Episode 2

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"Why hasn't he come back?" Hope asks

While trying to tolerate more of his wife's blabbering about here and there as perceived by his state of being he turns to his wife and says "He'll be back calm down, it's not the first time he's gone to school" then lightly lowers his voice and continues "and it's not the last"

"What did you say?" Hope asks

"My point is honey, let's just wait a little more"

Hope hearing this she takes in a deep breath and exhales. "OK.... h..h..honey", "I'll be patient...honey"

Luke's dad sees his wife calming down.

"My beloved.....husband of man you are", Luke's wife pulls a stool near the couch where her beloved husband is seated. "My dear, Don't you fvcking 'honey' me around you hear me, now don't get me wrong I really love so much as much as I love our son but do you fvcking know how many honeymoons you would have taken me on till now, Do you understand the grade of beauty I'm in

"But My dear"

"Don't but my dear me around, let me finish, the number of dresses, all the good stuff, a room just for my own make up and not to mention we would have gone to that world class restaurant your sister owns but Noooo You said let's live the average life, until we have enough saved for our son till end of university shit"

"I miss being beyond average beautiful, so h...h...honey I appreciate this and i love you so much, i actually like this we are living but there aren't enough spices in it, anyway my point is one of us is gonna have be the strict one to our boy, don't expect me to work of some of my money and most of yours but in the light of this conversation mainly me as the MC and get an email saying my son isn't doing his homework and expect me to calm down simply by using that sexy tone of yours honey...honey...honey fvck it"

Luke's dad exhales and speaks "I understand please calm down"

"He must be pissed at me now, What do I do?" She asks herself in a low voice. the walks to the couch where her husband is seated and sits on his laps.

Husband takes a glance at her

She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him on the forehead

"Honey" / "Yes!" / "I love you" "I love you like size of the ocean a lot"

"I know"

Silence

"Say that you love me too please"  Hope says

"I'll show you in bed h..h...h..honey"

No sooner did the main door open than did the two get conscious about it. "He's back dear"

Hope gets up from Luke's laps and turns to the main door. Just after Luke Junior finds his way in, His dad speaks to him

"Welcome back son...."

"Hello big man, How was school? I bet it was exciting" Hope says

"Thank you" Luke Jr. said, "It was nice" Luke Jr. said.

After that situation Luke Jr. goes to the dining room for a snack as always. He too notices the unnaturalness of the way things always are and it comes to his mind that Miss Diane has already broke the eggs.

Then suddenly,....

"Luke, could you come upstairs to your room, there's some stuff I wanna show you" Says Hope

"OK, mom I'll be right there" He replies. "Oh no, it's already happening, I better prepare myself now, I hope she doesn't take the laptop"

Soon after Luke goes upstairs, True at some point his hallucinations were almost accurate. Continuous scolding and shallow yelling went on as their conversation proceeded in Luke Junior's room.

Still goes on...

Still goes on...

Finally, Luke's dad sees Hope approaching her direct from Luke Junior's room, She sits on a couch opposite to her husband and they stare at each other for a while.

Exhales

Hope speaks first

"Parenting eeh, what are you looking at?, It's your turn, I've done my share"

After smiling as a reaction to what his wife said, he gets out of the couch and walks straight to his son's room. When he gets there by the door, he sees Luke pitifully sitting on his bed being all sad and everything related to unhappiness. He decides to walk in after seeing such scene.

After sitting on Luke's bed he begins conversation with his son

"Hi son" He says

Silence

Luke Junior lightly exhales

"Hmph, what did she take away this time?" Dad asks

"Laptop" He replied, "Dad!"

"Talk to me"

"Dad, why do we forget?

Luke's dad holds himself by the chin and looks around the room as if he were scanning for answer then he replies...

"It happens but most certainly when we consider other things more than the others maybe"

"I know", Luke Junior replies then goes on "But how are you and mom so perfect?", "She remembers almost everything about me and still keeps up with most of her duties, then there's you, I don't know how it would be if you forgot to pay the electricity bill"

"Son!,....Listen carefully" He takes in a deep breath and continues to talk, "Have you taken a shower?"

"No, not yet!" / "OK, Let's do it this way, Do you have any plans for tomorrow?

"None that I can remember" Luke Junior replies

"Are you joking with yourself?, That would have made an amazing joke if I told it" Says Luke's Dad

Once Luke realizes the awkwardness of his statement related to his forgetting problem he rushes to correct himself

"No no no, I didn't mean that way," Luke says

"Don't worry, I know what you meant, Anyway since you are free me and you have along talk, I hope I don't bore you, So at some point if I do be sure to tell me" Says Dad

"What"s it about? Are you gonna talk about the government again?" / "Since when do I talk about the government bra? I don't remember drinking anytime around" / "No it was that one time I asked you to help me with homework and I also didn't know it reached that matter in our conversation but anyway, I let you finish"/

"Besides, politics are boring, they were actually made for boring people like your mom but don't tell her that"

From outside the room just behind the door to Luke's room Hope hears what her husband says and lightly giggles.

("What a husband, I'll settle here and see how you parent your son, maybe I was too rough, I'll be rougher next time then he'll be cooler, but then again I'll look like the bad person in his life, you know what, Life Is Unfair, It'll Never Be Fair Ugh, What %&^*)

Back inside

"So dad, what does our conversation have to with my plans for tomorrow?" Luke inquires

"You'll see, like I said it'll take a while and I wanted to make sure that I don't be your excuse when you fail your plans.... Ohh and your mom will probably remember to check if you've taken a shower" Dad says

"Good point" Luke replies

On hearing that Luke Junior rushes out of the bed and prepares to shower. Luke remembers how his mom told him to be arranged and clean up his room. His Dad notices him walking around his room picking up stuff and putting them in the right order, "This could a take a while and mom wants him to learn it the hard way" He told himself.

"Hey Luke" Dad speaks

On catching Luke's attention he continues "OK this is how we are gonna do it, while you are showering, arranging and folding stuff, I'll be talking like the background narrator, not like this shitty British narrators all complex English and stuff"

("I like the fact that you are letting my boy do this work on his own but mind your language you shithead of a man I love Luke" Hope slightly speaks to herself)

("I have no shitty idea where my dad is going at with whatever this is but he seems pretty, I dunno let me just listen because he told me to be honest with how I feel about it, I hope it's not the life lectures that they give us even if we sneeze and accidentally forget to close our mouth" Luke contends with his mind)

Luke speaks out "OK Dad I'll listen if I miss a thing I'll let you know"

"Fine fine...fine where do I begin? where do I begin? where do I begin? Oho OK got it, it was once upon a time some years ago before you existed" Luke's Dad speaks

"Very funny" Luke Junior replies

"Before all this I want you to know that my name is also Luke"

"Figures, I always wondered why you called me Luke Junior, Now I'm sure" Luke Jr. replies

Luke's Dad continues to speak "Anyways, there was a Luke, yeah, Luke was probably younger or older than you, I dunno, I dunno but at some point you look older than him, or is it young, nah maybe technology and science affects age, and 18 year old can look like a 30+, this world now-days"

"Oho, I might have started the boring, well let's proceed, Like you, Luke also had a mom, a grumpy one actually, a grumpy mom and a dad too"

In the background

"Typical Luke" says Hope.

Dad proceeds "We lived in a house, we ate, slept, woke up, played, laughed but most of all Luke was...... IRRESPONSIBLE...

Luke Jr. reacts

"Really!!!!!!" Luke Junior lively asks

"Well it depends on if you want me to continue or it's boring" Luke's dad replies

"PLEASE CONTINUE" Luke begs

Seeing as how he's caught his attention he prepared to shame himself in front of his son with his childhood mistakes and flaws "I hope this is good parenting, maybe he'll learn from his dad's mistakes" He says to himself. Hmph "Continue I shall but aren't we forgetting something?"

Luke suddenly remembers that he's supposed to take a shower so he rushes in to the bathtub, "Dad, No, narrator!! I hope your voice is loud enough" Says Luke Jr.

Back outside Luke's room

Hope receives a text message on her phone, the message is from the social women's and mom's club.

As Hope picks up her phone to read the message, she notices that it is one of the members who is reminding her to go to a meeting

"You are gonna be late for the meeting, it's almost 4:30 pm" Hope reads from the screen of the phone. "Ugh, I can't make it today, what excuse should I use for today, the usual one"

Hope decides to reply Mrs. Swiftburg that she is busy for today and can't come.

Puts phone back down on floor and continues to focus on her husband's and son's conversation

Vibration... Vibration... Vibration. Mrs. Swiftburg replies to Hope's message

" So persistent she is" Hope speaks to herself. While thinking of what to do she in kind of sequences rolls her eyes over while holding her right cheek with the palm of her hand. As this situation continues....

Vibration... Vibration...

She receives another message

"Ow damn, why did I have to reply". The current text message reads, "Stop that rubbish attitude and come here"

😒

Hope types in "M a r k a s r e a d" and immediately after sending she turns off her phone and returns her concentration back to Luke and Luke Junior's conversation again

While listening on in her mind contends with her past decision of letting Some woman (Mrs. Swiftburg) sign her up to be a part of that club she in the least of reasons gives a damn about

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