Part Two - Chapter Fifteen

Monday, May 13, 2019

Jack

Happy Mother's Day!!

I met my kids for a BBQ at Justin's apartment. Justin came outside all casual with his hair in two French braids down his back.

I said, "Dude. Who braided your hair?"

"Alice", he said.

I was about to ask, who is Alice, when a young cutey walked out with long blonde-gray hair with blue highlights.

She said, "Hello. I'm Alice". She was wearing a bright floral blouse like something my mom would wear.

I said, "Hi, I'm Jack. That's a great shirt."

She said, "Thanks! It didn't fit Justin, so he gave it to me."

Ceci, suddenly I was deeply happy and content. There is something very comforting in the thought that no matter what hardships your son may have to endure in life, at least he had one Spring where he was able lay about with a sweet girl braiding hair, sharing clothes, and heaven...

Ceci

Wow, this sounds like a perfectly amazing and wonderful scene.

I mean he's just living!!!

Jack

I know. It's so sweet. We should all be there.

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Ceci

Hiya!

Jack

Sorry. All-nighter. Trial tomorrow morning.

Facts: Boyfriend and girlfriend are camping on a remote beach in Iceland. The girlfriend consumes a quart of whiskey with a fistful of blotter acid. She decides she's going to swim from Iceland to Chicago. Her boyfriend (my client) tries to stop her. She punches him in the face. Knocks out his two front teeth.

True loves dies.

They are now seeking mutual restraining orders.

But did you see this?! Did ya?!

Springtime in the Rockies, girl!!

Ceci

❤️

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Jack

SPRING SNOW DAY!! No work!

Are you working?

That sucks.

I'm sorry.

No I'm not!

It's epic, DUDE!!

Jack

You will come out and visit me someday, right?

Ceci

Awe Man!!! 👍👍👍👍

Jack

Thank you. Four thumbs up for how handsome me and the boys are. That's pretty damn good. Or are you trying to tell me "Yes, Jack!! I will be visiting you in Colorado. In fact, how about this weekend?"

When you do come, I'm going to cure your "extreme high blood pressure".

Do you like soaking in hot springs?

Memorial Day, May 27, 2019

Jack

The Bolder Boulder is the biggest 10k race in the world.

I'm walking it.

But mostly I'm taking pictures of flowers along the course.

Finished!!

Ceci

I'm at the office working on an edit.

Jack

Aren't you supposed to be on vacation?

Bar-B-Q?

Poolside?

Ceci

No vacation.

Your flower photos are cool! It seems like you're ahead of us bloom wise.

I should walk 10k.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Jack

10K. Hell yes! Where do you want to go?

I'm having premonitions that you visit me. I don't believe in premonitions, but that doesn't stop them from coming. I thought they must be day dreams or pipe dreams, but they are not dreamy. They are not willfully conjured (I have done those). They are not about sex (done those). More like a vision. And you are accompanied by your youngest son. It's you and Isaac, and I'm showing you around Colorado, the mountains, my house, a lot of driving.

Maybe it's a new stress symptom from work, chaos, and the daily collapse of civilization. Work has been a losing knife fight in the pit of hell for weeks.

I don't know.

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Jack

Siena took this picture to document whether I have a magical aura. Why? Because when our clients are undeniably guilty, or they are too afraid to take their chances with a jury trial, I have to get down on my knees and beg for the best possible plea bargain from a DA, some of whom are prison-addicted bullies in a cheap suit. And due to a string of these clients and bad odds, I have been on my knees for weeks. Weeks of spirit-crushing groveling, which has been mostly mocked and fruitless, the pigs twisting the knife and satisfying their barely concealed sadism on the lives of my clients.

Dude, it's a bad scene and it is still not over.

Anyway, during a break in my daily humiliation, I told Siena that I had a PREMONITION that at the sentencing of one of my clients, I was going to go to court, walk to the podium, and launch into an unhinged tirade about how we are putting more citizens in prison than any country on earth, and the whole system is a crock of shit, and the DA is a mean person, and I am quitting the law because FUCK ALL YOU GUYS!!

Siena said, "In my head, I saw you do that whole thing in Court"

I asked, "When?"

Siena, "Last night."

Me, "About 10pm?"

She looked at me, "Exactly."

I said, "Son of a bitch! That's exactly when I thought of it. Exactly at 10pm, right after some shit I was watching on TV, and before I crashed!"

At 10pm, Siena was at her boyfriend's house, 50 miles from me. She took this picture to scientifically record any magical glow that might be swirling around my head.

So, girl, these premonitions are getting spooky.

And one more thing! Just because the world is burning, and chasing dreams is hard, and we're both exhausted, and you have no idea what to do with me doesn't mean that you don't love me!

I know you do.

Ceci

I think it's time for us to....

Post Script

Thank you all for reading. We started this as a test by posting one chapter and your votes and comments pushed us to post an entire book, then Part Two, and now Ceci is pushing for Part Three.

We love each and every one of you.

XOXOXO!

❤️Ceci & Jack

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Photos 1-19: Taken and owned by the authors, 2019.