Janet left the room calmly, so Columbia wouldn't suspect anything. As
soon as she was out of sight of the door, she broke into a run. Her eyes
searched the waiting room, finally landing on a man that looked to be on
his last breath. She whispered furiously, "Frank, you'd better not let on
to anyone! You just made Columbia suspicious! I could strangle you, Frank!"
Frank lifted his head from his hands, and hissed bitterly, "You wouldn't.. Because then you wouldn't have your plaything anymore, would you?"
Janet sat down next to him, speaking low, "You fail to realize that you deserve it, Frank." His eyebrows raised at the thought, but she continued without giving him time to comment, "You did the same thing to me that I'm doing to you now. I hadn't thought about it this way until you said 'plaything', but it's true.. You ruined it all for Brad and I.. Maybe I have a right to ruin it for Fay and yourself."
He was teary-eyed, but kept a steady tone, "But not Jessie!"
Janet wagged her finger at him, "No, I believe that you've ruined it for Ken, too.. So, yes, Jessie too."
Frank suddenly looked dumbstruck, "Janet, you saved me from my crime way back when.. Why use it against me now?"
Janet's eyes began to show weakness, but she pulled it back. She said distantly, "Frank.. I just.. I didn't believe that you loved her back.. I thought.. I thought she loved you, and you were only leading her on.. I did what I did for you because I thought you might do me a.. a 'favor' some time in the future.."
Frank's hand went to his mouth, "Oh, dear.."
Janet pressed on, angry now, "And you loved her! I just can't forget your touch! And you know what? I'm still mad at you at the same time! You can pay me back now, Frank! You'll do what I had to do! God.. I never forgave you.. I didn't really think I was setting up a love story.. I thought I was saving your cheating ass! I was never aware that you'd gone and changed!"
Frank stood up, "Please don't speak to me right now.. I just feel horrible.. Go away."
Janet said sweetly, "No kiss goodbye?"
Frank's eyes widened. His heart ached as he turned toward her, saying, "You promise you'll go away for a while?"
She nodded, "Cross my heart.." She was mocking him, "And hope to die."
Frank took no notice of her quoting him, for he was too heartbroken. He felt dirty and ashamed and angry all at the same time as he locked his lips on Janet's. He tried to pull away from her after a second, but she held him there. When she let him go, she said, "You've become a lot tamer.. Feral's domesticated you."
Frank was ecstatic, seeing light at the end of the tunnel, "Yes, she has.. So, I can't satisfy you, right?"
Janet shook her head, laughing, "Oh no, silly! It just means we'll have to get you in the right mind set.. When I tell you to visit me, I want you in your good-old lingerie, Frank."
She walked away from him, then, and he somehow felt worse than he had previously. He tried to concentrate on Jessie and Fay, but found that he couldn't force the image of betrayal he had painted of himself out of his head. He felt undeserving of a wife, a daughter, and all happy thoughts. Therefore, he did all he could think of doing: sleeping. He was eager to escape the present, so he was asleep before he was on the waiting room chairs.
Frank lifted his head from his hands, and hissed bitterly, "You wouldn't.. Because then you wouldn't have your plaything anymore, would you?"
Janet sat down next to him, speaking low, "You fail to realize that you deserve it, Frank." His eyebrows raised at the thought, but she continued without giving him time to comment, "You did the same thing to me that I'm doing to you now. I hadn't thought about it this way until you said 'plaything', but it's true.. You ruined it all for Brad and I.. Maybe I have a right to ruin it for Fay and yourself."
He was teary-eyed, but kept a steady tone, "But not Jessie!"
Janet wagged her finger at him, "No, I believe that you've ruined it for Ken, too.. So, yes, Jessie too."
Frank suddenly looked dumbstruck, "Janet, you saved me from my crime way back when.. Why use it against me now?"
Janet's eyes began to show weakness, but she pulled it back. She said distantly, "Frank.. I just.. I didn't believe that you loved her back.. I thought.. I thought she loved you, and you were only leading her on.. I did what I did for you because I thought you might do me a.. a 'favor' some time in the future.."
Frank's hand went to his mouth, "Oh, dear.."
Janet pressed on, angry now, "And you loved her! I just can't forget your touch! And you know what? I'm still mad at you at the same time! You can pay me back now, Frank! You'll do what I had to do! God.. I never forgave you.. I didn't really think I was setting up a love story.. I thought I was saving your cheating ass! I was never aware that you'd gone and changed!"
Frank stood up, "Please don't speak to me right now.. I just feel horrible.. Go away."
Janet said sweetly, "No kiss goodbye?"
Frank's eyes widened. His heart ached as he turned toward her, saying, "You promise you'll go away for a while?"
She nodded, "Cross my heart.." She was mocking him, "And hope to die."
Frank took no notice of her quoting him, for he was too heartbroken. He felt dirty and ashamed and angry all at the same time as he locked his lips on Janet's. He tried to pull away from her after a second, but she held him there. When she let him go, she said, "You've become a lot tamer.. Feral's domesticated you."
Frank was ecstatic, seeing light at the end of the tunnel, "Yes, she has.. So, I can't satisfy you, right?"
Janet shook her head, laughing, "Oh no, silly! It just means we'll have to get you in the right mind set.. When I tell you to visit me, I want you in your good-old lingerie, Frank."
She walked away from him, then, and he somehow felt worse than he had previously. He tried to concentrate on Jessie and Fay, but found that he couldn't force the image of betrayal he had painted of himself out of his head. He felt undeserving of a wife, a daughter, and all happy thoughts. Therefore, he did all he could think of doing: sleeping. He was eager to escape the present, so he was asleep before he was on the waiting room chairs.