he had never been so humiliated. He opened his glove box, and reached in, the cold hard steel touched his fingers. He had his hand on his service revolver. He picked up his badge and pinned it to his shirt.
He was way out of his jurisdiction as a city cop that mostly dealt with juvenile issues. Well he had only been out of the Academy a month. Now he, got out and walked back in. His gun in a holster on his side.
Mary saw him first, hey boys, he wants to play more and lookie he has him a pretty badge. Saul started to rise, Joe shouted, don't move you are all three under arrest.
Willy laughed for what, checking out to see if you a boy or girl, I bet you are one of them cross dressers, a want be girl. And Saul started toward him. Joe pulled his pistol.
That made them both laugh and Willy got up and came around the table toward him too. You think law man you are Wyatt Earp and going get both of us? We are going to take that toy and pump your behind with it like your daddy did his rod. Saul said, or was your daddy a tadpole too. They laughed and Mary laughed.
Stop, not another step, you are under arrest. They just kept walking, what you gonna do mr police man, shoot two unarmed men? Why because you are a intimidated little gay boy, asked Saul?
As they took another step the realization hit Joe either had to pull the trigger or run now. He pulled the trigger, Saul was hit in the chest, he swung to fire at Willy as he was leaping and got him in the forehead. Then a shock hit him, he was sliding down in his own blood.
He looked up to see Mary with a shotgun pointed at him. Odd the last thing he ever saw was the smoke drifting into the air from her gun.
She walled over as clam as if this happens everyday and took his badge and tossed it in the slop can behind the counter. She called the local sheriff, who got there a hour later.
She told her story with tears about this stranger walking in after eating and calling Saul and Willy a couple of Fags. When they walked to him to toss him out he shot them, then she shot him.
Nobody believed her story, but there was no proof it didn't happen that way. Life goes on, soon the gossip dies away, and now on this snowy night there is Jack and Paul sitting where a year ago Saul and Willy sit. Mary has the same swing to her behind at the grill and dancing hair.
A stranger walks in, sits at the same booth Joe had. Mary takes him a dirty looking plastic glass of water and a greasy menu. He smiles, a cheeseburger with pickles and onions and a Coke. He watches her at grill.
They say history repeats it's self, it appears so.
Snowy Snowy Night(Rich Puckett)
When Joe jumped into his car to head out to see the woman he loved, he didn't know. He didn't know the two and a half hour drive was going to turn into the rest of his life. Well that might be a slight exaggeration, but it sure is how he felt.
It had just started to snow when he climbed into his old Mazda 626. He wasn't worried, in his part of the country it had been years since they had a big snowfall. He was headed south, so it couldn't last. Within a half hour the road was covered, and drivers that had no idea of how to drive in snow were sliding all over the place.
Now here he was stuck and looked as if it might be awhile two trucks were sideways in front of him blocking the road. Time moved very slow, but soon it had been a hour without moving a inch. He decided it was risky but he would take the shoulder and try to pass them.
He found his back end sliding off the shoulder, he stirred with slide and held his foot steady on the gas. He was past and back on the road but less then a mile and all he saw was tail lights. Lucky for him he was at a off ramp, so he creeped up the ramp and got on the small highway.
Cheered up, he started to sing, on the road again. The snow was really falling hard and night fall was catching him. There was not any traffic so he took the middle of the road. He laughed, you would think he was in Mexico where the drivers took the middle of the road in great weather.
The back road route wasn't all bad, but he had to drive slow and the road was so covered he no longer could see the edges of the road. He spotted a 66 gas station and beside it, well better stated connected to it, Starlight Cafe. He was hungry and as he slowly pulled on a empty lot except for a old Ford pickup. He smiled, fix or repair daily, and wondered if it even ran.
He walked in, a short walk, but he was covered by snow. Walking in he picked a booth, he saw two rough looking guys with cowboy hats talking to a cute woman in a blue dress. He guessed she was the one and only waitress and cook. She finally sauntered over to him, slapped a greasy menu on the table and a dirty looking plastic glass of water on the table.
He said, a cheese burger pickles and onion and a Coke in a to go cup please. She said in a voice that said she was bored with him, fries? No just the burger please.
He watched her at the grill just as the two local boys did. She had a nice swing to that back door as she cooked. He shorter blond hair swaying as she moved as if she was doing a dance. It smelled good and he liked what he was watching. He didn't notice the Cowboys looking at him.
When she brought the great looking burger to him and big cardboard cup of Coke. He handed her a ten dollar bill, hoping to get a smile and said, keep the change. She did smile and it would of been beautiful except for the tobacco stains.
As he took his last bite, he noticed a shadow cast on his table, looking up in the bearded face of a very big hillbilly. His big black and red checkered shirt, blue jeans held up by a black belt with a big silver cowboy buckle.
Hello he said, as he wiped his hands. The guy said, so you been looking a might hard at our Mary. He slipped in the seat across from him. Leaning on the table, black hairy arms that he thought, man you need to shave your face and arms, you look like a ape, but smart enough not to say it.
Oh I noticed her she is a pretty woman, now I have to hit the road. That hairy arm reached out and a huge hand closed around his wrist. Why the hurry, you know for a twenty you can have a little play on the table with our Mary. We might enjoy watching a limp tadpole like yours trying to find away in Mary's well used cave.
Hey there is no need for that kind of talk. I have a very nice girl friend and I am not interested. The guy stood up, hey Willy, this city boy thinks his pony is to good for the likes of our Mary. Then he grabbed Joe under the neck and lifted him up out of seat into the air like a rag doll.
Joe was not a guy who scared easy, but he was now, hey man let me down I just want get to my girl. Mary yelled, put him down Saul, I don't want his crabs.
Saul laughed and tossed Joe away, he landed on his butt on the wet floor from the snow. Ah come on Mary, he is on his back, take a ride, maybe he is a bucking Billy? Willy walked over and grabbed his arms pinning him to the floor. Saul walked over and Joe was kicking with all he had. Saul yanked his pants off and tossed them on the floor.
He grabbed his boxers and yanked them off too. They both laughed, look at this Mary, I think he is a girl. She walked over and looking down started laughing, then walked over and got some lukewarm coffee and dumped on his privates, maybe this will get his little boy to want to play, as she laughed.
Joe had tears in his eyes, let me go, please. Willy let go of his arms and him and Saul walked back to their table slapping each other on the backs. Mary walked behind them laughing.
Joe grabbed his clothes and put them on and ran to his car. They didn't even look his way. Joe was a city boy, and had run into a few tough guys. Yet he had never been so humiliated. He opened his glove box, and reached in, the cold hard steel touched his fingers. He had his hand on his service revolver. He picked up his badge and pinned it to his shirt.
He was way out of his jurisdiction as a city cop that mostly dealt with juvenile issues. Well he had only been out of the Academy a month. Now he, got out and walked back in. His gun in a holster on his side.
Mary saw him first, hey boys, he wants to play more and lookie he has him a pretty badge. Saul started to rise, Joe shouted, don't move you are all three under arrest.
Willy laughed for what, checking out to see if you a boy or girl, I bet you are one of them cross dressers, a want be girl. And Saul started toward him. Joe pulled his pistol.
That made them both laugh and Willy got up and came around the table toward him too. You think law man you are Wyatt Earp and going get both of us? We are going to take that toy and pump your behind with it like your daddy did his rod. Saul said, or was your daddy a tadpole too. They laughed and Mary laughed.
Stop, not another step, you are under arrest. They just kept walking, what you gonna do mr police man, shoot two unarmed men? Why because you are a intimidated little gay boy, asked Saul?
As they took another step the realization hit Joe either had to pull the trigger or run now. He pulled the trigger, Saul was hit in the chest, he swung to fire at Willy as he was leaping and got him in the forehead. Then a shock hit him, he was sliding down in his own blood.
He looked up to see Mary with a shotgun pointed at him. Odd the last thing he ever saw was the smoke drifting into the air from her gun.
She walled over as clam as if this happens everyday and took his badge and tossed it in the slop can behind the counter. She called the local sheriff, who got there a hour later.
She told her story with tears about this stranger walking in after eating and calling Saul and Willy a couple of Fags. When they walked to him to toss him out he shot them, then she shot him.
Nobody believed her story, but there was no proof it didn't happen that way. Life goes on, soon the gossip dies away, and now on this snowy night there is Jack and Paul sitting where a year ago Saul and Willy sit. Mary has the same swing to her behind at the grill and dancing hair.
A stranger walks in, sits at the same booth Joe had. Mary takes him a dirty looking plastic glass of water and a greasy menu. He smiles, a cheeseburger with pickles and onions and a Coke. He watches her at grill.
They say history repeats it's self, it appears so.
Kevin Hughes
01/13/2019Aloha Rich,
I may be out of line here (I am Autistic, and that happens a lot. LOL) but I think you need to take a break from the News, several of your "Fictional Stories" are about News Stories and Politics, and both of those will drag the love right out of someone. I don't watch TV for a reason- and for my sanity.
There is an old computer rule I learned back when computers had tubes: GIGO. Garbage In, Garbage out- and if you fall for listening to those hyper partisan authoritarian bent polemics, well you will get sad.
Take a break for a week, hang out with that Painter Gal, preach about the good things in life, like friends, art, music, and McDonald's french fries. LOL
I am a bit worried about you my friend, your dander is up. (And yes, we do need folkd to get their dander up!)
Smiles, kevin
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Rich Puckett
01/13/2019No offense taken my friend just allowed me to explain my thinking to others as well. So it was a good thing.
Thank you
Help Us Understand What's Happening
Kevin Hughes
01/13/2019Aloha Rich,
My Bad. Chalk it up to the Autism. Of course there is nothing wrong with the way you see the world and its events, and we all know my worldview is skewed. I don't notice the obvious, but the insignificant stands out. LOL
Have a great day. Smiles, Kevin
Help Us Understand What's Happening
Rich Puckett
01/13/2019Well my friend yes, they are the things I see and interpret , and speak too. Why? Because the bulk of the world sees these things, and they react.
This story takes in a harsh reality, that history does happen over and over. As far as I know it has no bases of being true, yet I am sure it is not far from it.
Life is not full of happy endings, though I love happy ending. Life is not fairy tales and candy though I love most. Life and how we live it has consequences. I wish they were all good ones.
My friend I guess each of us paint our pictures in words for differing reasons. For me it is my way of reading the burdens of life, to remind myself in my human form, I see good and isee bad and I hope I learn from both.
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