~*~ Lucretia Noin's Apartment on Colony L17 ~*~
~*~ 8:21 PM ~*~
The phone was ringing off the hook. It echoed through the small dilapidated apartment. Even with only two bedrooms, one bath and a small kitchen/living room, the place was still a stretch on the family budget.
"Ma! Ma!" yelled a seventeen year old man, his clothes dirty and his greasy black-purple hair slicked back, "The phone is ringing, Ma!"
His mother sighed. She was only forty-two, and already had grey hair from stress. Her son was sitting next to the telephone and couldn't even pick it up. She was ashamed of the social level she'd dropped to.
"Carmen! Are you that lazy?" Noin yelled.
"No, I just don't wanna pick up the phone, Ma," Carmen answered rudely.
No one respected her anymore. Not after the press found out about the Peacecraft wedding fiasco. Lu had moved out to the colonies. She lost her job as a Preventer. Then she met an Italian man named Ronald Ciccone. They were married soon after. She was only twenty-five then, and still had her looks. Noin was also unsure what to do with her life. Ciccone only married Noin as a trophy wife, and once her looks faded, he got a mistress. Ronald or "Big Ronnie", had moved into a villa in Venice some ten years ago, telling Noin to stay in the colonies with Carmen until he was ready for them. While he lived the good life in Italy, Lucretia and Carmen sank into a life of poverty and depression.
Noin groaned and picked up the phone. The voice on the other end caught her by surprise.
"Lucy! How long does it take you to pick up the phone?" Ronnie said.
"Ronnie! I'm so glad to hear from you!" Noin said.
"Yeah, yeah. Good news, Lucy. I'm back in the colonies. That means you, me, and Carmen are a family again."
"That's wonderful. Where are you right now?"
"I'm in a meeting. Can you put Carmen on the phone, Lucy?"
Noin sighed. She sighed and handed the phone to her son. Carmen took the phone into his room, not wanting his mother to hear his conversation. Lucretia started to clean the apartment's main room, hoping that her husband would soon be home. Several moments later, Carmen came out of his room. To his mother's surprise, he was carrying a garment bag.
"Carmen, where are you going?" Noin questioned her only child.
"Out, Ma! Father needs me down at the meeting," her son answered rudely. He walked out the door, leaving his mother alone in the house.
~*~ 8:21 PM ~*~
The phone was ringing off the hook. It echoed through the small dilapidated apartment. Even with only two bedrooms, one bath and a small kitchen/living room, the place was still a stretch on the family budget.
"Ma! Ma!" yelled a seventeen year old man, his clothes dirty and his greasy black-purple hair slicked back, "The phone is ringing, Ma!"
His mother sighed. She was only forty-two, and already had grey hair from stress. Her son was sitting next to the telephone and couldn't even pick it up. She was ashamed of the social level she'd dropped to.
"Carmen! Are you that lazy?" Noin yelled.
"No, I just don't wanna pick up the phone, Ma," Carmen answered rudely.
No one respected her anymore. Not after the press found out about the Peacecraft wedding fiasco. Lu had moved out to the colonies. She lost her job as a Preventer. Then she met an Italian man named Ronald Ciccone. They were married soon after. She was only twenty-five then, and still had her looks. Noin was also unsure what to do with her life. Ciccone only married Noin as a trophy wife, and once her looks faded, he got a mistress. Ronald or "Big Ronnie", had moved into a villa in Venice some ten years ago, telling Noin to stay in the colonies with Carmen until he was ready for them. While he lived the good life in Italy, Lucretia and Carmen sank into a life of poverty and depression.
Noin groaned and picked up the phone. The voice on the other end caught her by surprise.
"Lucy! How long does it take you to pick up the phone?" Ronnie said.
"Ronnie! I'm so glad to hear from you!" Noin said.
"Yeah, yeah. Good news, Lucy. I'm back in the colonies. That means you, me, and Carmen are a family again."
"That's wonderful. Where are you right now?"
"I'm in a meeting. Can you put Carmen on the phone, Lucy?"
Noin sighed. She sighed and handed the phone to her son. Carmen took the phone into his room, not wanting his mother to hear his conversation. Lucretia started to clean the apartment's main room, hoping that her husband would soon be home. Several moments later, Carmen came out of his room. To his mother's surprise, he was carrying a garment bag.
"Carmen, where are you going?" Noin questioned her only child.
"Out, Ma! Father needs me down at the meeting," her son answered rudely. He walked out the door, leaving his mother alone in the house.
