The dinner was finally over. It lasted three hours and some odd minutes. To some it was enjoyable, to others it was unexpected, and to the rest it was down right gruesome. The Reynolds had already left for home with some of Deb's apple strudels from the Cafe. Nathan retreated to his room right after their departure without a word. Dan was in the living room as always. After dinner he always had a glass of scotch as he watched the evening scores on Sports Centre. However tonight it seemed his evening ritual was about to end a little early, if Deb had anything to do with it.
She rushed into the living room turning off television.
"You smug son of a bitch."
Dan looked at her weird.
"What are you talking about?"
"You're little proposition for Jill? You think I would just sit there and let you humiliate her and Nathan in front of her own parents and do nothing?"
He took a sip of his scotch.
"You should cut your hours at the Cafe, fatigue makes you delusional."
"Shut up Dan. I excused myself from the table long enough to hear you threaten Jill in the kitchen. What's wrong with you?"
"There's nothing wrong with me."
"Keep telling yourself that. But newsflash to you Dan, black mailing a teenage girl to do something for you then punish her for not going along with your plan definitely means there's something seriously wrong with you. I have no clue what's going on in that fucked up mind of yours but it's got to stop."
"I'm doing this for Nathan."
"No you're not. You're doing this for yourself."
"That's not true," he looked perplexed.
"Yes it is and don't deny it. Jill's family is wealthy and you plan on using that as an advantage just like you did for me. God Dan, can't you think about anything else rather than money."
"I'm doing what's best for our family."
Deb was disgusted. How dare he say what he had just said.
"Oh no, don't put me and Nathan in this. You only think about yourself. How dare you claim you're doing what's best because face it Dan you've never done what's best. All you bring is havoc and pain. You're like the flesh eating bacteria, you're invading our bodies and suffocating us to death."
"A little harsh don't you think?"
"I think my description fits you to a tee, you won't stop. Even after all your near death expericences you still haven't changed. I bet you didn't even see a light when you were down, you probably saw fire, because that's where you're going once you're gone."
"Don't you see Deb. I'm invincible, why do you think I keep surviving."
She scoffed.
"That's so you Dan. To take a horrible situation and twist it up like that trying to make yourself sound good. You make me sick."
"That's just the pills Deb," he smirked as he jingled the ice in his glass.
"You bastard. I'm pill free and you know that. I'm changing for the better but you? You're just the same."
"I don't need to change, I'm perfect."
Deb shook her head.
"See that's where you're wrong Dan," she began to walk away before turning around, "oh and you say you're invincible? You may be tough but you're not invincible. That heart attack didn't phase you because you're heartless. The fire didn't burn you because that's your immunity, you belong in hell. But don't worry everyone knows your weakness and when it brings you down, you'll die for sure. I'll make sure of it."
She threw the remote in his lap and left the room.