She stopped at the door and he wondered what she was waiting for, because everything that had ever been between them had ended.
Finally she turned back to look at him and he couldn't believe the tears that ran down her face.
"Why couldn't you grow up, Bobby? Why couldn't you become a man? I loved you, but I couldn't keep loving a man I didn't respect and I haven't respected you in a long time."
He found himself smiling sadly at her.
"I guess the old folks were smarter than we thought, Gail. You remember, my grandfather, your grandfather, all your friends. Everybody told us we'd never last, that we just came from two different worlds. We knew better though, didn't we? What do kids know?"
He tried to hold onto the smile as he felt his vision blur.
"But I'm not sorry we tried, Gail, you hear me. Even now, I'm not sorry we tried to make it work."
Then she was gone.
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Punch in the stomach
One of those stories that is just like a punch in the stomach, takes all the wind out of your sails. Feels over the top, like it can't happen until it does.
Normally I Enjoy DQS1's Work
But this story sucked.
Total waste of time.
"Do it for me Bobby"
"Why didn't you ever grow up?"
Two mutually exclusive comments made by Gail in the last two paragraphs.
Total shit.
Low marks.
Huh??
What happened here??? I thought there was a story somewhere? Guess i missed it. So what happens now? Does this continue in another segment? I´m done with this writer.
never would have signed that paper
RUBBISH
THAT'S ALL THE REASONS FOR HIM NOT TO SIGN ! !
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