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Teddy Snyder’s body was found punctured by nine bullets
In 1989, in San Fernando Valley, the bullet riddled body of Teddy Snyder–a pornographer–was found. He was killed outside of his home. A law-enforcement investigator familiar with the case said the killing had the appearance of an organized crime-style hit. Court records show that the Northridge company Snyder founded, Video Cassette Recordings Inc., owed money to a company allegedly controlled by a man linked by federal prosecutors to an East Coast crime family. VCR’s offices were searched as part of the ongoing investigation by a state and local law-enforcement task force probing organized crime links to the porn business.
Police first thought organized crime was involved. They thought pornographers were involved. Those close to Teddy Snyder thought drugs were involved.
Then….
Sharon Snyder, 39, of Woodland Hills, and Victor Diaz, 47, were charged in San Fernando Municipal Court with first-degree murder for allegedly killing Snyder on Aug. 1, 1989. They were also charged with the special allegation that they killed for financial gain, which means prosecutors may seek the death penalty.
According to the district attorney’s complaint against them, Sharon Snyder offered Diaz $20,000 to kill her husband so that she could inherit their property.
Snyder, 47, was shot four times from the front and five times in the back with a .380-caliber Mac II submachine gun near his parked car in Northridge. Apparently Sharon was pretty intent on inheriting money from her bankrupt husband. At least according to authorities.
The investigation turned toward the wife after Ventura County law enforcement officials arrested William Fisher in an unrelated investigation. Port Hueneme police were investigating drug sales in their city and followed a suspect, not Fisher, to a Simi Valley residence where Fisher, 35, lived, said Sgt. Dennis Fitzgerald.
Authorities raided the property and arrested Fisher on misdemeanor drug charges. He was later arrested again for violating the conditions of a federal parole by associating with a convicted felon, and was then currently in federal custody in Los Angeles, authorities said.
Police found undisclosed evidence linking Fisher to the Snyder killing during the raid and contacted Los Angeles detectives. Fisher then gave investigators information about the killing, authorities said.
According to the San Fernando court complaint, after Sharon Snyder offered Diaz $20,000 to kill her husband, Diaz offered Fisher $20,000 to commit an unspecified murder. Fisher later helped Diaz obtain the submachine gun which authorities believe Diaz used to shoot Teddy Snyder, the complaint stated.
According to police Sharon Snyder gave Diaz a $10,000 bill, the complaint said. The rare bill came from Teddy Snyder’s money collection, Mellecker said. Seriously. Would she do that? I don’t know.
In her testimony, Sharon Snyder said that shortly before the slaying, a New York man she said was a “lieutenant in the Lucchese crime family” had stepped up pressure to collect a debt of more than $100,000 that her husband owed the family.
The man said her husband “had a week, and if he didn’t pay the money, Teddy would be dead,” Snyder said. Snyder testified that she and her husband were broke and barely able to support their cocaine habits.
In the trial a handwriting expert testified that Sharon Snyder did not write a letter in which she purportedly admitted her role in the machine-gun slaying of her pornographer husband. Nor was the letter written by Victor Diaz, the confessed triggerman who brought the letter forward in the San Fernando Superior Court trial of Sharon Snyder, the expert said.
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Diaz, the prosecution’s chief witness, surprised the court when he testified that the defendant had sent him a letter implicating herself in the slaying of her husband, Theodore Snyder.
So can you guess the outcome of this trial.
Here it is.
Jury Acquits Wife in 1989 Slaying of Sex-Video Maker. San Fernando Superior Court jurors, who deliberated five days before reaching a verdict, said they did not believe the testimony of the prosecution’s chief witness against Sharon Snyder, 41.
The witness, Victor Diaz, 47, who admitted killing flamboyant sex-video producer Theodore J. Snyder, testified that he did it at Sharon Snyder’s behest because he was in love with her and she had promised to share her inheritance with him. The jury did not trust his story. In return for his testimony, Diaz, an admitted cocaine dealer, was allowed to plead no contest to second-degree murder and was promised a maximum sentence of 17 years to life. Had she been convicted, Snyder could have been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Teddy Snyder’s Credits
Raven (Video) (executive producer)
1984 Tracie Lords (Video) (executive producer)
1983 Blue Confessions (Video) (executive producer) / (producer)
1981 Seka’s Fantasies (Video) (executive producer)
1973 Tell the Doc (Short) (producer)
1971 Sex for Sale (Short) (producer)
Hide HideDirector (3 credits)
1984 The Erotic World of Candy Shields (Video)
1973 Tell the Doc (Short)
1971 Sex for Sale (Short)
Hide HideCinematographer (3 credits)
1983 Blue Confessions (Video)
1973 Tell the Doc (Short)
1971 Sex for Sale (Short)
Adult performers picket Instagram HQ over company’s banning them
Over on the guardian the headline reads, “
Adult performers picket Instagram HQ over company’s nude photo rules
But then later in the article it reads:
“In the large majority of instances, there was no nudity shown in the pictures. However, it appears that the accounts were terminated merely because of their status as an adult performer,” James Felton, the Adult Performers Actors Guild legal counsel, told the Guardian. “Efforts to learn the reasons behind the termination have been futile,” he added.
That suggests that people are not just being banned from sites for what they do on the sites themselves but for who they are and what they do on other sites and even in their real lives. Now mind you, it is true that a lot of adult performers use Instagram for traffic and to make money. Some cam models charge their fans tokens before those fans are given access to their Instagram or Snapchat accounts. That is true. Some may have crossed lines and Instagram may have received complaints. Though I think that is doubtful in many cases given that the banning was done in mass. The banning of many of cam models seems to be part of something company driven and not user driven.
I am reminded of twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, in an article, calling the internet a separate country. That may seem like a harmless statement within the context of the internet being global and without boundaries. It may sound like a harmless comparative statement. But the statement is not correct. The internet is a global utility. It is not a country.
The internet isn’t just a utility in the US or UK or Mexico or whatever. It is global. But then when you consider the large internet corporations are basically trying to write their own laws, create their own currencies, and are deciding who they want to kick out of their own “country” it gets rather scary. Why? Because the internet is not a separate country. People don’t live on the internet. They live real lives in real places and in many cases are trying to make money on the internet from their own home. The internet is a very important utility that serves planet earth. It is not a separate fucking country.
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Now some people say the internet is “the Wild West. It has to be tamed.” First, again, the internet is not a geographic location. It is not a separate country. It is a utility and neither the government nor the Corporate Police State should dictate legal behavior when using that utility. If you are breaking laws there are already laws that can be enforced against you. Allowing the corporate police state trying to control the internet to write their own laws and use those laws to discriminate against people is NOT acceptable.
Imagine if AT&T or Verizon were to put filter spyware AI on your phone. Now imagine, if in conversation you are half drunk, get excited, and tell someone in a joking insult, “Yo, motherfucker, Georgia is going to beat Alabama hands down. If you think otherwise, you can suck my cock.” Now imagine if at that point the AI kills your phone and kills your account and the phone companies acting in collusion will never allow you to have a phone account again. Now obviously AT&T and Verizon could get their asses sued off if they were to try such a thing. Neither they nor their AI should be listening to your conversation or reading your texts anyway. But should Google or Facebook or Twitter or whoever be allowed to basically do exactly that and still be treated as a utility.
Some people will say that Instagram has the right to say what people can and can not do on their service. That is true to some degree, but if they police content on their system and say they have the ability to act as an editor and chief of the content on their system then they are a publisher. They aren’t a utility. If they are a publisher then all immunity from what users do on their system should vanish. They should be held to the same standards as any other publication.
Now you may not like cam models. You may thump your bible and point to the fact that there are local decency laws. Understand, Pinterest censored Christians by putting them in the same class as porn. (As I understand it, opinion.) So religious people should understand that when they are promoting censorship they may be promoting the censorship of themselves and silencing their own voices.
The point of the local laws is to protect the local streets and neighborhoods. The internet allows adult entertainers to make money, for the most part, invisible from the streets of your neighborhood. I would guess most people consider that a good thing and not a bad thing. Do cam models on Instagram intrude into your enjoyment of the system? Do preachers on Pinterest intrude into your enjoyment of the system? If the answer is yes in either case and real people are complaining (not hit brigades using bots or elite media ass wipes trying to gain control of the internet) then of course the given internet company has a right to try to protect the system for their users. No one is saying that don’t have right to remove hurtful, drunken post, from their systems that they have received legitimate user complaints about. But banning people from the site for things they aren’t even doing on the site and therefore can’t possibly be guilty of intrusive behavior as far as their offsite behavior, it is problematic. That level of policing people should raise the question to whether the internet company should lose their right to be treated as a utility and instead be treated as a publisher and subjected to more harsh laws.
The degree that internet companies act in collusion with their shared data to ban people raises very real antitrust issues. Especially when they are doing it to censor free speech and cause economic harm to small businesses with that censorship. It does not matter whether you are a cam model or a preacher or someone with a political opinion or yes, even someone overly excited about a football game, free speech is important. FREE SPEECH IS IMPORTANT.
Hearthville Serial: Envy Is A Terrible Thing – Chapter Nine
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Jack slapped Stewart on the back. “Right. The first time I saw Victor naked in the shower after gym I had nightmares about Big Foot chasing me around with that thing.”
Stewart said, “It is a scary looking cock.”
“You two shut up. You are just jealous. Penis envy is a terrible thing.”
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Chapter 9
Stewart was the last person to greet Preacher Pat Piaolo after church. Everyone else had gone to their cars and was leaving. Stewart walked up and shook Preacher Pat’s hand with a firm handshake.
Stewart said, “That was a pretty good sermon but I am pretty sure that Jesus never played football.”
Preacher Pat laughed. “But he would have been a hell of a quarterback. Maybe almost as good as you.”
“My football days are over.”
“I am sure God has a plan for you. You will have a good life.”
“Yeah, people say that when one door closes another door opens, but I don’t like drafty houses. All my plans for what I wanted to do with my life have blown out the window and I am feeling lost.”
“I wish I had the perfect thing to say but I don’t.”
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Hearthville Serial: Envy Is A Terrible Thing – Chapter Eight
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Ms. Minnie led Ellen around to the tool shed where she had her garden supplies. Ellen said, “I remember you used to work for the Red Rover Adoption Agency. Do you remember my secret?”
Ms. Minnie said, “Honey, I remember all the girls but I don’t talk about when they needed help.”
Ellen and Ms. Minnie carried a couple of buckets and hedge clippers around to the garden area. Ms. Minnie also carried a couple of pillows to sit down on as they got down to pull weeds.
Ms. Minnie said, “You don’t have to worry about me talking out of turn.”
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Chapter Eight
Victor knocked on the door to the home where blind Joe Racho lived with his wife Minnie. Mrs. Minnie Racho answered the door with dog Joe Jr. at her side. Joe and Minnie were a black couple. Joe Jr. was a white poodle with a large afro and besides a gold color collar had a gold chain around his neck.
“Hey, Minnie I have come to do some work around your house like I told Joe that I was going to do. I brought some people with me.”
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Hearthville Serial: Envy Is A Terrible Thing – Chapter Seven
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Harry answered, “I don’t bowl with anyone who bowls over 200 and will not give me a handicap.”
Victor acted like he was going to poke Harry in the eyes. Harry quickly pushed Victor’s hands away and screamed, “What the hell?”
Victor said, “I was going to give you a handicap. I was going to make you blind.”
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Chapter 7
Jack, Victor, Harry, Stewart, Judy, Elliot, and Ellen sat down at the large dining room table to eat fried chicken, butter beans, potato salad, and slices of tomato.
Ellen stared at Victor. She wasn’t sure what to say. Victor saw the look in her eyes. He wondered if his father had told her about Jossette’s death. Victor didn’t say anything.
Between shoving his mouth full of potato salad, Harry watched Stewart. He realized Stewart was darting glances at his father Elliot. He knew Stewart was angry that his father would not tell him what had happened to Victor in Atlanta two years ago. That is when Stewart pin pointed a change in Victor because of the overdose of pills, but Harry thought the change had happened a year earlier when Jossette and Roger had moved to Atlanta. At the ice cream shop Harry had not only heard the ‘top, bottom’ part of the conversation at Victor’s table but he had also heard Victor tell Judy, “Don’t ever hate Jossette. She will forever be the love of my life.” Harry knew that Stewart had also been hurt when Roger moved to Atlanta. “So Mr. Duddley, is there any truth to the rumor that Roger Ogleby may become the new quarterback of the Hearthville Hogs?”
Elliot considered Harry’s question. He saw the irritation the question had brought to Stewart’s expression. “Lawrence would like his son to come to Hearthville, but you know Roger is running a corporation.”
Stewart got up.
Victor shook his head as he watched Stewart leave the dining room. “Brilliant Harry. Brilliant.”
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Ellen yelled to Stewart, “Son, you get back in here and eat. Your leg will never properly heal if you starve yourself like some heroin addicted model.”
Elliot yelled, “We will probably keep the same sorry quarterback we have now who will continue to make you look like the greatest quarterback the Hogs ever had.”
Victor yelled, “Get your ass back here and eat with Harry. He is your friend; not mine. My friend would know not to throw Roger up in your face.”
Harry shook his head. “It was just a question.” Then Harry teased, “Victor, you know you love me.”
Victor smiled.
Stewart came back into the dining room. Without saying anything he looked around the table. He sat down and started back eating.
Victor said, “So Jack and I are going bowling later. Anyone want to join us?”
Harry answered, “I don’t bowl with anyone who bowls over 200 and will not give me a handicap.”
Victor acted like he was going to poke Harry in the eyes. Harry quickly pushed Victor’s hands away and screamed, “What the hell?”
Victor said, “I was going to give you a handicap. I was going to make you blind.”
Judy screamed, “Victor. Not funny.” She lectured, “Being blind is no joking matter. Poor Mr. Joe has to walk around with that cane and that dog Joe Jr. who farts all the time. And he has the most ugly wife on the face of the planet and he does not even know it. It is sad.”
Victor burst out laughing. Then Harry started laughing. Stewart rolled his eyes and then began to hold back his laughter.
Judy asked, “Why are you three laughing? It is sad.”
Elliot said, “Especially when his wife gets angry with him and dresses him weird. I sometimes chuckle at how sad that is.”
Judy giggled. “Yeah, the other day I saw him wearing a floral shirt with pink striped pants. I think Ms. Minnie just has bad taste though.”
Victor said, “I like blind Joe. He and I sometimes play checkers at Paps’ store. He is legally blind but he does have some vision. I am planning on going to his house Sunday and help him do some repairs on his roof and his porch. Jack, do you want to come with me.”
Jack said, “Sure. But isn’t Sunday an odd day to do that. You know you aren’t supposed to work on Sundays.”
Victor said, “I don’t go to church. Sunday is the day I set aside to help people in need to do work around their houses.”
Judy said, “I didn’t know you do that on Sunday’s.”
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Hearthville Serial: Envy Is A Terrible Thing – Chapter Six
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“It would have scared me though. Victor, would it have scared you?”
“Not really. In High School I was quite capable of shoving someone’s head in the toilet if they pissed me off.”
Jack said, “I had forgotten about that part of it. You did do that. Didn’t you? More than once you made clear to people that if they picked on me that they had better be prepared to fight. But I had forgotten about you putting his head in the toilet. And now he is a TV wrestler but you handled him like he was nothing.”
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Chapter 6
With their ice cream cones in hand, Stewart and Harry sat at a table in one corner of the Ice Cream Shop. With her strawberry milkshake, Judy joined Victor and Harry at a table in the center of the shop.
Judy said, “You scared us. Especially Stewart even though he is sitting over there and pretending otherwise.”
Victor said, “Sorry.” Victor took his foot and shoved out a chair at the table for Judy. “You can sit at the cool table.”
Judy smiled. She nodded. She sat down. “There is no doubt that Jack is cool. But you are a total nerd. I haven’t figured out how you two became friends.”
“Victor protected me from the bullies and at the same time gave me self-esteem when I seriously needed it. Also, I probably would not be into music if not for Victor cussing out the music teacher who wouldn’t let me in her class. She wouldn’t let anyone take her class if they didn’t have an 85 average or better in other classes.”
“His grade average was 82.”
Judy said, “I hated music but the counselor made me take the class. That teacher was always so mean to me.”
“That is because she disliked Victor with a passion.”
Victor said, “She wasn’t too crazy about Stewart either. But she did know music and she helped Jack with a little push from me. So I will always like her for that.”
Judy said, “Jack, I like your music but I think you should change the name of your band.”
Jack exclaimed, “You do!
“Yeah. The Jack Minx Off’s just does not have a good ring to it. Also it sounds like you are trying to remind people about masturbation.”
Victor laughed. “I think that is kind of the idea.”
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Jack said, “It was. The name works but Judy, what name would you give us?”
“Jack Minx and the Jack of Diamonds or maybe Jack Minx and the Diamonds.”
“I guess maybe you also want me to fire Selby James and hire you as our manager.”
Judy said, “It is true, I don’t like Selby. But no, you can keep him.”
Jack asked, “Are you around Selby much?”
Judy said, “He has eaten with us at our house some.”
Jack asked, “Why?”
Victor said, “After he and Sally broke up he started hanging around me more. He does similar with Sally’s brother Sam. Sally has made it clear that she and Selby are still friends. Still, I think he mainly wants to be friends with me because he knows that Sally is my friend and being more friendly with me is a way for them to stay close. The three of us would do things together when he was dating Sally so I guess it is not totally weird.”
Jack said, “I am not sure I like you and Selby being friends. I think I should be your only token gay friend.”
Victor said, “You are not a token.”
Judy asked, “So Selby is gay?”
Victor said, “Selby cheated on Sally. He had an affair with David Losovito. It made me angry. I mean, very angry. I cussed Selby out for betraying Sally. I then went over to the Losovito Antique Store and I had it out with David. But he was hurting so bad. I ended up feeling sorry for him. And I became worried that he might do something stupid. Now he and I are closer; friends. Go figure.”
Judy said, “I did not know about any of that. I was at the beauty shop with mom and I did hear someone say how Lilly had divorced David but they didn’t say why.”
Jack asked, “So Victor, are you friends with Lilly? She is really nice. And beautiful.”
Some child sitting with his mom said, “And totally out of Victor’s league.”
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Victor turned and gave the chubby kid a grin. Victor nodded. “So Laurie, you have Junior working for Tender now, giving dating advice.”
Laurie laughed. “Junior has a major crush on Lilly.”
Jack asked, “Junior, isn’t Lilly your aunt?”
Junior said, “Jim is my dad; not Johnny.”
Laurie said, “I was well divorced from Johnny before Junior or Janet were born. Jim is their father. But we are close to Johnny and Lilly so I know that confuses some people.” Laurie said, “So Victor, why don’t you know Lilly?”
Victor said, “I don’t really know why we haven’t ever met. We know the same people. I’ve seen her of course but our paths haven’t ever crossed in a way where we would meet.”
Laurie said, “I may have to introduce you two.”
Junior said, “Over my dead body.”
Laurie said, “Well come on Junior. We need to pick your sister up from ballet.” Laurie stood up and put her trash in the garbage. She turned back to Victor. “It was good seeing you all. Jack I saw your band the other night in the park. You all were wonderful.”
Jack said, “Thanks.” He joked, “I didn’t see you putting any money in our hat.”
Laurie gave a face. “I was broke. I am sorry.”
Jack said, “That is cool. I was just teasing.”
Laurie touched Victor’s shoulder. “I am glad you are okay Victor. You scared us out there in the lake.”
“I am sorry that I scared you all. I am okay.”
Laurie said, “David and I were talking about you the other day. Those days in the park were so much fun. You and Jossette. Those are good memories.”
Victor asked, “How is David?”
“You are not wrong to be worried. I am worried about him also.”
“I will make a point to go see him. We will think of something to do. We may get Jim to go with us over to the batting cages.”
“I will tell Jim to be expecting your call.”
“Good.”
“I’ve got to run get Janet. If I am running late she is going to have a fit. She is even more high strung than I am.”
Judy said, “That is hard to believe.”
Laurie slapped at Judy. “Don’t be mean.”
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Judy laughed. “Sorry. I can be kind of high strung myself. Just ask Steed.”
“I gather Steed is your stud muffin boyfriend. God. I saw you two the other day at the grocery store with your mom. He is such a hunk.”
Jack said, “He is good looking.”
Victor said, “If he was just a better mechanic.”
Laurie said, “Yeah, well not everyone can be as good as you and Sam. I have to get out of here. Bye.”
They all said bye to Laurie Toro and Junior. Junior turned and stuck his tongue out at them as he left the Ice Cream Parlor.
Judy punched Victor on the shoulder. “Laurie never talks to me.”
“She just did.”
“Only because you and Jack were sitting with me. And she was totally ignoring me until I insulted her.”
Victor said, “Laurie is okay.”
Judy asked, “How is she connected to David?”
“She is his stepsister.”
Jack said, “I did not know that.”
Judy said, “Neither did I.”
Jack said, “So you know all these people who are connected to Lilly but you don’t know Lilly. You know her cousins Sam and Sally who work for her at the Bare Detective Agency when they aren’t doing other stuff. You were friends with Donny Maxton; Lilly’s first husband. You are friends with her now x-husband David. How could your paths not cross?”
“I don’t know. Gosh. Think about Donny. Donny was older than me and basketball was not really my sport but I did enjoy shooting hoops with him. He would tease me and Jossette.” Victor batted his eyes and cleared his throat to control his emotions. “But Lilly was never around when we would play. I don’t think Jossette knew her either.”
Judy said, “I think it is awful the way Jossette dumped you. She just moved off and acted like you were dead to her; like we all were dead to her. And Roger was good friends with Stewart and then no calls. It was weird. I loved Jossette like a sister and now I hate her for the way she did you.”
Victor said, “Don’t ever hate Jossette. She will forever be the love of my life.”
Judy stared at Victor. She could see he was starting to tear up. “So Jack, are you a top or a bottom?”
Victor moaned, “What a thing to ask someone.”
“Judy, do you even know what those terms mean?”
“A bottom likes to get rear ended. A top likes giving the bottom what he wants. So?”
Jack said, “I am mainly a top though I have gotten off on being a power bottom.”
Judy asked, “What does power bottom mean?”
Victor said, “It means he is an alpha male. Regardless of whether he is on top or bottom, he is the one who is in control. For some reason and I have no idea why, Selby explained that to me.”
Jack smiled. “Maybe Selby wants to get into your pants.”
“No. He has never made a pass at me.”
Jack laughed. “Man. You are sometimes so oblivious to people, I am not so sure that you would even know if he was coming on to you.”
Judy asked, “So Victor, if you were gay, and I know you are not, but would you be a top or a bottom?”
Jack laughed. “What a thing to ask your brother. You are so silly.”
Victor said, “I think most straight men would say top.”
Jack said, “You are wrong. If they are being honest, they would say bottom. With women they are straight. And that is who they are. But when they have the gay fantasy they are usually the submissive bottom who wants to be dominated. Even if they are total alphas with women, their fantasy is to be forced because they don’t really sexually desire men. They are straight. The idea of being dominated is the attraction.”
Judy asked, “So have you done a study on the topic or something?”
Jack said, “Victor. Now be honest. If you were in a porn movie that was gay for pay, which part would you play. Would you be the top or the bottom. Now think about it.”
Victor said, “Well. I don’t sexually desire men. I am not turned on by men. So I doubt my dick would get hard for a man. I guess I would have to be the bottom.”
Jack said, “Exactly. The first time someone came on to me in the locker room wanting me to suck them I was like I am man enough if you are gay enough. If their dick gets hard for a man, then they are gay. I don’t care how straight they are pretending to be. They called me queer and there they were standing with their dick hard.”
Judy laughed. “God. I would be horrified if something like that happened to me in the locker room. Did you report them?”
“No. It wasn’t really a big deal. The metoo movement is stupid. If you don’t know how to say no to someone or kick them in the balls if necessary, then put the blame on yourself where it belongs. Some actor or actress sucks someone’s dick thinking they are going to get some movie part and then they don’t get the part, that is not sexual harassment; that is being a whore too stupid to get the money up front.”
Judy said, “I disagree with you. You don’t put the blame on the victim.”
“I do. You listen to some of these supposed cases, it is unbelievable. ‘I was naked in their bed and they jumped on top of me.’ Well, what the hell were you doing naked in their bed. Use some fucking common sense. Don’t be naked in the bed of someone you don’t really know or trust.”
“Okay, but some of the cases are actual rape.”
“That is obviously different. I am talking about where someone wanted me to suck their dick and I said no. That was the end of it. It wasn’t really a big deal and there was no point in me making it a big deal and trying to play the victim or trying to ruin their life.”
“It would have scared me though. Victor, would it have scared you?”
“Not really. In High School I was quite capable of shoving someone’s head in the toilet if they pissed me off.”
Jack said, “I had forgotten about that part of it. You did do that. Didn’t you? More than once you made clear to people that if they picked on me that they had better be prepared to fight. But I had forgotten about you putting his head in the toilet. And now he is a TV wrestler but you handled him like he was nothing.”
“It was a day later after you told me about it, but yeah.”
Judy asked, “Who? Which TV wrestler?”
Victor said, “I am not saying. It is not important.”
Jack said, “No. He is a good guy now. He is still totally in the closet though.”
Judy said, “Victor, how much has happened in your life that I know nothing about?”
Victor said, “I am a simple man with a simple life.”
Jack and Judy both saw the sadness in Victor’s eyes.
Harry and Stewart walked up. “Mom called. She is about to have dinner ready. Jack, she is setting a plate for you.”
Harry said, “And by the way, we heard parts of your conversation. Everyone in the place did.”
Stewart said, “Yeah, bottom boy, let’s get home.”
Victor laughed as he stood up. “Come on Jack.”
Victor looked around the ice cream parlor. Different people waved at him. He waved back.
As they left the ice cream parlor Judy asked, “Why are you and Stewart so popular and no one even knows who I am?”
Jack said, “Of course they know who you are.”
Harry said, “Yeah Judy. They know who you are. You are the sister of Stewart and Victor.” Then he quickly added, “No one knows me either.”
Jack said, “Judy, you are a beautiful girl. You may intimidate people and make them afraid to approach you, but they know who you are.”
“Do I intimidate people?”
Stewart said, “Sort of, but I do that also. We get that from mom. If I hadn’t played football no one would know who I am. In a few years no one will know who Stewart Duddley ever was. I will be totally forgotten.”
Harry said, “I play football and no one knows who I am. They couldn’t even tell you what position I play. But Stewart, I think you underestimate how popular you are, even without football.”
Jack said, “Harry you are totally well known. Everyone knows that you are that wide receiver who fumbles the ball way too fucking much.”
Victor said, “Yeah, Harry, why did you drop so many balls in that last game?”
“Stewart made running the plays and catching the ball easy. He made me look good. Wallace Walgrave sucks as a quarterback. He makes me look bad.”
Stewart said, “He is a good running quarterback. I will give him that.”
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Harry said, “Maybe but I want him back in his old position as a running back. I need a quarterback who knows how to pass the ball with precision timing like you used to do.”
Hearthville Serial: Envy Is A Terrible Thing – Chapter Five
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Elliot said, “Ellen, I know that you and Terrence made the kids think that none of them wanted to have anything to do with one another, when that was a lie.”
“Victor and Jossette were too close. They were too young. But what does that have to do with what is going on with Victor?”
“Victor knows what you did but Judy and Stewart do not know.”
“Victor knows? But I don’t understand. Why hasn’t he told Judy and Stewart? Why hasn’t he confronted me and screamed at me and demand he be allowed to see Jossette?”
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Chapter 5
Ellen and Elliot went up to their bedroom and closed the door. No one else was home so they were alone.
Elliot said, “Ellen, I know that you and Terrence made the kids think that none of them wanted to have anything to do with one another, when that was a lie.”
“Victor and Jossette were too close. They were too young. But what does that have to do with what is going on with Victor?”
“Victor knows what you did but Judy and Stewart do not know.”
“Victor knows? But I don’t understand. Why hasn’t he told Judy and Stewart? Why hasn’t he confronted me and screamed at me and demand he be allowed to see Jossette?”
“Neither Victor nor myself want Stewart and Judy to be upset with you. To be clear, what I am talking about happened two years ago. Victor found out two years ago.”
“Two years ago!” Ellen thought a minute. “Are you saying Victor’s hatred for me and what I did is why he overdosed on the pills and why he tried to kill himself today? What did I do today? He was talking to Jack. I don’t understand what I could have done today that would have caused him to want to drown himself. What did I do?”
“Victor does not hate you. He loves you. As far as I know, you didn’t do anything today to upset Victor.”
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“I am confused. You are saying that I am the problem but Victor doesn’t hate me.”
“I am not saying that you are the problem. Two years ago Terence called me. Jossette was sick and in the hospital. It started with food poisoning but it became something worse. Her vital organs were damaged and began shutting down. When Terence called me, Jossette was dying. Jossette was in the hospital on her death bed and she wanted to see Victor before she died.”
Upset, Ellen exclaimed, “Dying!” Ellen moaned, “And she wanted to see Victor.” Ellen sat down on the bed. “Two years ago. So Jossette is dead. That sweet girl is dead. She died so young. Oh my God. And Victor did not tell me. You did not tell me. She was like a member of this family before I… Oh fuck. Fucking hell. Son of a bitch. Even I hate me. Of course Victor hates me.”
“He doesn’t hate you. But let me continue.”
Ellen fought back her tears. “Okay. I will try to listen. But this is hard.”
“I know.”
“Before Rachel talked to me and I took her advice to keep the kids apart, Jossette was like a member of this family. I loved Jossette.”
“Rachel Ramsey? Well, never mind that.” Elliot sat down on the bed next to Ellen. He kissed her on the cheek and put his arm around her shoulder to snuggle her close to him. “I am going to continue.”
“Okay.”
“Behind your back I took Victor to see Jossette as she lay dying. They learned what you and Terence had done but neither of them hated either you or Terence. It was not like that. It was about their love for each other.”
Elliot thought back and remembered there did seem to be some argument between Jossette and Rachel. Lawrence, Rachel’s brother and who was Jossette’s father, had scolded Rachel for upsetting Jossette. Elliot shook the memory from his head.
Elliot repeated the point, “Victor’s final moments with Jossette were about their love. There was no hate toward you and Terence.”
“Thank you for saying that.”
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“Jossette and Victor had some time but not much. Then Jossette died in Victor’s arms. He has not been the same since. I never imagined that Victor would be affected like he was. At the time I thought I was doing the right thing. Please don’t hate me for going behind your back and doing what I did.”
Ellen turned and kissed her husband on the lips. She hugged him into her arms as he had been hugging her. “It is okay. It would have been awful if Jossette had died without them knowing the truth. I understand.”
“Do you, because I am not sure I do. I think I may have screwed up.”
“No. Terence was right to call you. I may would have screwed up if I had made the decision. It would have been easy to have left Victor not knowing what was happening. But Jossette was Victor’s life at one point. With Terence they became rich together. He needed to know. You did right. I know that in retrospect, but I might not would have known that if I had been the one who had to make the decision at the time. The other decision to pretend ignorance is bliss would have been easier; but wrong. Also, still, you had to have figured that Victor would eventually find out about Jossette.”
“That is true. Back when I was driving Victor to the hospital I never imagined that so few people would know Jossette had died; even two years later.”
“So see, yeah, there really was no choice for you to make.” Ellen considered her words. “You did right to take Victor to the hospital. But I am not sure allowing Victor to grieve alone was the right decision.”
“I would say Victor has grieved for Jossette quite a bit; but that is not exactly right. Anytime he is triggered where he starts to think about her death, something happens. He gets too upset. He does things to shut the memory from his head. Sometimes he will take off running and things like that which helps him to not think about her death.”
“So that is what happened today?”
“Jack Minx had learned about Jossette’s death and wanted to talk to Victor about it, so Victor took off swimming.”
“So see, Victor would have eventually found out about Jossette’s death from someone. If he had not known, he would have found out from Jack Minx today.”
“True.”
“So Victor took off swimming and Jack and Jerry got worried?”
“Exactly. Jerry and Jack got scared because they thought Victor was going to swim out to the middle of the lake and drown. Victor had already turned to swim back toward shore when I got to him.”
“So Victor did not try to kill himself.”
“No. I don’t think he did. He was just trying to fight off the grief that comes over him when the subject of Jossette comes up.”
Ellen asked, “So should I talk to him? Should I let him know that I know? Should we keep this from Stewart and Judy and let them eventually find out from someone else? Jossette was their friend too. They loved Jossette.”
Elliot said, “Jossette’s death is not well known. Her family has not made it widely known. I don’t think we should tell Stewart and Judy. If they find out, then they find out but do you really want it brought out in the open how you kept the kids apart? I think as far as Stewart and Judy are concerned, as long as it can last, ignorance is bliss.”
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Ellen asked, “So what should we do about Victor?”
Elliot said, “Except for events like today, Victor has gotten a lot better. Still, I think it would be a mistake to force him to confront his emotions with Stewart and Judy.”
“What happened today scared Stewart. You rushed off and left him sitting there. And then someone said Victor was swimming to the middle of the lake. Judy and I didn’t really think it was a big deal but figured Victor would turn back toward shore. But Stewart flashed back to when Victor took the overdose of pills. And then he got Judy and me scared. Ellen cried. “It was not good.”
“I know. But I had to take what Jerry told me seriously. My priority was to get the boat to Victor and get Victor out of the water.”
“Of course. But similar to how I made up my mind that I had to make you talk to me about things, Stewart also wants you to explain to him what is going on. He is worried about his brother. He wants to know what is going on with Victor.”
“I understand but let us just wait. Okay. I want Victor to be the one to tell Stewart and Judy. I want him to have reached that point where he can tell them. I think he will reach that point.”
“But we can tell them and make them understand that they can’t talk to Victor about it.”
“When they are told, they will know what you did. Stewart and Jossette’s brother Roger were hurt as well. They were friends.”
“Well, you can’t protect me forever. I did what I did and I can’t undo it. If I could, I would. Maybe Stewart and Roger need to know so that they will start back talking to one another.”
“Do you think Stewart needs Roger more than he needs his mother? Stewart needs you. It is possible that Stewart is going to hate you for the lie. And especially now! He has lost all of his dreams because of his hurt leg. His potential football career is gone. He does not need to feel he can’t trust you. He needs you. He needs your love. He needs your support. He does not need to feel that you kept him from his best friend because you were afraid he was developing homosexual feelings for Roger.”
“I didn’t think that. What I did was because of Victor and Jossette. Rachel Ramsey, Jossette’s Aunt, told me that she was afraid Victor might cause Jossette to become pregnant. So I talked to Terence and we decided we should keep the children apart.”
“Maybe it was just me who worried that Roger and Stewart enjoyed their tackling each other way too much. But it was wrong to keep the kids apart. I wasn’t part of the conspiracy but I was kind of glad that Stewart stopped spending time with Roger. So I share the guilt.”
“We will keep it a secret a little longer while we work on strengthening our relationship with Stewart. But the secret of what I did can’t continue. I fucked up and they need to be told.”
“Okay. And I should not have said what I said. When the time comes, Stewart will forgive you. He will forgive me. Victor did and…”
“I wish I could believe that but I know Stewart is not Victor. No one can accuse Stewart of being a mama’s boy. He may hate me and not because of Roger and his friendship but because of what I did to Victor and Jossette. I know that. Stewart loves Victor and I hurt Victor. I thought I was doing right, but I screwed up.”
Elliot again hugged Ellen. “I love you. Your children love you. It is going to be okay. We just need to take care and take it slowly on how we handle things when Stewart and Judy find out.”
“I still think we need to tell Stewart and Judy.”
“Why? They think Roger and Jossette stopped having anything to do with them by choice. Stewart and Judy probably would not go through what Victor is going through but still, why tell them?”
“For Victor.”
“But Victor can not deal with talking about it. He couldn’t talk about it with Jack who is almost like a brother to him.”
“So we just pretend? I am supposed to pretend that I don’t know Jossette is dead. I want to talk to Victor about what I did and let him know how sorry that I am.”
“Victor has made clear to me that he loves you and he does not blame you. You don’t need to hear Victor forgive you. He forgives you. He loves you.”
“I need to talk to Terence.”
“Why? You have not spoken to her in two years.”
“You are not making this easy for me.”
“Sure I am. I always have. Like Jack said earlier, talking is overrated. He wished he had not tried to talk to Victor about Jossette.”
“Okay. I won’t say anything.” Ellen thought a moment. Ellen asked, “Do you really think Stewart is gay?”
Elliot said, “Do you ever see Stewart look at women the way that Victor looks at women?”
Ellen said, “I hadn’t really noticed. Stewart is a jock. He is masculine. He has dated. I know Victor is straight but if I had to guess which one of our sons is gay I would guess Victor.”
“Stewart has never had a long term girlfriend. But listen, I don’t care if he is straight or gay. I just want him to be happy.” That is what Elliot said and that is what he wanted to think. Still, he knew that he hoped he was wrong and that Stewart was straight.
“I feel the same way. I want all my children to be happy. That is the main thing.” As Ellen said that she thought about the child she had given up for adoption when she was sixteen. Elliot knew nothing about that episode in her life. She guessed there was no reason to ever tell him. She guessed there was no reason to ever talk about it. But sometimes she wondered about that baby and she prayed that she had made the right decision.
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Hearthville Serial: Envy Is A Terrible Thing – Chapter Four
Novelette: Envy Is A Terrible Thing
By Charles Peters
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Chapter 4
Harry ran down to where his father was walking with Elliot on the beach. Victor and Jack had stopped back at an ice cream shop after Elliot had docked his boat.
Harry asked, “Where are Victor and Jack?”
Jerry said, “They stopped at the ice cream shop.”
The Dockhere Ice Cream Shop was off the docks in a section with a wooden sidewalk that was called the Boardwalk. There were several shops, restaurants, and arcades along the Boardwalk. Above that area was the Boardwalk Campground and the Boardwalk Motel. Off to the side of that was the Boardwalk Carnival that was a small amusement park with rides and a tidal wave pool.
Stewart walked up with his cane. “Is everything okay. Someone said Victor was swimming out toward the middle of the lake.”
Elliot said, “Victor is okay. He is getting ice cream with Jack.”
Stewart asked, “What happened?”
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Harry said, “Yeah. What? Did Jack breakup with Victor? Is that what the conversation was about that sent Victor over the edge?”
Jerry looked at his son. “Son, I love you, but please stop talking stupid. Victor is straight.”
Harry said, “But something happened. Victor didn’t just suddenly decide to swim out toward the middle of the lake.”
Elliot said, “It was a misunderstanding and an overreaction. Victor had turned and was swimming back toward shore when we got Jack and Victor into the boat.”
Stewart asked, “Is this like when Victor overdosed on the pills? Did Jack say something that caused Victor to try to kill himself?”
Elliot shook his head. “Victor was not trying to kill himself. It was like when stress gets to Victor and he takes off running to relieve the stress. He was in the lake and so he took off swimming.”
Stewart asked, “But what triggered the stress?”
Judy walked up. “Is Victor okay?”
Elliot said, “Yes. He is getting ice cream with Jack.”
Judy said, “I want ice cream. Come on Stewart.”
Stewart said, “I am not sure we should bother Victor right now.”
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Judy asked, “Why?”
Stewart said, “This may have been like the pill overdose incident but dad isn’t saying. He is not explaining.” Stewart cleared his throat. “Dad. What happened when you and Victor went to Atlanta two years ago. Victor changed after that trip. He hasn’t been the same. But you will not tell us why. Please. Tell us why. And be honest to what happened today. Victor again tried to kill himself. Didn’t he?”
Elliot said, “Victor is okay. And as far as what happened two years ago, I am not going to talk about it.”
Judy asked, “Is it that awful?”
Elliot said, “It is what it is.” Elliot looked at Jerry. “Thank you for being there for Victor.”
“Sure. I am glad I was overreacting.”
Jerry and Harry walked back to Jerry’s things on the beach. Harry asked his father, “Are you going to tell me what happened?”
“No. There is nothing to tell.”
“Would you tell me if there was?”
“No. I wouldn’t. It is their business. It is none of your business.”
Harry stared into his father’s eyes. “You have been crying. You were that upset. So there is something to tell. Tell me.”
Jerry looked around. He saw Ellen. She was loading the golf cart up when Elliot walked up. Jerry said, “I may tell you later but not now. And if I do tell you, you have to be discreet. Understand.”
Harry nodded.
Elliot asked Ellen, “Why are you getting our things ready to leave the beach?”
Ellen asked, “Where are our children?”
Elliot said, “Victor went to the ice cream shop with Jack. Stewart and Judy walked down to join them.”
“Is Victor okay?”
“Yeah.”
“What happened?”
“Nothing. It was just a misunderstanding.”
Ellen said, “You raced to get the boat to rescue Jack and Victor from the water. People were watching and becoming alarmed at Victor swimming out toward the middle of the lake. Jerry was scared.”
“I do not know what to tell you.”
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Ellen said, “You need to tell me what is going on with our son. We need to go home where we can talk in private.”
Elliot took his phone out of his pocket and called Stewart. “Hey Stewart. Your mom and I are going on back home from the beach. You come on home when you all are finished at the Ice Cream Parlor.” Elliot cleared his throat. “Is Victor okay?”
“Yeah. He is clowning around like nothing happened.”
“Thank God, nothing did happen.”
“If you say so. Love you dad.”
“Love you too.”
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