CHAPTER TWO
DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!
Nigel and Bug were as pleased as anyone could've been to hear Jordan was, at long last, getting married. Now, Nigel was a bit disappointed that it wasn't him, but well....you can't have everything, can you? Bug had no such illusions.
Lily also reacted pretty well, and so (surprise!) did Renee.
But of course the biggest reaction was from Max.....
(WAAAY LATE OVER AT MAX'S PLACE)
Max drunkenly lurched over to Woody, who seemed a bit tipsy himself...and gave him a big drunken Irishman hug.
"Woody! My son!" Max chortled. "I knew it was going to be you all along...YOU are going to have the biggest, best and LOUDEST bachelor part Boston ever had."
"Thanks Max." Woody smiled.
Max and Woody took another shot each. Then Max looked with a very serious expression at Woody. "Woody...take good care of her. She's all I have left now."
"You know I will, Max."
"NO - don't just say it, Woody - do it! I was not a good husband...I tried damn hard to be a good father to Jordan." Max slumped a bit, sighing. "But I know damn well I wasn't."
Woody said to him, with perhaps a little too much compassion, "That's not true, Max. You were a good father."
Max shook his head. "No...I should've been better to her mom." He took another drink. "She was crazy as all hell, but she was Jordan's mother. And she's gone now. I don't think Jordan ever forgave me for that.'
"Max, that's not true!"
"It is, Woody. She became an ME because I wasn't there to..." Max broke off. For a moment, Woody thought he was going to cry, but Max with great effort, held firm.
"You know why I really kept in touch with Jamie? It wasn't because I loved him, it was because I wanted to try and be a good father! But I was way too late for him. And Jordan too..."
Max got up to leave, just as he saw Jordan approaching. He gave Jordan a hug she though was perhaps too intense, but she said nothing. Max left and Jordan took his seat.
"Dad alright?"
"Just drunk. I guess that happens."
Woody may have sounded casual, but he wasn't fooling himself, or Jordan.
DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!
Nigel and Bug were as pleased as anyone could've been to hear Jordan was, at long last, getting married. Now, Nigel was a bit disappointed that it wasn't him, but well....you can't have everything, can you? Bug had no such illusions.
Lily also reacted pretty well, and so (surprise!) did Renee.
But of course the biggest reaction was from Max.....
(WAAAY LATE OVER AT MAX'S PLACE)
Max drunkenly lurched over to Woody, who seemed a bit tipsy himself...and gave him a big drunken Irishman hug.
"Woody! My son!" Max chortled. "I knew it was going to be you all along...YOU are going to have the biggest, best and LOUDEST bachelor part Boston ever had."
"Thanks Max." Woody smiled.
Max and Woody took another shot each. Then Max looked with a very serious expression at Woody. "Woody...take good care of her. She's all I have left now."
"You know I will, Max."
"NO - don't just say it, Woody - do it! I was not a good husband...I tried damn hard to be a good father to Jordan." Max slumped a bit, sighing. "But I know damn well I wasn't."
Woody said to him, with perhaps a little too much compassion, "That's not true, Max. You were a good father."
Max shook his head. "No...I should've been better to her mom." He took another drink. "She was crazy as all hell, but she was Jordan's mother. And she's gone now. I don't think Jordan ever forgave me for that.'
"Max, that's not true!"
"It is, Woody. She became an ME because I wasn't there to..." Max broke off. For a moment, Woody thought he was going to cry, but Max with great effort, held firm.
"You know why I really kept in touch with Jamie? It wasn't because I loved him, it was because I wanted to try and be a good father! But I was way too late for him. And Jordan too..."
Max got up to leave, just as he saw Jordan approaching. He gave Jordan a hug she though was perhaps too intense, but she said nothing. Max left and Jordan took his seat.
"Dad alright?"
"Just drunk. I guess that happens."
Woody may have sounded casual, but he wasn't fooling himself, or Jordan.