FOREVER CHANGED
CHAPTER 28
EPILOGUE 5
SODAPOP CURTIS AND SANDY
Sodapop finished his night classes and earned his diploma by passing his equivalence test. When Steve was drafted in the summer of 1967, Soda followed his best friend to boot camp and Vietnam. He intentionally moved up his draft number so he could serve with Steve.
They served together, until that fateful day, when a landmine injured both Steve and Soda. Steve was hit in the arm and stomach and Soda was hit in the left hip and thigh. Soda's injury, while not life threatening, was pretty severe. His femur was broken and ligaments were torn, and after two surgeries and three months in the hospital, Soda came home. It took him a year and a half to completely recover, but he would always walk with a pronounced limp.…one that would get worse in cold or damp weather.
He stayed with Darry, Maggie, Pony and Johnny, until he and Sandy were married in the summer of 1970. Sandy became pregnant right away, and the couple welcomed a son in March of 1971, Steven Darrel. Soda worked a few odd jobs here and there, but his bad leg always seemed to effect his work. It wasn't until 1973, when Darry started his own company, did Soda finally have a steady full-time job. He started as the sole truck driver for the company, but once the business took off, he became labor foreman and finally vice-president.
Soda and Sandy went through some hard times with, Evie and Curtis living with them from time to time, and then in 1974 when Sandy had a miscarriage and Steven became ill. A severe case of strep throat had developed into rheumatic fever and little Steven had to be admitted to the hospital. He eventually recovered, but the illness caused irreparable heart damage. With Steven getting better and the business doing good, Sandy and Soda decided to try for another child…and in late1976 Samantha Eve was born.
Steven grew up to become a corporate lawyer, his uncle's company as one of his clients. He married Two-bit's daughter Miranda aka 'Minnie' in 1999. The couple have one son and are hoping to increase their family soon, but that will have to wait until Steven recovers from heart surgery to replace his damaged valves.
Samantha is a physical therapist and works at a rehabilitation center that was built by her family's construction company. She has a young son from a previous relationship and is currently engaged to be married this winter.
Family had always been the most important thing for Sodapop Curtis, putting them before anything else. He plans on using his golden years watching his grandchildren grow together with his wife.
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