From a Distant Past
By Sorrow McLennan
The grandfather clock chimed as the hands reached midnight. The hardwood floor squeaked underneath the padded footsteps. The door hinges squeaked as well as the door was opened.
"Hello?" A voice called out in the dark. "Who is it?"
The bed moved the down a little bit under some sudden wait. "Shhh...It's me." A man's voice whispered.
The woman lay back on the bed breathing a sigh of relief. "I was scared dere for a moment." She whispered.
"Aww nuthin' to be scared of." He said climbing under the blankets with her moving closer to her. "everything is fine." He said kissing her on the forehead lying down beside her. "Work ran late is all."
She nodded. "Dat's what I thought." She said.
He kissed her on the lips softly. "Good night Evelyn." he whispered.
"Good Night Honey. I love you."
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"Hush lil baby don't say a word." Evelyn rocked her baby in her arms, singing to it. She sighed contently staring into the baby's face. She looks so much like her father she thought.
"momma! Momma!" She looked up to see her oldest son running into the room jumping up and down.
She smiled. "yes honey?" She asked.
"Dere's some one at da door." He replied.
Evelyn sighed getting up setting her baby down in the cradle. Walking out to the front door, moving children's toy on her way over. Reaching it she slowly opened the door.
Her eyes widened her mouth dropping open as she saw who it was. "Klutzy!" She exclaimed throwing her arms around him tightly.
He smiled and hugged her back. It been so long but she still smelled the same, even her touch felt the same. He pulled away. "Let me have a look at you." HE said, looking her over. His eyes landed on her growing stomach. "When ya due?" he asked her.
"March sometime." She replied, touching it. She didn't see the sadness in his eyes as she told him.
"That's wonderful." He saw the little boy running in the back ground a little girl about 5 chasing after him. "Oh you've got others too." He commented.
Evelyn nodded. "The boy is Christopher, " Her eyes Sparkled as she said this. "he's almost nine, Anna is a little over five and I have a 7-year-old but he's at a friend's house. That's Joseph. And Amanda is the baby she's nine months old." She said.
He chuckled. "You've certainly busy, haven't you Sor?" He asked.
She laughed. "Yeah I guess you could say dat. But what about you!" She said leading him over to the couch. "What's going on in yer life?" She asked.
Klutzy laughed. "Well um..." He couldn't think of how to start it. He wasn't married with a family like her. How could he if it couldn't be with her?
Evelyn smiled at him. "You're not going by Klutzy anymore are you?" She asked.
He shook his head. "Nope. Kristoff now. But you can cal me Klutzy if you want."
She nodded. "I don't think I'll ever be able to refer to you as anything else.' She said getting caught in his eyes for a moment. she shook her head and tried to look at something else. "How did you find out where I lived?" She asked.
"Ani actually. I ran into her and Ditzy. I still can't get over the fact that they got married. It's amazing." He chuckled.
"Did you know she's do two months after me?" She asked.
He looked at her wide-eyed, "you're kidding me."
Evelyn shook her head. "Nope I ain't. It's their first kid too." She started to get lost in his eyes again. Quickly she adverted her eyes.
"You okay?" he asked her softly.
"Yeah I am. It's jist so great to see you and everything." She forced a smile. "Tell me what's going on wid you. What's new."
HE sighed. "Well I'm working on Vaudeville now." He started. "I have my own show so..." He didn't want to talk about it.
She could sense his hesitance and decided not to push it. "Well that's great!" She smiled. "You..." She started to ask him a question but was interrupted by the door opening.
"Who's he?"
Evelyn jumped to her feet. "Oscah! You remember my friend Klutzy right?" she asked.
Oscar narrowed his eyes on him nodding. "I remember him." He said. "Can I tawk to you in da bedroom Evelyn?" More of a command then a question.
"Yeah sure. We'll be right back. " She told Klutzy and kissed one of her kids before following Oscar in the bedroom.
Klutzy nodded. "Kay I'll watch da kids.' He said.
Evelyn walked into the bedroom followed by Oscar, the door slamming behind them. She flinched turning around. She had a inkling on what she was in for.
He looked at her with anger in his eyes. "What da hell is he doing heah?! He shouted.
"Oscar...He's a friend..."
"I don't care!"
She gulped. "I thought after 9 closer to ten years you would be okay wid it!"
"That I would be okay wid someone coming in and screwing me wife?! I don't think so!" He shouted, the anger rising in his voice.
She rolled her eyes. "We didn't do anything, Oscar! We jist tawked! Dat's all we were going ta do!"
He shook his head winding up his hand. "You lying bitch!" He snarled slapping her hard across the face sending her to the floor, her head hitting the bed, barely missing the night table.
After a few minutes she climbed to her feet grabbing a hold of the side of her face. She kept her eyes off of Oscar who was sitting on the bed leaning forward, rubbing his hands together.
"I'll tell him to leave." She said walking to the door. She looked back to get his reaction. There was none. Shaking her head she walked out to the front room, quickly removing her hand from her face so he would not see it.
She walked over to him. Her face was throbbing. Sighing she put her hand on the couch. "Listen...you bettah go." She said. "I'll see you some other time." She added in a whisper.
Klutzy nodded. He looked at her for a moment before standing up. He saw a slight swelling over her face, he sighed and stood up. He couldn't say anything to her. "Good Bye." He said putting his hat back on, walking to the door. He turned back around watching her for a moment, before opening the door, shutting it behind him.
Evelyn watched as the door shut. She closed her eyes feeling a tear fall down her cheek. She prayed Oscar wouldn't be as angry as he had been.
By Sorrow McLennan
The grandfather clock chimed as the hands reached midnight. The hardwood floor squeaked underneath the padded footsteps. The door hinges squeaked as well as the door was opened.
"Hello?" A voice called out in the dark. "Who is it?"
The bed moved the down a little bit under some sudden wait. "Shhh...It's me." A man's voice whispered.
The woman lay back on the bed breathing a sigh of relief. "I was scared dere for a moment." She whispered.
"Aww nuthin' to be scared of." He said climbing under the blankets with her moving closer to her. "everything is fine." He said kissing her on the forehead lying down beside her. "Work ran late is all."
She nodded. "Dat's what I thought." She said.
He kissed her on the lips softly. "Good night Evelyn." he whispered.
"Good Night Honey. I love you."
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"Hush lil baby don't say a word." Evelyn rocked her baby in her arms, singing to it. She sighed contently staring into the baby's face. She looks so much like her father she thought.
"momma! Momma!" She looked up to see her oldest son running into the room jumping up and down.
She smiled. "yes honey?" She asked.
"Dere's some one at da door." He replied.
Evelyn sighed getting up setting her baby down in the cradle. Walking out to the front door, moving children's toy on her way over. Reaching it she slowly opened the door.
Her eyes widened her mouth dropping open as she saw who it was. "Klutzy!" She exclaimed throwing her arms around him tightly.
He smiled and hugged her back. It been so long but she still smelled the same, even her touch felt the same. He pulled away. "Let me have a look at you." HE said, looking her over. His eyes landed on her growing stomach. "When ya due?" he asked her.
"March sometime." She replied, touching it. She didn't see the sadness in his eyes as she told him.
"That's wonderful." He saw the little boy running in the back ground a little girl about 5 chasing after him. "Oh you've got others too." He commented.
Evelyn nodded. "The boy is Christopher, " Her eyes Sparkled as she said this. "he's almost nine, Anna is a little over five and I have a 7-year-old but he's at a friend's house. That's Joseph. And Amanda is the baby she's nine months old." She said.
He chuckled. "You've certainly busy, haven't you Sor?" He asked.
She laughed. "Yeah I guess you could say dat. But what about you!" She said leading him over to the couch. "What's going on in yer life?" She asked.
Klutzy laughed. "Well um..." He couldn't think of how to start it. He wasn't married with a family like her. How could he if it couldn't be with her?
Evelyn smiled at him. "You're not going by Klutzy anymore are you?" She asked.
He shook his head. "Nope. Kristoff now. But you can cal me Klutzy if you want."
She nodded. "I don't think I'll ever be able to refer to you as anything else.' She said getting caught in his eyes for a moment. she shook her head and tried to look at something else. "How did you find out where I lived?" She asked.
"Ani actually. I ran into her and Ditzy. I still can't get over the fact that they got married. It's amazing." He chuckled.
"Did you know she's do two months after me?" She asked.
He looked at her wide-eyed, "you're kidding me."
Evelyn shook her head. "Nope I ain't. It's their first kid too." She started to get lost in his eyes again. Quickly she adverted her eyes.
"You okay?" he asked her softly.
"Yeah I am. It's jist so great to see you and everything." She forced a smile. "Tell me what's going on wid you. What's new."
HE sighed. "Well I'm working on Vaudeville now." He started. "I have my own show so..." He didn't want to talk about it.
She could sense his hesitance and decided not to push it. "Well that's great!" She smiled. "You..." She started to ask him a question but was interrupted by the door opening.
"Who's he?"
Evelyn jumped to her feet. "Oscah! You remember my friend Klutzy right?" she asked.
Oscar narrowed his eyes on him nodding. "I remember him." He said. "Can I tawk to you in da bedroom Evelyn?" More of a command then a question.
"Yeah sure. We'll be right back. " She told Klutzy and kissed one of her kids before following Oscar in the bedroom.
Klutzy nodded. "Kay I'll watch da kids.' He said.
Evelyn walked into the bedroom followed by Oscar, the door slamming behind them. She flinched turning around. She had a inkling on what she was in for.
He looked at her with anger in his eyes. "What da hell is he doing heah?! He shouted.
"Oscar...He's a friend..."
"I don't care!"
She gulped. "I thought after 9 closer to ten years you would be okay wid it!"
"That I would be okay wid someone coming in and screwing me wife?! I don't think so!" He shouted, the anger rising in his voice.
She rolled her eyes. "We didn't do anything, Oscar! We jist tawked! Dat's all we were going ta do!"
He shook his head winding up his hand. "You lying bitch!" He snarled slapping her hard across the face sending her to the floor, her head hitting the bed, barely missing the night table.
After a few minutes she climbed to her feet grabbing a hold of the side of her face. She kept her eyes off of Oscar who was sitting on the bed leaning forward, rubbing his hands together.
"I'll tell him to leave." She said walking to the door. She looked back to get his reaction. There was none. Shaking her head she walked out to the front room, quickly removing her hand from her face so he would not see it.
She walked over to him. Her face was throbbing. Sighing she put her hand on the couch. "Listen...you bettah go." She said. "I'll see you some other time." She added in a whisper.
Klutzy nodded. He looked at her for a moment before standing up. He saw a slight swelling over her face, he sighed and stood up. He couldn't say anything to her. "Good Bye." He said putting his hat back on, walking to the door. He turned back around watching her for a moment, before opening the door, shutting it behind him.
Evelyn watched as the door shut. She closed her eyes feeling a tear fall down her cheek. She prayed Oscar wouldn't be as angry as he had been.