Wavedancer, part seven

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****Mike****

I was still amused by Lucinda's newest tactic, but it would be a cold day in hell before I'd have anything to do with that busybody. Much less live with her; even thinking of it made my skin crawl. She was a public nuisance, and I was still amazed that anyone spoke to her, considering the grief she'd caused over the years. Lucy had one son--Davy, once a friend of mine--and when he'd married, she went into gossip overdrive. The nice, amiable girl he'd chosen was simply "not good enough" for her Davy, and she went around and told everyone as much until Davy and his wife simply moved away and stopped speaking to her. She finally apologized but they never returned. I hated to see him go.

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Wavedancer commentary, part seven

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Still in Mike's POV.

I was still amused by Lucinda's newest tactic, but it would be a cold day in hell before I'd have anything to do with that busybody. Much less live with her; even thinking of it made my skin crawl. She was a public nuisance, and I was still amazed that anyone spoke to her, considering the grief she'd caused over the years. Lucy had one son--Davy, once a friend of mine--and when he'd married, she went into gossip overdrive. The nice, amiable girl he'd chosen was simply "not good enough" for her Davy, and she went around and told everyone as much until Davy and his wife simply moved away and stopped speaking to her. She finally apologized but they never returned. I hated to see him go.

Okay, this whole section is pretty much one giant expositional block. Just one huge chunk of He Did This and She Did That (When She Wasn't On A Vodka Bender, That Is).

And wow, how awful do you have to be to chase your own son out of town?

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Saw Star Trek

I'm not a Trek fan, but it was enjoyable.

In the bathroom afterward, the woman next to me informed me that Leonard Nimoy is her husband.