09-02-2020, 01:57 PM
"Mommy, I have to have a picture of this, with Carole and Suzette, and one with Joanne in it, too. Please take it for me? I know I'm going to look hideous the way I've been crying, but this dress is so beautiful, and I couldn't have it, or feel pretty tonight without these ladies."
Carole and Suzette stepped up onto the platform with Susie and each stood with an arm around her waist as she hugged each of them to her. Tears in her eyes made them luminous and the smile on her face more than made up for any tear damage or puffiness around her eyes. As much as she looked forward to Prom at the same time she had dreaded it, feeling she didn't look good enough for someone like Michael, nor would she have had a clue what to wear had it not been for Joanne. She would have messed things up for sure, but now she was confident. No matter how badly her stump hurt tonight she was not going to pass up on a dance with Michael!
Joanne stepped up and joined the picture, standing next to Carole, and then she asked if she could have a picture for herself with Susie. She held Susie closely to herself for the picture, knowing what Susie did not, and feeling deeply within how fortunate Michael was to have found this young woman who brought out the very best in him.
After the pic was snapped Joanne said to Susie, "Susie, my dear, you look absolutely wonderful! You are really going to blow Michael's mind when he sees you tonight! I'm afraid, though that he is going to do the same to you." Susie drew back and looked up suddenly afraid.
"What's wrong?" It was a gasp.
"Oh, nothing really bad. I just wanted to warn you before you saw him, because he had a little accident this morning, and he broke his nose. He'll be wearing a bandage, and he'll probably have black eyes if he looks anything like Jeff did when he broke his in a game once."
"Is he OK?"
"Oh, I think so. He's having someone drive him to Tucson. He said there is no way he is going to miss this night with you. He just didn't want you to be startled when you see him. Now I have to run. I've got to meet him down the street for a minute before he gets out of town." With that Joanne stepped down from the platform, gave Madge a quick hug, and made her way to the door waving before Susie could ask any questions.
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I quickly jumped in the shower and started getting ready for the night. As I showered I pondered what I was going to do with the Koala. There just was no way I had time to finish putting the stuffing back into it, plus add stuffing to replace the small camera and transmitter, and then sew it back up and make it look right. Putting it together took quite some time the last time, and time was something I just didn't have! I could have done it easily if I didn't have to go across town to help Michael. There had to be something I could do to improve the Koala somehow to give an excuse for having taken it apart. Rosemary would buy my excuse that I was working on it and had to go help Michael, but not without coming up with a reason. I was stumped!
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Michael lay back as well as he could in the seat with a large icebag balanced precariously over his eyes. He hoped desperately the ice would shrink the swelling enough that he could at least see Susie tonight. He was anxious to see the gown, knowing how beautifully Carole produced them, but he also wanted to see the necklace and earrings. Besides that, he hadn't seen Susie in a couple of days and was anxious to be with her again. For sure kissing was going to be severely proscribed for the night! Maybe he would be able to manage a small peck on the lips when he proposed. Eating was also going to be an impossibility. The very thought of trying to chew anything brought pain.
"Sargent, if you could do me a favor."
"Sure. Anything I can I'll be happy to do."
"When we get down there most people know me as Michael Borden. It's my mother's maiden name, and my middle name. I'm not ashamed of my Dad or the name, but it brings notoriety and a lot of attention I prefer to stay away from."
"Gotcha."
"Everybody seems to think getting to know the kid gets an in to know the old man, if you know what I mean. Then too, the girls don't seem to care about who I am, but are just out for what they think they can get out of me."
"What about your girlfriend? How does she handle all of this?"
"That's why I love her! She doesn't care! She loves Mom and Dad, but didn't even recognize his name when she heard it. She doesn't care about football, and she didn't know who I am when we met. Susie is the most unassuming person you'll ever meet. In fact, unlike others who just wanted what they thought I could get them, she gets upset when I do things for her."
He went on to tell about the accident, and how they got together. Before he was through Sargent Jimmerson realized just how wrong he had been about the kid when he tried to arrest him for drugs. Besides that, how many kids had the sense to understand security officer officers had a tough job to do, had little time to make judgments, and that officers often develop jaded attitudes toward the people they were around? After all, it wasn't the good people they dealt with on most occasions.
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Carole and Suzette stepped up onto the platform with Susie and each stood with an arm around her waist as she hugged each of them to her. Tears in her eyes made them luminous and the smile on her face more than made up for any tear damage or puffiness around her eyes. As much as she looked forward to Prom at the same time she had dreaded it, feeling she didn't look good enough for someone like Michael, nor would she have had a clue what to wear had it not been for Joanne. She would have messed things up for sure, but now she was confident. No matter how badly her stump hurt tonight she was not going to pass up on a dance with Michael!
Joanne stepped up and joined the picture, standing next to Carole, and then she asked if she could have a picture for herself with Susie. She held Susie closely to herself for the picture, knowing what Susie did not, and feeling deeply within how fortunate Michael was to have found this young woman who brought out the very best in him.
After the pic was snapped Joanne said to Susie, "Susie, my dear, you look absolutely wonderful! You are really going to blow Michael's mind when he sees you tonight! I'm afraid, though that he is going to do the same to you." Susie drew back and looked up suddenly afraid.
"What's wrong?" It was a gasp.
"Oh, nothing really bad. I just wanted to warn you before you saw him, because he had a little accident this morning, and he broke his nose. He'll be wearing a bandage, and he'll probably have black eyes if he looks anything like Jeff did when he broke his in a game once."
"Is he OK?"
"Oh, I think so. He's having someone drive him to Tucson. He said there is no way he is going to miss this night with you. He just didn't want you to be startled when you see him. Now I have to run. I've got to meet him down the street for a minute before he gets out of town." With that Joanne stepped down from the platform, gave Madge a quick hug, and made her way to the door waving before Susie could ask any questions.
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I quickly jumped in the shower and started getting ready for the night. As I showered I pondered what I was going to do with the Koala. There just was no way I had time to finish putting the stuffing back into it, plus add stuffing to replace the small camera and transmitter, and then sew it back up and make it look right. Putting it together took quite some time the last time, and time was something I just didn't have! I could have done it easily if I didn't have to go across town to help Michael. There had to be something I could do to improve the Koala somehow to give an excuse for having taken it apart. Rosemary would buy my excuse that I was working on it and had to go help Michael, but not without coming up with a reason. I was stumped!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Michael lay back as well as he could in the seat with a large icebag balanced precariously over his eyes. He hoped desperately the ice would shrink the swelling enough that he could at least see Susie tonight. He was anxious to see the gown, knowing how beautifully Carole produced them, but he also wanted to see the necklace and earrings. Besides that, he hadn't seen Susie in a couple of days and was anxious to be with her again. For sure kissing was going to be severely proscribed for the night! Maybe he would be able to manage a small peck on the lips when he proposed. Eating was also going to be an impossibility. The very thought of trying to chew anything brought pain.
"Sargent, if you could do me a favor."
"Sure. Anything I can I'll be happy to do."
"When we get down there most people know me as Michael Borden. It's my mother's maiden name, and my middle name. I'm not ashamed of my Dad or the name, but it brings notoriety and a lot of attention I prefer to stay away from."
"Gotcha."
"Everybody seems to think getting to know the kid gets an in to know the old man, if you know what I mean. Then too, the girls don't seem to care about who I am, but are just out for what they think they can get out of me."
"What about your girlfriend? How does she handle all of this?"
"That's why I love her! She doesn't care! She loves Mom and Dad, but didn't even recognize his name when she heard it. She doesn't care about football, and she didn't know who I am when we met. Susie is the most unassuming person you'll ever meet. In fact, unlike others who just wanted what they thought I could get them, she gets upset when I do things for her."
He went on to tell about the accident, and how they got together. Before he was through Sargent Jimmerson realized just how wrong he had been about the kid when he tried to arrest him for drugs. Besides that, how many kids had the sense to understand security officer officers had a tough job to do, had little time to make judgments, and that officers often develop jaded attitudes toward the people they were around? After all, it wasn't the good people they dealt with on most occasions.
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