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Envy Is A Terrible Thing
Victor pictured Jossette as he had held her close. He remembered all the equipment in the hospital room. He wished for the feel of her in his arms again.
Victor grabbed his head. He said, “Man. I can’t talk about it. Please don’t have me break down crying here in public.”
Jerry saw the tears streaming down Victor’s face. He looked at Jack.
For a moment Victor relived being in the hospital room. He saw Jossette laying in that awful bed surrounded by equipment and with the oxygen hose in Jossette’s nose. He thought how she had begun to cough and struggled to breathe. Still, she had kissed him and it was a kiss he would always remember with love. He touched his finger to his lips.
Jack said, “I am sorry.”
Jack saw that Victor was starting to tremble.
Victor remembered Jossette’s words. “I love you so much. Why did I ever believe that you had stopped loving me? I am so sorry.”
Victor said, “I don’t want to think. I’ve got to swim. I’ve got to get out of here.”
Victor remembered Jossette’s last breath. He remembered their last kiss. He remembered the look of death in her eyes.
Victor shrieked and moaned in tears as he dove into the water and started swimming. At times he swam above the water. At times he splashed the water hard with his feet as he dived into the depths of the lake. Jack and Jerry could see that Victor was swimming farther away from the shoreline and toward the more deadly clutches of the lake’s deep center.
Jerry said, “This is not good. He is upset and he is swimming toward the middle of the lake. Is he planning on drowning himself?”
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