Chapter 14 - The Shadows Linger

Groom: Welcome to Burger King,

can I take your order please?

Yes, the combo comes with fries.

Customer: Wait a minute,

do I know you?

You look incredibly familiar.

Groom: I just have one of those faces,

sir,

that will be eight dollars and fifty cents.

Customer: No, I recognize you,

you are the billionaire who got left at the altar,

the bigamy guy!

Groom: Please keep your voice down,

here is your change,

have a nice day.

Customer: This is hilarious,

I need to take a selfie with you,

my friends are never going to believe this.

Groom: Sir, please do not take a picture,

I am just trying to do my job,

I am just trying to survive.

Manager: Is there a problem here, David?

Are you bothering the customers again?

You know the rules.

Groom: No, sir,

everything is fine,

he was just leaving.

Customer: I am posting this right now,

"Billionaire Fraud Now Flipping Burgers,"

this is going viral.

Groom: Great,

another humiliation,

another day of being a public joke.

Mother: I brought you some dinner,

I used coupons,

we have to make it stretch until Friday.

Groom: I cannot eat this,

it tastes like cardboard,

I miss real food.

Mother: You eat what we have,

or you starve,

those are your options now.

Groom: Did you see the news?

Marie was named CEO of her father's company,

she is running the whole empire.

Mother: Do not look at the news,

it only tortures you,

focus on scrubbing the floors.

Groom: And my ex-wife bought a mansion,

with my money,

my hard-earned money.

Mother: It was not your money,

it was stolen money,

and now the universe has balanced the scales.

Groom: I hate this life,

I hate waking up every day,

I just want to disappear.

Mother: We survive,

that is what our family does,

we survive the winter.

Groom: There is no spring coming, Mom,

this is my permanent reality,

I am a ghost of my former self.

Mother: Then haunt them,

use your anger to fuel your work,

find a way out of this hole.

Groom: There is no way out,

no one will hire me,

my reputation is radioactive dust.

Mother: Eat your cold dinner,

and stop complaining,

tomorrow is another long shift.

Groom: Yes, mother,

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another long day of paying for my sins,

another endless day in hell.