Today's a sunny day and it's getting warmer, again, so, this should make you, feel good inside. And if you are now working for the Kiosk, I hope, that you are getting the most out of your job, and love working for Kaliedoscope. And put all you can into your job, and concentrate on doing your job right, so, that Matt and all the rest of the employers like the job coaches will be pleased with your work.
Joke for the Day-What kind of walk can't you go on because you'll end up getting cooked? A Chinese walk (wok).
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
THOUGHTS AND JOKE FOR THE DAY BY CHERYL V.
IT WAS JUST MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND; I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAD THE HEART TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE MEN, WHO HAVE BEEN OVER THERE IN IRAQ, FIGHTING FOR PEACE. ALSO, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET DONE SO, AT LEAST, HONOR THOSE ALL THOSE VETERANS, WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN PLACES LIKE, ESPECIALLY, VIETNAM OVER THE YEARS.
JOKE FOR THE DAY: WHAT IS GREEN AND HAS BUMPS AND RED? A TOAD IN A BLENDER.
JOKE FOR THE DAY: WHAT IS GREEN AND HAS BUMPS AND RED? A TOAD IN A BLENDER.
TAKING A TRIP ON A RV-CHAPTER IV BY CHERYL V.-
TAKING A TRIP IN AN RV-CHAPTER IV
As Susan crawled into her bed, she’s in deep thought, again, “Don’t know what’s going to happen to my love for Andy now. It, probably, will fade away into the darkness. I’m feeling quite empty inside, as though, he never has been my lover to begin with. I’m not feeling any more desire for him, tonight, and I doubt whether he is anymore either like I was when Andy walked inside the cottage after his boat ride. Also, then, he had his usual lovely smile until Mike told him, that me and him were getting fresh with each other.”
Andy is trying to fall asleep himself, and can’t seem to get Susan off his mind. He’s feeling guilty inside for believing what Mike said to him, and he, really, is realizing, now, Mike likes Susan. However he doesn’t know, that Mike told him, a lie about him and Susan being in the couch bed, doing anything else other than watching television.
Andy’s in deep thought, jus lying on his bed, in the late hours of the night, “Didn’t as much kiss Susan, goodnight. What I fool I’ve been tonight. Realize jus how much I love her, and all that desire I’ve been having for her. Badly, want to make love to her, however I can’t get myself to give into her, tonight, although, I know she wants to do it.”
Andy doesn’t realize that he didn’t make any effort to kiss Susan, good night. Neither did he offer to make love to her. And he, badly, wants to make love to Susan; however he can’t get himself to give into her. So, he doesn’t know that Susan is lying there in her bedroom in bed, awake, staring at the full moon, coming into her room. And the tears seem to keep welling up in her eyes, jus in her thinking about her love for Andy, and how much she’s missing his love.
She’s saying to herself like if she’s in a dreamlike state, “Boy, do I wish Andy was in bed with me right now. He’s, probably, mad at me and believed what Mike told him, tonight, and it’s one big white lie. Can’t believe Andy’ brother would pull such a thing on me.”
Susan is thinking about getting a job and moving out of the vicinity, and not see Andy anymore, so, she can get him off her mind for good. She has got to get him out of her life. Also, he’s, probably, already, falling out of love being he hasn’t spoke one word to her, since; he came inside from his boat ride.
“Maybe, I’d better take that job offer; I had, lately, to start writing articles for the news.”
The next morning, Mike, Andy, and Susan went in the RV to see Cher Bear, and by that time, she’s recovered enough to take her back to the cottage. And she jus had a complete physical jus before they all arrived back over at the hospital. And to the doctor, all her physical signs seem to be back to normal. So, as Andy picked up her discharge papers from the desk, the others waited inside the RV. And Cher Bear is glad to see Andy again, because to her, he, always, has treated her like a blood sister.
So, an orderly took Cher Bear over to the RV in a wheelchair, since, it is a long walk over to the RV. And Andy jus followed the orderly and Cher Bear over to the RV. Once, Andy helped Cher Bear inside, he, then, eased her over to where one of the beds were, and said to Mike.
“Now, watch Cher Bear until we get back to the cottage. She needs a lot of rest, yet, and it would be nice if you could watch her for us for the day and into the night to make sure, she’s taking her medication. Also, we have to make sure, that her medication is working for her because she can’t afford to keep having seizures.”
Once, Andy arrived back over at the cottage, and pulled the RV into the driveway, Andy and Susan hopped out of the vehicle. However Mike stayed with Cher Bear, especially, being she appeared to be in a daze again.
So, they all arrived inside the cottage, then, Mike led Cher Bear over to a couch bed. “Now, Cher Bear stay there in bed and get some rest. You need all the rest, you can get.”
And he has to watch her being if she doesn’t come out of her daze in a few hours, then, Andy or Mike has to call the hospital doctor to see what they should do with her. However, although, Mike stayed at her side throughout the day into the night when the evening came around, she was acting unresponsive again. Mike couldn’t even get through to her, that she has to eat at regular intervals, at least, three meals a day, to keep up her strength.
Then, as Mike walked downstairs, and got Andy being that because he worked over at the clubhouse, a prerequisite for his job was to know how to do CPR, and take all the vital signs which he had a bag for doing so.
However upon taking her pulse and blood pressure, both were quite low. So, he did a lot of CPR on her, and gave her, some dopamine; however it didn’t do a darn thing for her. About a half hour later, she coded, and as Andy took her pulse again, her skin was cold, and she, definitely, has a pale look on her face.
In knowing that she’s dead, Andy, suddenly, has tears, rolling down his face, and his face is red as a beet. So, he couldn’t help himself to get either Mike or Susan at this time because he’s in deep thought, “Oh, my poor girl, I wonder if that daze, Mike told me about, really, meant she had been in a coma. Is doesn’t matter now anymore because I’ve jus lost a good friend, and one who used to be like a blood sister to me.”
After a few minutes of crying it all out, he, finally, got him together. Then, he walked downstairs, and over to the kitchen, where Mike is starting to get lunch for Cher Bear. However upon seeing a sad look on Andy’s face, knew right away, that Cher Bear isn’t in the best state.
So, Mike stopped what he’s doing, and said to Andy, “It isn’t my Cher Bear, is it? I figured that something could be wrong when we picked her up from the hospital. Why didn’t her doctor, tell me, or at least, one of the nurses, that she had been in bad shape? I’m going to sue the doctor and nurse, whoever took care of her why she was in the hospital. If they sensed something wrong, why did they even let her be discharged? They couldn’t have been keeping a good eye on her while she had been there.”
Then, Andy is all choked up, so, immediately, Mike knew for sure that Cher Bear’s state isn’t good at all. So, as Andy burst into tears, he, still, led him upstairs to where she’s lying on Susan’s bed with her eyes closed. And as Andy and Mike approached her, Mike murmured to himself as he bent over her.
“My dear Cher Bear, why did this have to happen to you? Why did you have to leave me like this? My girl, I’m going to miss you, terribly, and don’t know what I’m going to do without you in my life now,” he said as he bent over her, and kissed her on the cheek. Then, as Susan had joined them upstairs because she had a feeling, that something was wrong, they all stood over her for what seemed like an hour, however had come to be only a few minutes.
Then, they all jus knelt down beside the bed, and as Mike and Andy took her hand on one side of the bed, while Susan took her hand on the other side, they all jus wanted to pay their last respects to her. That’s, especially, because there isn’t a cemetery close enough to the cottage, or even a funeral home. So jus after they all were through with what they were doing, Andy walked over to his room, and closed the door while he called the mortuary closest to the cottage.
And her body got picked up, an hour later, she had been taken over to the mortuary, and an autopsy had been done on her which revealed all the medication which she had been on while in the hospital. And the autopsy report was revealed to Andy over the phone, that six medications had been found in her system along with an overdose of Morphine which she, always, had been allergic to. And the Morphine, alone, is what caused her not to be able to come out of her daze, and then, caused a coma which, evidently, killed her.
Mike’s so mad after what was revealed in the report that he murmured to himself, “That hospital, I wish she, Cher Bear, never was taken there in the first place. That darn doctor or nurse, whoever prescribed Morphine for her, I think had meant to kill her. That darn doctor I bet knew, she was allergic to Morphine, and intentionally, caused her death. I’m going to see, that the doctors who waited on her in the hospital, are sued for every penny, they have and lose their jobs there too.”
So, then, Mike couldn’t cope with not having Cher Bear in his life, and then, he waited until Susan and Andy had gone outside on a boat ride, and were out of the way. Then, the rifle which Mike brought with him for hunting, he got out of the drawer near where he has been sleeping on a couch bed. And then, he made sure, that the rifle was loaded, and then, he shot himself to death.
While Andy and Susan are on their boat ride, inside her, Susan, still, has this yearning for Andy’s body, “Can’t seem to get him off my mind. And as he’s driving the boat, his arm is brushing against mine. And I think he’s doing it on purpose. He’s sitting so closely to me. That slight brushing seems to be making me, go wild, giving me, that burning desire for his body.”
However Susan doesn’t realize it, she’s resisting this desire. Because she still is made at him for believing Mike’s white lie, it’s causing her to feel quite numb inside. So, she doesn’t know if it’s because his love for is fading, or if he’s losing trust in her because he saw her, lying with Mike on the couch bed lately.
So, finally, after going around the lake for about a half hour, Andy pulled the boat into the dock, and to Susan’s surprise, he started to brush his chest against her as he got out of the boat. However he drew back, and then, as he followed Susan up the steps to the cottage again, she couldn’t figure out why he’s doing this to her.
She’s in deep thought, “What’s going on with Andy, lately? Is it because Cher Bear died, that he’s acting so strange around me? Or is it jus that he doesn’t seem to love me like he used to?”
So, she jus felt unsatisfied, and this wasn’t a good feeling to her at all.
As the two arrived up the steps, and as Andy arrived inside the cottage, he has a shocked look on his face, and is feeling all choked up inside. He can’t believe his eyes; Mike is jus lying there on his bed, however he doesn’t seem like he’s sleeping either. To Andy’s surprise, he knows, there’s something fishy about Mike at this time.
He, usually, isn’t sleeping on the couch bed at this time of day; also, Andy is acting like he’s seen a ghost. To Susan, as she followed him inside, his face is so pale, and he’s not acting like himself either. Also, he jus picked a gun up from on the couch bed, and as he checked the gun, it is, still, loaded with bullets.
To Susan, Andy said, “There’s something strange about Mike here. Here I find a loaded gun, lying next to him on this couch bed, and there is blood all over his shirt. I jus felt his pulse, and he’s seemingly, stone dead. I hate to tell you this, Susan, however I think it was jus too much for him to see Cher Bear dead. It looks like he went ahead, and jus, purposely, shot himself to death with his hunting rifle.”
As he said all this to Susan, the cat has her tongue, and she can’t even say one word. She, literally, fell down on the carpet, and fainted. So, then, Andy leaned over her, and then, carried her upstairs to her bed. As he arrived there, he, gently, laid her on the bed, and then, walked over to the bathroom, upstairs. And out of the bathroom, he retrieved a glass of cold water while Susan is starting to come to again.
As he arrived inside her bedroom, she said to him, “What in the world happened to me jus now? First, I noticed you, look as pale as a ghost, and finding Mike’s hunting rifle on his bed all covered with blood and his shirt too. And the next thing, I knew all the blood seemed to go out of my head. And here, I’m lying on my bed, feeling lightheaded and kind of funny inside. What do you think happened, Andy?”
“Well, I think it was that you couldn’t stand the sight of blood for one thing. And it happened to be too much for you to see Mike, lying on that couch bed downstairs all covered with blood. Upon seeing him in that state, I thought I would end up on the floor too beside you. However it’s a good thing that I didn’t because I could have landed on top of you. Are you alright, my dear? You didn’t hurt yourself, did you, my dear?”
“No, I feel like I’m alright except I’m kind of shaken up from seeing Mike, the ways he appears to be. I was jus too much for me to take; first, Cher Bear died, and then, we come back to the cottage from our boat ride, and find Mike, stone dead. It’s as if the devil planned it, this way.”
“Please don’t say that, my dear Susan. And don’t get silly, and try to commit suicide, yourself either. It’s bad enough that both Cher Bear and Mike died right at the cottage here. I don’t want to lose you now either. Are you having any thoughts of killing yourself, at all, right now, or planning to take your life, my dear?”
“No, Andy, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. It’s you that we have to worry about at this time. You, still, seem to be pale. Maybe, you’d better lay down on your bed for about an hour or so? I can take care of myself, Andy. I know that it’s quite shocking for both of us to have two people, which we both loved as sister and brother, go before our very eyes. I don’t want anything to happen to you now. Now, do you feel lightheaded or anything right now?”
“No, my dear, I’m quite able to cope with deaths of loved ones, and have had these coping skills for some time. Even when I had been younger, I’ve lost many hunting buddies, back then, being that I’ve been hunting for many years. So, I’m used to losing people, I, really, cared about or loved for that matter. It’s you I’m worried about because you jus fainted on the floor, downstairs.”
“I’ve become jus like you. I can handle any deaths of friends or loved ones, which come along, especially, Cher Bear’s and Mike’s death. I’m built very strong inside; jus remember that.”
“It’s going to be hard to rest right now because I have to get hold of the mortuary again, and do it quick before any of the neighbors happen to drop over. And I don’t want this to happen because if any of them do, they jus might call the police on us, and get the wrong impression, that one of us murdered Mike. So, as soon as I call the mortuary, I’ll lie down and get some rest.”
About an hour later, when she, finally, got out of her bed, and walked downstairs, Mike, finally, had been taken away to the mortuary. However the whole couch bed is missing, and, so, then, Susan took a walk outside. And sure enough, Andy had taken the whole couch bed apart. And then, so, that there would be no evidence would be left of a suicide, Andy had taken the RV down to the city dumpster in the dark.
And upon walking back inside the cottage, she couldn’t figure out where Andy could be as she couldn’t seem to find him anywhere upstairs or downstairs for that matter. So, she mumbled to herself, “It isn’t like him to go anywhere without telling me where he’s going for that matter. And he doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the lake, and his boat isn’t missing.”
As she walked over to where the RV is at, she jus happened to feel cool air coming out of the RV, so she thought, “I bet Andy is inside the RV. I’d better go inside and check on him because before he appeared to be quite pale-looking. I jus hope he’s alright because I would become hopeless without him in my life.”
So, then, Susan, slowly, opened the door on the side of the RV, and as she sneaked inside and closed the door, she walked through the RV. And as she approached where the beds are at, she jus happened to notice, at least, a case of beer near one of the beds. And she’s shocked to see him, lying on one of the beds with beer cans all over the floor of the RV.
As she walked up to him, she got the feeling inside her, that she should do something, immediately. She walked over to the cabinet where he keeps his instant coffee which he, usually, drinks while on a trip in the RV. And then, she walked over to him with a hot but not real strong cup of coffee in his favorite black Harley-Davidson mug, and gently, tried to get him to wake up.
Through tapping him on the arm, he woke up, and couldn’t even talk to her without mumbling, so, she knew right away that he’s as drunk as a skunk.
So, she said to him, “Come on, my honey, and please drink some coffee. I don’t know what you’ve been doing out here, or how long you’ve been out here. However you need some coffee in you to get the drunkenness out of you.” She didn’t care if the cops came, and took him away to jail jus because she was disgusted with his drinking at this point.
So, then, he drank the whole cup of coffee, black, and without any resistance, allowed her to help him, sit up in bed. Then, because it is evening now, and it’s getting dark, she said to him.
“Well, I think, you’d better try to sleep for the rest of the night because it’s getting late. Don’t you move from here? I’ll stay with you inside the RV for the rest of the evening. Is there anything, you want me to get for you?”
“There’s only one thing, that I need right now.”
“And what may that be, honey?”
“You’re all I need. I need you in bed right beside me, all night long. I want you to sleep with me.”
“Are you serious? You’re not jus saying this because you’re drunk, are you now?”
“No, in fact, I don’t feel drunk after that coffee, you jus gave me. And never forget, that I love you and always will for that matter. There’s something I want to start discussing with you.”
“Are you sure you want to get serious jus after two of our loved ones have died inside that cottage of yours?”
“Remember this, my dear; there have been deaths in the family. However life has to go on. You jus can’t stop living because two people, you loved, dearly, have gone from your life. If you need to cry, then, let it all come out. Don’t hold anything back because it could cause you to have a setback what you, really, don’t need because you’ve spent most of your life, building up all that strength.
“Now what’s the very first thing, you have in need right now. By the expression on your face, I’m sure you want me to, at least, hold and kiss you. However don’t be surprised if I back off because I don’t know if you love you anymore. You must let me know right now, or I can’t go ahead and give into my feelings anymore.”
“Okay, do what you need to do, then, because Cher Bear and Mike have jus left us. So, first, sit down on the bed with me, and let’s have our own mourning ritual. We have to pray hard, especially, for Mike, so that those two will see Heaven, and not get caught between two worlds.”
“What’s important to me right now is that now that I’m done praying for Mike and Cher Bear. Now you must make the first move, because I, really, don’t know what you want anymore of me. After Mike told you, I was getting fresh with him in bed, do you believe that anymore, or are you going to listen to what I have to say?”
However Andy wouldn’t answer her, nor would he take her by the hand. So, then, Susan jus figured, that he, still, believed what Mike had told him about her and him being together in the couch bed, that one day.
However jus now, she noticed that he looked like he was sleeping, so, then, she jus tried to let it, slip her mind that he wanted to get serious with her. In fact, he was faking it, that he wanted anything from her.
So, then, she jus figured, he had been awake all night long, drinking, and that was the only thing, he cared about anymore. To her, it seemed like he had drawn into himself, so she thought as she went over to the other bed, and plopped herself on it.
“I guess that Andy jus doesn’t seem to care for me anymore. And jus because Mike told him, a lie about him and me, he doesn’t seem to act like it was a lie in the first place. In fact, I think that Andy thinks now that Mike and I had something going between us. Andy can’t seem to get this out of his mind because he’s feeling distraught over his brother’s sudden death. And it seems like his brother’s death, has turned him into someone, who isn’t himself anymore. It has caused him to forget, that he ever loved or even cared for me at one time.”
Susan did manage to fall asleep about a couple hours later, however it turned out to be a fitful sleep. And she didn’t sleep well for the rest of the night or into the morning either. In fact she had a nightmare, that Andy’s brother, Mike, somehow, never was dead to begin with. And that in her dream, he sat up in the couch bed, which is missing in the cottage. And then, it, really, didn’t seem to be missing anymore because he came alive, and then, while Susan has been sleeping in her bed upstairs in the cottage, he walked up the stairs, and upon reaching her room, crawled into bed with her. So, that Andy would catch the two in bed again, and think that the two, really, had something going together.
However as Andy saw her and Mike in bed together, she, suddenly, awoke, and jus realized that Mike wasn’t in bed with her. She jus sat there right in bed, trying to gain back her composure, and trying to convince herself, that Mike, still, is dead. As she noticed Andy wasn’t sleeping in the other bed, she got up out of the bed; she had been sleeping in all night long. And then, she jus happened to notice a bunch of beer cans, strewn all over the other bed being in a big heap.
As she walked around outside the cottage, thinking that Andy was outside, somewhere near the cottage, suddenly, she noticed that he was walking down the steps, of course, with a can of beer in his right hand. And as she caught up with him, she kind of yelled out to him, “What in the world, are you up to, this morning, Andy?—did you eat breakfast, this morning, yet?”
However he kept walking down the steps like he’s ignoring, or not jus aware, that he’s walking beside her. And she followed him until he reached the boat. So, when, he, finally, stopped near the boat, seemingly, in a daze, or jus in his own world, only then, is he aware that she’s standing on the dock with him.
Then, he has enough sense to put down his can of beer, however he jus stared into her eyes, and then, jus brushed against her as he started walking towards the cottage again. Jus in him, kind rubbing himself against her, made her, feel this burning desire for him, however it remained unsatisfied because he didn’t even stop to as much as give her, a kiss, although, he did give her, this big hug.
As Susan crawled into her bed, she’s in deep thought, again, “Don’t know what’s going to happen to my love for Andy now. It, probably, will fade away into the darkness. I’m feeling quite empty inside, as though, he never has been my lover to begin with. I’m not feeling any more desire for him, tonight, and I doubt whether he is anymore either like I was when Andy walked inside the cottage after his boat ride. Also, then, he had his usual lovely smile until Mike told him, that me and him were getting fresh with each other.”
Andy is trying to fall asleep himself, and can’t seem to get Susan off his mind. He’s feeling guilty inside for believing what Mike said to him, and he, really, is realizing, now, Mike likes Susan. However he doesn’t know, that Mike told him, a lie about him and Susan being in the couch bed, doing anything else other than watching television.
Andy’s in deep thought, jus lying on his bed, in the late hours of the night, “Didn’t as much kiss Susan, goodnight. What I fool I’ve been tonight. Realize jus how much I love her, and all that desire I’ve been having for her. Badly, want to make love to her, however I can’t get myself to give into her, tonight, although, I know she wants to do it.”
Andy doesn’t realize that he didn’t make any effort to kiss Susan, good night. Neither did he offer to make love to her. And he, badly, wants to make love to Susan; however he can’t get himself to give into her. So, he doesn’t know that Susan is lying there in her bedroom in bed, awake, staring at the full moon, coming into her room. And the tears seem to keep welling up in her eyes, jus in her thinking about her love for Andy, and how much she’s missing his love.
She’s saying to herself like if she’s in a dreamlike state, “Boy, do I wish Andy was in bed with me right now. He’s, probably, mad at me and believed what Mike told him, tonight, and it’s one big white lie. Can’t believe Andy’ brother would pull such a thing on me.”
Susan is thinking about getting a job and moving out of the vicinity, and not see Andy anymore, so, she can get him off her mind for good. She has got to get him out of her life. Also, he’s, probably, already, falling out of love being he hasn’t spoke one word to her, since; he came inside from his boat ride.
“Maybe, I’d better take that job offer; I had, lately, to start writing articles for the news.”
The next morning, Mike, Andy, and Susan went in the RV to see Cher Bear, and by that time, she’s recovered enough to take her back to the cottage. And she jus had a complete physical jus before they all arrived back over at the hospital. And to the doctor, all her physical signs seem to be back to normal. So, as Andy picked up her discharge papers from the desk, the others waited inside the RV. And Cher Bear is glad to see Andy again, because to her, he, always, has treated her like a blood sister.
So, an orderly took Cher Bear over to the RV in a wheelchair, since, it is a long walk over to the RV. And Andy jus followed the orderly and Cher Bear over to the RV. Once, Andy helped Cher Bear inside, he, then, eased her over to where one of the beds were, and said to Mike.
“Now, watch Cher Bear until we get back to the cottage. She needs a lot of rest, yet, and it would be nice if you could watch her for us for the day and into the night to make sure, she’s taking her medication. Also, we have to make sure, that her medication is working for her because she can’t afford to keep having seizures.”
Once, Andy arrived back over at the cottage, and pulled the RV into the driveway, Andy and Susan hopped out of the vehicle. However Mike stayed with Cher Bear, especially, being she appeared to be in a daze again.
So, they all arrived inside the cottage, then, Mike led Cher Bear over to a couch bed. “Now, Cher Bear stay there in bed and get some rest. You need all the rest, you can get.”
And he has to watch her being if she doesn’t come out of her daze in a few hours, then, Andy or Mike has to call the hospital doctor to see what they should do with her. However, although, Mike stayed at her side throughout the day into the night when the evening came around, she was acting unresponsive again. Mike couldn’t even get through to her, that she has to eat at regular intervals, at least, three meals a day, to keep up her strength.
Then, as Mike walked downstairs, and got Andy being that because he worked over at the clubhouse, a prerequisite for his job was to know how to do CPR, and take all the vital signs which he had a bag for doing so.
However upon taking her pulse and blood pressure, both were quite low. So, he did a lot of CPR on her, and gave her, some dopamine; however it didn’t do a darn thing for her. About a half hour later, she coded, and as Andy took her pulse again, her skin was cold, and she, definitely, has a pale look on her face.
In knowing that she’s dead, Andy, suddenly, has tears, rolling down his face, and his face is red as a beet. So, he couldn’t help himself to get either Mike or Susan at this time because he’s in deep thought, “Oh, my poor girl, I wonder if that daze, Mike told me about, really, meant she had been in a coma. Is doesn’t matter now anymore because I’ve jus lost a good friend, and one who used to be like a blood sister to me.”
After a few minutes of crying it all out, he, finally, got him together. Then, he walked downstairs, and over to the kitchen, where Mike is starting to get lunch for Cher Bear. However upon seeing a sad look on Andy’s face, knew right away, that Cher Bear isn’t in the best state.
So, Mike stopped what he’s doing, and said to Andy, “It isn’t my Cher Bear, is it? I figured that something could be wrong when we picked her up from the hospital. Why didn’t her doctor, tell me, or at least, one of the nurses, that she had been in bad shape? I’m going to sue the doctor and nurse, whoever took care of her why she was in the hospital. If they sensed something wrong, why did they even let her be discharged? They couldn’t have been keeping a good eye on her while she had been there.”
Then, Andy is all choked up, so, immediately, Mike knew for sure that Cher Bear’s state isn’t good at all. So, as Andy burst into tears, he, still, led him upstairs to where she’s lying on Susan’s bed with her eyes closed. And as Andy and Mike approached her, Mike murmured to himself as he bent over her.
“My dear Cher Bear, why did this have to happen to you? Why did you have to leave me like this? My girl, I’m going to miss you, terribly, and don’t know what I’m going to do without you in my life now,” he said as he bent over her, and kissed her on the cheek. Then, as Susan had joined them upstairs because she had a feeling, that something was wrong, they all stood over her for what seemed like an hour, however had come to be only a few minutes.
Then, they all jus knelt down beside the bed, and as Mike and Andy took her hand on one side of the bed, while Susan took her hand on the other side, they all jus wanted to pay their last respects to her. That’s, especially, because there isn’t a cemetery close enough to the cottage, or even a funeral home. So jus after they all were through with what they were doing, Andy walked over to his room, and closed the door while he called the mortuary closest to the cottage.
And her body got picked up, an hour later, she had been taken over to the mortuary, and an autopsy had been done on her which revealed all the medication which she had been on while in the hospital. And the autopsy report was revealed to Andy over the phone, that six medications had been found in her system along with an overdose of Morphine which she, always, had been allergic to. And the Morphine, alone, is what caused her not to be able to come out of her daze, and then, caused a coma which, evidently, killed her.
Mike’s so mad after what was revealed in the report that he murmured to himself, “That hospital, I wish she, Cher Bear, never was taken there in the first place. That darn doctor or nurse, whoever prescribed Morphine for her, I think had meant to kill her. That darn doctor I bet knew, she was allergic to Morphine, and intentionally, caused her death. I’m going to see, that the doctors who waited on her in the hospital, are sued for every penny, they have and lose their jobs there too.”
So, then, Mike couldn’t cope with not having Cher Bear in his life, and then, he waited until Susan and Andy had gone outside on a boat ride, and were out of the way. Then, the rifle which Mike brought with him for hunting, he got out of the drawer near where he has been sleeping on a couch bed. And then, he made sure, that the rifle was loaded, and then, he shot himself to death.
While Andy and Susan are on their boat ride, inside her, Susan, still, has this yearning for Andy’s body, “Can’t seem to get him off my mind. And as he’s driving the boat, his arm is brushing against mine. And I think he’s doing it on purpose. He’s sitting so closely to me. That slight brushing seems to be making me, go wild, giving me, that burning desire for his body.”
However Susan doesn’t realize it, she’s resisting this desire. Because she still is made at him for believing Mike’s white lie, it’s causing her to feel quite numb inside. So, she doesn’t know if it’s because his love for is fading, or if he’s losing trust in her because he saw her, lying with Mike on the couch bed lately.
So, finally, after going around the lake for about a half hour, Andy pulled the boat into the dock, and to Susan’s surprise, he started to brush his chest against her as he got out of the boat. However he drew back, and then, as he followed Susan up the steps to the cottage again, she couldn’t figure out why he’s doing this to her.
She’s in deep thought, “What’s going on with Andy, lately? Is it because Cher Bear died, that he’s acting so strange around me? Or is it jus that he doesn’t seem to love me like he used to?”
So, she jus felt unsatisfied, and this wasn’t a good feeling to her at all.
As the two arrived up the steps, and as Andy arrived inside the cottage, he has a shocked look on his face, and is feeling all choked up inside. He can’t believe his eyes; Mike is jus lying there on his bed, however he doesn’t seem like he’s sleeping either. To Andy’s surprise, he knows, there’s something fishy about Mike at this time.
He, usually, isn’t sleeping on the couch bed at this time of day; also, Andy is acting like he’s seen a ghost. To Susan, as she followed him inside, his face is so pale, and he’s not acting like himself either. Also, he jus picked a gun up from on the couch bed, and as he checked the gun, it is, still, loaded with bullets.
To Susan, Andy said, “There’s something strange about Mike here. Here I find a loaded gun, lying next to him on this couch bed, and there is blood all over his shirt. I jus felt his pulse, and he’s seemingly, stone dead. I hate to tell you this, Susan, however I think it was jus too much for him to see Cher Bear dead. It looks like he went ahead, and jus, purposely, shot himself to death with his hunting rifle.”
As he said all this to Susan, the cat has her tongue, and she can’t even say one word. She, literally, fell down on the carpet, and fainted. So, then, Andy leaned over her, and then, carried her upstairs to her bed. As he arrived there, he, gently, laid her on the bed, and then, walked over to the bathroom, upstairs. And out of the bathroom, he retrieved a glass of cold water while Susan is starting to come to again.
As he arrived inside her bedroom, she said to him, “What in the world happened to me jus now? First, I noticed you, look as pale as a ghost, and finding Mike’s hunting rifle on his bed all covered with blood and his shirt too. And the next thing, I knew all the blood seemed to go out of my head. And here, I’m lying on my bed, feeling lightheaded and kind of funny inside. What do you think happened, Andy?”
“Well, I think it was that you couldn’t stand the sight of blood for one thing. And it happened to be too much for you to see Mike, lying on that couch bed downstairs all covered with blood. Upon seeing him in that state, I thought I would end up on the floor too beside you. However it’s a good thing that I didn’t because I could have landed on top of you. Are you alright, my dear? You didn’t hurt yourself, did you, my dear?”
“No, I feel like I’m alright except I’m kind of shaken up from seeing Mike, the ways he appears to be. I was jus too much for me to take; first, Cher Bear died, and then, we come back to the cottage from our boat ride, and find Mike, stone dead. It’s as if the devil planned it, this way.”
“Please don’t say that, my dear Susan. And don’t get silly, and try to commit suicide, yourself either. It’s bad enough that both Cher Bear and Mike died right at the cottage here. I don’t want to lose you now either. Are you having any thoughts of killing yourself, at all, right now, or planning to take your life, my dear?”
“No, Andy, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. It’s you that we have to worry about at this time. You, still, seem to be pale. Maybe, you’d better lay down on your bed for about an hour or so? I can take care of myself, Andy. I know that it’s quite shocking for both of us to have two people, which we both loved as sister and brother, go before our very eyes. I don’t want anything to happen to you now. Now, do you feel lightheaded or anything right now?”
“No, my dear, I’m quite able to cope with deaths of loved ones, and have had these coping skills for some time. Even when I had been younger, I’ve lost many hunting buddies, back then, being that I’ve been hunting for many years. So, I’m used to losing people, I, really, cared about or loved for that matter. It’s you I’m worried about because you jus fainted on the floor, downstairs.”
“I’ve become jus like you. I can handle any deaths of friends or loved ones, which come along, especially, Cher Bear’s and Mike’s death. I’m built very strong inside; jus remember that.”
“It’s going to be hard to rest right now because I have to get hold of the mortuary again, and do it quick before any of the neighbors happen to drop over. And I don’t want this to happen because if any of them do, they jus might call the police on us, and get the wrong impression, that one of us murdered Mike. So, as soon as I call the mortuary, I’ll lie down and get some rest.”
About an hour later, when she, finally, got out of her bed, and walked downstairs, Mike, finally, had been taken away to the mortuary. However the whole couch bed is missing, and, so, then, Susan took a walk outside. And sure enough, Andy had taken the whole couch bed apart. And then, so, that there would be no evidence would be left of a suicide, Andy had taken the RV down to the city dumpster in the dark.
And upon walking back inside the cottage, she couldn’t figure out where Andy could be as she couldn’t seem to find him anywhere upstairs or downstairs for that matter. So, she mumbled to herself, “It isn’t like him to go anywhere without telling me where he’s going for that matter. And he doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the lake, and his boat isn’t missing.”
As she walked over to where the RV is at, she jus happened to feel cool air coming out of the RV, so she thought, “I bet Andy is inside the RV. I’d better go inside and check on him because before he appeared to be quite pale-looking. I jus hope he’s alright because I would become hopeless without him in my life.”
So, then, Susan, slowly, opened the door on the side of the RV, and as she sneaked inside and closed the door, she walked through the RV. And as she approached where the beds are at, she jus happened to notice, at least, a case of beer near one of the beds. And she’s shocked to see him, lying on one of the beds with beer cans all over the floor of the RV.
As she walked up to him, she got the feeling inside her, that she should do something, immediately. She walked over to the cabinet where he keeps his instant coffee which he, usually, drinks while on a trip in the RV. And then, she walked over to him with a hot but not real strong cup of coffee in his favorite black Harley-Davidson mug, and gently, tried to get him to wake up.
Through tapping him on the arm, he woke up, and couldn’t even talk to her without mumbling, so, she knew right away that he’s as drunk as a skunk.
So, she said to him, “Come on, my honey, and please drink some coffee. I don’t know what you’ve been doing out here, or how long you’ve been out here. However you need some coffee in you to get the drunkenness out of you.” She didn’t care if the cops came, and took him away to jail jus because she was disgusted with his drinking at this point.
So, then, he drank the whole cup of coffee, black, and without any resistance, allowed her to help him, sit up in bed. Then, because it is evening now, and it’s getting dark, she said to him.
“Well, I think, you’d better try to sleep for the rest of the night because it’s getting late. Don’t you move from here? I’ll stay with you inside the RV for the rest of the evening. Is there anything, you want me to get for you?”
“There’s only one thing, that I need right now.”
“And what may that be, honey?”
“You’re all I need. I need you in bed right beside me, all night long. I want you to sleep with me.”
“Are you serious? You’re not jus saying this because you’re drunk, are you now?”
“No, in fact, I don’t feel drunk after that coffee, you jus gave me. And never forget, that I love you and always will for that matter. There’s something I want to start discussing with you.”
“Are you sure you want to get serious jus after two of our loved ones have died inside that cottage of yours?”
“Remember this, my dear; there have been deaths in the family. However life has to go on. You jus can’t stop living because two people, you loved, dearly, have gone from your life. If you need to cry, then, let it all come out. Don’t hold anything back because it could cause you to have a setback what you, really, don’t need because you’ve spent most of your life, building up all that strength.
“Now what’s the very first thing, you have in need right now. By the expression on your face, I’m sure you want me to, at least, hold and kiss you. However don’t be surprised if I back off because I don’t know if you love you anymore. You must let me know right now, or I can’t go ahead and give into my feelings anymore.”
“Okay, do what you need to do, then, because Cher Bear and Mike have jus left us. So, first, sit down on the bed with me, and let’s have our own mourning ritual. We have to pray hard, especially, for Mike, so that those two will see Heaven, and not get caught between two worlds.”
“What’s important to me right now is that now that I’m done praying for Mike and Cher Bear. Now you must make the first move, because I, really, don’t know what you want anymore of me. After Mike told you, I was getting fresh with him in bed, do you believe that anymore, or are you going to listen to what I have to say?”
However Andy wouldn’t answer her, nor would he take her by the hand. So, then, Susan jus figured, that he, still, believed what Mike had told him about her and him being together in the couch bed, that one day.
However jus now, she noticed that he looked like he was sleeping, so, then, she jus tried to let it, slip her mind that he wanted to get serious with her. In fact, he was faking it, that he wanted anything from her.
So, then, she jus figured, he had been awake all night long, drinking, and that was the only thing, he cared about anymore. To her, it seemed like he had drawn into himself, so she thought as she went over to the other bed, and plopped herself on it.
“I guess that Andy jus doesn’t seem to care for me anymore. And jus because Mike told him, a lie about him and me, he doesn’t seem to act like it was a lie in the first place. In fact, I think that Andy thinks now that Mike and I had something going between us. Andy can’t seem to get this out of his mind because he’s feeling distraught over his brother’s sudden death. And it seems like his brother’s death, has turned him into someone, who isn’t himself anymore. It has caused him to forget, that he ever loved or even cared for me at one time.”
Susan did manage to fall asleep about a couple hours later, however it turned out to be a fitful sleep. And she didn’t sleep well for the rest of the night or into the morning either. In fact she had a nightmare, that Andy’s brother, Mike, somehow, never was dead to begin with. And that in her dream, he sat up in the couch bed, which is missing in the cottage. And then, it, really, didn’t seem to be missing anymore because he came alive, and then, while Susan has been sleeping in her bed upstairs in the cottage, he walked up the stairs, and upon reaching her room, crawled into bed with her. So, that Andy would catch the two in bed again, and think that the two, really, had something going together.
However as Andy saw her and Mike in bed together, she, suddenly, awoke, and jus realized that Mike wasn’t in bed with her. She jus sat there right in bed, trying to gain back her composure, and trying to convince herself, that Mike, still, is dead. As she noticed Andy wasn’t sleeping in the other bed, she got up out of the bed; she had been sleeping in all night long. And then, she jus happened to notice a bunch of beer cans, strewn all over the other bed being in a big heap.
As she walked around outside the cottage, thinking that Andy was outside, somewhere near the cottage, suddenly, she noticed that he was walking down the steps, of course, with a can of beer in his right hand. And as she caught up with him, she kind of yelled out to him, “What in the world, are you up to, this morning, Andy?—did you eat breakfast, this morning, yet?”
However he kept walking down the steps like he’s ignoring, or not jus aware, that he’s walking beside her. And she followed him until he reached the boat. So, when, he, finally, stopped near the boat, seemingly, in a daze, or jus in his own world, only then, is he aware that she’s standing on the dock with him.
Then, he has enough sense to put down his can of beer, however he jus stared into her eyes, and then, jus brushed against her as he started walking towards the cottage again. Jus in him, kind rubbing himself against her, made her, feel this burning desire for him, however it remained unsatisfied because he didn’t even stop to as much as give her, a kiss, although, he did give her, this big hug.
THE DAY THE FERRET DIED BY CHERYL V.
THE DAY, THE FERRET DIED
Today, May 26, 2008, I went into the garage to check on the ferret.
And as shocking as it was to me,
I found the ferret, dead, with its neck caught underneath
One side of the cage, and it appeared
Like its neck was broken
And jus seeing the ferret
Lying there in its cage, motionless
It seemed to me that it was alive at first
I don’t know if I was seeing things
But to me, it looked like the ferret,
Was opening and closing at least one of its eyes
So, I thought it was jus in a coma at first
But checking on it later on
It still hadn’t moved at all
So I had to face the face
That the poor ferret must have been dead since last night
Last night, the guys who live in the group home
Where I am living at the present time
Must have, accidentally, set the cage edge
Over the ferret without realizing it
And thinking that, although, he tried to get out of the cage
That after positioning the cage over the box
Which the ferret used to sleep in
Which box was filled with shreds of paper?
And had turned out to be his favorite box
I know that one of the guys
Didn’t kill the ferret on purpose
But still it really hurts inside
That the ferret is gone
Although I know it is in animal Heaven
It still bothers me a lot
That he’s no longer alive even though it’s out of its suffering
I used to take care of the animal
And made sure it had food and water, every morning
Also, the animal always was as cuddly as a stuffed toy
I thought that he was a cute fellow
So I miss the poor animal jus like a baby
To me, he was like a member of the family
And now that he’s gone even though having been dead for hours
I jus don’t know what to do with myself
I have felt like I’ve been in mourning
That was ever since I noticed it dead, this afternoon
For one thing, I know he’s happy in animal Heaven
And that should be making me
Feel good inside all around in my inner being
But right now I am finding it hard
In trying to cope with the animal’s death
And on top of this, one of the cats, Mittens,
I’ve noticed, crying over the poor ferret’s death
I know she can sense he’s no longer alive
In fact, the cat spent the whole morning
Sleeping the day away
And one time when I walked over to her
Sitting in her favorite chair in the garage
I could tell that she was crying
She, actually, has been having tears in her eyes
And ever since I said some comforting words to her
She must have realized
I was trying to make her feel better
Because since that moment, I talked to her
She’s been walking around outside
Like she, usually, does on such a nice day
But I noticed her, walking over to one of the guys
I was sitting at the picnic table with
And she rubbed her body against his arm
And I’m sure she’s trying to tell him
That one of her favorite friends has hit the bucket
Today, May 26, 2008, I went into the garage to check on the ferret.
And as shocking as it was to me,
I found the ferret, dead, with its neck caught underneath
One side of the cage, and it appeared
Like its neck was broken
And jus seeing the ferret
Lying there in its cage, motionless
It seemed to me that it was alive at first
I don’t know if I was seeing things
But to me, it looked like the ferret,
Was opening and closing at least one of its eyes
So, I thought it was jus in a coma at first
But checking on it later on
It still hadn’t moved at all
So I had to face the face
That the poor ferret must have been dead since last night
Last night, the guys who live in the group home
Where I am living at the present time
Must have, accidentally, set the cage edge
Over the ferret without realizing it
And thinking that, although, he tried to get out of the cage
That after positioning the cage over the box
Which the ferret used to sleep in
Which box was filled with shreds of paper?
And had turned out to be his favorite box
I know that one of the guys
Didn’t kill the ferret on purpose
But still it really hurts inside
That the ferret is gone
Although I know it is in animal Heaven
It still bothers me a lot
That he’s no longer alive even though it’s out of its suffering
I used to take care of the animal
And made sure it had food and water, every morning
Also, the animal always was as cuddly as a stuffed toy
I thought that he was a cute fellow
So I miss the poor animal jus like a baby
To me, he was like a member of the family
And now that he’s gone even though having been dead for hours
I jus don’t know what to do with myself
I have felt like I’ve been in mourning
That was ever since I noticed it dead, this afternoon
For one thing, I know he’s happy in animal Heaven
And that should be making me
Feel good inside all around in my inner being
But right now I am finding it hard
In trying to cope with the animal’s death
And on top of this, one of the cats, Mittens,
I’ve noticed, crying over the poor ferret’s death
I know she can sense he’s no longer alive
In fact, the cat spent the whole morning
Sleeping the day away
And one time when I walked over to her
Sitting in her favorite chair in the garage
I could tell that she was crying
She, actually, has been having tears in her eyes
And ever since I said some comforting words to her
She must have realized
I was trying to make her feel better
Because since that moment, I talked to her
She’s been walking around outside
Like she, usually, does on such a nice day
But I noticed her, walking over to one of the guys
I was sitting at the picnic table with
And she rubbed her body against his arm
And I’m sure she’s trying to tell him
That one of her favorite friends has hit the bucket
ESSAY BY CHERYL V.-WHEN I WAS YOUNG
ESSAY BY CHERYL VERBEKE
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
When I was young, I met this French guy through a singles club
At first, I thought he was a real nice guy
However after I got to know him, this proved to be wrong
I don’t know how I ever fall in love with him
However one of the reasons could have been
That he grew on me awful quickly
At first, I thought I really loved him
However I think it’s this darkness which he set around me
Once, he fell in love with me, I knew right away
That there couldn’t be any pulling away from him
Because from the first time, I ever met this guy
He acted as though he owned me out of lust
And this lust really wasn’t good love at all
In fact once I realized, he loved me
I wanted to get rid of him in my live
Because he mostly wanted me jus to use me
I don’t think he really loved me in the real sense
I think it mostly was that all he wanted from me was sex
And he never considered my feelings for him at any time
In fact I don’t think I ever had any real feelings for him
If I didn’t give him when he demanded it from me
Then he would treat me like dirt and abuse me
I mean he really turned violet towards me at those times
Like I’ve already mentioned, all he wanted to do was use me
Not even once during my relationship with him, did he ever act
Like he really loved and cared for me at any time
The kind of relationship I had with him when I was going with him
Was the type that never developed into a loving one?
Since he always wanted to use and act like he always owned me
Our relationship never prospered and when the time came
That he had to move out of state to another area
Jus because he ended up getting stationed in Kalamazoo
Then when he had to leave me when he moved out of state
Jus because he had been in the National Guard
And we never saw each other again after he moved out of Michigan
So, when that time came by only after he left me for good
Did I realize that somehow he must have forced me?
To fall in love with him because it seemed that every night
I would slip more into this fantasy world with David Soule
Jus because I couldn’t handle being away from this French guy
Although I knew from my heart
That our love for each other never could have been real
So, I ended up buying every tape of this singer/actor, David Soule
And at least for about four years, although, my mom got help for me
I couldn’t stop crying for days and nights on end
Only when I fell deeply in a fantasy world with this one singer/actor
Did I find that I had been able to cope with my feelings?
And I continued to be in this fantasy world for years
Until, finally, I was able to get a hold of myself
And start facing the fact, that this one French guy
Had used me, the whole time, I had been in a relationship with him
Although, all that time, it never had been a healthy one
And there had been no way
That it ever could have been a good one for me
Because the whole time, I went steady with this French guy
All he ever did, was own me and use me, the whole time
I had been going with this French guy
And my inner world had always been a horrible one
In which he had been responsible for in making it turn out this way
Partly, because he actually had forced me
To go steady with him, and wouldn’t allow me
To see any other guy because he thought I was all his
And he also had forced me to get engaged to him
And also he would have forced me into an abusive marriage
If he hadn’t had to leave me like he had and move out of state
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
When I was young, I met this French guy through a singles club
At first, I thought he was a real nice guy
However after I got to know him, this proved to be wrong
I don’t know how I ever fall in love with him
However one of the reasons could have been
That he grew on me awful quickly
At first, I thought I really loved him
However I think it’s this darkness which he set around me
Once, he fell in love with me, I knew right away
That there couldn’t be any pulling away from him
Because from the first time, I ever met this guy
He acted as though he owned me out of lust
And this lust really wasn’t good love at all
In fact once I realized, he loved me
I wanted to get rid of him in my live
Because he mostly wanted me jus to use me
I don’t think he really loved me in the real sense
I think it mostly was that all he wanted from me was sex
And he never considered my feelings for him at any time
In fact I don’t think I ever had any real feelings for him
If I didn’t give him when he demanded it from me
Then he would treat me like dirt and abuse me
I mean he really turned violet towards me at those times
Like I’ve already mentioned, all he wanted to do was use me
Not even once during my relationship with him, did he ever act
Like he really loved and cared for me at any time
The kind of relationship I had with him when I was going with him
Was the type that never developed into a loving one?
Since he always wanted to use and act like he always owned me
Our relationship never prospered and when the time came
That he had to move out of state to another area
Jus because he ended up getting stationed in Kalamazoo
Then when he had to leave me when he moved out of state
Jus because he had been in the National Guard
And we never saw each other again after he moved out of Michigan
So, when that time came by only after he left me for good
Did I realize that somehow he must have forced me?
To fall in love with him because it seemed that every night
I would slip more into this fantasy world with David Soule
Jus because I couldn’t handle being away from this French guy
Although I knew from my heart
That our love for each other never could have been real
So, I ended up buying every tape of this singer/actor, David Soule
And at least for about four years, although, my mom got help for me
I couldn’t stop crying for days and nights on end
Only when I fell deeply in a fantasy world with this one singer/actor
Did I find that I had been able to cope with my feelings?
And I continued to be in this fantasy world for years
Until, finally, I was able to get a hold of myself
And start facing the fact, that this one French guy
Had used me, the whole time, I had been in a relationship with him
Although, all that time, it never had been a healthy one
And there had been no way
That it ever could have been a good one for me
Because the whole time, I went steady with this French guy
All he ever did, was own me and use me, the whole time
I had been going with this French guy
And my inner world had always been a horrible one
In which he had been responsible for in making it turn out this way
Partly, because he actually had forced me
To go steady with him, and wouldn’t allow me
To see any other guy because he thought I was all his
And he also had forced me to get engaged to him
And also he would have forced me into an abusive marriage
If he hadn’t had to leave me like he had and move out of state
Friday, May 23, 2008
Thoughts and Joke for the Day by Cheryl V.
Always think happy thoughts because sad thoughts, only, tend to get you down, and every time, a sad thought happens to come into your mind, try to push it out of your mind. If that doesn't seem to work, then, if you have a radio or CD player, put on some pleasant music to cheer you up.
Joke for the Day-How does a psychiatrist screw in a light bulb. He jus does it!
Joke for the Day-How does a psychiatrist screw in a light bulb. He jus does it!
novel-Taking a Trip in an RV by Cheryl V.-Chapter III-for comments-email: cherbear 1950@yahoo.com
TAKING A TRIP IN AN RV-CHAPTER III
And soon everyone was fast asleep, however, as usual, Susan happened to have a very frightening nightmare into the wee morning hours. And because she couldn’t stand sleeping alone after having one, she walked into Andy’s bedroom, and crawled into the bed with him. As she arrived in his bedroom, she sounded desperate, “My, my, my, Andy, that is some nightmare, I jus had.”
Then, he said to her, half asleep, “Come on in and crawl in bed with me. I’ll calm you down in no time at all.” And since, he could sehse her being in his bedroom, although, he’s in a middle of a dream about making love to Susan, he, then, pulled her over on top of him. And as he did, she calmed down, and she stayed on his double bed for the rest of the morning until the two happened to wake up in the morning.
In the meantime, since, neither Susan nor Andy were sleeping, downstairs, neither Cher Bear nor Mike liked sleeping on a hard couch bed. So, then, Mike and Cher Bear awoke during the late hours of the night.
As Cher Bear got up out of the other couch bed, she said to Mike, “Boy, Mike, I can’t seem to sleep on that couch bed. It feels like it’s as hard as a rock. Move over, I’m going to join you.” And then, Cher Bear crawled into bed with Mike after Mike got a mattress from the RV. And as he came inside the cottage, again, he and Cher Bear slept on it on one of the couch beds until they both woke up in the morning.
Since, Cher Bear happened to be the first one to wake up, when she woke up, she wasn’t, fully, awake. So, without anyone knowing about it, she started sleepwalking out the back door of the cottage, and as she arrived outside, even the slight chill in the air didn’t wake her up. So, she continued sleepwalking, and did so into the woods nearby.
After Mike woke up in the morning, he turned shocked not to see Cher Bear, lying on the mattress with him. And he checked the whole first floor, and still, couldn’t find the whereabouts of her. So, then, both Susan and Andy happened to come down the stairs of the cottage, and upon hearing them, walking down the stairs, Mike walked up to them, and asked both of them.
“Have either of you see Cher Bear upstairs at all, last night or this morning? Because she wasn’t downstairs when I woke up jus now And I have no idea where she could be because I didn’t even hear her; get up in the middle of the night which, she, probably, could have done.”
“First, I have to ask you, what is the mattress doing inside the cottage? That mattress is supposed to stay outside in the RV.”
“I had to bring the mattress inside, because I couldn’t sleep on the couch bed,” not mentioning, that Cher Bear had been sleeping it with him.
“Okay, I understand why you couldn’t sleep on any of the couch beds, last night. However one of us have to call the police in this area because Cher Bear could be anywhere around this cottage. Or she even, could have wandered off into the woods. So, you, Mike, start getting breakfast ready, like the toast and eggs, and I’ll make a phone call.”
So, while Mike’s getting the breakfast, Andy got his cell phone out of the RV, and then, said to Mike, “Are you sure, you didn’t hear her, leave the cottage during the night or early morning?”
“No, I didn’t, Andy. If I did, I would have awakened , right away, and started searching for Cher Bear. I jus hope, she didn’t have any seizure, and then, start sleepwalking out one of the doors, last night or this morning.”
As Susan helped Mike with the breakfast, then, Andy got a hold of the police, and as the Captain answered the phone, Andy said to him, “Hello, we have a big problem, here, over on Hall Street. And I am calling from a cottage right on Runyan Lake. There’s a young woman, twenty-three years old with long brown hair, and a tall build, missing, since, early this morning. None of us here at the cottage, have any idea, where she might have gone, and the only thing, we can come up with, is that she could have had, a seizure.”
Then, the Captain said to him, “Are you sure, she had a seizure, or are you jus assuming, that’s what happened to her?”
“All I can say, is that if she did, she, probably, went sleepwalking out the door, and, since, she never knows where she’s going when she’s sleepwalking, she could have either taken off into the woods, here. Or she could have walked down the stairs to the lake, and possibly, have drowned in the lake.”
Then, after talking with the Captain, Andy said to Susan and Mike, “I’ll have to run over to the police station, and file a missing person’s report on Cher Bear. Since, the skies look threatening; don’t attempt to even go outside for that matter; or even attempt to go swimming because jus going outside can be very dangerous when near the lake.”
Then, Susan remarked, “I’m, really, getting scared, and don’t know what to do. I jus hope, that she’s alright, wherever she is.”
Then, Andy continued, “Thunderstorms can be very threatening at a lake, so, jus eat your breakfast. And I grabbed an energy bar and some coffee, already, so don’t worry about me. If the phone rings, be sure to answer it, because it could be one of the police, who are looking for Cher Bear. And don’t answer the door while I’m gone unless one of you looks through the peek hole, and a guy in a cop uniform comes to the door. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”
So, then, Andy grabbed another cup of coffee out of the cottage, he walked out the front door, and into the RV. Being that the roads close to the cottage, were dirt roads, he didn’t speed off like he, usually, does. He’s worried about Cher Bear, however he has to take his time, so, he doesn’t lose traction on the dirt roads on the way to the police station.
Once, Andy reached the police station, he walked right inside the building, and went, directly, to the Captain. Once, seated down beside him, he gave the Captain, what information, he could on Cher Bear and from that, the Captain filed a missing person’s report.
So, Andy said to him, “What I can tell you are that Cher Bear had a tendency to sleepwalk, occasionally, during the night. And this I, only, found out, lately, being that she lives with her parents. And neither Mike nor I have seen the way, she acts after a seizure. In fact, all the time either my brother or I have known her, about three years; she never has had a seizure over at the house where my brother and I live.”
“Well, what happens when she’s sleepwalking? Does she see her aura at that time?’
“Whenever, she, usually, feels like she’s having an aura, she never takes any chnce to walk down the street to see my brother, Mike, although, the two are close friends. And as long as I’ve known her, myself, I never have seen her, have a seizure. So, I’m not certain if she even had a seizure while at the cottage at all. However I do know that they’re pretty well under control.”
Jus as Andy is talking to the Captain, his phone rang, so, as he answered the phone, he said to Andy, “Well, apparently, one of the police has found her in the woods near your cottage. And at this time, to the cop, she appears to be in a daze which could be a sign of her being in a coma; also, she appears to be unresponsive.”
“Oh no, that could be bad. Are you sure, she’s in a coma right now?”
“It’s jus that she seems to be out of it, which means she’s been found to be in a coma. So, you and your friends can come to the hospital where she’s being taken, and don’t worry about anything. She, probably, has had a seizure, and the cop could be wrong about her being in a coma. She may jus be unresponsive jus because she had a seizure, and could be in a deep sleep. So, you know where it’s located, don’t you?”
“Yes, I do, Captain, because there’s been other times in which we have had to see someone there at the hospital.”
At the same time, this is on Andy’s mind, “In fact, jus this last fall during the hunting season, and my brother got shot while hunting down deer with me. And I called an ambulance, and he got there jus in time because he had been bleeding profusely at the time. And through emergency surgery, the surgeons were able to stop the bleeding, and save his life. However that one was a close call.”
“Okay,” said the Captain, “You and your brother and Susan are the only ones who can be allowed to see her now. Hope everything goes good for Cher Bear because like I said, she could have slipped into a coma. Now, go back to your cottage, and pick up Mike and Susan, and then, go right to the hospital which isn’t far from here. Get there as soon as you can because in her condition, it’s possible that she could be in a life and death situation right now.”
So, then, Andy ran into the RV close to tears, and, actually, sped down the streets until he reached the dirt roads. When he did, he slowed down, and when he arrived at the cottage, a few minutes later, he ran into the cottage.
Then, he said to Susan and Mike, who were watching television when he got back to the cottage with teary eyes, “Well, at least, one of the cops called over at the police station. And he jus called when I was there jus now. However brace yourselves for this, especially, you, Mike, because one of the cops did find Cher Bear out in the woods, here. However the one, who found her jus now, doesn’t know if she’s jus unresponsive, or if she, actually, is in a coma. He suspects that she could have had a seizure while in the woods.”
“Well,” said Mike and Susan, close to tears, “Can we come with you now to see her?”
“That’s what I’m here to tell you two. Only family can come to see her, however since, the Captain knows you, Susan, from when Mike got shot, last fall, you can come with me. Okay, let’s all move quickly. We’d better get there at the hospital as soon as we can. She could be in a life and death situation right now.”
So, staying very quiet but close to tears, both Susan and Mike hopped into the RV with Andy. And he drove them all to the hospital, and once, they arrived there, they all ran into the hospital and over to the emergency department.
As they arrived there, Andy said to the woman at the desk, “We are all here
to see Cher Bear Pauley. Please tell us what room, she’s in. The cop told us, that we all are allowed to see her, even Susan, who’s a good friend of mine.”
“Okay,” said the woman at the desk, “Take this hall all the way down, and follow the red arrow until you reach the first room. She’s in there right now. Her condition is very critical at this time. You all might not be allowed to see her very long because she’s so bad. However I’ll pray for Cher Bear for you.”
So, then, Andy along with Susan and Mike all were close to tears by now as they reached the room where Cher Bear is lying on a bed. And right now, she’s jus lying there like she’s unaware of what’s going on around her. However they jus all walked up to her, and although, there were tears, rolling down Mike’s cheeks; he took Cher Bear by the hand.
Then, he said to Cher Bear, “Oh, my dear, Cher Bear, I hope, you can hear me. I am very concerned for your well-being right now. I had no idea, that you even had any seizure, last night. I must have slept, very soundly, being that, usually, when you’ve had a seizure around me in the past at night during the nights, we slept together, it, usually, got me out of my sleep.”
As he talked to her, she seemed to move a little, and she even opened her eyes. However, Mike didn’t know if she’s sleeping, or, actually, in a coma. However the way, she opened and closed her eyes, was a definite sign, that she jus responded to Mike. Also, the minute, Mike took her hand, her arm and hand moved. So, at least, Mike knew she wasn’t in a coma right now.
Then, Mike said to her, “My dear woman, if you can hear me, nods your head.”
So, then, Cher Bear nodded her head, and this made Mike respond with a wry smile on his face.
Then, he said to her, “Cher Bear, now, I want you to say something to me if you can. If you can’t talk right now, don’t force yourself. You’re, probably, in a daze at this time, and I can understand that because you had a seizure, last night, and then, probably, had another one while being at the hospital.”
As soon as he talked to her, again, she opened her eyes, and, although, she couldn’t talk very much right now, she said to him, “I’m glad you’re here with me, and also, you, Andy and Susan because I think, I might have seen an aura, last night, jus after I had my nightmare.”
At that, a nurse walked into the room, and then, having overheard what Cher Bear has been saying to Mike, she, then, said to her, “Can you, by chance, remember seeing any aura jus before you woke up? I’ve got to know because if you did, I’ve got to administer more seizure medication through your IV.”
“Yes, nurse, I can remember one, very plainly. In fact, right after the aura, itself, I could hear Mike, talking to me; however I couldn’t respond to him right as he and his brother, Andy, and Susan walked into this room.”
“Okay, Andy and Susan and Mike, you all must leave the room for now. She has to get some rest being she jus is recovering from being in a daze. As far as we know, she’s been in one, ever since, the cop found her, lying in the woods.”
As they all left the room, Cher Bear, then, said to the nurse, “However I can’t seem to remember what the nightmare was all about. All I can remember is that the nightmare came upon me like pieces of a puzzle which didn’t quite fit together as far as coming to me as something, I can make out. But I can, at least, remember this much. After I had awakened from this nightmare, I can remember seeing a tree with no leaves on it with darkness all around it.”
“Okay, now, Cher Bear, that’s enough talking for now. You need some sleep, badly, to help you, recover from your seizures and daze. And I jus administered some potent medicine down your IV. So, it’s going to knock you out, shortly. And don’t try to fight the sleep. The deep sleep is an important part of your recovery.”
So, as soon as the nurse administered some Dilantin along with some Pheno Barbital and Ativan, Cher Bear took a few sips of her water. And in no time at all, she’s fast asleep.
Then, all her friends, Mike, Andy, and Susan, finally, had to leave Cher Bear being that she’s asleep. Also, she has to stay under observation for the rest of the day and through the night, too, partly, to catch up on her sleep. And while she’s sleeping, the medication will be able to take fast effect on her.
And jus before leaving her room, Mike left this note for Cher Bear for when she woke up, again, to make her, feel good inside, and to let her know, that he’s waiting, patiently, for her to get well.
And the note read, “My dear Cher Bear, I’ve been having you on my mind, ever since, I woke up this morning, and found out you were missing. You, really, scared me at first. I thought that, maybe, you were dead until I heard word from the Captain, that you were jus in a daze, not a come like I, first, heard. I guess that an angel must have been looking over you. Please get better fast, so, that you can join me for vacation. Your love, Mike.”
So, in the meantime, Andy along with Susan and Mike were on their way in the RV on their way back to the cottage.
Being that Andy was the only one who wanted to go down to the lake for a boat ride, he grabbed some lunch with Susan and Mike. Then, in the middle of the evening, he walked down all those steps, taking his time, so; he wouldn’t lose his grip on the steps. And as he reached the bottom of the steps, Mike happened to look out one of the back windows, and noticing he wasn’t in sight, then, said to Susan.
“Hey, Susan, why don’t you come with me to the living room, and there, we can relax, and watch a movie while Andy is going off in his boat. Or did you change your mind, and want to go with him?”
“I, really, don’t feel like going on a boat ride or even swimming for that matter. I would go swimming; however the skies are appearing to be threatening, again. And I don’t want to take any chance of getting hit by lightening, or slipping down the steps as it is starting to look like rain.”
“How does this sound, my dear? One of the couch beds, still, is open. Let’s lie down on that one, and relax and enjoy a movie.”
Although, Mike has something else on his mind, she didn’t know it at the time, so, she said to him, “That sounds like a good idea. By the way, we should keep a radio or television on during this kind of weather. You never know when a bad storm or even a tornado will come in from the lake out here.”
So, then, both Susan and Mike got comfortable on the couch bed closest to the television, and Mike jus happened to find a very interesting movie on television at this time. The two jus lay there, and got very absorbed in the movie; and while they were watching television, he took her hand which she didn’t seem to mind.
Then, about an hour later, Susan happened to overhear Andy talking to himself as he’s walking back up the steps from his boat ride, and saying to himself, “Boy, that turned out to be some boat ride. Those waves, certainly, were rough out there on the lake. And out of those clouds, poured some heavy rain, enough to get me somewhat wet for a while there.”
Then, as he reached the top steps, Susan jus happened to see him, ready, to come inside the cottage, so, she hopped off the couch bed. And as Andy walked inside, she, already, is on her way, upstairs to go inside her room, and do some yoga along with, maybe, reading the book, she brought along with her.
In the meantime, Andy said to Mike as he walked over to him, lying on the couch bed, “I see that you’re jus about ready for bed. And if you want, you can sleep on the mattress, again. However what have you been up to while I have been gone?”
“Well, Susan and I were lying on this couch bed, and watching a movie or two while we were getting fresh with each other. And after we got fresh with each other, we were feeling each other all over when you walked inside.”
“So, you and Susan have been up to no good. Wait until Cher Bear hears all about this. She isn’t going to like it too well.”
However Andy had no idea, that Mike is lying to him about he and Susan having a heck of a night on the couch bed. So, upon him, walking up the stairs, he walked over to Susan’s room, and once, inside, Andy said to her.
“What have you and Mike been up to tonight? He jus told me, that you two were doing a little more than watching television together. He told me that you two got fresh with each other, and then, were feeling each other all over. Well, I’ve found out enough from you. You don’t have to say one word. I know it all now.”
Susan is so choked up, that she can’t even say one word to Andy. It won’t do any good because she knows, that Andy jus believed what Mike told him about her and Mike, although, it wasn’t true. So, now, Mike could have jus ruined her relationship with Andy. He, probably, won’t even as much speak to her anymore.
So, then, Susan’s in deep thought, “Can’t believe that Andy, actually, believed what his own brother, told him about me and him being in that couch bed. Think he jus told his brother, a lie, jus because he has a liking to me. Well, although, it’ll, probably, kill Andy’s love for me, it won’t, in the least, make me turn to Mike for comfort, or even give into his liking for me.”
That night, Susan wasn’t the least bit surprised, that Andy ignored her, the rest of the night, and didn’t even offer or show his love for her in any way. In fact, he’s trying to best to bury it inside him, hoping that he can forget he ever loved her in the first place.
And soon everyone was fast asleep, however, as usual, Susan happened to have a very frightening nightmare into the wee morning hours. And because she couldn’t stand sleeping alone after having one, she walked into Andy’s bedroom, and crawled into the bed with him. As she arrived in his bedroom, she sounded desperate, “My, my, my, Andy, that is some nightmare, I jus had.”
Then, he said to her, half asleep, “Come on in and crawl in bed with me. I’ll calm you down in no time at all.” And since, he could sehse her being in his bedroom, although, he’s in a middle of a dream about making love to Susan, he, then, pulled her over on top of him. And as he did, she calmed down, and she stayed on his double bed for the rest of the morning until the two happened to wake up in the morning.
In the meantime, since, neither Susan nor Andy were sleeping, downstairs, neither Cher Bear nor Mike liked sleeping on a hard couch bed. So, then, Mike and Cher Bear awoke during the late hours of the night.
As Cher Bear got up out of the other couch bed, she said to Mike, “Boy, Mike, I can’t seem to sleep on that couch bed. It feels like it’s as hard as a rock. Move over, I’m going to join you.” And then, Cher Bear crawled into bed with Mike after Mike got a mattress from the RV. And as he came inside the cottage, again, he and Cher Bear slept on it on one of the couch beds until they both woke up in the morning.
Since, Cher Bear happened to be the first one to wake up, when she woke up, she wasn’t, fully, awake. So, without anyone knowing about it, she started sleepwalking out the back door of the cottage, and as she arrived outside, even the slight chill in the air didn’t wake her up. So, she continued sleepwalking, and did so into the woods nearby.
After Mike woke up in the morning, he turned shocked not to see Cher Bear, lying on the mattress with him. And he checked the whole first floor, and still, couldn’t find the whereabouts of her. So, then, both Susan and Andy happened to come down the stairs of the cottage, and upon hearing them, walking down the stairs, Mike walked up to them, and asked both of them.
“Have either of you see Cher Bear upstairs at all, last night or this morning? Because she wasn’t downstairs when I woke up jus now And I have no idea where she could be because I didn’t even hear her; get up in the middle of the night which, she, probably, could have done.”
“First, I have to ask you, what is the mattress doing inside the cottage? That mattress is supposed to stay outside in the RV.”
“I had to bring the mattress inside, because I couldn’t sleep on the couch bed,” not mentioning, that Cher Bear had been sleeping it with him.
“Okay, I understand why you couldn’t sleep on any of the couch beds, last night. However one of us have to call the police in this area because Cher Bear could be anywhere around this cottage. Or she even, could have wandered off into the woods. So, you, Mike, start getting breakfast ready, like the toast and eggs, and I’ll make a phone call.”
So, while Mike’s getting the breakfast, Andy got his cell phone out of the RV, and then, said to Mike, “Are you sure, you didn’t hear her, leave the cottage during the night or early morning?”
“No, I didn’t, Andy. If I did, I would have awakened , right away, and started searching for Cher Bear. I jus hope, she didn’t have any seizure, and then, start sleepwalking out one of the doors, last night or this morning.”
As Susan helped Mike with the breakfast, then, Andy got a hold of the police, and as the Captain answered the phone, Andy said to him, “Hello, we have a big problem, here, over on Hall Street. And I am calling from a cottage right on Runyan Lake. There’s a young woman, twenty-three years old with long brown hair, and a tall build, missing, since, early this morning. None of us here at the cottage, have any idea, where she might have gone, and the only thing, we can come up with, is that she could have had, a seizure.”
Then, the Captain said to him, “Are you sure, she had a seizure, or are you jus assuming, that’s what happened to her?”
“All I can say, is that if she did, she, probably, went sleepwalking out the door, and, since, she never knows where she’s going when she’s sleepwalking, she could have either taken off into the woods, here. Or she could have walked down the stairs to the lake, and possibly, have drowned in the lake.”
Then, after talking with the Captain, Andy said to Susan and Mike, “I’ll have to run over to the police station, and file a missing person’s report on Cher Bear. Since, the skies look threatening; don’t attempt to even go outside for that matter; or even attempt to go swimming because jus going outside can be very dangerous when near the lake.”
Then, Susan remarked, “I’m, really, getting scared, and don’t know what to do. I jus hope, that she’s alright, wherever she is.”
Then, Andy continued, “Thunderstorms can be very threatening at a lake, so, jus eat your breakfast. And I grabbed an energy bar and some coffee, already, so don’t worry about me. If the phone rings, be sure to answer it, because it could be one of the police, who are looking for Cher Bear. And don’t answer the door while I’m gone unless one of you looks through the peek hole, and a guy in a cop uniform comes to the door. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”
So, then, Andy grabbed another cup of coffee out of the cottage, he walked out the front door, and into the RV. Being that the roads close to the cottage, were dirt roads, he didn’t speed off like he, usually, does. He’s worried about Cher Bear, however he has to take his time, so, he doesn’t lose traction on the dirt roads on the way to the police station.
Once, Andy reached the police station, he walked right inside the building, and went, directly, to the Captain. Once, seated down beside him, he gave the Captain, what information, he could on Cher Bear and from that, the Captain filed a missing person’s report.
So, Andy said to him, “What I can tell you are that Cher Bear had a tendency to sleepwalk, occasionally, during the night. And this I, only, found out, lately, being that she lives with her parents. And neither Mike nor I have seen the way, she acts after a seizure. In fact, all the time either my brother or I have known her, about three years; she never has had a seizure over at the house where my brother and I live.”
“Well, what happens when she’s sleepwalking? Does she see her aura at that time?’
“Whenever, she, usually, feels like she’s having an aura, she never takes any chnce to walk down the street to see my brother, Mike, although, the two are close friends. And as long as I’ve known her, myself, I never have seen her, have a seizure. So, I’m not certain if she even had a seizure while at the cottage at all. However I do know that they’re pretty well under control.”
Jus as Andy is talking to the Captain, his phone rang, so, as he answered the phone, he said to Andy, “Well, apparently, one of the police has found her in the woods near your cottage. And at this time, to the cop, she appears to be in a daze which could be a sign of her being in a coma; also, she appears to be unresponsive.”
“Oh no, that could be bad. Are you sure, she’s in a coma right now?”
“It’s jus that she seems to be out of it, which means she’s been found to be in a coma. So, you and your friends can come to the hospital where she’s being taken, and don’t worry about anything. She, probably, has had a seizure, and the cop could be wrong about her being in a coma. She may jus be unresponsive jus because she had a seizure, and could be in a deep sleep. So, you know where it’s located, don’t you?”
“Yes, I do, Captain, because there’s been other times in which we have had to see someone there at the hospital.”
At the same time, this is on Andy’s mind, “In fact, jus this last fall during the hunting season, and my brother got shot while hunting down deer with me. And I called an ambulance, and he got there jus in time because he had been bleeding profusely at the time. And through emergency surgery, the surgeons were able to stop the bleeding, and save his life. However that one was a close call.”
“Okay,” said the Captain, “You and your brother and Susan are the only ones who can be allowed to see her now. Hope everything goes good for Cher Bear because like I said, she could have slipped into a coma. Now, go back to your cottage, and pick up Mike and Susan, and then, go right to the hospital which isn’t far from here. Get there as soon as you can because in her condition, it’s possible that she could be in a life and death situation right now.”
So, then, Andy ran into the RV close to tears, and, actually, sped down the streets until he reached the dirt roads. When he did, he slowed down, and when he arrived at the cottage, a few minutes later, he ran into the cottage.
Then, he said to Susan and Mike, who were watching television when he got back to the cottage with teary eyes, “Well, at least, one of the cops called over at the police station. And he jus called when I was there jus now. However brace yourselves for this, especially, you, Mike, because one of the cops did find Cher Bear out in the woods, here. However the one, who found her jus now, doesn’t know if she’s jus unresponsive, or if she, actually, is in a coma. He suspects that she could have had a seizure while in the woods.”
“Well,” said Mike and Susan, close to tears, “Can we come with you now to see her?”
“That’s what I’m here to tell you two. Only family can come to see her, however since, the Captain knows you, Susan, from when Mike got shot, last fall, you can come with me. Okay, let’s all move quickly. We’d better get there at the hospital as soon as we can. She could be in a life and death situation right now.”
So, staying very quiet but close to tears, both Susan and Mike hopped into the RV with Andy. And he drove them all to the hospital, and once, they arrived there, they all ran into the hospital and over to the emergency department.
As they arrived there, Andy said to the woman at the desk, “We are all here
to see Cher Bear Pauley. Please tell us what room, she’s in. The cop told us, that we all are allowed to see her, even Susan, who’s a good friend of mine.”
“Okay,” said the woman at the desk, “Take this hall all the way down, and follow the red arrow until you reach the first room. She’s in there right now. Her condition is very critical at this time. You all might not be allowed to see her very long because she’s so bad. However I’ll pray for Cher Bear for you.”
So, then, Andy along with Susan and Mike all were close to tears by now as they reached the room where Cher Bear is lying on a bed. And right now, she’s jus lying there like she’s unaware of what’s going on around her. However they jus all walked up to her, and although, there were tears, rolling down Mike’s cheeks; he took Cher Bear by the hand.
Then, he said to Cher Bear, “Oh, my dear, Cher Bear, I hope, you can hear me. I am very concerned for your well-being right now. I had no idea, that you even had any seizure, last night. I must have slept, very soundly, being that, usually, when you’ve had a seizure around me in the past at night during the nights, we slept together, it, usually, got me out of my sleep.”
As he talked to her, she seemed to move a little, and she even opened her eyes. However, Mike didn’t know if she’s sleeping, or, actually, in a coma. However the way, she opened and closed her eyes, was a definite sign, that she jus responded to Mike. Also, the minute, Mike took her hand, her arm and hand moved. So, at least, Mike knew she wasn’t in a coma right now.
Then, Mike said to her, “My dear woman, if you can hear me, nods your head.”
So, then, Cher Bear nodded her head, and this made Mike respond with a wry smile on his face.
Then, he said to her, “Cher Bear, now, I want you to say something to me if you can. If you can’t talk right now, don’t force yourself. You’re, probably, in a daze at this time, and I can understand that because you had a seizure, last night, and then, probably, had another one while being at the hospital.”
As soon as he talked to her, again, she opened her eyes, and, although, she couldn’t talk very much right now, she said to him, “I’m glad you’re here with me, and also, you, Andy and Susan because I think, I might have seen an aura, last night, jus after I had my nightmare.”
At that, a nurse walked into the room, and then, having overheard what Cher Bear has been saying to Mike, she, then, said to her, “Can you, by chance, remember seeing any aura jus before you woke up? I’ve got to know because if you did, I’ve got to administer more seizure medication through your IV.”
“Yes, nurse, I can remember one, very plainly. In fact, right after the aura, itself, I could hear Mike, talking to me; however I couldn’t respond to him right as he and his brother, Andy, and Susan walked into this room.”
“Okay, Andy and Susan and Mike, you all must leave the room for now. She has to get some rest being she jus is recovering from being in a daze. As far as we know, she’s been in one, ever since, the cop found her, lying in the woods.”
As they all left the room, Cher Bear, then, said to the nurse, “However I can’t seem to remember what the nightmare was all about. All I can remember is that the nightmare came upon me like pieces of a puzzle which didn’t quite fit together as far as coming to me as something, I can make out. But I can, at least, remember this much. After I had awakened from this nightmare, I can remember seeing a tree with no leaves on it with darkness all around it.”
“Okay, now, Cher Bear, that’s enough talking for now. You need some sleep, badly, to help you, recover from your seizures and daze. And I jus administered some potent medicine down your IV. So, it’s going to knock you out, shortly. And don’t try to fight the sleep. The deep sleep is an important part of your recovery.”
So, as soon as the nurse administered some Dilantin along with some Pheno Barbital and Ativan, Cher Bear took a few sips of her water. And in no time at all, she’s fast asleep.
Then, all her friends, Mike, Andy, and Susan, finally, had to leave Cher Bear being that she’s asleep. Also, she has to stay under observation for the rest of the day and through the night, too, partly, to catch up on her sleep. And while she’s sleeping, the medication will be able to take fast effect on her.
And jus before leaving her room, Mike left this note for Cher Bear for when she woke up, again, to make her, feel good inside, and to let her know, that he’s waiting, patiently, for her to get well.
And the note read, “My dear Cher Bear, I’ve been having you on my mind, ever since, I woke up this morning, and found out you were missing. You, really, scared me at first. I thought that, maybe, you were dead until I heard word from the Captain, that you were jus in a daze, not a come like I, first, heard. I guess that an angel must have been looking over you. Please get better fast, so, that you can join me for vacation. Your love, Mike.”
So, in the meantime, Andy along with Susan and Mike were on their way in the RV on their way back to the cottage.
Being that Andy was the only one who wanted to go down to the lake for a boat ride, he grabbed some lunch with Susan and Mike. Then, in the middle of the evening, he walked down all those steps, taking his time, so; he wouldn’t lose his grip on the steps. And as he reached the bottom of the steps, Mike happened to look out one of the back windows, and noticing he wasn’t in sight, then, said to Susan.
“Hey, Susan, why don’t you come with me to the living room, and there, we can relax, and watch a movie while Andy is going off in his boat. Or did you change your mind, and want to go with him?”
“I, really, don’t feel like going on a boat ride or even swimming for that matter. I would go swimming; however the skies are appearing to be threatening, again. And I don’t want to take any chance of getting hit by lightening, or slipping down the steps as it is starting to look like rain.”
“How does this sound, my dear? One of the couch beds, still, is open. Let’s lie down on that one, and relax and enjoy a movie.”
Although, Mike has something else on his mind, she didn’t know it at the time, so, she said to him, “That sounds like a good idea. By the way, we should keep a radio or television on during this kind of weather. You never know when a bad storm or even a tornado will come in from the lake out here.”
So, then, both Susan and Mike got comfortable on the couch bed closest to the television, and Mike jus happened to find a very interesting movie on television at this time. The two jus lay there, and got very absorbed in the movie; and while they were watching television, he took her hand which she didn’t seem to mind.
Then, about an hour later, Susan happened to overhear Andy talking to himself as he’s walking back up the steps from his boat ride, and saying to himself, “Boy, that turned out to be some boat ride. Those waves, certainly, were rough out there on the lake. And out of those clouds, poured some heavy rain, enough to get me somewhat wet for a while there.”
Then, as he reached the top steps, Susan jus happened to see him, ready, to come inside the cottage, so, she hopped off the couch bed. And as Andy walked inside, she, already, is on her way, upstairs to go inside her room, and do some yoga along with, maybe, reading the book, she brought along with her.
In the meantime, Andy said to Mike as he walked over to him, lying on the couch bed, “I see that you’re jus about ready for bed. And if you want, you can sleep on the mattress, again. However what have you been up to while I have been gone?”
“Well, Susan and I were lying on this couch bed, and watching a movie or two while we were getting fresh with each other. And after we got fresh with each other, we were feeling each other all over when you walked inside.”
“So, you and Susan have been up to no good. Wait until Cher Bear hears all about this. She isn’t going to like it too well.”
However Andy had no idea, that Mike is lying to him about he and Susan having a heck of a night on the couch bed. So, upon him, walking up the stairs, he walked over to Susan’s room, and once, inside, Andy said to her.
“What have you and Mike been up to tonight? He jus told me, that you two were doing a little more than watching television together. He told me that you two got fresh with each other, and then, were feeling each other all over. Well, I’ve found out enough from you. You don’t have to say one word. I know it all now.”
Susan is so choked up, that she can’t even say one word to Andy. It won’t do any good because she knows, that Andy jus believed what Mike told him about her and Mike, although, it wasn’t true. So, now, Mike could have jus ruined her relationship with Andy. He, probably, won’t even as much speak to her anymore.
So, then, Susan’s in deep thought, “Can’t believe that Andy, actually, believed what his own brother, told him about me and him being in that couch bed. Think he jus told his brother, a lie, jus because he has a liking to me. Well, although, it’ll, probably, kill Andy’s love for me, it won’t, in the least, make me turn to Mike for comfort, or even give into his liking for me.”
That night, Susan wasn’t the least bit surprised, that Andy ignored her, the rest of the night, and didn’t even offer or show his love for her in any way. In fact, he’s trying to best to bury it inside him, hoping that he can forget he ever loved her in the first place.
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