Jan. 20, 2025
Best of 2024: Last Flight Out - A Haunting Tale of Love, Loss, and Mystery in the Skies
Welcome to another spine-chilling episode of Weekly Spooky, where our esteemed host, Henrique Couto, guides you through the shadowy realms of horror that linger in the fringes of our imagination. In tonight's captivating narrative, we delve deep into a tale that gripped audiences when it first debuted in 2023, brought to life by none other than Charles Campbell, the head of the Horror 421 podcast. This story, titled “The Last Flight Out,” is not just a flight through the skies but a harrowing journey into the depths of human emotion and the unforeseen terrors that can unfold in mere moments.
As we settle into our seats on the Boeing 757, we are introduced to Sheila, a thoughtful soul eagerly embarking on her trip from Hartsfield-Jackson International to Seattle. The atmosphere is filled with anticipation and the typical hustle of airport life—businessmen glued to their devices, families herding children, and an undercurrent of unease reverberating through the crowds. Henrique’s masterful narration brings the scene alive as Sheila anxiously grapples with her carry-ons, all the while casting nervous glances at her fellow passengers, hoping for a smooth flight.
Upon her boarding, Sheila meets Otis Thornton, a spindly 70-something gentleman whose engaging anecdotes soon overshadow the anxiety of the looming journey. The connection between Sheila and Otis blossoms into a captivating conversation as he regales her with his past, a poignant love story spanning decades. Their dialogue unfolds in serpentine fashion—initially light-hearted, it deepens as Otis recollects the enchanting details of his courtship with Ella, his deceased wife. The fondness in his voice brings warmth, contrasting the cold, sterile environment of the aircraft cabin.
However, as Otis shares his narrative, a darker subplot begins to entwine with their conversation. The story oscillates between recounting joyful memories and the harrowing tragedy of losing their infant son, little Otis. The atmospheric tension mounts as the turbulence of the flight coincides with Otis's emotional revelations, making the audience palpably aware of the dual edges of storytelling—the beauty of nostalgia infused with the pain of loss.
As the flight progresses, the turbulence intensifies, mirroring the turmoil within Otis's tale. With each jolt of the plane, the narrative shifts gears, transitioning from sentimentality to a gripping account of impending dread. Passengers are thrown into chaos as the plane begins its descent—a vivid encapsulation of fear that grips both Sheila and Otis. Here, Couto's voice crescendos, pulling the audience deeper into the heart of horror as reality blurs with the unthinkable.
Finally, just when it seems that all hope is lost amid the maddening chaos of the flight, Otis's tale reaches a climactic crescendo—a heart-rending culmination that ties their shared journey together. As the cabin erupts with screams and the overwhelming sounds of disaster, Otis’s narrative forces Sheila—and by extension, the listeners—into a confrontation with unresolved grief, love, and the ethereal threads that connect us beyond the grave.
In true Weekly Spooky fashion, tonight's episode encapsulates the essence of horror—an exploration of fear that transcends the physical realm and delves into the emotional and psychological. As we close this chilling chapter, Couto reminds us that the nightmares may not end with the flight; they may linger in our minds long after the last words have been spoken.
Prepare yourselves for the next spine-tingling adventure as we look forward to the fourth installment of the "Spin the Bottle" series, coming this Wednesday. Until then, check out our trove of over 300 spine-tingling episodes at weeklyspooky.com, and remember to fasten your seatbelts, for the turbulence of dread is just beginning.
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Hello, my spookies. It's your host and narrator Enrique Cuto
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here bringing you another little bit of terror that made
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twenty twenty four so damn special. This is a story
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that if you missed out on it last year, you
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really need to give it a listen. And if you've
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heard it before, maybe it's time to hear it again.
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A story by our good pal and Horror for twenty
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one podcast host Charles Campbell. It's all about getting on
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an airplane and realizing that your destination may be more
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than you realize. So kick back, relax and enjoy this story.
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And I'll be back here on Wednesday with the fourth
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installment of the Spin the Bottle series. But now enjoy
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the last flight out by Charles Campbell. Zone one is boarding.
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Everyone with a boarding pass and Zone one are cleared
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to board flight seven fifty two from Hartsfield Jackson International
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to Seattle. Please present your boarding pass and be prepared
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to have carrions checked if they will not fit in
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the overhead compartment or under your seat. The pretty petite
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blonde wearing the Delta name tag smiled as passengers lined
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up to board the two hundred and eighty four passenger
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ready bowing seven fifty seven three hundred. Sheila popped out
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her earbuds the sounds of Maria Maria by Santana emitted
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from the tiny dangling speakers, and took another glance at
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her boarding pass, hoping it would magically change zones from
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four to one. She had two carry ons, and if
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her luck was per usual, she would end up checking
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the overhead bag because a few inconsiderate passengers would overstuff
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their allotments, leaving most of zones three and four in
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the baggage lurch. The airport was crowded with your typical
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mix of people, business types with iPads and laptops in hand,
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stressed out parents herding up their children, and more than
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a couple of people that Sheila prayed would not be
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seated beside her because they would overlap over a quarter
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of the way into her Economy class seat. Another ten
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minutes passed before Sheila heard the sweet sound of now
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boarding zone four. Sheila made her way past the smiling
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blonde that scanned her boarding pass and was pleasantly surprised
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that she wasn't asked to check her carry ons. As
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she cleared the entrance ramp, and stepped into the jetliner.
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Okay twenty two CE, Sheila mumbled as she held her
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laptop bag out in front of her, with the Duffel
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bag dangling behind as she navigated down the middle aisle
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finding her window seat. This really is my lucky day,
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Sheila thought to herself as she was one of the
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last passengers to board. In the compartment right above her seat,
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there was a hole just big enough to stuff her
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Duffel bag, leaving her laptop to be shoved under the
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seat in front of her. Sheila took her seat, strapped
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her belt, and was asleep before the flight attendant gave
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instructions on emergency exits and safety belts. This is the
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captain speaking. We have now achieved an altitude of ten
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thousand feet. You may now use approved electronic devices. Please
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keep your seat belts fastened. Thank you for flying Delta
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flight seven fifty two to Seattle. Hi. Dear, I hope
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I didn't wake you. A spindly old man reached across
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the middle seat and gently tapped on Sheila's arm. She
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turned to look upon the smiling elderly man, whose hand
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was still gently placed on her shoulder. His were the
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hands of a man who'd seen their share of hard labor,
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the hands of a man that had been on top
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of many a roof on many a hot summer's day. No, sir,
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you didn't wake me. My name's Sheila Baker, she said,
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as she patted the man's fingers on her right shoulder
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with her left hand. I'm Otis Thornton. The skinny seventy
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something smiled at Sheila with teeth that, to her surprise,
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appeared to be all his one hundred percent and not
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a spot of yellow on them. Pleased to meet you,
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mister Otis interrupted, No, mister, just Otis. Sheila smiled and said, O,
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k Otis looks like we have a little breathing room. Huh.
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Sheila patted the empty seat that separated them, not that
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it would have made that much of a difference if
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he was sitting in the seat right next to her.
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Otis was a little over five six and couldn't have
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been any more than one hundred and twenty five pounds.
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Soaking wet, he was immediately engaging with light green eyes
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that shouted kindness. Sheila had to stop herself from reaching
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out and touching the full head of neatly combed snow
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white hair. Oh, the pleasure is all mine, ODIs started.
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I don't get to sit beside beautiful women that much
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any more, well, not since I lost my dearest Ella.
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The kind eyes told a story that Sheila desperately wanted
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to hear. Otis, I must say that I am pleased
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that you will be my company on this flight. Sheila
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shuffled in her seat so she was facing Otis directly,
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and pushed a strand of her hanging brown hair back
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behind her left ear. Well, thank you, Sheila. I'm an
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old man that likes to talk. Just let me know
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if I start to talk, your ears off and I'll
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be quiet. Well, thank you, Otis. I'm a thirty two
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year old woman that likes to listen, So talk all
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you want. You might regret that invitation. Sheila. Otis's eyes
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lit up with the prospect of sharing his story with her.
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Try me, okay, here it goes, and Otis began. It
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was the summer of nineteen fifty eight when I first
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laid eyes on Ella Stanton was working at the Snow
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Cap as a roller waitress, and she was very good
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at it. I remember hearing the wheels of the skates
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whisked by on the asphalt as she left behind a
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sweet trail of lightly applied perfume while she rolled to
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and fro and back and forth. Her auburn hair was
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like a campfire at sunset, and her skin was fair
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and as soft as a butterfly's kiss, at least as
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soft as how I like to imagine a butterfly's kiss.
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I was a young man of twenty three when she
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first smiled and batted her brown eyes at me. You see,
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I helped my father back in those days. He was
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a self made, hard working man. Otis Thornton Sor moved
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to Augusta, Georgia with my mother, Genie, when I was
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a toddler, way back in the early forties. I take
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after my father in the way that I'm built, spindley
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and all. But I have my mother's face and my
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hair used to be sandy blonde in another lifetime. Anyway,
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back to my angel. I remember my hands ached like
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the dickens from laying shingles on that hot July day
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when Ella rolled into my life. I remember that I
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ordered a double cheeseburger all the way and a coke float.
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When Ella said, you sure, are skinny? You think you
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can handle the double? Did I mention my father was
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there with me? Well, he was, and he answered for
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me because my mouth couldn't speak the words outside of
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the order that I had just blurted out. Yeah, I've
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seen him eat four thick pork chops with just as
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many mashed taters at home and still be hungry, young lady.
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My father gave her an Eastwood squint with a turned
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up grin and continued, I'll have the same thing, but
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I'll take the coke without the float. From that day on,
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I visited Ella at least three times a week, mostly
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without my father, although he would still come along once
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in a while when he got the crazy for the
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goodness of that double burger. This went along for about
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two or three months before I got up the courage
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to court Ella. My father told mother about Ella about
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two weeks into me missing too many home cooked meals.
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Then they were both on to me. My mother wanted
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grandchildren as I was an only child. There was something
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about her lady parts that didn't quite work. Right after
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I was born. I remember that she doated over me
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enough for four children, so much as a boy. All
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the way up to and through manhood. Ella's mother, Lucille,
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is where she got that auburn hair and fair skin.
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Her father, Thomas Stanton, worked at the True Value hardware store,
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selling hammers, wrenches, nails and what not. All Ella got
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from him was the brown eyes. I remember them staring
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through me the first time I came calling on his
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youngest daughter. Ella had two older sisters that at the
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time were already married off, Genie to some business man
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named Earl, and if I recall correctly, Francine, who married
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a butcher named Steve or Sam something that started with
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an s. Anyway, Ella was the last chickadee left, and
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Daddy Hawk certainly favored her over the two that had
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flown the coop. Lucille took to me right away, but
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Thomas Stanton took a lot of coaxing. He had to
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meet my father to gauge my stock in upbringing. I
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could tell from our first handshake that he favored the
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callous that had developed on my hand. He knew from
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that first shake that I didn't have the hands of
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a paper pusher, or god forbid, an insurance salesman. Mister
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Stanton knew I came by an honest wage from the
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sweat of my brow. That was a wind for me
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right up front. Even with that, it still took coaxing. Sheila,
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I hope I'm not boring you so far. Otis not
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at all. It's the opposite. I don't want you to
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stop until you tell me everything. It's a long flight,
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and your story has me hooked. Sheila could feel the
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stress of her life melting away as she listened to
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the tale of Otis and Ella. Okay, then and Otis continued.
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So Ella and I married almost a year after I
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met her father for the first time. About a year
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after that, we welcomed our baby girl, Marilyn, into the world.
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Marilyn turned out to be a pediatrician. All of my
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work on all those roofs with my father did that.
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That's something I'm very proud of. Ella's father never saw
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our second child, Otis. He died of a heart attack
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in his back yard weeding when Ella was pregnant with
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little Otis. We went back and forth on the name
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for a bit, but my father wanted to keep the
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Otis name going. And the truth of it was, Thomas
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Stanton wasn't around to object, and my lovely mother in law, Lucille, well,
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she just fell to pieces and her baby girl, My wife,
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my sweet Ella, wasn't far behind on the falling to
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piece's train. Don't go away, weekly, spooky, We'll be right
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back on top of it. She was pregnant with little Otis,
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with a toddler at her feet, and the stress of
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it all was almost more than she could bear, to
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tell the truth, looking back on it now, it was,
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and I know this may sound selfish, almost more than
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I should have been able to bear. But my father
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raised a pillar of strength. And that's not just me
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boasting my dear. I truly was like a block of
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granite in those days. Thomas's funeral was on September twenty
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second in nineteen sixty two, and little Otis was born
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just two days later, on the twenty fourth. In those days,
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folks hadn't heard of anything like postpartum depression. We just
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called it the baby blues. And Ella's father passing combined
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with it, didn't give little Otis much of a chance.
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I just didn't know it back then. Ella's sisters came
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down for the funeral, but they sure didn't hang around
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to comfort Lucille, let alone. The birth of their new nephew.
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I guess they were grieving in their own way, but
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they sure as hell got out of Dodge before the
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soil in their father's grave had even settled. I think
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the guy whose first name began with an S was
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behind Francine's early departure. I just don't think Genie was
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strong enough to hang around a minute longer than she
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felt was required. It was a few months after little
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and it was all due to little Otis. The baby
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blues and grief still had its lock on my darling Ella.
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I had to keep food on the table, so I
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stayed on rooftops with my father. My mother kept little
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Otis about a quarter of the time, and Lucille kept
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him the rest of the time. My mother could see
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that Lucille needed that baby more than she did, and
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although I could see it hurt her to give up
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her time with little Otis, she knew if Lucille couldn't
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hang on to that baby, then she wouldn't be far
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behind mister Stanton taking up residence in Bellevue Memorial Gardens.
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A big thing that helped was mother did spend a
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lot of time with sweet Maryland, Sheila. Next is the
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hard part. You still want to listen? Otis, I don't
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know what to say. Sheila was transfixed on the old
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man with the green eyes and calloused hands. Just then,
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flight attendant susy Q from who knows where interrupted them.
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Peanuts are cookies? Excuse me, Sheila asked, because absolutely nothing
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Flight Attendant susye Q said registered in her brain. Otis
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smiled with all his real teeth on display, and said,
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I like the salty peanuts please, and a coke if
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you've got one in that cart. I do, replied susie
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c miss anything for you. Sheila answered, salty peanuts and
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a coke. Otis tipped the red and white can in
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Sheila's direction as susy Q rattled by, and he asked,
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shall I continue? Yes? Sheila was too far in now
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she had to hear the rest of it, and Otis continued.
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Little Otis had the colic pretty bad, and I was
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up many a night tending to him because of Ella's
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delicate state. My days with Father always started early, and
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with Little Otis, if I could get four straight hours
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of good sleep on any given night, that was a blessing.
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