He Showed Me
A greasy spoon café, 1983. He took me round the back to the dirty toilets and taught me how to please him. For two years we met there, a few times a week, and I was very happy. Then he was killed in a major road traffic accident, his Stobart lorry a part of a twelve vehicle motorway pile up. It made the BBC Six O’Clock News. I have a dodgy VHS copy of Nicholas Witchell reporting it and a couple of newspaper pieces. I still remember him, decades later. He showed me the love that my father never did.
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15 comments add one below
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
Thank you, Chloe. :-)
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
I appreciate you taking the time to comment, Drew; thank you. Interesting that you interpret the narrator as being female. :-)
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
You're too kind, Drew; thank you again. :-)
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Richard Charles Davidson over 9 years ago
Hmmm...I sense a lot more sinister undertones, but maybe that is just considering the source. Hard to separate author from piece sometimes. Anyway, another great drabble from horrorshow.
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
@Chloe - the drabble is pure fiction and contains no autobiographical elements!
@Richard - I'm delighted to have established such a baleful reputation in your eyes! Thank you for the praise. :-)
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Josh Peters over 9 years ago
Beautiful and horrifying at the same time.
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Bryan Thomas over 9 years ago
I am relieved to hear that Nicholas Witchell is purely fictional - that bugger has haunted me for years!
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
@Drew - that reminds me of the old Robert Bloch quote that goes, "'Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk."
@Josh - thank you for taking the time to read and comment. :-)
@Bryan - LMAO! :-D
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Jonathan Mills over 9 years ago
Oddly, I didn't interpret the narrator as a her, thought it was a gay liaison from the start - I only find that odd because, well, why wouldn't I assume it was a male/female relationship? Think it may be because of your other drabble about the student and the police officer, or maybe just the squalid setting. A nice piece.
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Michael D. Brooks over 9 years ago
Such a tragic story. Tragic in the sense the narrator misses his friend/father figure (yes, I presumed the narrator is a guy) as well as in the sense that, despite what he says, he has never known real love.
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
@Jonathan - thanks as always for offering your insights; always good to get your opinions. Very happy that you liked the drabble. :-)
@Michael - thanks a lot for reading and commenting. You've absolutely hit the nail on the head with you interpretation. Great analysis! :-)
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Kate Gowers over 9 years ago
I think the Drabble of the Week trophy is yet again yours - I feel we should engrave your name on it! Disturbing yet excellent.
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
Thank you so much for the lovely feedback, Kate; I really appreciate it. I think that the competition for DotW this week is exceptionally strong and I wouldn't like to wager who might win!
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Kate over 9 years ago
Nice Drabble Horrorshow. As usual I enjoy your reality.
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Horrorshow over 9 years ago
Thank you ever so much, Kate! I'm grateful for your support. :-)
