Title: My Brother Calls Jesus on the Phone
Tommy and Jimmy Harris sneaked back behind the garage. Jimmy whispered, “We can no longer see the car and watch for when Maureen is getting ready to drive us to the Hotville Swamp.”
Tommy crawled up on on some boxes so he could see through a window. “Oh my God.”
Jimmy asked, “What?”
“There is a spaceship in there. Billy and Mayor Hollis are going into the spaceship.”
Any Truth, Proper Grammar, or Correct Spelling is totally coincidental if not accidental. All characters are fiction. This story is fiction. This story makes no claims about any real person.
By Charles Peters Copyright 2022, 2023 All Rights Reserved
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Tommy and Jimmy Harris sneaked back behind the garage. Jimmy whispered, “We can no longer see the car and watch for when Maureen is getting ready to drive us to the Hotville Swamp.”
Tommy crawled up on on some boxes so he could see through a window. “Oh my God.”
Jimmy asked, “What?”
“There is a spaceship in there. Billy and Mayor Hollis are going into the spaceship.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Get up here and see for yourself.”
With some difficulty Jimmy crawled up on the boxes. He saw what Tommy was talking about. “Unreal.”
Tommy jumped down from the boxes and help Jimmy down. “We need to get back to the car and pretend that we did not see anything.”
They took off running back to the car. They reached the car just as Maureen and Bess came out of the mansion.
Maureen walked down to them and said, “The trip to the Hotville Swamp has been called off. I’ve spoken to your parents and let them know that you two would be at the mansion here in Hearthville tonight. A chauffeur will drive the two of you back to Conyers in the morning.”
Jimmy asked, “Where is Billy?”
“He and Mayor Hollis Bare had to go somewhere.”
Jimmy was about to ask more questions but Tommy stopped him. Tommy said, “Okay.”
Bess opened the boot of the car and Tommy walked around to help with the luggage. Tommy asked, “Are you worried about Billy?”
Bess said, “Just to be clear, you and I are not going to become friends. Your sister treats me like white trash and that is exactly the way I think of you two. I don’t know why my mom puts up with you and your brother being Billy’s friend. “
Tommy nodded. “Yeah, and I don’t know why your mom didn’t leave you someone’s doorstep when you were a baby.”
“Maybe I was left on her doorstep. I sure as hell don’t belong in this family.”
Maureen walked around. “Bess, I will also send you back to Conyers tomorrow.”
“To be by myself.”
“You seem to prefer it that way. But of course you will always have your bitchy attitude to keep you company.”
“You heard what I was saying?”
“I heard and I am tired of it. I wish someone had left you on my doorstep and saved me from that ten hours of hard labor just for me to have a baby that doesn’t love me.”
“Mom! I love you.” Bess forgot that Tommy was standing there and listening. “But do you know what it is like to have a brother that can actually call Jesus on the phone. I mean for real. Not some imaginary schizoid bullshit. But for real. He can talk to Jesus.”
Maureen screamed, “Bess. Stop saying stuff like that. Of course Billy can’t talk to Jesus. She is always joking like that about her brother.”
Tommy said, “I understand. So where is the spaceship going to take Billy and Mayor Hollis?”
Bess said, “Yeah, that is as silly as me saying that Billy can talk to Jesus.”
Jimmy walked around. “We saw the spaceship in the garage and Billy and Mayor Hollis Bare entering it.”
Maureen said, “It is complicated.”
Tommy said, “I can imagine. Complicated. And it is not like if you explain it to me, my memory will not become erased.”
Bess nodded. “That has been happening to you also. I wonder how many times my memory has been erased.”
Tommy nodded. “I can remember bits in dreams, but I can never remember the full events that have been erased. It is scary.”
Bess said, “Very.”
Maureen agreed. “Very.”