A memoir of Grace “Slick” Joplin

Chapter 7.5 Intruder





Mother and father wanted to celebrate their 20 years anniversary. As we had too little room in either house, we had to hold it in the garden. As rain kept falling, we constructed a temporal shelter and got some tables and chairs, our simple stereo, father’s grill and bar.

Father was grilling to get enough food ready.

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Mother making drinks

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David’s wife Val came this time, but just having a single drink and excused that she couldn’t stay because she was working Sundays. With the income David has, a bit strange she could not skip one day, but whatever.
The woman behind her is Tonya Kiser. I don’t know her but she is a friend of my parents.

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The guests were besides Val and Kiser. David and his daughters Angie and Kate. Marylin Bridge, Emilia Kated-Bridge. Furthermore some of my parents friends I do not know well, Christen Kaplan, Bethina Senior-Stinger, Taffani Purcell and Sonny Steams.

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All in all, the party was marked by the fact that the weather was awful, but we did what we could to make the best of it.

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After the party was over, the family all took a dip in the Jacuzzi, me and Gregg just shortly we were tired, Mum and Dad stayed there for a longer time before they went to bed.

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Steve doing his homework, I change a dirty diaper.

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