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Click hereLaura, John, Marge and Myra stood with Pastor Neuman as everyone filed out, many shaking their hands or hugging them, some apologizing, and some avoiding them. Harold Abramson shook all their hands. Stacey Abramson stopped for a second and glared at Laura, then walked right on by. People agreed it was a grand stunt to get them welcomed back into the church, and that was what Stacey told Harold afterwards, "It was just a stunt." The congregation agreed they'd never before had a showman like Pastor Neuman.
And maybe it didn't mean anything. We'll see.
End.
- COMMENTS
Anonymous3 days agoMuch deeper, realistic, well-thought than most of the LW cartoonish crap most of writers write. Reconciliation it's not an easy path and you successfully showed that,
leofric3525 days agoAn’t say it better than @legacybad. Great story and actually I was looking for a last chapter with redemption and reconciliation. Thank you for hard work
Legacybad28 days agoDamn, this was a whirlwind, of emotion pain and despair. Very well written. I enjoy stories that explore emotion and reaction to different situations and events. The part of the counselor or therapist it wqs a bit weird for me, she didnt seem very good and felt that she was a little over the place, but meh, I get the story is not about that. For a short time I almost, almost stop reading when things got cruel, I really tought he was gone through the rabbit hole, but Im glad I kept reading, is not that I wanted a happy ending, but I do like conclusions one way or another, and I bought the reconciliation, I think it was well done and had a good arc.(Even if it was a bit short). Even if Marge and George dont really show up a lot in the story is interesting to me how you portrayed very differently the reactions amd actions on the fout people involved. Marge seem a bit resigned and even a little relieved ( I dont mean happy) John and Laura stepped on the edge and look down the abyss in different ways. And managed to come back even if as different people. George just got pulled down by the dark void of it. Very good story. 5/5
desecration29 days agoLaura is a deranged sociopath who enjoys the situation when it is about her. Pastor Neuman and the psychotherapist are parasites, as usual.
silentsound29 days agoSecond time through to examine Laura more closely.
She seemed to just have been a truly rotten person at the point of her affair.
Someone that was simply a disgusting and unforgivable backstabber.
She served some penance but it's interesting to speculate if she will ever have a chance to redeem herself.
Olefishermanabout 1 month agoMaybe some people can get by cheating but having grown up during the period after wII Ijust never saw it. I did see the families destroyed. Once a cheater alway one.
26thNCabout 1 month agoI’ve known a few pastors like like Preacher Neuman. They can be very effective. After the beginning of this story, the last thing I expected was a RAAC. Still an excellent story.
Anonymousabout 2 months agoBy far the best posting in LW for quite some time. Introspective and intelligent with real angst, grief and true emotion. This deserves a wider audience than it will likely get. Can’t wait for your next effort.
JoeBetterBNice2 months agoI saw another chapter had been added after the 5th chapter that I thought killed the story. I had enough interest in the original premise to see what it was about, but enough distaste from the last chapter to only give it a quick read, only skimmed it. I didn't rate the story, b/c I skimmed most of it. However, the writer is reponsible for taking an awesome start to a story, and interesting characters, and turning it into something I had to force myself to skim through for a sense of completion. This is a skilled writer that just didn't deliver a satisfying conclusion. And I don't mean that the story was wrong b/c it was a (maybe) reconciliation, but rather, as portrayed, the characters don't seem to have much reason for reconciling, aside from shared kids. A good reconciliation story paints a picture of the reasons for the reconciliation. This story still mostly had me feeling the wife was mostly portrayed as being sorry she was caught (and the consequences of being caught), not sorry about what she did.
