A New Woman
By: Nicole
I couldn't believe it when I heard it. My son Shane left Marissa. I really thought
he loved her but I guess I was wrong. He claimed that he love her but found
someone new. Me and Linda really loved Marissa she was like a second daughter
to us. I feel so bad for Marrissa she loved Shane so much. There is a twist to this
new woman. The woman that Shane fell in love with is the same age as my wife.
I couldn't believe it when I found out who she was. It was Shane's CO-worker
that I had met a while ago. The woman reminds me so much of Linda. I just don't
know what's going though Shane's head. Linda and Shane had such a close
relationship. This new woman though has strained that relationship. Linda hasn't
talk to Shane since he left Marrissa. Today has now been 3 days. I really want
them to talk. I'm mad myself at Shane but he is my son and I love him. I'm really
trying to get them to talk. Of course I have been unsuccessful. With that I hear
the door open. It's Linda, she looks at me and smiles "Hi Vince, how are you?"
He looks at her and smiles "hi, good and you?" "Good, thanks". "Look Linda
there is something we have to talk about". Linda looked at Vince and she started
to get a angry expression on her face. "Vince, this better not be about Shane".
"Yes it is and you have to talk to him, he is you son Linda". "I know you are mad
about Shane leaving Marrissa". "You need to at least talk to him". "Linda please
do it for me". She looks at him and he puts on a little smile. Of course she falls
for it and agrees to talk to Shane. Vince becomes happy, he is so glad that his wife
has at least agreed to talk to Shane. "Linda why don't we have him come for
dinner tonight?" "OK, tell him 8 because I have to finish up a few things here".
Vince looks at Linda and nods "OK 8 it is". Vince calls up Shane and asks him to
go to dinner. Shane agrees but says "mom isn't going to scream at me again is
she?" Vince got a grin on his face "Shane I can't make you any promises, you
know your mom". Shane said "OK I will at least talk to her". Vince smiled again
"OK son I will see you at 8". "OK bye dad I love you". "Bye son I love you too".
Vince hung up the phone and got back to work. About 7 Linda came back into
Vince's office and said "are you ready to go?" Vince said "yes" and they headed
home. When they got home Linda headed to the kitchen and Vince went to the
couch. Linda came in and said "is pasta and chicken OK?". Vince looked at
Linda and said "that's fine". "Linda wait come here". Linda walked over to Vince
and sat next to him on the couch. Vince put his arm around Linda "Lin, I'm really
glad that you at least deiced to talk to Shane". She looked up at Vince and smiled
"well I can't be angry at him forever". "Linda Susan (new woman) really isn't that
bad". "I know it was just I was shocked when I heard they were together". "You
have met Susan right, Linda?" "Yes I have, she seemed nice". Vince kissed Linda
on the cheek and she headed back to the kitchen. About a half in hour later the
doorbell rang. Vince went to the door to see Shane. "hi pops, how are you?"
Vince smiled and said "hi I'm good". Shane walked in and sat on the couch. All
of a sudden you see Linda pop her head out of the kitchen. Linda walks slowly
towards Shane. "Hi Shane how are you?" Shane smiled and said "hi mom, I'm
good thanks". "Mom I think maybe we should talk". Linda looked at Shane and
said "yes, we should". "Dinner is ready why don't we all go to the table". They
all went to the table and sat down. Shane started the conversion "mom, look I
know your mad at me but I don't want you to be". "I know you are not happy with
my decision". "I felt though it was the right thing to do". "Because I love Susan
and I want to spend the rest of my life with her". "Mom I don't want Susan to ruin
our relationship". Linda looked at Shane and lightly smiled. "Shane yes I am mad
at you". "I don't want to be mad at you though". "Shane you are my son and I
love you". "Shane why Susan she could me your mom?" "Mom I love her and she
is not my mom you are". "Shane if she makes you happy then I guess I will accept
it". Shane started to smile he was so glad his mom finally accepted it. He gave his
mom a hug and said "oh mom thanks". "Shane you know not talking to you for
those 3 days made me think". "I really missed talking to you". Shane smiled and
said "I missed talking to you too mom". Vince was so happy to see this his wife
and Shane were now talking again. "So Shane when are we really going to meet
Susan". Shane looked at his mom and said "Maybe Saturday, I will have to ask
her". The week seemed to go by fast and finally it was Saturday. Linda knew that
she really had to give Susan a chance. She realized if Shane was happy with
Susan then she would be happy. Linda didn't really know what to make but she
deiced to make Shane's favorite. Every since he was a little kid He loved her
smelts dinner. Smelts are basically little fishes in a tomato sauce. For some
reason today seemed to go by slow. Even though it was Saturday she had to go to
Titan and do some paper work. Vince didn't go with her because she said she
would only be a hour or so. Linda realized she had been there more than in hour.
She was just about to leave when she heard a knock on her door. Linda didn't
know who it was she wondered who would be here on a Saturday. She said "come
in". The person opened the door and Linda noticed it was Vince. She looked up
at him and put her glasses down "I guess I was more than a hour". He looked at
her and nodded. She noticed he had some flowers in his hand. "What are these
for Vince?" Vince started to smile "because I love you". Vince gave the flowers
to Linda and they both shared a passionate kiss. Linda looked at the flowers and
said "well I better get some water for these". "Lin why are you coming to Titan on
a Saturday?" "Vince I told you I had some paper work to do". "So your the CEO
paper work can wait till Monday, right". "Yes I guess but the paper work had to
be done plus I still have to go to the supermarket". "OK then lets go". Linda
nodded and got her coat. Linda had to get the fish and some bread. When they
returned home it was about 5 so Linda went right to the kitchen. Linda was
nervous about meeting Susan. She thought "what if Susan doesn't like me?"
"What if I don't like her?" Linda heard some noise from behind her. She knew
who it was the noise was all too familiar. "Linda what's wrong you haven't said
much all day?" Vince looked at his wife with concern on his face. "Oh nothing
Vince, I have just been thinking". "Are you sure your OK Honey?" Vince lightly
rubbed his wife's cheek. Linda smiled and said "yes I'm fine". Vince smiled and
gave her a kiss on the cheek and went back to watching TV. Linda finally got
everything done and put it in the oven. She went over to the couch and sat next to
Vince. "What are you watching Vince?" "Oh just the local news". "Vince do you
think Susan will like me?". Vince looked at his wife and smiled "of course she
will". "Vince I'm just worried that she won't like me". "Oh honey don't worry
about". Vince put his arm around Linda to reassure her. "So you deiced to make
Shane's favorite, huh?" "Yes". After about 30 minutes of the local news Linda
went into the kitchen to check on the dinner. She came back and said "Vince it
will be done in about half in hour". "OK, I'm going to go change". Vince smiled
and nodded and Linda headed upstairs. She didn't really know what to wear, all
she knew was she wasn't going to wear the jeans she had on. She looked though
her closet for a while and finally deiced on something. She picked out a pair of
black pants and a sweater. The sweater was actually Vince's favorite sweater.
She walked down the stairs and realized it was already 6:30. Vince saw his wife
and smiled. "Linda you have my favorite sweater on". She smiled "yes I do".
She looked at him to notice that Vince also changed. She didn't even she him.
Vince had on a pair of dress pants and a nice oxford shirt. The funny part was that
was her favorite shirt that he wore. "Well I think dinner will be done you said 30
minutes ago". Linda went over to the oven and shut it off. She still had things to
do. Linda set the table and put some bread on the table. Before she knew it Linda
heard the doorbell. Linda said "Vince can you get the door?" She heard Vince
say "I got the door Linda". After a few minutes she could hear he son's voice and
the voice of a woman. Linda went towards the door and smiled. "Hi I'm Linda".
"Hi I'm Susan nice to see you again". "Nice to see you too". "Come in please
dinner is done". They headed towards the table. Before everyone knew it they
had food in front of them. Shane looked at his mom and said "mom you made my
favorite". Linda looked at Shane and smiled "yes I did". They all started to talk
and Linda realized that Susan wasn't that bad. Vince seemed to like her. Susan
really seems to care for Shane. The night started to wind down. Shane looked at
Linda and said "mom we should get going". Linda looked at Shane and said "OK,
I will see you on Monday". Shane looked at his father and said "see you dad, on
Monday". Vince looked at his son and said "OK son see ya on Monday". Susan
looked at Linda and said "well it was nice to see you again". Linda smiled "it was
nice seeing you again". Shane got Susan and his coat. Linda and Vince walked
them both to the door. Linda gave Shane a hug and said "bye Shane I love you
and drive carefully". Shane put a smirk on "OK, bye mom I love you too". Shane
looked at Vince and said "Bye dad". Vince smiled and said "bye son". Shane was
just about to leave when Vince grabbed his arm. Shane looked at his and said
"what?" "What your old man doesn't get a hug anymore". Shane looked at his
father and smiled "of course he does". Shane then gave his dad a hug and Susan
and Shane left. Linda slapped his arm playfully "Vince you always do that to
Shane". Vince smiled at his wife innocently "do what?". "Everytime Shane
brings home a new girlfriend you always ask him to hug you". "Well he always
gives me hug when a new woman is not around". "Oh Vince he is just
embarrased". "I know Linda I just like to embarrass my son". Linda and Vince
went to the table to clear the dirty dishes. Vince looked at his wife and said
"Susan seemed to like you". "Yes she seemed really nice". "I told you Linda she
would like you". "What did you think about her Vince". "I thought she was nice,
Shane seems to be happy with her". Linda loaded the dishwasher and went back
to the table. Vince turned it on and sat next to Linda at the table. Linda was
feeling really tired and just wanted to go to bed. "Vince I'm going to bed". Vince
looked at his wife and said "OK I will be up there in a few minutes. Linda
changed into her pajamas and fell right a sleep.
It's now been 6 months since that dinner. About two weeks of Shane and Susan
dating I started to see the real her. She wasn't the same woman I had met at the
house that day. I realized that she didn't care for Shane she just wanted his
money. Susan didn't care about Shane at all. Of course Shane couldn't see this.
Shane thought that Susan was so great, she was his everything. Everytime I see
her I think Shane why can't you see the real her. Susan is different though when
she is around Shane. She acts like the woman I met that night at dinner. I was
trying to find a way to tell him about the real her. I didn't want to tell him though
because I knew how much it would hurt him. Vince was blind to see the real
Susan too, it was like I was the only who saw the real her. One day I finally
decided to approach Shane about it. It was probably one of the toughest things I
had to do. When I told Shane about it he totally lashed out at me. He said it was
just because I didn't like Susan. That wasn't true I just didn't like how she was
using my son. I tried to explain but he just walked out on me. I just wish there
was a way he could see the real her. See her true colors. That's when I heard
about Shane getting hurt by that bitch. Shane went to the house one day and
caught Susan cheating. Shane walked in to see Susan in the bed with another man.
That's the day that Shane realized that my claims were right. It wasn't that I saw
her bad side. All the people in Titan told me that she used man for money. At
first I didn't want to believe the claims. I wanted to give her the benefit of doubt.
There were times people would say bad things about Vince that were not true.
The day he caught her cheating, he called me. When he called me I could tell
something was wrong. "Shane what's wrong". Shane hated that about his mom
she always knew when something was wrong. "Mom it's about Susan". "You
were right about her mom". "I went home today and caught her in our bed with
another man". Shane knew that this mom would break her heart. When I heard
Shane says that my heart felt like it was smash in a thousand pieces. My son is
hurt because of that woman. Shane was so mad at what Susan had done all he
knew was that him and her were over. All Shane kept thinking was "Why did I
leave Marrissa, why?"
The End
By: Nicole
I couldn't believe it when I heard it. My son Shane left Marissa. I really thought
he loved her but I guess I was wrong. He claimed that he love her but found
someone new. Me and Linda really loved Marissa she was like a second daughter
to us. I feel so bad for Marrissa she loved Shane so much. There is a twist to this
new woman. The woman that Shane fell in love with is the same age as my wife.
I couldn't believe it when I found out who she was. It was Shane's CO-worker
that I had met a while ago. The woman reminds me so much of Linda. I just don't
know what's going though Shane's head. Linda and Shane had such a close
relationship. This new woman though has strained that relationship. Linda hasn't
talk to Shane since he left Marrissa. Today has now been 3 days. I really want
them to talk. I'm mad myself at Shane but he is my son and I love him. I'm really
trying to get them to talk. Of course I have been unsuccessful. With that I hear
the door open. It's Linda, she looks at me and smiles "Hi Vince, how are you?"
He looks at her and smiles "hi, good and you?" "Good, thanks". "Look Linda
there is something we have to talk about". Linda looked at Vince and she started
to get a angry expression on her face. "Vince, this better not be about Shane".
"Yes it is and you have to talk to him, he is you son Linda". "I know you are mad
about Shane leaving Marrissa". "You need to at least talk to him". "Linda please
do it for me". She looks at him and he puts on a little smile. Of course she falls
for it and agrees to talk to Shane. Vince becomes happy, he is so glad that his wife
has at least agreed to talk to Shane. "Linda why don't we have him come for
dinner tonight?" "OK, tell him 8 because I have to finish up a few things here".
Vince looks at Linda and nods "OK 8 it is". Vince calls up Shane and asks him to
go to dinner. Shane agrees but says "mom isn't going to scream at me again is
she?" Vince got a grin on his face "Shane I can't make you any promises, you
know your mom". Shane said "OK I will at least talk to her". Vince smiled again
"OK son I will see you at 8". "OK bye dad I love you". "Bye son I love you too".
Vince hung up the phone and got back to work. About 7 Linda came back into
Vince's office and said "are you ready to go?" Vince said "yes" and they headed
home. When they got home Linda headed to the kitchen and Vince went to the
couch. Linda came in and said "is pasta and chicken OK?". Vince looked at
Linda and said "that's fine". "Linda wait come here". Linda walked over to Vince
and sat next to him on the couch. Vince put his arm around Linda "Lin, I'm really
glad that you at least deiced to talk to Shane". She looked up at Vince and smiled
"well I can't be angry at him forever". "Linda Susan (new woman) really isn't that
bad". "I know it was just I was shocked when I heard they were together". "You
have met Susan right, Linda?" "Yes I have, she seemed nice". Vince kissed Linda
on the cheek and she headed back to the kitchen. About a half in hour later the
doorbell rang. Vince went to the door to see Shane. "hi pops, how are you?"
Vince smiled and said "hi I'm good". Shane walked in and sat on the couch. All
of a sudden you see Linda pop her head out of the kitchen. Linda walks slowly
towards Shane. "Hi Shane how are you?" Shane smiled and said "hi mom, I'm
good thanks". "Mom I think maybe we should talk". Linda looked at Shane and
said "yes, we should". "Dinner is ready why don't we all go to the table". They
all went to the table and sat down. Shane started the conversion "mom, look I
know your mad at me but I don't want you to be". "I know you are not happy with
my decision". "I felt though it was the right thing to do". "Because I love Susan
and I want to spend the rest of my life with her". "Mom I don't want Susan to ruin
our relationship". Linda looked at Shane and lightly smiled. "Shane yes I am mad
at you". "I don't want to be mad at you though". "Shane you are my son and I
love you". "Shane why Susan she could me your mom?" "Mom I love her and she
is not my mom you are". "Shane if she makes you happy then I guess I will accept
it". Shane started to smile he was so glad his mom finally accepted it. He gave his
mom a hug and said "oh mom thanks". "Shane you know not talking to you for
those 3 days made me think". "I really missed talking to you". Shane smiled and
said "I missed talking to you too mom". Vince was so happy to see this his wife
and Shane were now talking again. "So Shane when are we really going to meet
Susan". Shane looked at his mom and said "Maybe Saturday, I will have to ask
her". The week seemed to go by fast and finally it was Saturday. Linda knew that
she really had to give Susan a chance. She realized if Shane was happy with
Susan then she would be happy. Linda didn't really know what to make but she
deiced to make Shane's favorite. Every since he was a little kid He loved her
smelts dinner. Smelts are basically little fishes in a tomato sauce. For some
reason today seemed to go by slow. Even though it was Saturday she had to go to
Titan and do some paper work. Vince didn't go with her because she said she
would only be a hour or so. Linda realized she had been there more than in hour.
She was just about to leave when she heard a knock on her door. Linda didn't
know who it was she wondered who would be here on a Saturday. She said "come
in". The person opened the door and Linda noticed it was Vince. She looked up
at him and put her glasses down "I guess I was more than a hour". He looked at
her and nodded. She noticed he had some flowers in his hand. "What are these
for Vince?" Vince started to smile "because I love you". Vince gave the flowers
to Linda and they both shared a passionate kiss. Linda looked at the flowers and
said "well I better get some water for these". "Lin why are you coming to Titan on
a Saturday?" "Vince I told you I had some paper work to do". "So your the CEO
paper work can wait till Monday, right". "Yes I guess but the paper work had to
be done plus I still have to go to the supermarket". "OK then lets go". Linda
nodded and got her coat. Linda had to get the fish and some bread. When they
returned home it was about 5 so Linda went right to the kitchen. Linda was
nervous about meeting Susan. She thought "what if Susan doesn't like me?"
"What if I don't like her?" Linda heard some noise from behind her. She knew
who it was the noise was all too familiar. "Linda what's wrong you haven't said
much all day?" Vince looked at his wife with concern on his face. "Oh nothing
Vince, I have just been thinking". "Are you sure your OK Honey?" Vince lightly
rubbed his wife's cheek. Linda smiled and said "yes I'm fine". Vince smiled and
gave her a kiss on the cheek and went back to watching TV. Linda finally got
everything done and put it in the oven. She went over to the couch and sat next to
Vince. "What are you watching Vince?" "Oh just the local news". "Vince do you
think Susan will like me?". Vince looked at his wife and smiled "of course she
will". "Vince I'm just worried that she won't like me". "Oh honey don't worry
about". Vince put his arm around Linda to reassure her. "So you deiced to make
Shane's favorite, huh?" "Yes". After about 30 minutes of the local news Linda
went into the kitchen to check on the dinner. She came back and said "Vince it
will be done in about half in hour". "OK, I'm going to go change". Vince smiled
and nodded and Linda headed upstairs. She didn't really know what to wear, all
she knew was she wasn't going to wear the jeans she had on. She looked though
her closet for a while and finally deiced on something. She picked out a pair of
black pants and a sweater. The sweater was actually Vince's favorite sweater.
She walked down the stairs and realized it was already 6:30. Vince saw his wife
and smiled. "Linda you have my favorite sweater on". She smiled "yes I do".
She looked at him to notice that Vince also changed. She didn't even she him.
Vince had on a pair of dress pants and a nice oxford shirt. The funny part was that
was her favorite shirt that he wore. "Well I think dinner will be done you said 30
minutes ago". Linda went over to the oven and shut it off. She still had things to
do. Linda set the table and put some bread on the table. Before she knew it Linda
heard the doorbell. Linda said "Vince can you get the door?" She heard Vince
say "I got the door Linda". After a few minutes she could hear he son's voice and
the voice of a woman. Linda went towards the door and smiled. "Hi I'm Linda".
"Hi I'm Susan nice to see you again". "Nice to see you too". "Come in please
dinner is done". They headed towards the table. Before everyone knew it they
had food in front of them. Shane looked at his mom and said "mom you made my
favorite". Linda looked at Shane and smiled "yes I did". They all started to talk
and Linda realized that Susan wasn't that bad. Vince seemed to like her. Susan
really seems to care for Shane. The night started to wind down. Shane looked at
Linda and said "mom we should get going". Linda looked at Shane and said "OK,
I will see you on Monday". Shane looked at his father and said "see you dad, on
Monday". Vince looked at his son and said "OK son see ya on Monday". Susan
looked at Linda and said "well it was nice to see you again". Linda smiled "it was
nice seeing you again". Shane got Susan and his coat. Linda and Vince walked
them both to the door. Linda gave Shane a hug and said "bye Shane I love you
and drive carefully". Shane put a smirk on "OK, bye mom I love you too". Shane
looked at Vince and said "Bye dad". Vince smiled and said "bye son". Shane was
just about to leave when Vince grabbed his arm. Shane looked at his and said
"what?" "What your old man doesn't get a hug anymore". Shane looked at his
father and smiled "of course he does". Shane then gave his dad a hug and Susan
and Shane left. Linda slapped his arm playfully "Vince you always do that to
Shane". Vince smiled at his wife innocently "do what?". "Everytime Shane
brings home a new girlfriend you always ask him to hug you". "Well he always
gives me hug when a new woman is not around". "Oh Vince he is just
embarrased". "I know Linda I just like to embarrass my son". Linda and Vince
went to the table to clear the dirty dishes. Vince looked at his wife and said
"Susan seemed to like you". "Yes she seemed really nice". "I told you Linda she
would like you". "What did you think about her Vince". "I thought she was nice,
Shane seems to be happy with her". Linda loaded the dishwasher and went back
to the table. Vince turned it on and sat next to Linda at the table. Linda was
feeling really tired and just wanted to go to bed. "Vince I'm going to bed". Vince
looked at his wife and said "OK I will be up there in a few minutes. Linda
changed into her pajamas and fell right a sleep.
It's now been 6 months since that dinner. About two weeks of Shane and Susan
dating I started to see the real her. She wasn't the same woman I had met at the
house that day. I realized that she didn't care for Shane she just wanted his
money. Susan didn't care about Shane at all. Of course Shane couldn't see this.
Shane thought that Susan was so great, she was his everything. Everytime I see
her I think Shane why can't you see the real her. Susan is different though when
she is around Shane. She acts like the woman I met that night at dinner. I was
trying to find a way to tell him about the real her. I didn't want to tell him though
because I knew how much it would hurt him. Vince was blind to see the real
Susan too, it was like I was the only who saw the real her. One day I finally
decided to approach Shane about it. It was probably one of the toughest things I
had to do. When I told Shane about it he totally lashed out at me. He said it was
just because I didn't like Susan. That wasn't true I just didn't like how she was
using my son. I tried to explain but he just walked out on me. I just wish there
was a way he could see the real her. See her true colors. That's when I heard
about Shane getting hurt by that bitch. Shane went to the house one day and
caught Susan cheating. Shane walked in to see Susan in the bed with another man.
That's the day that Shane realized that my claims were right. It wasn't that I saw
her bad side. All the people in Titan told me that she used man for money. At
first I didn't want to believe the claims. I wanted to give her the benefit of doubt.
There were times people would say bad things about Vince that were not true.
The day he caught her cheating, he called me. When he called me I could tell
something was wrong. "Shane what's wrong". Shane hated that about his mom
she always knew when something was wrong. "Mom it's about Susan". "You
were right about her mom". "I went home today and caught her in our bed with
another man". Shane knew that this mom would break her heart. When I heard
Shane says that my heart felt like it was smash in a thousand pieces. My son is
hurt because of that woman. Shane was so mad at what Susan had done all he
knew was that him and her were over. All Shane kept thinking was "Why did I
leave Marrissa, why?"
The End