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Love You In Summer, Mr
Godfather Dramareel
Godfather Dramareel
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00:02it was the summer i turned 18 that i tried to seduce my godfather for the first time and he
00:07pressed his gun under my chin july 14th bastille day and the 10-year anniversary of my parents
00:13murder cold metal burning palm the cross tattoo on his hand was branded onto my skin like a mark
00:19you are crossing the line lola stuck to the hollow below my collarbone to the mole there
00:23the one he'd seen when he bathed me 10 years ago my legs tightened around his waist through his
00:28towel then kill me or claim me i felt him harden your choice uncle asha the ocean crashed against
00:38the cliffs outside same sound as that night 10 years ago i still remembered everything
00:57since then i never celebrated another birthday and never looked forward to summer except for him
01:03flying back to the seaside villa every july to spend this damn anniversary with me
01:07summer's here princess then vanished into his study like i was something to be locked away
01:11but this year i was 18 legally adult and physically i knew i was ready the shower stopped also stopped
01:19my heart steam poured out and there he was 30 when he saved me 40 now time had carved him
01:25fine lines at
01:26the corners of the corners of his eyes a sharper jaw lola what are you doing in my room
01:32this year i prepared a special gift i'm 18 not a little girl anymore clothes enough to smell him
01:38mint soap over tobacco and leather the scent of him that haunted my dreams i caught his wrist guided
01:44him toward the bed felt the tension in his muscles i fell back onto the mattress looking up at him
01:49lola i know who you are the godfather my father's best friend the man who raised me but remember that
01:56summer night that summer night you saved me it's not just my life you didn't just save my life
02:02you stole my soul it's been yours ever since then his hand moved not to caress me to the pillow
02:08beneath my head then the gun barrel pressed under my chin i didn't close my eyes
02:16that cross tattoo swam in my vision the one i'd seen a thousand times over these 10 years now this
02:22hand trembled i won't give up uncle asher next summer i'll be here every year until you say yes
02:36claim me or kill me silence crushed us then he threw the gun he grabbed the
02:43sheet and roughly wrapped it around me say that again and you'll learn what happens when you
02:47provoke me i sat on the bed she clutched to my chin counting my heartbeats i won't give up uncle
02:54asher
02:55next summer i'll be here every year until you say yes i curled around it buried my face in familiar
03:04fur couldn't smell lavender couldn't smell blood only smelled myself exactly like 10 years ago three
03:11years later i gift wrapped myself and waited two hours engagement ceremony in august what about your
03:16little girl she had you every summer time she learned independence no uncle asher
03:26her gaze scraped over my bikini lips curving in a knowing venomous smile i'm maxine capone
03:34your uncle asher's fiancee fiancee the word detonated in my skull i looked at asher stiff embarrassed
03:42when the hell did you get a fiancee go change now oh relax darling no mother to raise her poor
03:51thing
03:51no wonder she doesn't know how to dress like a decent woman but don't worry dear once asher and i
03:58marry
03:58i'll share an error i'll teach you some manners don't you fucking touch this you
04:06bitch
04:12lola i
04:19poor little thing pity she'll never learn her place
04:26i slammed my door slid down the wood spine hitting cold grain my cheek burned not from the slap from
04:32my eyes three years before he threw his gun three years later he slapped me in the face
04:37maxine entered with a perfect smile carrying a glass
04:42asher asked me to bring this he squeezed this lemonade himself asked me to bring it
04:48i was deftly allergic to citrus he knew it well since he saved me 10 years ago no lemons oranges
04:53grapefruit in this villa ever since i came here last summer i ate one bite of lemon tart by accident
04:59he drove me to the hospital at 2am holding my hand through three epinephrine shots he forgot or i took
05:05the glass drank it dry under her gaze in the mirror i saw my own expression i knew what she'd
05:10done i knew
05:11he would save me i always knew finished good girl now go help prepare dinner asher wants to see us
05:19getting along my fingers are starting to go numb my vision is blurring saw my face in the mirror pale
05:2615 minutes later i sliced cake in the kitchen blade trembling maxine and the maids blocked me from
05:31the living room pretending busyness their laughter needling my eardrums maxine how's the terrace view
05:36perfect for wedding details
05:41i heard asher crash through the crowd not walking running night 10 years ago let me see nothing it's
05:48just a small cut does it still hurt
05:55still hurt i wanted to say no but the allergic reaction hit full force breathe breathe with me
06:01one two three i counted to 17. maxine started screaming that she was having a seizure asher
06:08didn't looked back i woke to his scent tobacco leather dangerous and addictive wake maxine left the
06:15maids are gone gone fired they almost killed you and maxine your fiance business arrangement the
06:24pony family needs masseria ports i need someone to manage my affairs manage affairs she just tried to
06:32kill me with lemonade i know you know i know what she is i also know you drank it knew
06:41i'd save you
06:42you always know silence crushed us waves outside like that night you knew three years ago too
06:49knew i'd lick that gun knew i'd come every summer knew i lola you know everything so did you know
06:57i've thought of you every day for three years know i rejected every man in college because they didn't
07:02have your crow's tea know i sleep with that teggy bear every night pretending it's you i'm not a little
07:06girl anymore uncle asher i'm 21 my body changed lola we can't feel that that's me all of me not
07:21your
07:21little princess anymore let me be your woman just tonight just now tomorrow you can pretend nothing
07:28happened marry maxine have your arrangement but tonight his phone rang maxine's name eat something
07:39rest i need to see my fiancee she needs me but you've never left me on summer vacation night
07:45this year the maids are gone i'm alone 21 an adult right one night endure it the door closed
07:52i lay down buried my face in the teddy bear sleepless dawn breaking i decided to make him jealous
08:00mia and daniel friends from college dragged me to a beach club's back rooms they guaranteed want to
08:07drive an old man crazy make him watch they pushed me on stage where dozens of drunk men howled
08:14money rained like confetti
08:18everyone turned asher stood in the doorway he looked at no one only me he strode to the stage
08:25tore a stack of cash from his pocket slapped it across the manager's face take this stripper to vip
08:32now private show i followed him down the hall into the red room you like performing for men in places
08:40like this then perform for me give me your full show i walked to him draped the bridal veil over
08:46our
08:47heads you taught me don't tell me you forgot outside daniel's voice lola next bar oops that's my boyfriend
08:57gotta go he shot up threw me over his shoulder kicked open the door daniel stood at the entrance asher
09:05stopped this is your boyfriend jesus my face burned crimson he threw me in the car engine roared
09:14silence crushed us until i exploded why did you do that you humiliated me in front of my friends
09:20i'm protecting my child from trouble i'm not a child he slammed the brakes then he turned eyes holding
09:27something i'd never seen vulnerability sorry i know i shouldn't keep treating you like a kid
09:33but if you want me to see you as an adult first step learn to drive not that strip club
09:40bullshit i climbed over the console sat in his lap his breath brushed my ear this is what adults do
09:49the car swayed on coastal highway for three hours not out of control deliberate every turn his chest
09:57pressed my back every shift his hand accidentally slid up my thigh i counted his heartbeat through my
10:03spine faster than mine watch the road focus you're distracting me this is dangerous i'm teaching you
10:12feel the engine feel the speed this is what adults do
10:19who stopped it city lights spread below like scattered jewels i turned to find him smiling real smile
10:28you look good smiling i mean you rarely smile you rarely make me this
10:35uncontrolled the word hung between us forbidden invitation then he ruffled my hair like i was 12. drove me home
10:44three days later they crucified me in lecture hall my presentation slides were placed with photos strip club
10:51champagne room asher's hand on my leg his mouth on my ear the classroom erupted in laughter and screams
10:58advanced stripper studies lola is this your project i ran for the door they blocked me mia daniel kylie others
11:16industrial glue pressing me to the wall like a specimen mia dipped the brush in glue viscous liquid dripping
11:22admit it you're a despicable person say it out loud or you'll stay here all night with those bodies
11:31glue burned my skin i screamed his eyes went dark he tore the fabric from my body you like this
11:44then
11:45picked up the glue brush walked to mia let's see how you like being stuck he coated her mouth her
11:53eyes widened
11:54muffled screams that's how you learn to shut up call police call lawyers call your rich daddy i don't
12:05care i wept in his arms face buried in his shoulder i knew you'd come
12:13you always come he kissed my forehead like that night but longer long enough to count his heartbeat
12:19what i didn't know maxine's plot started at the hospital shelley my only real friend pregnant needed
12:27company i held her ultrasound in the hospital when masked men dragged me to the morgue first thought
12:32at least shelley's not here they slammed me on a cold gurney fists to my ribs who is expecting a
12:40child
12:40one pressed the gun to my temple
12:45tell us or we will not let this pregnancy continue i looked at her then i made a decision
12:54me the biggest lie of my life i'm pregnant the truest sacrifice asher burst in as an off blood
13:03asher's face shock then something complex breaking i'll raise your baby lola
13:12but you've been with the wrong men there are consequences that's what you think of me
13:18some low-class person who's been with everyone
13:23he carried me to emergency save her save her she's losing the baby the doctor looked at him
13:30confused what baby she's not pregnant it was shelley she's pregnant i was just
13:37keeping her company he misunderstood thought i was pregnant then miscarried then a new doctor
13:44entered with my chart miss bruno we ran some tests there's something you should know
13:50stomach cancer late stage three months you have three months i didn't tell asher instead i pushed him
14:00away let him believe i was with joe his nephew just returned from italy we kissed in front of him
14:07walked in gardens watched stars from terraces i moaned with joe in the bathroom listening to asher's
14:13footsteps shattering outside imagining his face that thing suppressed for 10 years finally cracking
14:18then breaking i told the mirror happy summer vacation tears and smile mixing this is the last gift i can
14:27give you maxine's engagement party i attended as family maxine's chosen dress her delivered invitation
14:34her designed humiliation she waited in the dressing room holding a white wedding gown try this
14:42i want my future daughter's opinion i knew the trap new sheet sabotaged my original dress cut straps
14:48spilled wine left me no choice but i put it on perfect mirror showed me pale gaunt waist too tight
14:56chest
14:57too low crude imitation maxine stood behind he'll love it adjusting my veil fingers tracing my nape like
15:05snakeskin the ballroom doors opened music stopped 200 heads turned like 200 guns cocking missuria black
15:13suits capone red ties blood and ink under lights i saw asher stage left champagne glass then maxine's voice
15:20through speakers please welcome my future daughter lola bruno to give her blessings i walked on stage heels
15:29too high i stumbled caught the microphone flash bulbs like gunfire i closed my eyes look i'm taking this dress
15:40off right now rip fabric from chest to waist stood in white lingerie before everyone so back off and stop
15:49touching my godfather silence crushing the ballroom this is macierza's insult our bride upstaged by
15:57by what a little girl or your own stupidity guns drawn forest branches snapping asher rushed up his black
16:05suit jacket wrapped me palm against my back lola come with me i'm a curse i ruined everything your
16:14alliance your business your i don't care you should have let me die under that piano 12 years ago
16:21at least then you'd be whole i ran to the exit someone stood at the door joe asher's nephew want
16:29to
16:29escape the circus lola i didn't look back joe's car old alfa romeo engine growling like caged beast
16:39he offered a cigarette i shook my head he smiled held it unlit in his own lips where to anywhere
16:48as long as
16:49it's not with him but i lied every place without him was abyss i found work in an underground casino
16:57the casino didn't need money needed to disappear to make him forget me to not be his burden before
17:04dying province summer ended i drifted to nights then marseille finally this port edge casino dim
17:11lights sweat and desperation in the air the manager asked if i was a virgin i said yes his eyes
17:18lit wolf
17:19finding prey virgin meat starting 5 000 who wants her first they caged me chains cutting risks bits hit
17:2880 000 when i started coughing blood cancer stress triggered blood at my lip dripping on dirty floor
17:34like dead flour good i thought this way at least he won't know then the door exploded
17:42not open exploded with splinters that night piano room door shredding screams running then silence asher
17:52stood in smoke killing intent i'd never seen black trench coat bloodied not his his men cleared the room
18:00drag everyone including the manager out like garbage he knelt at my cage hands shaking unlocking that cross
18:08tattoo swimming in vision 10 years ago three years ago every time he saved me lola sorry i'm late
18:16again i collapsed into his arms buried my face in his shoulder tobacco and leather exactly like 10 years
18:22ago wept soaking his shirt pouring out lifetime's grievance he kissed me not gentle not tentative
18:30desperate devouring 10 years of suppression flooding out we collapsed on the poker table chips scattering
18:37clothes tearing his lips bruising mind like confirming i was alive here his i love you should have said it
18:44don't leave me i can't live without you our first time on the dirty table under death's shadow
18:50after 10 years of taboo his palm covered my eyes blocking out the world leaving only us i counted his
18:57heartbeat faster than mine count to 100 i'll come back
19:0237 i counted to 37 he kissed my forehead to 68 i won't let you die to 100 i was
19:11already weeping the
19:12days that followed were stolen we hid in the seaside villa like fugitives he postponed all business
19:19threw his phone in the sea wasted time with me teaching cooking
19:30i'll find the best doctors you'll beat this lola i swear i just smiled didn't let him see me
19:38coughing blood in bathrooms didn't let him find the increasing painkillers didn't let him know i'd
19:44started arranging after a letter for him to open when i was gone a teddy bear for our child if
19:50there
19:50could be one july 14th my birthday parents death anniversary he gave me a box headphones exactly
19:59like 10 years ago even the wear marks matching listen to this count to 100 i'll come back new
20:06song in the headphones summer of 69 rearranged slower gentler distant i counted to 37 he kissed my forehead
20:15burning like 10 years ago to 68 marry me to 100 i nodded tears dripping on his hand like contract
20:26but maxine didn't give up she locked down the venue at graduation my university ceremony i hadn't wanted
20:33to attend but asher insisted you need a normal life even if it's pretend she held a gun played the
20:41video of
20:41us on the poker table screen showing us collapsed and chips closed one two wounded beasts the crowd
20:48screamed vomited photographed then she forced me and four bullies mia daniel kylie harry to play russian
20:55roulette four blanks one live four lives her rules her game i spun four times each time empty chamber
21:06cold metal click of cylinder death's breath familiar that night 10 years ago hiding under piano counting
21:14gunshots waiting for his return now i spun for myself then i handed her the gun i played your game
21:21now
21:21unlock the door let innocence go or i end you now she froze gun trembling in her hand like his
21:29gun three
21:30years ago why don't you kill me i killed your parents designed everything i hate you i know but holding
21:40grudges it kills you slower than any bullet go live the door slammed open asher rushed in gun in hand
21:50his face contorted with fear not fear of death but fear of loss maxine laughed hollow knowing distant
21:59she looked at asher her eyes revealing something i couldn't decipher she pressed the gun to her
22:04temple fast seizing last control you win
22:10three years later asher knelt at the cemetery gravestone placing white gardenias engraved john and
22:18mary bruno forever in our hearts three years
22:24she fought hard you know
22:27talking to ghosts again he whipped around i stood there white dress hair grown back alive chemo had
22:36taken it all now returned miracle late stage stomach cancer reversed by experimental drug less than five
22:42percent chance but he found it spent everything stopped at nothing lola
22:52mom dad i did it because of him i love asher more than life i wish you were here to
23:01bless us
23:02asher pulled me into his arms held so tight i couldn't breathe his heartbeat in my ear faster than mine
23:09like 10 years ago like three years ago like every time he saved me our child conceived before chemo
23:16miracle of miracles shelly my bridesmaid holding her baby now sweetly calling me auntie asher waited at
23:23the altar asher macera do you take lola brunen as your wife i do until death do us part and
23:30beyond
23:31lola brunen do you take asher macera as your husband i do my miracle my godfather
23:37we exchanged rings we kissed deep unhurried spending lifetime in one moment
23:47seaside villa night not july 14th august our child one month old fireplace crackling though summer didn't
23:56need warmth asher insisted fire makes people feel safe record player spinning summer of 69 live version
24:04this time guitar noisy and warm distant asher rocked our newborn small red flannel bundle movements
24:12clumsy handling something fragile but i soft as never seeing such miracle i curled beside him head under his
24:20chin one hand on the baby feeling his heartbeat faster than mine hear that your first summer song
24:27like the one that saved me asher kissed my forehead burning like 10 years ago like three years ago like
24:34every time he saved me then baby's soft head passing lifetime's promise down our miracle right here the
24:42three of us we swayed together slow baby's breathing even like contract outside summer waves meet the cliffs
24:50like 10 years ago like 10 years ago like 100 years ago like forever summer of 69 melody drifted into
24:56distance
24:57like singing out lifetime story
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