Saturday, December 6, 2008

The Slap

...St. Margaret....otherwise known as St. Margaret McGilligan. She bore such a striking resemblence to her brother, Jack, that they could have been twins.

"Lesbians! They're lesbians. Not just men, she likes women. They like each other. They're together," Joe could not stop the words from spilling from his lips.

She grabbed him by the ear and pulled him to his feet.

"What is this nonsense?" she muttered.

While still holding his ear, she peered into the closet. She saw light coming through a tiny hole in the back and when she peeked in, she saw her neice Violet and another half-clothed girl running through a doorway.

Sister Margaret backed away and grabbed her rosary. She closed her eyes and appeared to be praying. Then a moment later, she opened them and slapped Joe across the face.

"The Lord dislikes punks like you," she sneered. Still holding his ear, she dragged him down the hall. "You will be punished," she said, leading him out a side door and down the stairs to ....

8 comments:

Natasha said...

So there has been so many players that I was not sure of last names. I assumed that McGilligan's was named after Violet's family. Hope that was right ...

Rowena said...

I did too. I put that in the family tree. So, let's just say they're the McGilligans.

Natasha said...

Great thanks Rowena.

Anonymous said...

Ha ha, funny -- I was just about to congratulate Natasha on connecting two previously unrelated plot points... turns out I just haven't been paying attention!

Anonymous said...

Haha...JES that would have been nice, thanks.....when I saw the list of plot points that Missy had collected I experienced the same level of shock I have when someone threw in a new twist..we've gathered quite a bit here..tying them together presents quite a crazy challange...like that painting I can't wait to see where it pops up again

Kate Lord Brown said...

It's kind of fun having so many knots to unravel ... it's only the 6th December - we have 25 days to figure out what's going on ... we'll get there!

Unknown said...

The painting is trying to resurface in my St. Mary’s post, but it doesn’t look like anybody caught it.

Rowena said...

I saw that, Son, but had to stick with the nun track.

Doesn't mean it won't come back.

You know there's going to be a hubbub, and maybe it will have something to do with the "facial."