Chapter 11: Never Say No to Longleaf....
Their was a long pause before Mrs. Benumb began again, "It happened when I was in the University of Toronto, um...."
"What happened so long ago?" asked Lily
"Well if you let me speak then I'll tell you!" said Mrs. Benumb as she looked at Lily but Lily said nothing, "Thank you! Now where was I....A yes well this was before I met Mr. Benumb. Well Chief Longleaf and I were dating but he wasn't the chief back then. Well we were dating for about two years and that's when he asked me to marry him at the Hard Rock Cafe. I said that I would think about and he said that was okay as he put that diamond ring back in his packet. The next day he asked if I thought about it and I said no I hadn't I needed more time to think. So I thought about it and thought about it and soon enough it was the end of the month. So he said that I had long enough time to think about it. So I told him that I was to young to get married and I didn't have the same feeling for him. A year went by and the topic never came up again. It was exactly one year since he had asked me last so he tried again but I still said no for the same reasons and that he was a creep but I didn't say that to his face."
"I don't mean to be rood but how old were you when he asked you the first time?" asked Lily
"Twenty-one!" said Mrs. Benumb
"OH." said Lily, "Well that is to young."
"And what do you know about marriage?" asked Mrs. Benumb
"Not much but I'm just saying that you were right.." said Lily
"Well he asked my three more times after that and I my answer was still no. About a week after the fifth time asking me he phoned me up and asked why I kept saying no so I told him..." said Mrs. Benumb as she took a deep breath,"Here are my exact words, 'HERE ARE FOUR FUCKING REASONS WHY I KEEP SAYING NO DAVID LONGLEAF ITS BECAUSE YOUR SO FUCKING ANNOYING, I DON'T HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS FOR YOU, WHERE TO FUCKING YOUNG, MY PARENTS HATE YOU AND THEY WONT GIVE US ANY MONEY!' I walked away from him that day but I got a call the next day from him asking whether it was over and I said yes. That was the last time I talked to him or even saw him until now." Travis, Lily, Ray, and Robbie just sat there in aw.
"Well now that we got that cleared up we will be going." said Lily grabbing Travis's and Robbie's arm and kicking Ray as they got up and left, Lily stopped and turned around to face Mrs. Benumb, "I do have one question for you Do you regret dumping him?"
"No." Mrs. Benumb said with pride. They headed for the door but Mrs. Benumb stopped them, "Wait don't you want to know how Blade and Shana met?"
"Why Not!" said Lily as she turned and walked towards the table and sat down again. Robbie, Travis, and Ray followed.
"Well Shana had just turned thirteen and Brad and I had left for a few days for a business trip and we left Shana with a baby-sitter. Well the trip took a little longer then expected and it took a year. Before we knew it Shana was a criminal and well we moved here to get away from everything but I guess not. Thats only the shortened version, so if you want to get the whole story ask Shana." said Mrs. Benumb as she got up and pored her self some coffee.
"Okay thanks Mrs. Benumb for clearing that up but we are not aloud to see Shana." said Lily, "Well bye." She got up and everyone followed except for Mrs. Benumb.
"I'm going to visit Shana tomorrow if you guys want to come you can...I'm leaving at 10am so if you want to come..." said Mrs. Benumb
"Will be there." said Lily and they left. When Lily, Robbie, Travis, and Ray had left the phone rang.
"Hello is Mrs. Benumb there?" asked the person on the other side of the phone.
"Yes speaking." said Mrs. Benumb
"Oh its Judge Jackson. Their is going to be a retrial on Friday."
"Thank you Judge Jackson. Thank you."
"Yes well see you then. Bye."
"Bye." said Mrs. Benumb and she hung up the phone.