Through the Eyes of Betsy McCall
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May, 1987
I was sitting in the back seat of the four-door Audi, and the car was being driven by my brother in law, Sky. In the front passenger seat was a friend of Sky’s named Luke. Sky was five years my junior, as well as his friend Luke. Sky had flown to
“Why are you driving so fast?” I asked Sky.
“I don’t want you to miss your flight,” he responded.
We were in route to
We arrived at the airport with time to spare and yet Sky was still practically running to the terminal where I was to board the flight. We had barely time to check in when a short chubby middle-aged man approached me I had never seen before in my life.
“Are you Charletta Hunsdorfer?” he asked.
“Yes, I am.” I replied
He then handed me a large bundle of legal documents, mumbled something about being appointed to deliver this document by the
“Wait a minute,” I said to the back of the stranger’s head, “what is this?”
He made no response and continued to walk away. I looked at Sky for some type of explanation. Luke was nervously backing away.
“I had nothing to do with this,” Sky said to me. “Why don’t you just go into the lounge here and have a beer.”
He almost shoved me into the lounge, escorting me by the arm. Then he and Luke quickly vanished in to the crowd.
I sat with the much needed beer, and smoking mindlessly. I opened the document and attempted to decipher what was for the most part Greek to me.
‘In the
What in the hell did Mack think he was doing? I’ve got to call home and find out what is going on. I was very confused and not really thinking rationally. I thought I knew what this was about, but because I didn’t want to believe it I choose not to.
I phoned my best friend Susan who was in
As the plane made its way to
When my flight landed in
“The house is dark Charlie. Your car is there,
“Shit! I can’t believe this!” I said
My greatest fears now a reality I simply asked Susan, “Will you please pick me up at the airport, my flight arrives at
Susan agreed to pick me up.
I sat in coach seated beside a man who became increasingly uncomfortable with my uncontrollable tears. Reality was creeping in and I could not stop the tears as my mind raced backwards in time. How could this have happened again my mind screamed, how could this happen twice in one lifetime? The stranger beside me nervously glanced at me and made a well-meaning comment, “Something very sad has happened to you.” he said. It was really more of a question than a comment, to which I simply nodded my head. This was not something I was prepared to discuss with total strangers and idol chitchat was out of the question. Reality had hit without mercy now. I should never have boarded this flight. I should have walked to
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