Saturday, February 14, 2015

Glimpsed: Day 4

Word Count: 24,004

Summary of Events:
Chapter 7:
Samuel arrived in Georgetown, journeying the last bit with a woodcutter who told Samuel his rather negative opinion of Robert. Samuel then dropped his horse off at the livery and stopped by the saloon where he got a glimpse of Robert before finding Robert's shack and meeting the girls.
Chapter 8:
Charlotte talked with Elisha about his childhood, but wasn't convinced of his truthfulness and also was uncertain about his relationship with God, so she suggested they spend time apart, but Elisha decided the opposite was necessary. Samuel woke up and talked with Robert who behaved surprisingly juvenile.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Samuel sighed. Boy did he ever have work to do. He got to his feet and took a hold of Robert's bony shoulders.
"Robert," Samuel said. "Surely you don't mean what you're saying."
"Yeah I mean it," Robert replied defiantly.
"You're too drunk to even know what you're talking about," Samuel said. "You need to sober up and think about your life. Honestly, this is atrocious. What would Christina think if she saw the man she loved looking like this and talking like this?"
Robert's brown eyes simmered. "How dare you speak her name," he growled.
Samuel held onto Robert's shoulders; he had a feeling now would not be a good time to let Robert go.
"How dare you!" Robert cried out in a hoarse scream as he lunged forward. Samuel managed to keep his arms braced — even though they were are from sleeping on the rocks.
Robert tried to lunge forward, but to no avail, so he started kicking at Samuel's shins and trying to bite Samuel's arms. Samuel braced his feet and worked to push Robert back against the bed so he'd sit down.
Fiercely Robert brought his knee up and left Samuel gasping — loosening his hold enough that Robert was able to get free and start pummelling Samuel even more. Even though he was stunned and pained Samuel fought against Robert diligently and finally was able to bring Robert down onto the floor and hold him there.
With Robert subdued Samuel curled up and whimpered slightly. That hurt. He might have to go fill one of his spare socks with snow to dull the pain. Samuel then heard a funny sort of crying like sound and raised himself up.
Robert was in tears and trying weakly to hold his sobs within himself. Samuel gazed at Robert, feeling tears of his own coming on. Robert glanced at him and then looked away quickly.
"Robert," Samuel said, his voice sounding odd from the sobs in his throat. "I've come because of Christina. She did more for you than you could ever imagine, she had an incredible patience with you, even though you weren't even half the man she deserved. She loved you, she saw some kind of good in you, and because she believed you could change I've come to whip some sense into you and wake you up to the fool you've been, and how unfair your relationship with Christina was to her, and to make you realize you still have two daughters who need a father in their life. A real father. A father who is actually the man he was supposed to become when he became an adult.""

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