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**Ollie** · (This post was last modified: 17-06-2015 07:12 AM by Ollie.)

Chp. 9 Glory days are over

"What happened?" I inquired.
"Heard a scream, decided to come see what was goin' down," Trisha explained. "Then I saw her on the floor, begging for help, I managed to get her to her bed, but She's been refusing treatment, just sleeping all day."
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"Oh god," I fretted.
"Sorry, Jenn, I have to go, work calls, I'll check back in later, okay?" Trish apologized."Call me if you need anything."
"That's fine, I'll cya later," I said softly, giving Trisha a hug before she left.
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I walked up to poor Glor', looking down at her.
"I'm so sorry mom," I cried. "I wasn't there when you needed me, you were just trying to help me, and I bailed on you."
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"It's..." Gloria quietly croaked. "Alright... Sor-sorry... I pushed you, I... I love you."
"Don't be sorry, I love you too," tears rolled down my eyes.
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The hours passed by, occasionally she'd mumble a few words, but I could rarely understand. Occasionally she'd drink a small dose of water, but wouldn't take anything else.

It was well passed midnight when a knock on the door caught my attention.
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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" I yelled so loud, the whole neighbourhood waked up.
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"Jennifer?!" He smiled.
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"Who do you think you are, you smug son of a -" I continued to yell. "You think you can just show up in the middle of the night thinking all is forgiven?! What are you even doing here?!"
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"Don't you recognise me?" He said. "It's your brother, Justin."
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"No sh*t, do you not realise what you've done?! You've ruined my life!"
"Look I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what? Running away when you were a teen, leaving Gloria and I to fend for ourselves? Getting some gangsters to harass me almost every single day of my life?! Screw you!"
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"Look, things have been rough, but I'm back, tryna get my life on track," Justin stated. "Is Gloria home, how is she?"
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"She's sleeping, go away!"
"Are you sure she's okay?"
"Ugh, fine, she had a fall and so she's pretty god damn awful."
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I guess Justin had a right to see her in her final moments, so I took him inside to visit her.

"Is that her," my brother asked while I nodded. "Mom?"
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Gloria made a slight wheeze to acknowledge Justin's presence.
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"I'm sorry, I wish I had known sooner-I would've come back... Mom?"
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"Mom?" she didn't respond.
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