A memoir of Grace “Slick” Joplin

Chapter 8.1 Roses

Just when I think I'm winning - When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before - Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king - The ghosts of my life blew wilder than the wind


Marylin Bridge is the kind of person that tends to work almost too much. Besides raising two kids she has made herself a fine Career in a small but solid business. Where she has become manager of the sales division. Her boss is the 10 years older Gwen Glover Senior.
Marylin’s assistant is 21 old Javier Marshall, who she already knew before he started at the job, as he is living in the same Mansion as Marylin’s aunt Jenny Bridges in the Theatre District. A huge house belonging to Alouette Bird, but that is another story.

Marylin, Gwen and Javier all meet up at 8AM to begin a long day at the office

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Emilia and Jimmy Kated Brigde just got their 3rd child, a cute little thing named Angelo.
Emilia is deeply devoted to her husband. The couple is still very much in love. Sadly, the family are in need of cash, hard to pay all the bill and feed their children.
None of them are educated, Emilia who was previously working at part time job the spa, is now working as a gardener, but she is not very skilful. It may take a while for her to bring in substantial payments from sales of fruits and vegetables. Especially with the winter just starting. Guess she may have to find other occupation during the cold months.
Jimmy is a band manager not too bad, but hard to support a family of five.
Malissa work a few hours every day after high school at the bookstore to help her parents.

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David could not stand the old house, he just left it standing as it was when Val died. It was kind of spooky after all those years, the house now completely empty and falling apart. The children said Valleri’s ghost was living there and they dared not pass after dark. Her car buried in the snow.

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At this point David just had a bed in the Café where he could sleep. He was clearly miserable and did not even visit the twins. I think it was guilt, coming from the way he treated Val the last years, but who knows what was going on inside him.

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Speaking of the twins. They were now back from their vacation, of course saddened by the loss of their step mother.
Angie was still seeing Spencer Funke the father of her two children, but he was still not living in the house. Angie was working at the town hall, assisting in the road maintenance department.

Angie entering the town hall 7’16 AM, showing that she will work hard to climb the political ladder

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Kate had started working at the Medical Center providing general care for the patients. She was seeing the absurd rich, but 34 years older Kenji Midden.

Kate does not like the look of this babysitter, but she is late and have to leave for work now

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Mother sometimes comes over to write chapters for her next novel in the Sunfighter series, she says she gets inspired by the bustle in our larger household, compered to the relative silence at home.

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