The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes by Schiller Dawn

Author:Schiller, Dawn [Schiller, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781605421407
Publisher: Medallion Press
Published: 2010-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

It is near Christmas and we are expecting a visit from John’s mother and niece from Ohio. David and Karen are excited. David, the baby of the family, is going to see his mother, and he has good news about his life. He has enrolled in a locksmith certification program and is scheduled to graduate next spring. John, on the other hand, is somber about the news of her visit.

John’s mother, Mary, is a strict Baptist woman who has seen a lot of heartache in her life. Religion has given her solace in her suffering over bad husbands. I picture her, a habitual rocking chair occupant, the Good Book in her lap, praying feverishly over her family’s sins. A Bible thumper—that’s what Sharon calls her. John and David agree. They have a nickname for her—“Mother Moses”—and they’re serious.

Things are going to be uncomfortable for us while they are here; neither John nor Sharon is partial to religion. “If there’s a God, he’s a sadist,” Sharon has said, passionate in her anger toward God, and John agrees wholeheartedly. It is the first time I have ever heard that word, sadist, and I believe them, especially after Gena’s death and the others I’ve witnessed at Royal Oaks.

Mary favors David and puts a lot of pressure on John to take care of him. John doesn’t talk about it with me much. Mostly he hides out in his office moping and, I know, getting high on coke. It is arranged that their mother will stay with David. Julie, their sister Anne’s girl, will stay with John and Sharon—in my room! I am depressed.

I wake up on the day of John’s family’s arrival with John L’s, Pokie’s, and Thor’s faces inches from my mine. “What is it, you guys? What’s the matter?” They wag their tails excitedly as I roll out of bed.

Sharon is up flipping through the channels, smoking a cigarette.

“Did you know that these guys were all staring at me in my sleep?” I ask her, rubbing the grogginess from my eyes and yawning.

“Uh-huh. They do that all the time. Didn’t you notice?”

“No. How come?”

“You mean you don’t know? You grind your teeth in your sleep. And it’s loud!”

“I do?”

“All the time.” She says it like it’s old news.

“I must be restless about something.”

“It wouldn’t have anything to do with certain visitors, now, would it?” She clears her throat.

“Yeah, that must be it. I don’t want to spend Christmas in that old, dusty, empty apartment, Sharon. I want to be here, where I live.”

“I know. Well, you can fall asleep on the couch all you want and definitely on Christmas Eve, if that will make you feel any better. You’re still going to eat here anyway. It’s never good when we get a visit from Ohio. It upsets John every time, but we’ll get through it…as long as we don’t let them do any of the cooking.” She rolls her eyes in mock horror.

“What about presents? Aren’t they going to think it’s kinda

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