Thursday, January 3, 2013

THE HOTEL (2)

Nancy got life in prison.  Edie and Bill didn't get anything.  They did straighten out their problems later on in years and became good friends.

I (BJ the writer) apologize for going off the track and writing about Edie's father, but, I thought you might find him "colorful".)


Back to the hotel-

Edie's mother came to see if Edie and Susan were doing ok and find out what they needed.  Needles and crochet thread were top of their list.  She said she needed something to do, or she would go nuts.  With the thread, Edie crocheted a clothes line to attach from the bed pole to the hanger on the closet door.  She washed Susan's and her clothes in the little sink and hung them on her crocheted line.

Looking out the window one day, Edie noticed a diner across the street.  She got an idea.  Waitresses wore crocheted handkerchiefs in their pockets on their uniforms.  She made half a dozen and wrote a note letting them who she was and asked if they could buy the handkerchiefs in exchange for food.  And it worked!  Edie couldn't make those hankies fast enough and she and Susan ate pretty good for a month.

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