Wiping the tears from her eyes, Evelyn looked over the tall building. Taking a deep breath she finished walking up the rest of the stairs pushing the door open, carefully walking in to the lobby. It had been years since she had been at Irving Hall. She smiled looking around thinking of the memories. She closed her eyes and shook her head.
Trying to remember everything Ani had told her, she walked back towards the backstage entrance. She sighed and opened the door. She hoped she had no problems. Medda still owned the joint so hopefully she wouldn't.
She looked down at the ground studying the hardwood floor, not noticing the person just up the hall from her.
"Hey dere."
She quickly jerked her head up. Just the person she wanted to see. "Klutzy!" She grinned.
He tried to hide a grin seeing her but failed. "What brings you heah?" he asked.
"You do actually." She replied walking closer to him.
Klutzy chuckled. "Well...um come wid me we can tawk." He paused for a moment. "Does Oscar know you're heah?"
Evelyn looked back at the ground and shook her head. "No he don't. He's at work."
He nodded. "Well why don't you come wid me and we can tawk?" He repeated.
She followed him back to his small apartment in the back of the hall. He gestured for her to sit down on the couch. Sitting down she smiled at him, straightening her skirt out.
He sat down on the chair next to the couch, leaning closer to her. "So what did you come to see me for?" He asked.
Evelyn smiled at him. "I jist wanted to see you again."
"Really?" He asked her, trying to hide his excitement. He chuckled to himself a bit, it had been so many years but he still felt the same. "Well I'm glad you stopped by."
She nodded. "Yeah me too."
"I have a question. I've wanted to know it for years..." He sighed. "Why did you marry Oscar?" He asked.
Closing her eyes she took a deep breath. She had dreaded this. She prayed this time would never happen. Opening her eyes she sighed.
"Well you promise me not to get mad?" She asked him.
Klutzy nodded a little confused. "I promise."
Evelyn took another deep breath. "I can't tell you." She gulped.
He moved over to the couch sitting next to her, touching her hand. "It's okay."
"No...you know what I just wanna spend time with you before I have to go back home.' She said trying evade answering.
Klutzy sighed and nodded. He realized he wasn't going to get an answer from her on that. He smiled at her. "You know you haven't change you're just the way I remember you."
She blushed and pushed a strand of hair out of her face. "And you're as sweet as I remember you." She giggled. "You know I have gray hairs now."
He chuckled. "I noticed, but I think it's beautiful. Besides it's your reward for being a mother to so many kids."
She nodded. "I never ever imagined myself being a mother. Now I'm on my 5th kid."
"What pregnancy?" He asked her seriously.
This question caught her off guard. "I um...I..."
He leaned forward. "Sor...you can tell me." he said.
She quickly stood up. "You're saying Oscar beats me. How dare you!"
Klutzy shook his head. "No I'm not...well maybe I am."
Evelyn narrowed her eyes at him for a moment and then softened up. "He may strike me sometimes when he gets really angry but that's not any different then any other man. Besides I deserve it when it happens."
"No. No one deserves to be hit." Klutzy said standing up walking over reaching his hand out.
"No I do. I'm not a very good wife, I don't do my job sometimes and he needs to enforce it that I do."
"Hey...No...Evelyn." He said softly smiling at her real name. "You've always been the most sweetest, most kindest, most damn near perfect girl in my eyes, he don't deserve you."
She started to answer him when there was a knock on the door. "Mr. Romano you're wanted on stage."
Klutzy sighed. "I've gotta go. Remember what I said. Please." He said walking off. Evelyn watched him leave, his words echoing in her head.
Trying to remember everything Ani had told her, she walked back towards the backstage entrance. She sighed and opened the door. She hoped she had no problems. Medda still owned the joint so hopefully she wouldn't.
She looked down at the ground studying the hardwood floor, not noticing the person just up the hall from her.
"Hey dere."
She quickly jerked her head up. Just the person she wanted to see. "Klutzy!" She grinned.
He tried to hide a grin seeing her but failed. "What brings you heah?" he asked.
"You do actually." She replied walking closer to him.
Klutzy chuckled. "Well...um come wid me we can tawk." He paused for a moment. "Does Oscar know you're heah?"
Evelyn looked back at the ground and shook her head. "No he don't. He's at work."
He nodded. "Well why don't you come wid me and we can tawk?" He repeated.
She followed him back to his small apartment in the back of the hall. He gestured for her to sit down on the couch. Sitting down she smiled at him, straightening her skirt out.
He sat down on the chair next to the couch, leaning closer to her. "So what did you come to see me for?" He asked.
Evelyn smiled at him. "I jist wanted to see you again."
"Really?" He asked her, trying to hide his excitement. He chuckled to himself a bit, it had been so many years but he still felt the same. "Well I'm glad you stopped by."
She nodded. "Yeah me too."
"I have a question. I've wanted to know it for years..." He sighed. "Why did you marry Oscar?" He asked.
Closing her eyes she took a deep breath. She had dreaded this. She prayed this time would never happen. Opening her eyes she sighed.
"Well you promise me not to get mad?" She asked him.
Klutzy nodded a little confused. "I promise."
Evelyn took another deep breath. "I can't tell you." She gulped.
He moved over to the couch sitting next to her, touching her hand. "It's okay."
"No...you know what I just wanna spend time with you before I have to go back home.' She said trying evade answering.
Klutzy sighed and nodded. He realized he wasn't going to get an answer from her on that. He smiled at her. "You know you haven't change you're just the way I remember you."
She blushed and pushed a strand of hair out of her face. "And you're as sweet as I remember you." She giggled. "You know I have gray hairs now."
He chuckled. "I noticed, but I think it's beautiful. Besides it's your reward for being a mother to so many kids."
She nodded. "I never ever imagined myself being a mother. Now I'm on my 5th kid."
"What pregnancy?" He asked her seriously.
This question caught her off guard. "I um...I..."
He leaned forward. "Sor...you can tell me." he said.
She quickly stood up. "You're saying Oscar beats me. How dare you!"
Klutzy shook his head. "No I'm not...well maybe I am."
Evelyn narrowed her eyes at him for a moment and then softened up. "He may strike me sometimes when he gets really angry but that's not any different then any other man. Besides I deserve it when it happens."
"No. No one deserves to be hit." Klutzy said standing up walking over reaching his hand out.
"No I do. I'm not a very good wife, I don't do my job sometimes and he needs to enforce it that I do."
"Hey...No...Evelyn." He said softly smiling at her real name. "You've always been the most sweetest, most kindest, most damn near perfect girl in my eyes, he don't deserve you."
She started to answer him when there was a knock on the door. "Mr. Romano you're wanted on stage."
Klutzy sighed. "I've gotta go. Remember what I said. Please." He said walking off. Evelyn watched him leave, his words echoing in her head.