Re: Shawn Cortez and Frank Duffy Present...Breaking Kayfabe - Part 2

[Pockets]

Cynthia: Old money... my great-great-great grandfather bought up some coal mines and the family still has them.

[Jabberwocky]

Raquel:"But...Shawn...we aren't talking about them getting to know the rest of your family. We are talking about them getting to know you. You are obviously not the rest of your family. Besides that, maybe instead of letting them focus on your past...show them they should focus on the man you're becoming, and be proud of that."


Frank cant help but scoff a bit
Frank:"Oh one of those families..."

[Pockets]

Cynthia looks amused.

Cynthia: You don't think very highly of that sort of life I see.

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"Yeah...old family story..."

[Cryonix]

Shawn: Perhaps. Maybe I'm just not worth the effort...

[Pockets]

Cynthia: Do tell... if you don't mind.

[Jabberwocky]

Raquel caresses Shawn's face, looking him dead in the eyes

Raquel:"Yes, you are."


Frank:"When I was younger, my grandfather ran a very successful pub in New England. He saved up and got a second pub a few hours away. Now, he had leased the land the buildings were built upon from a landowner. When my grandfather passed, my father took over and the business prospered. That was until the old man who was the landowner passed away suddenly and his grandson's took over. Their dad had died and they grew up with the grandfather...The old man had a respect for people and respected the arrangement my family had made with him...
His children however...they had been given a silver spoon and didn't have that same respect. The second they could, made it so expensive that my father couldn't afford to keep the family business running. It ruined my father. He felt like he had let his dad down....All so those kids could lease the land to a couple shopping centres."

[Pockets]

Cynthia gives a humble nod of her head.

Cynthia: I apologize for the current state of my social class... your family deserves an apology, and I know very few who would be willing to give it.

[Cryonix]

Shawn: How can you say that? Everyone in my life, I've hurt. You, Erin, my kids, Ewan, Jil.......Maybe I shouldn't have fought so hard in the hospital...

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"Yeah I don't expect an apology. It took my dad about twenty five years to get things back. We had moved in with my grandparents in British Columbia, and...thanks to a friend...Raquel's cousin actually...we got the business back. It was so nice that my father could enjoy his final years seeing what his father made restored."


Raquel:"Shawn...I'm still here. And all those people you listed, when you were in the hospital, were there to. Deep down they ALL care about you. No matter what you did in the past."

[Pockets]

Cynthia: How is it that you wound up in Chicago?

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"Ashley...thats Raquel's cousin...went into a real downward spiral. I ended up working for Shawn at a place called the Phoenix Lounge. Years later we ended up business partners in Chicago."

[Pockets]

Cynthia: I'm sorry to hear that, about Ashley....

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"I hear he's getting the help he needs. I'm sure you'll meet him at some point. His son is marrying my daughter."

[Pockets]

Cynthia: Oh, you have a daughter?

[Jabberwocky]

Frank smiles and pulls a picture from his wallet, handing it to her

Frank:"Amber."

[Pockets]

Cynthia looks at the picture.

Cynthia: She's pretty....

She looks back up at Frank.

Cynthia: She resembles your wife, doesn't she?

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"Yeah, she takes after her mother quite a bit. Thank goodness to. Had she ended up resembling me..."
he laughs

[Pockets]

Cynthia hands the photo back to Frank, grinning.

Cynthia: You don't give yourself enough credit....

She blushes slightly.

Cynthia: I think you look quite handsome.

[Jabberwocky]

Frank himself blushes too

Frank:"I ....uh, thanks"

[Pockets]

Cynthia: You're very welcome.

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"What about you? Kids?"

[Pockets]

Cynthia shakes her head.

Cynthia: My husband was far more interested in his... business trips....

[Jabberwocky]

Frank:"I couldn't help but notice some sarcasm when you said that."

[Pockets]

Cynthia is straight faced.

Cynthia: You are quite observant.

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