the Was. of Jimmy McVonson - act one; division five: hUnting & f;shing p1

uncle seth said he remembered me

i didn’t remember him

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he wore camouflage pants

he had a scruffy moustache

and rough sideburns

he would cough every time he laughed

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he hugged pops when we arrived

and shook gail’s hand

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then he shook my hand

firmly

and ruffled the hair on the top of my head

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“nice to see you, jim” he grinned

showing less teeth than i expected

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we settled down

and put our luggage in the rooms where we were sleeping

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i didn’t want to know

that gail and pops

would be in the same bed

but i hated myself for caring

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at least i had a room to myself

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there was no wifi at uncle seth’s house

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and no reception

so there was no way for me to talk to pandora

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gail tried to tell me it’s better that way

“the internet connects us with people far away

“but it separates us from people who are right in front of us.”

i didn’t quite see her point

i wanted to be separated

from the people in front of me

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uncle seth woke me up at 5 in the morning

“come fishing with me”

he whispered

“it’ll be fun.”

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“i’m a vegan”

i whispered back

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he scoffed

“no, really. you’ll love it.”

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he took me out to a bridge

over a lake

that was so quiet

i could hear my own heartbeat

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he showed me how to prepare a fishing rod

and we waited

lines in the water

for something to happen

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uncle seth took a lunchbox out of his satchel

“hungry?”

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i nodded.

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he handed me a bun

he must have prepared?

before?

5 in the morning?

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i looked inside

it was ham

and cheese

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would i rather kill a pig?

or force a cow to lactate for me?

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why was life always like that?

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“ham and cheese?” i muttered, quietly.

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“oh, yeah, boys don’t like pink food

“i’m sorry.”

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i looked in his eyes for a sign of humour

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but he was being

serious

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“but, jim, you’ve got to believe me

“ham is a very manly food

“it’s meat, you know”

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“i know”

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i ate the whole thing

two of them actually

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at least it’s food

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after we didn’t catch anything fishing

uncle seth took me back to the cabin

gail and pops were having breakfast

gail insulted me for not catching anything

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“we’re going hunting now”

uncle seth told them, excitedly

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“i thought we were done”

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“no, jim

“i’ve got a whole day planned for us”

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