WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:12.199 Welcome to Endo the night. I'm Narri your guide on today's excursion down a 2 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:16.839 twisted path. Be careful not to get lost. Be it dark or light, 3 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:21.320 It's easy to lose your way. Are you ready, then let's begin, 4 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:37.880 Old Lace and bittersweet tea late afternoon, shadows spread across the room, 5 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.719 playing tricks with the old woman's eyes. She knew they were nothing more than 6 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:47.079 imagining's from her tired memory, but she was drawn to watch them, as 7 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:53.200 though somehow they'd become real if only she watched them more closely. She rubbed 8 00:00:53.200 --> 00:01:00.039 herknobby hands together, anxiety from long ago expressing itself even now. Time that 9 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.120 cruel, however, and nothing she did would change the past. She knew 10 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:08.519 that fretting over the mistakes of her youth achieved no rewards, but she found 11 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:14.840 herself spending countless hours doing just that. The sadness in her demanded that she 12 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.640 try to find some remedy, fruitless as it may be. Lizzie turned toward 13 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:26.120 the window and stared at the hills in the distance. This is home. 14 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:34.680 It will always be home. It just should have been so much more. 15 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:40.599 Years slipped away as she daydreamed about the life she lived and the one she 16 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:47.840 wished she'd lived. All it would have taken was a different step this way 17 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:53.040 or that way, and I wouldn't be where I am now, lonely and 18 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:59.400 feeble, with no one left to share even my memories with. Her lashes 19 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:04.599 batted away teardrops, and her breath shuddered. In her mind, she saw 20 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:08.879 the young Lizzie, brash and full of herself, indifferent to the consequences of 21 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:15.360 her actions. She never intended to hurt anyone, at least that's how she 22 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:20.719 would like to remember herself. In moments of clarity, however, she had 23 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.039 to accept that she was not a kind person. Selfish and self absorbed. 24 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:32.800 She believed she was entitled to whatever she wanted. Beauty and a deceitful mind 25 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:39.280 helped her achieve her desires. However, her efforts only brought what appeared to 26 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:46.000 be a perfect life. She knew better, and now she had nothing but 27 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:53.199 time and loneliness to contemplate her deeds. On the dresser sat a photograph of 28 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:58.919 herself for years gone by. Her violet eyes studied the face within the ornate 29 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:05.319 metal frame. Her youthful chin cocked upwards slightly to reveal the arrogance. Lily 30 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:09.719 once possessed. Her hair was quaffed into a bun, and the Victorian style 31 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:15.599 hat she wore upon her head looked almost too large for a girl of her 32 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:21.159 thin nature. Still she insisted on wearing it because, as she told her 33 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:25.840 mother, it made her look like a lady. I was all of twenty. 34 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:32.000 Then what would she think of me? Now? Would she be horrified 35 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:38.719 by my appearance? Now? My hands are disfigured, and my back is 36 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:45.360 stooped, My hair is thin and gray, and if I turned heads at 37 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:52.000 all to day, it wouldn't be for my beauty. Pity maybe, but 38 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:57.879 not because of my beauty. The young woman in the photograph already had her 39 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:01.840 plan in mind. She knew what she wanted, and she knew what she 40 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:08.560 had to do in order to get it. Was it jealousy or simply self 41 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:13.680 indulgence that led her to have the one man she, by all counts of 42 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:18.839 decency, shouldn't have sought. Even after all these years, Lizzie wasn't sure 43 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:26.000 of the answer. No one would argue that Thomas Granbury was a man to 44 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:31.720 be desired. Tall, handsome, and full of mischief and enthusiasm. He 45 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:38.399 was what they called a real catch, Lizzie was only mildly intrigued by him 46 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:43.160 at first. She had plenty of suitors, and as her mother's favorite, 47 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.879 she saw no reason to pursue a man who didn't pursue her first. After 48 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:53.800 all, as her mother said, Lizzie, you are a prize. Always 49 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:59.639 remember that any man would be lucky to have you. Lizzie's younger sister, 50 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:02.720 Minnie, was not so fortunate. Now. Minnie was as beautiful as her 51 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:10.560 sister, but she lacked the drive and confidence Lizzie carried. Perhaps that's why 52 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:15.160 their mother favored her older daughter. Minnie is just too much like your father, 53 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.480 and she will never achieve the great life you have in store for you, 54 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:27.120 Lizzie's mother crooned, whenever Lizzie needed reassurance. Your father dotes on Minnie 55 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:35.199 because he sees himself and her, but you are my crowning achievement. Lizzie, 56 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:40.199 following the advice of her mother, behaved as though she was superior to 57 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:46.639 all others, including her sister. The damage that inflicted on their relationship rippled 58 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:53.240 throughout the rest of their lives. It's true Mini stayed in the shadows and 59 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:58.480 seldom wanted attention drawn to her. I, on the other hand, thrived 60 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:03.600 on being the girl everyone noticed. Mother thrived on making sure I was in 61 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:10.720 the spotlight. Looking back, now, I know that Mother must have suffered 62 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:16.920 her own pains and losses. Otherwise she wouldn't have clung to me so tightly. 63 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:25.600 I was her baby doll from the time I was born, and she 64 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:34.160 wanted me to fulfill all her expectations. I hated her for that for years, 65 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:42.040 but now I know she was doing the best she could. Whatever was 66 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:48.680 lacking inside her brought many destructive consequences. Lizzie, usually too busy with her 67 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:53.800 own social life, remembered the day Minnie rushed through the door, breathless with 68 00:06:53.879 --> 00:07:00.120 excitement. What has you so emotional, Lizzie, Promise me you won't say 69 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:08.759 a word to anyone, Not yet anyway. I promise Thomas is asking Papa 70 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:15.360 from my hand in marriage. I'm going to be missus Thomas Granbury. Oh 71 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:20.920 well, isn't that a little sudden? No, silly, Thomas and I 72 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:28.920 have dated for nearly a year. Has it been that long already it has? 73 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:34.879 I've dreamed of this day happening. I see Thomas is going to ask 74 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:40.199 Papa right now. I have a wedding to plan. I do hope you'll 75 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:46.600 help me, won't you? Certainly, of course I will. Minnie ran 76 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.399 from the room and went upstairs to look through her hope chest. In her 77 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:57.000 excitement, she missed the look on Lizzie's face that she'd only poorly disguised. 78 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:03.360 Minnie had every reason to be wrapped up in her own happiness. I couldn't 79 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:11.160 stand the fact that everyone suddenly thought she was special. It was then that 80 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:16.800 Lizzie knew what she had to do. That evening, having received Minnie's father's 81 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:22.319 blessing, Thomas Granbury came to dinner for the first time. Lizzie took notice 82 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:28.639 of the attractive young man, to her chagrin. Despite her best efforts, 83 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:35.080 Thomas only saw Minnie. How dare he? No matter what I say or 84 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:43.039 do, he ignores me. Lizzie desperately tried to hide her anger. She 85 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:48.000 knew that wasn't the way she would wheedle her way between Thomas and her sister. 86 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.399 She needed to pretend to be as sweet as her sister, and that 87 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:58.559 was a task in and of itself, regardless of how interested she seemed in 88 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.600 conversation with Thomas, How I he treated her with nothing but cordial regard. 89 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:11.360 That evening ended with Thomas and Minnie taking a ride through the countryside. I'm 90 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:16.879 not sure how to say this, Minnie, but your sister seemed like she 91 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:22.080 was trying a little too hard to be noticed tonight. Is this how she 92 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:26.279 is all the time? Oh? Yes, She's always been the center of 93 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:33.159 every social gathering, and mother encourages it. I've always known that my place 94 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:37.639 wasn't in the limelight. Thomas leaned back and looked at her. Don't ever 95 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.720 say something like that again, Minnie. You are the center of my world 96 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:48.159 and nothing will ever change that. You're wonderful and it's a shame that your 97 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:54.000 mother doesn't see that. Focusing on Lizzie alone does nothing but hurt both of 98 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:58.159 you, hurt both of us. How is Lizzie hurt by mother's behavior? 99 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:05.399 She gets everything she ever wants. That might be, But do you think 100 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:09.200 that in the end Lizzie is becoming a better person because of your mother's favoritism, 101 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:16.559 because she's not. That kind of lopsided parenting only leads to heartache. 102 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:24.519 Just watch and see. He paused and looked at the stars. Tonight, 103 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.840 however, is about you and us? And we aren't going to spend another 104 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:37.200 minute talking about your sister or anyone else. The next several months, Minnie 105 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:41.960 and Thomas were happier than they'd ever been, and Lizzie became angrier than she'd 106 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:46.360 ever been. The local tailor made Minnie's wedding gown, and it was a 107 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:52.240 work of art, airy, flowing, chaste and lacy. It was the 108 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:58.399 type of dress every girl dreams of for her wedding day. I must do 109 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:03.759 something to stop this. This waning is in a matter of weeks. Even 110 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.759 mother has been paying more attention to Manny than she has me. Lizzie paced 111 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.519 the floor of her bedroom as the late afternoon shadows gave way to the glowing 112 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:16.679 hues of sunset that streamed through the window. Those very same shadows landed on 113 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.320 the very dress she had been thinking of. It hung in the corner of 114 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:26.639 the room, a constant reminder of that fateful night. A pang of melancholy 115 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:31.200 washed over her, but she knew that no amount of tears could undo the 116 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:37.679 devastation she caused in all their lives. I was foolish and terrible. Looking 117 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:43.600 back, I not only destroyed their lives, but I can find myself to 118 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:50.879 a life of misery too. That night was a blur of emotions and regret. 119 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:54.480 The lie she told Thomas that she needed his help began the chain of 120 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.679 events that she set in motion. She offered him a drink of sweet tea 121 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.799 with a generous dose of alcohol added, just to thank him, of course, 122 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:07.679 for his help. Thomas Granbury, however, was not known to hold 123 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:13.240 his liquor well. Within an hour or two of Lizzie plying him with endless 124 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:18.919 drinks, he reached the blackout point. Her plan was working perfectly. She 125 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:24.080 guided him into bed. Thank you, Minnie, I've missed you tonight. 126 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:31.840 I'm so glad you're here with me now. Of course, my love, 127 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:37.440 I'm here to take care of you. From there, she continued to pretend 128 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.639 she was Minnie. Lizzie used to her advantage the many similarities that they shared. 129 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:48.639 The next morning, Thomas awoke in bed next to Lizzie. Oh God, 130 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:54.080 no, this can't be happening. But Thomas, it's true. You 131 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:58.559 took advantage of me last night. I wasn't able to fight you off. 132 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:07.000 I'm ruined. My reputation is ruined. Thomas wretched both from the alcohol and 133 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:13.879 from the realization of what had occurred. You've ruined me, Thomas. I 134 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:18.519 only hope that you will do the honorable thing and marry me. She looked 135 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:24.320 at him resolutely, as though he had no other option. Within an hour, 136 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:28.559 her mother made the same demand. Looking at Minnie's wedding dress. Their 137 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.679 mother said, at least you're the same size as your sister, so you 138 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:39.799 will still have a beautiful dress. Even under these circumstances. Minnie was inconsolable. 139 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:46.919 Lizzie stared at the dress in the corner as the sunset faded and only 140 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:52.360 darkness remained outside. Minnie never married, and I'm to blame for that. 141 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:01.240 Yes, Thomas was my husband, and yes we had two daughters, but 142 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:07.080 we did not have a happy marriage. I stole the possibility of happiness from 143 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:13.720 all of us. Perhaps there was a man I was supposed to meet, 144 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:20.679 but instead I was trapped in a shell of a life. She wept for 145 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:26.960 all of them. I can't blame Minnie and Thomas. They were always in 146 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:31.720 love with each other. Did they commit a sin, the sin of continuing 147 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:39.000 their affair in later years, Yes they did, but it's understandable. I 148 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:46.159 kept them apart, but their love drew them together. Sweet little Addie was 149 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:52.600 the product of that affair. I know Thomas and Minnie faced scorn for what 150 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:58.039 they did, but I was the one to blame. They should have been 151 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:05.440 married, not me. Lizzie wept. No one heard her cries, and 152 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:09.679 if they did, they chalked it up to creaking stairs or the settling of 153 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:16.639 an old home filled with history. The lives of three people were destroyed in 154 00:15:16.679 --> 00:15:22.279 that house. In death, however, only one remained trapped in the past. 155 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:28.120 Thomas and Minnie were reunited and they had eternity together now. But Lizzie 156 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:33.080 faced a different fate. She was forever trapped in the house, or her 157 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:39.720 jealousy and self centered ways destroyed the very people she should have protected. Lizzie 158 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:45.799 stood at the window and watched the moonlight pouring down. Its glow made her 159 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:52.159 ethereal body even more translucent. In life, she may have had Thomas Granbury, 160 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:58.360 but in death Lizzie Granbury had no one. Now she was nothing more 161 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:03.799 than a lonely spirit left in this realm to relive her heartaches and trespasses. 162 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.919 Thank you for joining me for this episode of the Into the Night Anthology podcast. 163 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:29.200 Written by Caroline Giamanco, narrated by Nari Quak, theme music by Nico 164 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:33.639 Rodriguez, all other original music, sound design and editing by Omenhawk Studios. 165 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.960 You can find our links in the show notes. Into the Night is on 166 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.960 your favorite podcatcher, so make sure to like, subscribe and leave a five 167 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:45.120 star review to help other excursionists to join us. I'll see you next time, 168 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.679 and remember, whether in the shadows or in the daylight, all twisted 169 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:55.200 paths lead you into the night. 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