The Girl. (24 page)

With his head under the spraying facet, answered blowing bubbles actually, “Nah maw, just a
hot summer day is all”.
Brenda put her one hand up and said, “Last thing I’m going to say about this situation”, as they
all listened, but it sounded like Shane was drowning.
“Missy will beat me to it boy if you mess with that road side”.
Seth kept his head down as those curls hide him good.

Brenda rave on pointing at him and said, “Lord boy just try to be sneaky, because a lie catches
up with you”.

Seth’s head remained down along with his other two brothers.
Except for Shane now who was really coughing under the water heavily pouring on his head
and bubbles blew in a gasping row.

Pointing to the sink now, Brenda remarked, “Lord somebody help the poor boys drowning”.
Everyone now looked on when Saul pulled Shane out from under the heavy water and said,
“Heck, your hairs clean enough”.

Holding a new dishtowel against his face, “Aw thanks brother, for a minute I felt trapped on
the titanic”, replied Shane coughing.

Leaning against the counter, Saul whispered, “Man what’s wrong with you?”
Drying his soaked head, Shane said, “Can’t speak, it’s deadly in here at the moment”, and he
pointed at their maw.
Saul smirked at his dripping wet brother that said, “Aw if maw hears wind of it, I’d rather go
down on the titanic”.

Seth whispered, “Hey Sebastian what’s roadside mean?”
“To maw it means hookers standing on the corner near the side of the road”.
“Ah, okay”, and they both stayed silent.

Therefore, Brenda got up from the chair walking out of the kitchen sobbing and went into her
bedroom and pulled out many candles from the closet.
Line them all up on her dresser and lit each candle she knelt down in front of the dresser with
burning candles.
Then folded her hands, hung her head, and started to pray, Paul Gene snuck quietly peeking into
their room.
Making sure she was all right as he saw her praying and turned around heading back to the
kitchen.
Dry completely now, Shane asked, “Paw is maw okay?”

Grinning Paul Gene replied, “Yeah after her ritual of prayer for forgiveness, you know her
beliefs”.

The boys smile and Shane said, “Well I got to shower”.
“Aw the sink wasn’t enough”, said Sebastian splashing water at Shane
Everyone laughed except Shane that got up from the chair hurrying off into the laundry room
hunting for a clean t-shirt.

Saul comes walking in and asked, “Woe, hot date there brother?”

 

“Hottest”. Wiggling his eyebrows.

Grabbed a clean shirt and walked out of the kitchen area, sitting by the table feeding Samantha
that fussed in the highchair, Seth hollered, “Hey aren’t you gonna eat dinner Shane?”
“Nah, I’ll grab a fast burger on the road”.

Saul chuckles telling Sebastian, “Man it must be a boiling date if he don’t eat”.
“Yeah a definite first, shoot not the last with him”, snarled Sebastian.

 

Shane’s mother would really light more candles and pray all night long if she knew what her boy
was up to.

Later that Sunday evening things calmed down and Brenda mostly, she even sat in Seth’s
room listening to him read Samantha a children’s book.
Paul Gene had called his brother Danny Ray and informed him of the Wiley’s
troubles.

Saul was out some place and Shane definitely, as Sebastian was sitting in the living room
watching television.

He was not out, as him and Mandy actually had a huge fight breaking it off again.
Watching some television to Ella kept complaining of her back and looking Sebastian asked,
“Hey you gonna be okay?”

Nodded holding her back, as he seem to become panicky and asked, “Ella the baby’s okay,
right?” “Yes Sebastian, thanks”, and he smiled when she got up from the chair holding her back
heading to the bedroom.
Walking into the living room, as Brenda noticed Ella not looking to well, and asked, “Hey
Sebastian boy, is Ella all right?”

Staring at the television he just shrugged his shoulders and Brenda waved her hand
mumbling, “Oh lord his pouting face is back”.
Paul Gene was sitting by the big desk in the dining room going over bills.
Brenda walked by him waving her hand again saying, “Aw he don’t hear anyhow or know
everything”.
Therefore, went doing laundry off the kitchen in the side laundry room, because during the week
it gets far behind, as she is too busy.
From doing choirs all day and working the bar at night until 2:00 am six nights a week were
hectic and Sunday really was their only break.

Sebastian got up from the sofa and was in the bathroom now filling up a hot water bag.
A few seconds later rapping on Ella’s door quietly, she said, “Its open!”

Walking in, as she lay across the bed still holding her back and he comes closer then reached
it to Ella that smiled.
“Aw thought you could use this”, and she took it placing it right against her back, as he smiled.

Feeling warmth that relieved the pain, Ella looking at him, said, “Feels nice, thanks a lot
Sebastian”, and his heart pounded, he replied, “Not a problem”, then walked out fast.

Stood a moment outside her closed door leaning back against the wall breathing heavily.
Ella in her bed pulled her blue jogging pants down a bit and placed the very warm water bag
snug to her back.

All of a sudden, Brenda screamed, “OH LORD NO!”
Paul Gene threw his bills on the floor, as he heard Brenda scream and Sebastian runs fast into
the kitchen after hearing his mother scream.

She was bended over the kitchen sink crying and splashing water all to her faint face,
mumbling, “Let me drown Lord, because my boys with them nasty females, oh take me”.
Paul Gene with Sebastian looked at Saul and Shane both hanging their guilty heads.

Furthermore, noticed their necks covered in big bright red love bites along with scratches.
Brenda was literally heaving and rushed out of the kitchen, heading to the bathroom
gagging,, as Paul Gene gave his two boys such a frightening look and curled his fist.
He said, “Sebastian scram now, go do anything, just get out of here”.
That Wiley boy took off fast.

The other two Wiley boys really hung their heads like the cat who swallowed the canary.
Paul Gene looked more at their bitten up necks from those two females that are suing them for
custody and Paul Gene, saw red more than Brenda over his boy’s despicable acts.
In the bathroom Brenda holding a wet washcloth up to her face when Ella comes into the
bathroom and saw Brenda crying.
Brenda put the washrag down quickly and said, “Hey darling, how you feeling?”

Raising her bright red eyebrows, “Maybe I should ask you that”, replied Ella.
Brenda at that point after such a crazy shocking day which keeps getting more weird was about
to lose it.
“No girl, I am perfect”, Giggling.

Ella thought sure you are, then said, “I’ll let you alone, I am thirsty”.
She went to turn around and leave, instantly throwing the washrag, Brenda loudly said,
“KITCHEN NO!” Grabbing onto Ella who said, “Gee Brenda, guess it has been a hot day”.
“Yeah it has been hotter than you’ll ever know or I want you too”.
“I would like some apple juice, it’s good vitamins for my condition”.

Brenda gives such a sad look at what her boy has done and the poor girl cannot even get a drink.
Still holding onto Ella looking sad, Brenda blurted out, “Oh darling there are two big rats in the
kitchen right as we speak”.

Ella’s eyes become huge and replied, “Their diseased”.
“Well hopefully these rats were smart, playing it safe”.
Ella rolled her eyes thinking, poor Brenda got heat stroke, because she is worried about rodents.

“Brenda rats are bad animals”.
Shaking her head almost off, she replied, “Yeah wild creatures too”.
Ella felt like the one that needed the washcloth and Brenda added, “Nah their really nasty
critters is a better word for those two”, she held up two fingers mumbling, “Oh both at the same
time?”

Ella shrugged saying, “Yuck they do bite”, two is worse than one, it’s a losing struggle”.
Speedily , Brenda grabbed the washcloth back off the floor putting it up to her whole face saying,
“Oh I bet it was no struggle, just right to the punch line, those rats, ew!”

“Gee poor Brenda is cracking up over rats”.

 

Soaked the washcloth Brenda instantly held it back up to her beat red face.

Looking at Brenda ready to collapse, Ella mumbled, “I’m getting confused here”.
Brenda over heard her and thought, Ella girl you would really say yuck if you knew what I did
about two giant rats.
Watching Brenda now scrubbing her face hard, Ella said,
“We got to get those nasty rodents gone”.

Behind the cloth Brenda replied, “Nasty rodents is mild from what they both done tonight”.
Setting the cloth down Brenda looked mad just bobbing her head holding two fingers back up.
Ella raised her eyebrows and said, “Oh Brenda try to calm down, you can set some traps”.

Swinging the washcloth Brenda replied, “Yeah well I am not worried, because Paul Gene’s
putting an end to the two low down rats”.
Ella gave her a hug saying, “See things work out in the long run”.

At that point, Brenda broke down crying heavily and Ella hugged her, patting her back.
Suddenly, jumped from yells that sounded painful.
“Ouch paw!”
“Aw heck I am twenty”,
“Owe okay paw get the picture here”,
“OUCH!”
“You’re breaking my arm”.
“Owe paw I didn’t say nothing”.

In a flash, Brenda threw the washcloth in the sink and said, “I am relieved Paul Gene trapped
those two rats got um good”.
Ella replied, “Thank goodness, because I am dehydrating”. Brenda hugged her tightly, as they
smiled.
Much later that night, about midnight the Wiley’s were all in their bedrooms.
Paul Gene was reading a magazine in bed, as Brenda sat on the end of their bed rubbing lotion
on her hands.

He was under the handmade patchwork quilt when she asked, “I don’t really want to know
what happened with our boys?”
“Nope maw, no need to start boiling, you got a tan now because of your heat rise”.
She crawled into bed pulling the covers up to her tightly.

“You don’t have to tell me really, because see I’m like you, I know it all”.
Paul Gene grinned from behind the magazine.
“I know my boys done a very bad sexual act”.

“Ew!”
“Maw better burn more candles you spoke the forbidden word again”.
Tossing in the bed, she nervously asked again, “Both at once, really Paul?”

Set the magazine down and said, “Heck woman you must be upset, you never call me Paul
except at forbidden times”, wiggles his eyebrows.

Waving her hand said, “Oh hush”, and he said, “It’s been a long day try to get some sleep baby”.
She smiled turning over under the covers and Paul Gene reached over shutting the lamp off on
the nightstand.

Brenda started giggling in the dark asking, “Paul Gene is that you?”
“Yeah I am an honest boy, got to hush you up somehow”, when Brenda calmed down, but it did
not keep her quiet, as she quietly cried Paul in a gasping row breathless.

Exactly thirty minutes later after one heated up day, it still did not end and boiled over.
Out in the living room, stood three yawning Wiley boys looking onto the fourth yawning and
Ella hollering in his face.
“How could you do this to me, oh my god your dirt like them,” cried Ella completely devastated.
Paul Gene with Brenda stood there in shock again, and yawn.

The other two family members were arguing hot and heavy, as Ella was literally pushing Saul.
That actually went to shove her back and Paul Gene said, “Ah, stop right there boy”.
In flowing tears Ella cried out, “Why do you hurt me like this, what gives you the right to break
my heart always, by cheating, I’m sick of it”.

Saul hung his head when Ella walked right up to him and said, “Remember what you once told
me, that you’d never break my heart, well you sure did”, tears rolled down her face and Saul
looked at her and said, “Aw I don’t what to say Ella except sorry”.
“Sorry huh, you liar!”

Saul stood there hanging his head and Ella with her hand placed against her heart said,
“You’ve ripped my heart apart, shattered it, now torn to shreds, Wiley”, as she cried.
Brenda hung her head feeling bad and the boys all felt bad, because this was awful of Saul that
looked at heartbroken Ella and said, “I feel bad about hurting you”.
“No you don’t”, tapping her foot on the floor.
“Yes I do”.
“Really you keep doing it”. She just looked at him with the rest of the family and he added,
“I won’t no more”.

Folding her arms, Ella said, “What a liar, you’ve told me that before then turn around hurting
me some more, each time it gets worse”.
Moving forward Saul went to touch her and she pushed him back saying, “Seriously, you just
slept with some other woman, get away from me with your bitten up neck”.

Saul hung his head and Ella asked, “How many has there been Saul since we been together?”
He was silent, putting her hand up Ella added, “Doesn’t matter, I’d rather not know, I hurt
enough thanks to you”, rushed away crying and the family heard her down the hallway, “He
never loved me”, and Saul hung his head shaking it.

Shaking his head, Paul Gene said, “ Saul, you hurt that girl bad, all I’m gonna say is you better
make things right with her, the baby is coming soon, this is no way to behave”.
Silently Saul just stood there hanging his head and Paul Gene said, “You hear me talking to you
boy?”
“Yes, I heard paw”. Expressionless then went walking away and Paul Gene yelled, “Straighten
your act up boy”.
Walking down the hallway, Saul stopped by Ella’s closed door, leaned his head against it,
hearing her crying and said, “I’m sorry Ella, they don’t know a secret, but I sure do”, tears hit the
floor and walked away.

The rest of the family walked down the hallway heading to their bedrooms and Shane said, “Aw
this is my fault”, Brenda paused snatching onto the back of his t-shirt asking, “What boy?”
“Yeah, I had plans with Dana’s mom then Saul shows up hooking up with Dana”.
Chapter 17.

Brenda puts her hand against her chest saying, “Oh what a relief”, the three boys look at her, she
added, “Well I thought something different”. Paul Gene winked at her and they all went to their
bedrooms.