CHAPTER 4
Lisa William (FL)
HEY YOU , WATCH OUT .... 💢💢 ( shout )
There was a Mercedes driver drove around a taxi and passed dangerously near the curb where she stood , splashing dirty water up her clothes ...
Driver
Well , get out of the street , you idiot ! .... ( yell )
She Was close enough to hear and see him talking into the phone ....
Driver
No , not you . It looked like some homeless person ....
Then His voice faded as he drove off .....
Lisa William (FL)
I wasn't in the street , You STUPID ! .... 💢( Yelled )
Lisa William (FL)
Homeless ? ....
Lisa William (FL)
" He said that i am Homeless 😧... Is that what I look like ? ... "
She glanced down at her faded jeans and blouse ...
Lisa William (FL)
" My boot had a hole , but he couldn't have seen that , it was in the sole ... "
Lisa William (FL)
" The water from the recent rain seeped into my boot , soaking my sock ... "
Lisa William (FL)
" But i was going to fix it ... "
Lisa William (FL)
" However surely i didn't look homeless .... "
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
You don't look like a homeless person , Lisa ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
He's a bàstard who thinks anybody not driving a Mercedes doesn't deserve to live ....
Lisa William (FL)
( Smile )
Ruby was Lisa's best friend from when they were little kids ...
Every evening they chatted as they waited together for the bus to the city , where Lisa went to her second part job and Ruby to her job ....
Lisa eyed Ruby's outfit longingly ....
She was wearing a very beautiful clothes with expensive Shoes that would feed Lisa and her mom for a month ....
Not a man alive would let his car splash Ruby Lanoue ....
Once , she might have looked like that , too ....
But not now , when she was so deeply in debt that she couldn't find a way out ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
And I know he didn't get a good look at your face ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
If he had , he certainly would've stopped and apologized ....
Lisa William (FL)
Because I look so depressed ? ...
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
Because you're so beautiful , honey ....
Lisa William (FL)
Yeah . Right ... ( feels bitterness )
Lisa William (FL)
It doesn't matter . It's not like I'm trying to impress anyone ...
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
But you could . You have no idea what you look like , Lisa ...
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
He must have been gay . That's the only reason a man could miss a woman as gorgeous as you ....
Lisa William (FL)
( Smiled )
Lisa William (FL)
You just never give up , do you , Ruby ? ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
Lisa , you are beautiful . Let me doll you up and show you off ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
Take off that cap and let your hair down .....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
Why do you think God gave you such magnificent hair ? ....
Lisa William (FL)
I like my cap ....
Lisa tugged at the faded beak of her cap protectively , as if she feared Ruby might snatch it away .
Lisa William (FL)
Daddy bought it for me ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
( Bit her lip )( sad )
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
You can't hide beneath that hat forever . You know how much I care about you ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
And yes I know your mother is dying , but that doesn't mean you are too , Lisa ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
You can't let it defeat you ....😥 ( worry )
Lisa's expression grew shuttered .
Lisa William (FL)
What are going to eat on dinner tonight , Ruby ? ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
Don't try to change the subject . I won't let you give up on life ....
Ruby Lanoue(FL BF)
Lisa , there's so much ahead of you . You'll survive this , I promise .....
Lisa William (FL)
( Averted her gaze )
Lisa William (FL)
But will I want to ? ...😞 ( muttered )
Her mom , Catherine , had been diagnosed with cancer a few months ago .....
The diagnosis had come too late , and now little could be done with the exception of making her as comfortable as possible .
Six months , maybe a year , the doctors had told her that .
They said that they can try experimental procedures , but , The message was clear ... Catherine would die anyway ....
Her mom had refused , with unwavering determination , to be the target of experimental procedures .....
Spending the last months of her life in a hospital was not how either Lisa or Catherine wanted it to end .....
Lisa had arranged for home health care , and now money , which had always been tight for them , was even tighter ....
Since the car accident five years ago that had crippled her mother and killed her father , Lisa had been working two jobs .....
Her life had changed overnight following her father's death ....
At eighteen , she'd been the cherished daughter of wealthy parents ....
She was Living in the most elite wealthy community , with a brilliant , secure future ahead of her ....
24 hours later , on the night of her high school graduation , her life had become a nightmare from which there'd been no awakening ....
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