Susan and Her Little Problem
Engilsh 4
10/14/19
By: Quentin L. Mclean Jr.
Susan and Her Little Problem April 22, 1964 “ ONLY…...SIX…….MORE …..DAYS.” Gulping a bottle of whiskey as she counted the days
on her calendar. “
Then ...we will all
be together”. Susan
kept gulping and
gulping as if she didn't
have a family to
cook and care for. It's
around 10 in the
morning, with foggy
skies and an
array of dusty clouds,
filled with Devil’s tears. She stood at the corner, screaming and taunting at cars as they drift by, hoping she can catch a ride and start her day. Time flew by, until a black Chevrolet pick-up truck pulled over and
proceeded to have a conversation.
“How much?” he said. She then gets into the passenger seat and replied, ”As much as you can handle”. The man pulled off and took her to his place, for what she would call an “early morning special”. They both smoked and laughed. She took off her top and begin to seduce him with unloveable passion rubbing against his chest and started kissing him. The clock struck 12. She had gotten dressed, collected her money and walked out the door without saying anything. Susan catched a bus back home. The skies returned to their normal colors again. Although Susan is a mother and a wife. She's a promiscuous prostitute and at the time is having plentiful affairs with local men in the town.
“You little whore!”, “You selfish son of a...”! Susan laid on her bed. Puddles of red tears poured and poured. She feels as if she is on an island by herself, closed in with no escape and the only real escape is death. Depressed and dreary she begins to cook . Her two children Mitch and Marabelle are in the same grade and attend the same school. Both in 3rd grade. Mitch had very long silk hair for his age, not only that his hair was a bit longer than his sister’s Marabelle. They did everything together as if they were twins. He took care of her like a brother should. They ate, played and even had the same classes together. The perfect example of a nuclear family. Jamie, the husband owns a tire company in Arlington Texas. He works the night shift and come home around 8pm every night. The kids are home from school. They entered and as usual expected their mother to be in the front door waiting. Instead the screen door was partly opened. Mitchell went in first and yelled for his mother. They went upstairs and opened their mother door. “Mom?” Marabelle said. Susan passed out cold, laying in a puddle of vomit. Mitchell tries to wake her up. No response. Marabelle sits on the floor crying and shaking assuming that she is dead. Mitch cleans the vomit and and calls 911. 8 o'clock hit and Jamie pulls in the driveway. Marabelle tells Susan that dad had pulled up. Dinner is on the table and the kids are waiting until dad comes in . Unexpectedly Susan pulls a small handgun and showed the kids. “ Don't neither of you say a word about today or I swear we will all be dead!” Marabelle peed her pants and didn't say a word the rest of the night. The door opens.
“Honey im home!”. He puts his bag down and headed to the kitchen. “ How was your day honey?” Susan asked. Hugging and kissing him as if he went missing for a couple days. “ Same old stuff” he replied, still clueless on what his wife just. They begin eating and small talking about anything. “Well kids it's time to go to bed, it's getting late?” The kids washed up and head for their rooms. April 28, 1964 The sun is beaming and the grass is covered with dew. Birds chirping. Its Susan Birthday she wakes until
everybody leaves
and starts her “job”. The
skies turn red
again, she with her 3rd man
of the day Making a
lot of money, she never felt
so free in her life.
Susan buys more bullets
and other
accessories . She wasn't
excited or filled with
joy at all. She felt nothing. Nothing at all. “It's our time.” 10:46 pm. The family asleeps. Susan wakes up and goes to the bathroom, loaded the gun and looked in the mirror. Drinks 2 bottles of liquor.Plays her favorite record on the record player on the loudspeaker. Mitch woke up and walked down stairs and stared at his
mother dance. She looks
at him and took a clean
shot to his head. One
gone. She keeps on dancing until the others come down stairs. Jamie yelled and ran down. As he turned the corner, all you can was bang. Two Gone. Marabelle was in the back and was still asleep. Susan slowly walk her way upstairs. Open her daughter door and cried like a baby. She wasn't crying for her daughter, she was crying for herself . Shot her in her head too. Three gone. Susan undressed and shot herself in the head. The end