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Hi, it's Devlin and welcome to another 25 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:30.840 episode of Wild in Bed, your destination for salacious stories, 26 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:38.280 sensual satisfaction, and finger licking good fantasies. So tonight the 27 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.319 concluding part of our little story. Who was the man 28 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:47.319 being brought in? Was it Chris? How serious are his injuries? 29 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:53.759 How will Lisa handle it with her conflicting emotions? You know, 30 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:57.960 if you want to hear your fantasies narrated right here, 31 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:01.240 then it's so easy for you to just email me 32 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:06.280 at Devlen at wolddesires dot com and I will do 33 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.879 my best to bring your fantasy to life. You can 34 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.840 know this podcast is best enjoyed laying on your bed. 35 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:18.400 Just put your earbuds in, loose in any clothing and 36 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:23.439 close your eyes, surrendering to the pleasure of my voice 37 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:28.759 caressing over and inside you. And when you're ready to 38 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:33.360 surrender to pleasure, just go ahead and take a nice 39 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:41.280 deep breath and hold it for a moment and then 40 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.639 release it. With a sigh, letting go of any tension, 41 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:49.319 any stress. For the next forty minutes or so, it's 42 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.719 just you and my voice. This is your time, your 43 00:03:53.800 --> 00:04:00.000 time to relax, your time for sensuous satisfaction, Your time 44 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:03.840 to discover your inner passions as you listen to my 45 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.680 voice and feel the story moving through your body as 46 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:14.319 you enjoy tonight's show. The stretcher crashed along the corridors 47 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:18.879 of the hospital, its tinny sounds forewarning its arrival many 48 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:23.759 seconds before it actually entered the emergency room. The tall, 49 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:27.360 stute frame of doctor Phillips hovered over the still body 50 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:32.439 as the nurses cut through the leather, exposing the wounds 51 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.959 to doctor Phillip's caze. Lisa deliberately held back. She did 52 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.040 not need to have a flood of emotions at this 53 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.519 very moment, even if it was Chris on the stretcher. 54 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:49.199 The doctor bart commands. Lisa passed various implements to the 55 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:53.279 nurses who were on the front line. After what felt 56 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:58.079 like ours or maybe just minutes, doctor Phillips announced, Okay, 57 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.920 get him booked in. I think he might have several 58 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:04.759 broken bones and may need surgery. Now, do we have 59 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:09.399 a name? One nurse looked down at the paperwork that 60 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:13.240 had come in with the biker as Lisa held her breath, 61 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:17.879 waiting to have the air knocked out of her Yes, 62 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:24.360 Trevor McMillan, the nurse, replied. Lisa was prepared for a shock, 63 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:29.519 but not this. She gasped loudly, making everyone else in 64 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.560 the room turn to look at her, and earning her 65 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:37.360 a disapproving glare from doctor Phillips. You know him, I presume, 66 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:43.120 doctor Phillips asked, in his haughty tone. Huh I think so, 67 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.759 she replied. Oh, don't just stand there, girl, get over 68 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:51.040 here and have a good look. Do you know him 69 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:56.199 or not? Doctor Phillips commanded, his tone edged with irritation. 70 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:02.199 The nurses around the stretcher parted as Lisa nervously stepped forward. 71 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.720 Could it really be Her eyes scanned up his body. 72 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:11.160 His left arm was twisted into some very painful looking position. 73 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.480 Various gashes marked his chest out together with what seemed 74 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:22.240 like the tiniest butterfly stitches, but his face, presumably the 75 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:27.000 helmet had protected his head. His beard now flecked with gray, 76 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:30.639 making him look even more attractive in Lisa's eyes than 77 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:34.639 he did all those years ago. Yes, I know him 78 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:39.120 or it did a few years ago. Good. I'm glad 79 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:43.639 we got that cleared up, doctor Phillips said. Now let's 80 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.800 get him where he needs to be. Lisa watched as 81 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.199 they moved him out of the emergency room. Turning to 82 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:54.879 the nurse with the paper, she asked what happened. The 83 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:58.959 nurse flicked nervously through the papers. According to the witnesses, 84 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:02.000 he was hit by another motorcyclist who seemed to have 85 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:05.439 been out of control, and then was hit by a 86 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:09.240 car after he fell. What happened to the other motorcyclist, 87 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:14.319 Lisa asked, how apparently he fled the scene. Probably didn't 88 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:19.839 want to be talking to the police, the nurse said, dryly, solemnly, 89 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:25.279 Watching the stretcher disappear up the corridor towards surgery, she 90 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:31.160 simply said. Fuck. To say this shift passed in a 91 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:35.319 blur was an understatement. Lisa could not focus. She could 92 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.439 not believe Trevor was laying in the very same hospital 93 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:43.959 she was working in. After all this time was his fate. 94 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:47.959 She believed he'd been in surgery most of the time 95 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:50.920 she was on shift, only coming out in the dying 96 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:54.600 moments of her time at the hospital. She looked at 97 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.639 him from the doorway as she was leaving. Was this 98 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:03.600 a sign she really didn't believe in second chance romances? 99 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:07.879 But watching him as he lay unconscious, her heart really 100 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:12.439 felt sickened. She had walked away from him once, ignored 101 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:18.120 his cause, his letters, or for absolutely no reason. Maybe 102 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.759 this was a chance to put it right, at least 103 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.279 beyond speaking terms with the best friend she ever had. 104 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.000 Maybe fate had given her a way out. Over the years, 105 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:31.319 she had started to call him so many times, just 106 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:35.480 to hear his voice, But of course she never completed 107 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.519 the cause she had carried the guilt of her stupidity 108 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:44.240 for so many years. Right now it weighed heavier than 109 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:49.679 ever on her soul. Silently, she walked into his room 110 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.120 and pushed his long, graying hair away from his face 111 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.480 and kissed his brow gently. If this was fate, then 112 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:02.879 she was truly grateful for the opportunity. Don't you go 113 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:08.679 dying on me, Trevor McMullan, she whispered, a tears stinging 114 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:12.840 in her eyes. She turned and left the room, with 115 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:16.080 her heart feeling hope for the first time in a 116 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.720 very long time. It wasn't until she was sat in 117 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:24.320 the car that reality kicked in. This was the man 118 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.919 that she walked away from without saying a word, a 119 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.679 man that had supported her after the death of her brother, 120 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:36.799 Yet she decided he wasn't worth a phone call. What 121 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:40.279 the hell would you say to him? How'd you excuse that? 122 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:44.440 The rain at ease by the time she reached Karen's 123 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:50.000 house and the morning sun broke its cover through the clouds. 124 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:53.480 It only took one knock on the door to ignite 125 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:58.240 the sound of excited children from behind the wood. The 126 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.600 door swung open, and two faces stared up at her, 127 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:08.799 covered in an explosion of paint. I'm a tiger, Clarice giggled, 128 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:13.600 And she's a lion, she said, pointing at Mandy. Of 129 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:18.360 course you are, Lisa said, glad she had no aspirations 130 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:23.159 for her daughter's artistic talents. Get your bag, we need 131 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.039 to go home. There's something I need to tell you, 132 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:30.759 Lisa said, doubt still swarming her mind. She had always 133 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:36.879 been vague about Clarice's father, particularly to Cariice. Just another 134 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:41.320 way she denied Trevor, she thought. With him laying in hospital, 135 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.279 she could feel nothing but guilt for the way she 136 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:49.000 had treated him. Whatever the consequences, she had to make 137 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.799 this right and acknowledge all that he was in her life. 138 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:57.559 What if he doesn't even like children, she muttered to herself, 139 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:03.320 not realizing the words come out through her mouth. What mummy, 140 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:08.200 Clarice said, looking up at her with those bright, innocent 141 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:13.679 eyes of hers. Oh nothing, honey, Mommy's just talking out loud, 142 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:19.600 she replied, taking Clarice's backpack in one hand and grasping 143 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:23.600 Art's waiting hand with the other, squeezing it a little 144 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:27.440 tied to the normal. Lost in her own world, she 145 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:31.639 hadn't realized Karen was stood in the doorway, shaking her 146 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:35.799 head to clear her thoughts. She thanked Karen. Karen just 147 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:41.279 smiled knowingly before saying good luck. He's for the best. 148 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:45.240 Lisa tried her best to fight off the waves of 149 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:48.440 doubt that crashed over her mind as they drove home, 150 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:53.320 tried her best to pay attention to her daughter as 151 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.480 she excitedly told her about their adventures over the past 152 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:00.480 couple of days. She just needed to get home and 153 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:04.840 tell clarsa truth. If he didn't want to know her, 154 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:08.799 he surely would know his daughter. How could he not 155 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:15.519 love her? Pulling the car into her driveway. Lisa's shoulders 156 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:18.679 slumped as she grew at the will. This was it. 157 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.679 The small house seemed larger and cavernous as she put 158 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:28.320 Clarice's backpack on the counter, trying to delay the conversation 159 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.159 she knew she needed to have. She asked Clarisse, Honey, 160 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:38.679 have you eaten? Clorice just grinned bacon Berger's and fries. Mo, 161 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.720 there goes that excuse. Suddenly there was a loud roar 162 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:48.000 outside the house. As much as Lisa wanted to avoid 163 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.279 the inevitable, Chris was the one reason she did not 164 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:55.399 need to have around you. Wait here, honey, Mammy's just 165 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:59.919 got something to handle, she said, closing the kitchen door behind. 166 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:02.759 As she walked to the front door and opened it, 167 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.519 she had to say Chris looked more disheveled than normal, 168 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.759 which was quite an achievement. As he took his helmet 169 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:14.679 off and looked her in the eyes, the fear that 170 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:19.960 glazed them burned with a ferocious temper. Lisa wondered for 171 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.919 a moment if he was going to attack her, steal 172 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:27.519 her purse, and fill himself with drugs. All she could 173 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:31.120 think of was keeping him away from Clarisse, pulling the 174 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:34.759 door to behind her. She asked him sternly, why are 175 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:39.559 you here, Chris? This isn't what we agreed. I killed him. 176 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:44.200 I fucking killed him, he grooted out. Now they will 177 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:48.480 kill me, or I'll get arrested and do life. His 178 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:51.480 eyes flickered from side to side in a manic movement 179 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:56.720 as he raised his hand. Lisa flinched instinctively, waiting for 180 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:01.679 the first strike. Instead, Chris just grabbed his shoulder, squeezing 181 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:04.240 into the point of pain as he said, I need 182 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.720 to get away, jail bait. Now I need money for fuel, 183 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.720 something I can pawn. Lisa winced at the way he 184 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:15.240 said gel bait. It always sounded so seedy when he 185 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.559 used it, like it was wish for thinking. Taking a breath, 186 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:25.080 Lisa forced herself to think. This could be an opportunity. 187 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.200 She knew it. She just had to figure out how 188 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:34.600 hope sparked in her mind again dimply, but it was there, Chris, 189 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:37.759 what happened? She asked, trying to assess how much of 190 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.159 an opportunity this was. The old fucker shouldn't have been 191 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:45.000 on the road, let alone A fucking bike cut right 192 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:49.080 across me, and I hit him. Then a car hit him, 193 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:53.480 he growled. Obviously he has spent time thinking about that 194 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:58.279 enough to make himself sound innocent. I only had a 195 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:00.679 little weed at the clubhouse, and I had to do 196 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:06.240 that on credit, he said between gritted teeth. From experience, 197 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.240 she knew that a little weed meant at least five 198 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:12.240 lines of dope. And if he owed the club money 199 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:16.720 and he might do time, they would want to paying 200 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:21.799 him full with interest, and she really doubted he would 201 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.320 be able to get his hands on the money for that. 202 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:30.279 He was fucked from both ends. Chris, I've got fifty 203 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.600 bucks in cash and still waiting for my wages to clear. 204 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:38.679 She paused, her mind twisted with guilt and doubt over 205 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:42.480 what she was considering. Somewhere in the back of her mind, 206 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:47.000 a voice from her youth whispered, do it. A strong 207 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:50.600 man's voice was always there, just on the edge of hearing. 208 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.679 I also have Mark's watches. I don't know how much 209 00:15:54.720 --> 00:16:00.200 they're worth, but he always said they were expensive. The 210 00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:02.799 truth was, Lisa didn't even know if they were real. 211 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.559 Mark did work of sorts and always seemed to have money, 212 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.360 but she had been too young to be cynical enough 213 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:16.679 to challenge him about the jobs he did. Focus returned 214 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:20.879 to Chris's eyes and to Lisa's satisfaction more than a 215 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:25.240 little surprise. Yeah, you bastard, I had those and you 216 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:31.480 never knew that would be great, he muttered. Wait here, 217 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:36.240 Lisa said, as she moved back inside the house. The 218 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.000 kitchen door opened a little and two bright eyes peered 219 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.120 around the edge of the door. Can I come out yet, mommy, 220 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.840 Clarice whispered, Not yet, honey, Mummy's just got to help 221 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.879 this man and then I'll be back, she said, as 222 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.600 softly as she could manage. She waited a moment as 223 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.559 Clarice closed the door before going up to her bedroom 224 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:05.119 and opening her closet. Pulling her shoes out, she removed 225 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:08.240 the wooden box that had been secreted away and took 226 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.400 out the selection of watches, before putting them in an 227 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:15.799 old rocksack she had bought for Jim but never quite 228 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.599 made it there. I damn well, hope you're right. I'm 229 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:23.599 sorry for this, she whispered, not stopping to look at 230 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:28.000 the watches the fear of changing her mind. Stopping at 231 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:31.039 a nightstand, she took the fifty dollars she kept in 232 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:36.319 case of emergencies and moved quickly through the house, grasping 233 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:40.680 the money on rocksack tightly until she faced Chris once again. 234 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:44.640 Grabbing both out of her outstretched hands, he put his 235 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:47.839 helmet back on put the rucksack in his side bag, 236 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.519 even without looking at the contents, before starting his engine 237 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:57.440 and leaving without a word of thanks. Thanks Lisa for 238 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.720 giving me the last possessions you have of your dead brother, 239 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:06.519 she whispered bitterly as she watched him disappear, turning her 240 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:09.680 back as her recent pass left, she now had to 241 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:14.680 face her past from a little longer ago. Lifting her head, 242 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.319 two sparkling eyes watched her curiously from beside the door. 243 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:23.799 Stealing herself, Lisa ran up to the door, chasing Clarice 244 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.960 back into the house, tickling her as she caught up 245 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:31.880 with her, ignoring her. Please for mercy, Who is that, mummy, 246 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.799 she asked between pants as they collapsed on the couch, kickling. 247 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:42.799 Just a bad memory, honey, she replied quietly. Is that 248 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:46.599 what you wanted to tell me about? Mummy? Clorice asked her, 249 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:53.519 face awash with innocence. No, no, it isn't, Lisa sighed, first, 250 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:57.039 Mommy needs coffee. I have been working all night, you know. 251 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:01.839 Lisa returned to her bedroom closet and retrieved a second box. 252 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:07.680 Although smaller, it felt infinitely heavier carrying the weight of 253 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.640 her past. The smell of freshly brewed coffee washed over 254 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.480 the house as she placed the box and her coffee 255 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:19.200 on the occasional table next to the sofa. The rainbow 256 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.759 color's hand painted on the box when she was just ten, 257 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:29.359 reflected brightly in Clarice's widening eyes, the colors, somehow accentuating 258 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:34.960 her growing excitement. Just watching her filled her heart with joy. 259 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:40.759 She had such a magical enthusiasm for everything. Softly, Lisa said, 260 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:44.519 this is mum's memory box. I made it when I 261 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:47.559 wasn't much older than you. You will get to make one, 262 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:50.920 and it will be your special box to keep all 263 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.880 your best memories in the box could have been full 264 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:57.400 of gold treasure, and Clarice wouldn't have been more excited, 265 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:01.839 her face any more radiant as Lisa lifted the lid 266 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:07.400 on her past. Searching through the stacks of photos, Lisa 267 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.400 carefully selected three she thought would be suitable and passed 268 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.000 the first to Clarise, who looked at it full of wonder. 269 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.480 This is Mark. I've told you about him before. He 270 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:21.680 would have been your uncle, but he died before you 271 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:25.359 were born. As the last words left her lips, a 272 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:29.279 wave of gilt washed over her. In her efforts to 273 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.440 make a new life and forget all the pain she 274 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:36.759 had kept, Clorice's family passed away from her. Her parents 275 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:40.519 had refused to speak to her after she went to college, 276 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:42.920 and she only heard about their passing from an old 277 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:47.559 school friend. But just because things didn't work out between 278 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:50.599 her and them, was it right to take away the 279 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:54.200 opportunity for the Cariice to know more about her past? 280 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:58.599 This is Trevor, she said, nervously passing her the next 281 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:04.680 photoa for her response. Although Trevor was attractive, he hated 282 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:08.920 having his photo taken and growled at anyone brave enough 283 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:13.440 to try. This particular photo was of him when he 284 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:17.119 didn't know he was being photographed, and wasn't dressed in 285 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:21.359 enough leather to give a herd of buffalo nightmares. He 286 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:27.680 almost looked human. Who's Trevor, mummy, Glarice asked curiously. He 287 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.240 was a very good friend of both uncle Mark and me, 288 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:34.759 she said, wiping a tear from her eye. The past 289 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:39.240 tense had never felt more painful. Is he alive, mummy? 290 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:45.440 The innocent question stung at Lisa's heart. Yes he is, honey, 291 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:49.079 but he's very ill and mommy's looking after him in 292 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:53.640 the hospital, she said, feeling Clorice was of the absolute 293 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:59.240 truth after all the vaguity. Can I see him, she asked, 294 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:03.759 staring at the ft. Not yet, honey, not until he's better, 295 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.160 Lisa said, quietly. Cool. I'm going to paint him up 296 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:12.680 to look like a lion as well, Clorise said, excitement 297 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:16.440 dripping from every word. Lisa could only giggle quietly through 298 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:19.799 her tears. Damn, this girl could make her feel happy, 299 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:24.079 even at moments like this. Passing her the final voto, 300 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:29.559 Lisa hesitated for a moment, letting Clarice digest the image. 301 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.200 It had been taken at her going away party, well 302 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.359 the dying moments of it by one of the other 303 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:40.480 bikers for a laugh. Lisa loved the photo so much, 304 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:43.720 and Trevor never found out it had ever been taken. 305 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:48.920 So was he your boyfriend, mummy, Clarice asked, tracing her 306 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:53.119 finger softly over the photograph. The photo seemed a lot older, 307 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.400 having been cried over so many times in the past years. 308 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:01.000 Trevor and her were laid on the couch at the 309 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:06.200 clubhouse in each other's arms, obviously a little drunk. The 310 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:09.279 blanket he had given her draped across them as they kissed, 311 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:16.000 still crying, Lisa nodded, saying yes, he was, honey. In fact, 312 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:20.480 Lisa paused, taking in her breath to steady her nerves, 313 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:26.759 before continuing, he's your daddy. Well, I have a daddy. 314 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.400 Make him better, mummy, so I can see him. Wiping 315 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:34.000 the tears away that now fell freely down her cheeks, 316 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:38.240 she simply said, I will, Honey, I've got her daddy, 317 00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:42.880 Clarice said slowly, her voice full of wonderment. Can I 318 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:47.200 call Mandy to tell her we found my daddy? Of course, sweetheart, 319 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:52.680 Lisa said quietly. Clorice jumped off the couch and ran 320 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:55.759 out of the room in search of her cellphone. Her 321 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:58.839 excited voice chimed to the house as she spoke to Mandy. 322 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:05.000 Seconds Lisa's phone deemed with a text from Karen, her daddy. 323 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:10.440 Not the conversation I was expecting. What about Chris Chris's history, 324 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:13.960 Lisa typed. She was sure she could hear the cogs 325 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:17.799 of Karen's brain working before the next text appeared a 326 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:20.640 minute or so later. The backer that was brought in 327 00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:26.480 is Clarice's dad, Yes, Lisa responded, Oh shit, girl, we'd 328 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:30.559 better get him well. Then the response came back almost immediately. 329 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.319 Of course, glarse wants to meet him when he's better. 330 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:39.440 Lisa replied, I'll check on him extra tonight when I'm 331 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:44.599 on shift. Then, thanks, was all Lisa could think to say. 332 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.799 Karen didn't know their history, and she didn't want her 333 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:52.680 to say anything until Lisa was ready. Don't say anything 334 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:56.119 about Clarice until I've had a chance to talk to him, 335 00:24:57.359 --> 00:25:03.000 she typed. Understood Lisa's sighed in relief as she read 336 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:06.559 the last reply. At Lisa, that was one potential problem 337 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:10.559 out of the way. Clarice came bouncing back into the room, 338 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:15.519 excitement exuding from every Poor me and Mandy are going 339 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:19.680 to do a daddy party when he gets better. The 340 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.839 image of Trevor in all his leathers, having his face 341 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:27.880 painted like a lion and eating kid's food filled Lisa's mind. 342 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:32.000 She could not help but giggle at the thought. That 343 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:37.079 would be lovely, honey, He'll enjoy that, she said, lying, 344 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:42.400 Tell me everything about Daddy Mummy, Clarice pleaded as she 345 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:47.640 sat back on the sofa, pushing herself under Lisa's arms. Initially, 346 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:53.279 Lisa struggled to remember family friendly stories about Trevor, but 347 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:56.839 once they started flowing, they did not stop until well 348 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.599 into the evening. Several had to be repair heated at 349 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:05.519 length because Clarice found them so funny. Her and Trevor 350 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:09.440 had only been together a couple of months, but they 351 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.799 had managed to fill every day as if it were 352 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:16.640 their last, despite her lack of sleep. It was beyond 353 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:21.680 dusk when the story's drifted into silence, and Clarice's questions 354 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:26.880 were replaced by the gentle breathing, announcing she had finally 355 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:31.720 fallen asleep. Suddenly, Lisa felt the tiredness of the day 356 00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:36.279 gripper and realized she was fighting to keep her eyes open, 357 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.279 removing the several chip packets that decorated them. Having forgote 358 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:45.400 a normal mill, she carried her daughter to bed before 359 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:49.440 collapsing on her own bed and wrapping herself in the blanket. 360 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:55.000 His arms around me, she thought, as she slid into 361 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:59.200 her dreams of tomorrow. The morning came all too quickly. 362 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:04.640 Well it wasn't really morning or mid afternoon. At some 363 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.839 point in time in the night, Clarice had moved into 364 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:11.119 the bed to join her. As she was sleeping gently 365 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:15.640 in her arms, the blanket wrapped around the both of them. 366 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:20.039 Enjoying the tranquility of the moment, Lisa sank into the 367 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:26.000 fantasy of having Trevor's arms around them, both protecting them. 368 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:28.599 Just a thought of it spread a warm glow over 369 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:35.200 her body, a familiar tingle returning between her thighs. Why 370 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:39.480 did Clarice have to be here now? Diverting her thoughts, 371 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:43.119 she focused on tonight. In just a couple of hours, 372 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:47.119 she would be at work, at work in the hospital 373 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:51.920 where Trevor was being treated. Granted, he was in a 374 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:54.880 different wing to her, away from the chaos of the 375 00:27:54.960 --> 00:28:00.079 emergency room. His area was quiet and peaceful, designed for 376 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:04.759 people to have privacy and recuperate. But she had to 377 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:08.240 see him. Damn it, What would she say? How the 378 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:12.000 hell would she even introduce the idea of Clarice. Karen 379 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:15.000 always had all the answers she would have to ask her, 380 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:20.920 she decided and squeezed Clarisse a little tighter, waking her accidentally. 381 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:27.240 M'am Clarise complained sleepily, is daddy here? Not yet, honey, 382 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:32.079 but real soon, Lisa whispered as she stroked her daughter's 383 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.279 long hair. Damn, she would find a way to make 384 00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:38.839 him forgive her, if not for her sake, then for Clarice's. 385 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:43.759 Having dropped clorsa Karen's early, knowing Karen would have already 386 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:46.079 gone into work as she was on an earlier shift, 387 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:51.240 these shift patterns could be a bitch. She drove the 388 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:54.240 rest of the journey to work in a trance, her 389 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:58.240 mind wrestling with ideas of how to handle Trevor. She 390 00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:03.240 had nothing. Gliding through the emergency ward, she found her 391 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:07.960 locker and mindlessly put away her personal things. Stopping for 392 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:12.160 a moment, she thought to herself. Looking back into her purse, 393 00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:16.160 she took out a solitary photograph and put it in 394 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:19.559 the back pocket of her scrubs before closing the locker 395 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:24.519 and setting off to find Karen. Eventually finding her in 396 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:28.680 the kitchen area drinking tea, she sat down next to her. 397 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:34.160 So tell me everything, Karen said, her tone inviting no debate. 398 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:38.519 For the next thirty minutes, Lisa told her every sordid 399 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:42.799 detail about her and Trevor, before she finally sighed and 400 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:46.759 simply said, how do I make him? Forgive me? Karen? 401 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:52.559