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Love Across Time

Chapter 31: At Medda's

Jack sold with the two new boys. Unlike what he'd done with me it looked like he did it because he liked them. Not because he had to. The little one was Les and the older one was David. Wow, that's going to get confusing… how about he's Davy and my foster uncle is David. Their that makes it easier….

I sell with Ben and together we keep an eye on the boys….

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Lousy headline today… "Trolley Strike Drags On!" … yells Dave in a weak attempt to get attention.

"Extra! Extra! Ellis Island in Flames Big Conflagration!" I yell.

"Wait where's that story!" Whispers Dave.

"Thank you sir, page nine." I answer quickly.

"Trash Fire Next to Immigration Building Terrifies Seagulls!"

"Terrified Flight Form Inferno!" Les comes up behind me. I ask him if he did as I said and to show me his act.

"My father taught us not to lie."

"Well my father taught me not to starve so we both go an education. Anyway it an't lyin' its just improving the truth a little." I explain. David didn't catch the joke. Jessie would have…

No, Jack stop it. She's gone. She may not be coming back. Don't get hung up on her memory…

I would have dwelled on her more if it hadn't been for Les. God bless that child. He same up to us with a quarter clutched in his hand. He was sooo proud of himself. I caught a whiff of a familiar alcoholic smell on him…. But so did Dave.

I stopped the fight that may have ensued with… "Hey no drinking on the job. It's bad for business. What if someone called the cop on you…?"

Dave spots something across the way. "Hey is that a friend of yours?"

I stand up to see who it is. It's Snider. "Beet it! It's the bulls!"

I lead the two brothers through the streets of Manhattan as Snider chases us. We loose him and hide out at Medda's. David wants to get the truth out of me. So I tell him about the refuge and how I escaped. Les looked at me like I was a hero.

Then right on cue Medda comes down the stairs waving her feather around saying for us to get out. But once she realizes its me she welcomes us into her theater. I and David watch the show from behind the curtain. For a while I watch Dave watch Medda. Then I start to loose myself.

I think of her…

I think of how much she disliked Medda when she was onstage. But once Medda got into normal clothes they would never stop talking. I remember how she found our love ('More like Lust' she'd say) of her a little disturbing. I remember the smell of her hair… the taste of her kiss…

"Hey Jack, you alright?" David's voice seems far away. I snap back to reality to see him looking at me with concern in his eyes.

"It's nothing…" I say trying to shake him loose.

"Come on Jack. I may not have known you long but I can tell something's wrong."

I sigh. "It's a long story…"

: Sort but sweet. Their will be more next time. :