suicide today.
DWIGHT
Stop lying.
MADISON
I wish that I was. Apparently he electrocuted himself in the hospital. Gran is holding is aches.
I walked up to Madison. I looked her square in the eyes. My first thought was to hit her in the mouth but this was my sister. I was allowing my emotions to get ahead on me. Suddenly I felt Robin grab my hand and brought me back to the couch.
ROBIN
Take a breath.
Madison handed the letter to me. I scanned it over to look at his handwriting. I could not believe it.
DWIGHT (reading the letter aloud)
Sometimes I just wish, I could have run away and hid.
No matter where I would have gone though, these feelings would have stayed inside.
How can I stay here and live each day a lie,
When all I want to do is close my eyes and die?
I saw the pain I would have caused you, with every tear I shed.
I plead with you now, let me go instead?
Whether it exists though, is time for me to face
Can I ask for your forgiveness? For you to set me free
It may seem ungrateful, but this life's not meant for me.
Thank you for all your love, for all the time we shared,
It means the world to me, to know that someone cared.
I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace.
No one had anything to do with this.
My decision totally,
Landon
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I wished he would have talked to me.
DWIGHT
He was in pain and we didn’t know.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I knew something wasn’t right with him. (holding the urn) Now this is the only way for me to hold my baby.
DWIGHT
Gran let me put the urn on the mantle.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA (snapping)
Get away from me. Maybe it’s your fault that he did this.
DWIGHT
Gran I had nothing to do with Landon problems.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
You and Robin need to hurry and marry. This family needs no more bad press or others running their mouth.
DWIGHT
What do you mean that I need to marry Robin?
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I arranged for you and Robin to get together.
DWIGHT
Gran I don’t know if I can go through with marrying Robin. I was going to see if you were going to tell me the truth. Robin and I have talked about it and all, but this is not in my heart.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
You will marry her. I don’t give a damn about you being gay. If you want any part of this family you will do as I say. Robin if you want your money, you will make sure that you marry him. No one will take this family down.
DWIGHT
How much are you getting paid?
ROBIN
That doesn’t matter.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I am paying six hundred fifty thousand to marry you. She will have to stay married three years in order to receive all of it.
DWIGHT
I guess that we are both getting something out of this. I am gaining my grandmother, and you are gaining fat pockets.
ROBIN
Dwight, you and I talked about this.
DWIGHT
You never told me that you were getting paid.
ROBIN
Does it make a difference. You are gaining acceptance from your family and I am gaining a little monetary incentive.
DWIGHT
I never thought that I would be in this position before. I am having sex for my grandmother’s approval. Just to work for this family and gain an inheritance.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
Don’t think of it that way.
DWIGHT
What other way is there to think of it?
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
Think of it as being delivered. Now in a few days you and Robin will announce your engagement in the in Wayne County Gazette . We will have an engagement party and then in a few weeks the wedding. Meanwhile, Dwight will work here at Cove Oil. Robin you will go with Madison to pick out things for the wedding. Don’t lose your damn mind and think that you can purchase anything that you want. This is a wedding to get the drama off of my family.
29
Brian set in his hotel room flipping channels on the TV. His mind pondered over the dinner that he had with Madison. He tried to wrap his mind around the news that she told him about Dwight moving
DWIGHT
Stop lying.
MADISON
I wish that I was. Apparently he electrocuted himself in the hospital. Gran is holding is aches.
I walked up to Madison. I looked her square in the eyes. My first thought was to hit her in the mouth but this was my sister. I was allowing my emotions to get ahead on me. Suddenly I felt Robin grab my hand and brought me back to the couch.
ROBIN
Take a breath.
Madison handed the letter to me. I scanned it over to look at his handwriting. I could not believe it.
DWIGHT (reading the letter aloud)
Sometimes I just wish, I could have run away and hid.
No matter where I would have gone though, these feelings would have stayed inside.
How can I stay here and live each day a lie,
When all I want to do is close my eyes and die?
I saw the pain I would have caused you, with every tear I shed.
I plead with you now, let me go instead?
Whether it exists though, is time for me to face
Can I ask for your forgiveness? For you to set me free
It may seem ungrateful, but this life's not meant for me.
Thank you for all your love, for all the time we shared,
It means the world to me, to know that someone cared.
I must end it. There's no hope left. I'll be at peace.
No one had anything to do with this.
My decision totally,
Landon
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I wished he would have talked to me.
DWIGHT
He was in pain and we didn’t know.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I knew something wasn’t right with him. (holding the urn) Now this is the only way for me to hold my baby.
DWIGHT
Gran let me put the urn on the mantle.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA (snapping)
Get away from me. Maybe it’s your fault that he did this.
DWIGHT
Gran I had nothing to do with Landon problems.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
You and Robin need to hurry and marry. This family needs no more bad press or others running their mouth.
DWIGHT
What do you mean that I need to marry Robin?
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I arranged for you and Robin to get together.
DWIGHT
Gran I don’t know if I can go through with marrying Robin. I was going to see if you were going to tell me the truth. Robin and I have talked about it and all, but this is not in my heart.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
You will marry her. I don’t give a damn about you being gay. If you want any part of this family you will do as I say. Robin if you want your money, you will make sure that you marry him. No one will take this family down.
DWIGHT
How much are you getting paid?
ROBIN
That doesn’t matter.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
I am paying six hundred fifty thousand to marry you. She will have to stay married three years in order to receive all of it.
DWIGHT
I guess that we are both getting something out of this. I am gaining my grandmother, and you are gaining fat pockets.
ROBIN
Dwight, you and I talked about this.
DWIGHT
You never told me that you were getting paid.
ROBIN
Does it make a difference. You are gaining acceptance from your family and I am gaining a little monetary incentive.
DWIGHT
I never thought that I would be in this position before. I am having sex for my grandmother’s approval. Just to work for this family and gain an inheritance.
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
Don’t think of it that way.
DWIGHT
What other way is there to think of it?
GRANDMOTHER ELLA
Think of it as being delivered. Now in a few days you and Robin will announce your engagement in the in Wayne County Gazette . We will have an engagement party and then in a few weeks the wedding. Meanwhile, Dwight will work here at Cove Oil. Robin you will go with Madison to pick out things for the wedding. Don’t lose your damn mind and think that you can purchase anything that you want. This is a wedding to get the drama off of my family.
29
Brian set in his hotel room flipping channels on the TV. His mind pondered over the dinner that he had with Madison. He tried to wrap his mind around the news that she told him about Dwight moving
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