Mountain of Despair (standard:romance, 1076 words)
Author: Elizabeth R	Added: Oct 04 2004	Views/Reads: 3212/2095	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
A poor family living in the mountains with all the hardships.

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and Joey.  The other clothes fit Ben perfectly.  He was a couple years 
younger than Johnny.  Every one looked so nice in their new clothes. 

Pa came home that night and brought groceries.  What a relief to get
some new supplies.  Pa never noticed the new clothes.  Jessie guessed 
he just thought she had plenty.  She did try to tell Pa how they needed 
new supplies every two weeks and clothes every couple of months.  It 
was like talking to the moon.  Pa just tuned her out and went outside 
to sit. 

After a few months of seeing Johnny, he asked Jessie to the movies.  She
 asked Ben if he could take care of Betsy and Joey.  He said yes, so 
she went.  It was the best evening of her life.  They had popcorn and 
candy and the movie was a comedy and they laughed and laughed. 

Over the next ten years, not much changed.  Johnny went to college and
never came back to his home town.  Jessie was still taking care of 
Betsy and Joey who were teenagers and finding it hard to be poor 
without designer clothes and money for sodas.  Pa continued working and 
never got a promotion.  They still struggled for the food they needed.  
Ben ran away at age 16 and they haven't heard from him.  Jessie will 
leave as soon as Betsy and Joey are gone.  She will have to work where 
ever she can find work.  It has to be better than this. 

The End 


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