A Red State Hero

Chapter 58 INTERLUDE

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Chapter 58               INTERLUDE

There are times in people's lives, that is to say most people's lives, when things calm down. This usually happens after they've worked things out, after they've come into 'their own' so to speak. Of the characters in our story, such a time came simultaneously for Glenn and Lewis and Daniel.

Glenn got up early every morning. He once told Daniel, "If I lay in bed in the mornings I'll die." So he got up and went about his daily chores, which were interspersed with eating Mexican food and barbeque and elaborate home-style pies. There was sex also of mainly three kinds: As a product of influence and importance, as a product of luck and as a product of commerce.

Glenn preferred the lucky kind-hitting it off with someone and ending up in bed. His importance around West Virginia got him laid also; but truth be told, most of his sex was paid for-at the massage parlors and go-go clubs or in one of West Virginia's many straight-out whore houses.

Of course, eating and fornicating required some balance. That's why he was usually in church with Dorothy on Sunday mornings. He never missed a lodge meeting at the Masons and he was most often present at the Town Council or the State Legislature. Thus, his life became an interlude of peace.

Blueridge Gas ran so smoothly that Glenn had time to concentrate on his home. The ranch was built up considerably with the addition of several impressive brick structures. Blackboard fencing surrounded the plateau and the hills and the pasture was full of thoroughbreds.
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In Lewis' case, Geoffery Bradfield was never hired to redecorate his Fifth Avenue apartment. Instead, he and Betty bought a home in Westchester County near Briarcliff Manor. This purchase had a profound effect upon Lewis and Betty. She shopped less in Manhattan and spent a great deal of her time gardening. It's as if she chose gladiolas over shopping for shoes. And most unusual of all, Betty backed into a drive for the homeless in White Plains as a media coordinator. To her complete surprise, the issue of homelessness became a passion.

They were comfortable with the Westchester crowd for two reasons; it was more easy-going than what they had been used to and they were as intelligent as anyone they met. No more Manhattan cocktail parties with glassy eyed "intellectuals".

Lewis now felt free to return to his interest in art and although he spent less time in his Manhattan Gallery, he could feel a level of appreciation and excitement returning.
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And last, we have Daniel; back on Cape Cod with his new wife, Caroline. Their restaurant, the Courtyard which sat in the middle of Hyannis' Main Street, was as successful as any of Daniel's previous enterprises (and they had all been successful in the sense of their popularity). He played music on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights. It was all more relaxed than when he had been on the road with Terry doing six nights a week.

Perhaps the end of this phase had come about in West Virginia when he played the Plaza Lounge six nights a week, five hours per night. This incredible amount of singing nearly ruined his voice. He had gotten to a point where he no longer enjoyed playing music, so the three nights a week in Hyannis suited him perfectly.

Caroline, after an initial bout as restaurant manager, found a position with a law firm; and so everything worked out nicely.

Daniel had more time during the day, which he often spent on long walks with his son, David. This precocious young lad asked him millions of questions during these times together, often questions that he could not answer.

"Dad, when the human species developed consciousness, was it the first time that the universe could see itself?"
He also wrote, in a barely legible scribble, "Comedy can be found in every day life, even when it is no joke."

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