Letting Go
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 86
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
"Okay." Was all Debbie could say.
Steve looked a little surprised but at the same time relieved once Debbie gently placed him back on the ground. He looked up to the now teary-eyed woman who soon turned her head away from him. Her heart was broken and while a part of her wanted rip her husband in half for cheating, she just couldn't muster up enough resolve to do so.
"Debbie..." He called out cautiously.
"Just go." She whispered loud enough.
He just stared at her for a little while longer before eventually turning on his heel. He felt a very small ache in his chest, that special place in his heart that would always love the mother of his children. Despite everything that's happened between them, he couldn't bring himself to just leave her with silence.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry." He finally said before sprinting off.
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Debbie was all alone now. No Steve, no Nicole, and no Erica. Just her and her thoughts. In a way it was like she was still back in prison before Granger brought the Boogeyman back into her life.
All she could think about was the mistakes she made and what could've been had she turned right instead of left. In trying to save herself she'd freed Erica and turned her youngest daughter into a killer and turned into a killer herself.
She'd lost her husband Steve, Derek and Lisa were afraid of her. "I've lost everything."
She placed her hands over her face as she couldn't stop herself from crying. She'd truly lost everything all because she made the decision to turn herself in. No, it went back even further than that. She lost everything because she chose to turn her husband's invention into a toy.
Why hadn't she listened to him back then?
Why did she have to give into temptation?
"I'm so stupid!" She wailed.
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Steve let out a tired sigh after managing to procure himself a vehicle. A skill he made sure to learn after Erica's first rampage was how to hotwire a car. He hoped he wouldn't have to use his newly acquired skill anytime soon but desperate times and all that. He still could hardly believe that Debbie let him go.
If he were being honest, he was almost certain she was going to turn him into a crimson stain for going behind her back and a fairly small portion of him kind of hoped that she would just to give him an easy way out of all this madness.
Even still, he was not angel in all this. "I still slept with another woman."
He loved Beth. He really did. She was the glue that held him together when he was breaking apart. He felt overjoyed when she agreed to come work for him again and the time they spent together really meant a lot to him. But at the same time, there were consequences that came from such a relationship.
He pushed his daughter away to hide his adultery.
He hadn't been able to clear things up with his son.
He neglected Nicole although he hadn't meant to.
Regardless of the mistakes he made, he couldn't change the past. All he could do was own up to them and keep pushing forward. Maybe... maybe that's also what Debbie needed to?
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Debbie was sat silently at the gas station not looking at anything in particular. Her tears had tried but the ache in her chest remained. She was just about to get up and leave when she heard a car horn close by.
She looked up to see a Dodge Charger stop in front of her with... "Steve?"
He rolled down the window and gave the giantess an awkward wave of the hand. "Hey?"
"Hey." She responded back, unsure of what this was all about.
Steve pushed himself to continue. "So, I was still in the neighborhood and was wondering if you kind of, sort of, want to help me potentially save the world... again? No pressure or anything if you don't want to. I'll understand, really?"
Debbie was so confused. "Why would you want my help after everything that's happened between us?"
That was the million-dollar question, wasn't it? "Because... We both know what'll happen if we let Erica and Nicole run loose. Enough people have already died it's only a matter of time before the commander-in-chief send sends in the big guns."
"But I've killed people too and betrayed your trust just like you betrayed mine. We're not good for each other Steve. We both know that now." Debbie spoke sadly.
"Maybe." Steve continued. "But there's still no one else I'd rather march through hell with. So, what do you say Debbie? I think we could both use a little redemption pick-me-up right now."
Debbie once again found herself at a crossroads. Right, or left?
Steve looked a little surprised but at the same time relieved once Debbie gently placed him back on the ground. He looked up to the now teary-eyed woman who soon turned her head away from him. Her heart was broken and while a part of her wanted rip her husband in half for cheating, she just couldn't muster up enough resolve to do so.
"Debbie..." He called out cautiously.
"Just go." She whispered loud enough.
He just stared at her for a little while longer before eventually turning on his heel. He felt a very small ache in his chest, that special place in his heart that would always love the mother of his children. Despite everything that's happened between them, he couldn't bring himself to just leave her with silence.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry." He finally said before sprinting off.
______
Debbie was all alone now. No Steve, no Nicole, and no Erica. Just her and her thoughts. In a way it was like she was still back in prison before Granger brought the Boogeyman back into her life.
All she could think about was the mistakes she made and what could've been had she turned right instead of left. In trying to save herself she'd freed Erica and turned her youngest daughter into a killer and turned into a killer herself.
She'd lost her husband Steve, Derek and Lisa were afraid of her. "I've lost everything."
She placed her hands over her face as she couldn't stop herself from crying. She'd truly lost everything all because she made the decision to turn herself in. No, it went back even further than that. She lost everything because she chose to turn her husband's invention into a toy.
Why hadn't she listened to him back then?
Why did she have to give into temptation?
"I'm so stupid!" She wailed.
______
Steve let out a tired sigh after managing to procure himself a vehicle. A skill he made sure to learn after Erica's first rampage was how to hotwire a car. He hoped he wouldn't have to use his newly acquired skill anytime soon but desperate times and all that. He still could hardly believe that Debbie let him go.
If he were being honest, he was almost certain she was going to turn him into a crimson stain for going behind her back and a fairly small portion of him kind of hoped that she would just to give him an easy way out of all this madness.
Even still, he was not angel in all this. "I still slept with another woman."
He loved Beth. He really did. She was the glue that held him together when he was breaking apart. He felt overjoyed when she agreed to come work for him again and the time they spent together really meant a lot to him. But at the same time, there were consequences that came from such a relationship.
He pushed his daughter away to hide his adultery.
He hadn't been able to clear things up with his son.
He neglected Nicole although he hadn't meant to.
Regardless of the mistakes he made, he couldn't change the past. All he could do was own up to them and keep pushing forward. Maybe... maybe that's also what Debbie needed to?
______
Debbie was sat silently at the gas station not looking at anything in particular. Her tears had tried but the ache in her chest remained. She was just about to get up and leave when she heard a car horn close by.
She looked up to see a Dodge Charger stop in front of her with... "Steve?"
He rolled down the window and gave the giantess an awkward wave of the hand. "Hey?"
"Hey." She responded back, unsure of what this was all about.
Steve pushed himself to continue. "So, I was still in the neighborhood and was wondering if you kind of, sort of, want to help me potentially save the world... again? No pressure or anything if you don't want to. I'll understand, really?"
Debbie was so confused. "Why would you want my help after everything that's happened between us?"
That was the million-dollar question, wasn't it? "Because... We both know what'll happen if we let Erica and Nicole run loose. Enough people have already died it's only a matter of time before the commander-in-chief send sends in the big guns."
"But I've killed people too and betrayed your trust just like you betrayed mine. We're not good for each other Steve. We both know that now." Debbie spoke sadly.
"Maybe." Steve continued. "But there's still no one else I'd rather march through hell with. So, what do you say Debbie? I think we could both use a little redemption pick-me-up right now."
Debbie once again found herself at a crossroads. Right, or left?
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