{"id":1250,"date":"2007-07-27T00:15:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-27T05:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mercuryranch.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/27\/friday-snippet-threads-ties-scene-3\/"},"modified":"2007-07-27T00:15:47","modified_gmt":"2007-07-27T05:15:47","slug":"friday-snippet-threads-ties-scene-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/friday-snippet-threads-ties-scene-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Snippet: Threads & Ties, Scene 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Here’s Scene 3 from Threads & Ties<\/em>.\u00a0 You should gain a little insight into Nikki and some events that shaped her.\u00a0 I’m away from the web until later Sunday night, so I’ll be a little slow getting around to check out your snippets, but I’ll do my best to get there by Monday.<\/p>\n

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1973<\/p>\n

Nikki began drying the dishes she’d just finished washing.\u00a0 <\/span>Her mother sat at the kitchen table, smoking, finishing her highball, and critiquing her work.\u00a0 <\/span>Talk turned to her and Jeff, “You’re spending too much time with that Forrester boy.\u00a0 <\/span>When girls and boys spend so much time together, they can only be doing one thing.”\u00a0 <\/span>She stubbed the cigarette out in her saucer and carried the saucer to sink, dumping it in <\/st1>Nikki’s dishwater. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Turning to Nikki, she asked, “Are you and Jeff having sex?”<\/p>\n

Horrified, Nikki’s eyes widened, “No!”<\/p>\n

Her mother slapped her, “Don’t lie to me.”<\/p>\n

Nikki cringed, “I’m not lying to you.\u00a0 <\/span>We’re not having sex.\u00a0 <\/span>That’s gross.”<\/p>\n

Her mother studied her, “I don’t believe you.\u00a0 <\/span>You little tramp.\u00a0 <\/span>Don’t be bringing any little squalling brats into this house to disgrace us any more than you already have.\u00a0 <\/span>Finish those dishes and get the laundry folded.”\u00a0 <\/span>Her mother turned on her heel and stalked into the living room to watch TV with her father, stopping to mix a fresh drink on the way.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Nikki finished drying the dishes, washed and dried her mother’s saucer, snagged the cigarette butt and placed it in the trash before she moved to the laundry room to pull the clothes out of the dryer to fold them.\u00a0 <\/span>She overheard her mother talking about “The Tramp” with her father, and wondered how long her mother would call her that.\u00a0 <\/span>At least it was better than “Killer.”\u00a0 <\/span>Her father had put a stop to that shortly after her brother died, but she didn’t doubt her mother still called her that in her heart.\u00a0 <\/span>She trudged up the stairs with the folded laundry, putting hers away and setting the laundry basket outside her parents’ room–her mother didn’t allow her inside.\u00a0 <\/span>She returned to her room to work on homework until it was time for bed, closing the door behind her.\u00a0 <\/span>She sat at her desk, staring blankly at the page before her.\u00a0 <\/span>She wanted to cry, but what good would it do?\u00a0 <\/span>Her mother blamed her for her brother’s death.\u00a0 <\/span>She’d always believe Nikki had been responsible for his death.\u00a0 <\/span><\/st1>Nikki didn’t think so, but, clearly, she was wrong.\u00a0 <\/span>Now, her mother didn’t believe her when she told her she wasn’t having sex with Jeff.\u00a0 <\/span>Sex was disgusting.\u00a0 <\/span>How could two people do that?<\/p>\n

She blinked her eyes and looked back at the page in front of her.\u00a0 <\/span>Killer.\u00a0 <\/span>Tramp.\u00a0 <\/span>At least she could form her own rock band.\u00a0 <\/span>She began diagramming sentences.<\/p>\n

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