Chapter Thirty-Four- One Year Later

Jenna groaned and groped for the screaming alarm clock. The illuminated numbers glowed tauntingly at her as she rolled out of bed. She tied her back lethargically and applied the basic eyeliner and Cherry Chapstick. Throwing on her chef’s uniform, she stumbled down the stairs.

“Your eggs are getting cold,” Rhett called from the kitchen.

She froze on the stairs. “Tell me exactly which pan you’re using.”

He groaned. “The one with the blue handle, as it’s the only one you said I could use without being sent straight to the gallows.”

Jenna sighed in relief and walked into the kitchen. A plate of scrambled eggs was waiting for her at the table. She sat down and began devouring them. Rhett put a glass of water in front of her, which she drank greedily.

“When do you finish work today?” he asked, sitting down with his breakfast.

“I’ll be home by three.”

He nodded. “Maybe I’ll swing by.”

Jenna stacked her plate in the dishwasher and gave Rhett a quick kiss. “I’ve got to run. See you later.”

Rhett grunted in acknowledgment as she ran out the door to her car. It wasn’t new or in any way what one would call a “sweet ride”, but she was proud of it. She pulled out and took off down the road to the restaurant known by the locals as Macgruder’s.

Out of habit, Jenna switched on the radio as a rock song was ending. She turned it

up to embellish her morning drive.

“There have been lots of calls for the debut single by this new band fresh out of the recording studios. We here at KXL love to make our listeners happy, so here is Misled Murphy with their new one called ‘Beverly’—“

Jenna stared at the radio. “You have got to be kidding me.”

She turned it up even louder and laughed as the familiar strumming began. “No freaking way.”

“There once was a girl from the seventh circle

And her boyfriend let her go.

She yelled until she was purple

And then laughed as his car got towed.

He was a Class A jerk

But she was a genuine bombshell.

He got run over by his store’s clerk,

And she ate some blueberry waffles.

He broke her heart

And she broke his jaw.

He’ll grow to be a lonely old fart

She’s the prettiest girl he ever saw.

He knew now that he’d had it good

And he knew that girl was heavenly.

But when he ran back, she was gone,

Gone off to Beverly.

His dog ate her cat a year ago

But today he fell over dead.

The cat reincarnated into a heavy stone

And flew right into that bitch’s head

The guy said he’d had enough of dead dogs

And he packed up all but the floor.

But the new place was a bog

And the only girls he could find were whores.

He broke her heart

And she broke his jaw.

He’ll grow to be a lonely old fart

She’s the prettiest girl he ever saw.

He knew now that he’d had it good

And he knew that girl was heavenly.

But when he ran back, she was gone,

Gone off to Beverly.

In Beverly she’s got a million fans.

In hell he hasn’t got anything.

She’s on beaches with white sand.

And he can’t afford any bling-bling.

He shouldn’t have let her go.

He broke her heart

And she broke his jaw.

He’ll grow to be a lonely old fart

She’s the prettiest girl he ever saw.

He knew now that he’d had it good

And he knew that girl was heavenly.

But when he ran back, she was gone,

Gone off to Beverly.

Yeah, off to Beverly.

She’s gone off to Beverly.

Hills, that is.”

It was going to be a good day, she thought with a smile.

--Yay! The End! El fin! Le finale! Finally!

A big thanks to all my reviewers, you kept this story from a cruel fate in the recycle bin. Rain Gray, Vampire Queen 13, Adaku-chan, Dart Gray, Dalik Taltoka, and mel-cooley thank you, you guys ROCK!

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