Dossey Meets Lucky Jim

A Story by LinHicks

Dossey had never seen anyone that huge before. "My goodness," he muttered under his breath. He sat in the old wicker chair across from Newgalls Street. His pipe tasted even more bitter today but that didn't matter - the woman across the street had his sole attention. She was waving her arms back and forth, back and forth. Dossey tried, he even felt himself getting sick, but his ex-wife was right across the street and he just couldn't get out of his head how fat she had gotten. That certainly put a smile on his face.....

He dreamt of doughnuts and candy bars, carmels and chicken strips but when he opened his eyes again, he saw the most vile woman he had ever known. He tried to excape but he knew that bear trap was already set.

"Dossey...sit down your old fool."

He sat.... very still. His mouth on the other hand? That was a different story.

"Shut up you nasty woman. I should have run you over with my car years ago." She rolled her eyes so heavily that the Earth started to shake. "What is hell are you even doing here? Shouldn't you be off trying to ruin someone's life - like you did mine!"

"I'm here on business." Dossey laughed so hard that he started to cough. His face turned red and then a deep purple. He should of stopped smoking years ago. "What's so funny about that?"