Towards the end of "DON'T MESS WITH BRETT" this little scene takes place shortly after Lola Buchanan's older sister has passed away:
(in Brett's own words, as usual)
Well, I kept my distance from Lola and her whole family over
the course of the next few days. Needless to say, unscrupulous bastards are not
exactly welcomed with open arms in very many places, least of all at wakes and
funerals; and if Lola had been counting on leaning on me for moral support
while she was in mourning over her sister’s death, she was pretty much wasting
her time – especially after she took a time-out from her period of grief to
inform me that, if I hadn’t attended Roxie and Clarence’s double-shower a few
weeks ago, none of these people’s lives would have been ruined, and I simply
told her, “Not my problem, babe. You were the one who invited me to go there
with you in the first place, remember?” So, that was that! Plus, hadn’t she
just finished telling me about this fantastic new boyfriend of hers on the
police force? If she really needed a shoulder to cry on, then, she could always
turn to Macho-Man Bailey, couldn’t she, and she could water that ugly shaved
head of his with her tears all night long to the point where something might
actually grow on it! Hey, after all, I did have my own agenda, and I even went
out of my way at one point to tell her that, regarding her sister’s death, she
should try not to let it get to her.
“People die. It
happens. Deal with it,” is what I told her, so in a sense, I was acting like a
genuinely kind and caring person, wouldn’t you say?
Genuinely kind & caring?
Brett? ? ?
Well -- Maybe in the warped alternate reality known as Brett's World !!
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