But tonight, on this most momentous of nights, Jenny wanted to take it one step further
Jenny rarely talked about her parents with Gerald but tonight she continued to talk about them. Gerald wasn't really bothered by it. Jenny then began to speak about about how her mother always thought her father wanted to kill her and how her mother was scared of him.
Gerald nodded, disinterested. He took a forkful of the mashed potatoes. His meal was half-gone, by now. "What's the point?" he asked, bluntly, "The point of your story?"Jenny smiled, vacantly, "Oh, nothing, really. Just... the lengths to which people will go, if they let their minds wander... ." she trailed off.
"What's the point?... the point of your story?
"Oh, nothing, really... if they let their minds wander... ."
By supper's end, Gerald was gazing at her in horror. "My God, what's wrong with you?" she smiled at him, "nothing, dear, nothing at all," she gave a faint chuckle."What have you done?""Nothing that I hadn't been planning for a very, very, long, long time."He stared at her, mouth agape, perhaps at the monster his wife had become.
"My God, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, dear, nothing at all,"
She glared at him, "They'll never believe you, you know." "What?" "They will never, ever believe your story." "Jenny, stop it. Quickly, write something down. Write a note, confess, Jenny, confess!" He had jumped to a stand, now, upsetting the vase that held the daffodil. It burst on the floor,shattering into many, tiny pieces.
"Jenny, stop it. Quickly, write something down. Write a note, confess, Jenny, confess!"
"They will never, ever believe your story."
"Jenny stop it! Stop it, Jenny, quickly, write it down, tell them you did it to yourself!""And there's coffee in the pot, if you want it, darling," she breathed, her voice hoarse, butfeeling bright and rapturous and profoundly free, "Unless it's just desserts, for you, tonight."
"And there's coffee in the pot, if you want it, darling,"..."Unless it's just desserts, for you, tonight."
"Jenny stop it! Stop it, Jenny, quickly, write it down, tell them you did it to yourself!"