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Molly Arbuckle: Life After Jimmy
By givitsum
24 August 2006
The ruthless bint continues her life, compassion free.

 30:15 BBS; Your serve.

A beautiful, spacious hallway greeted all that entered No. 25, Dog Track Lane, Pontefract. Molly had fallen in love with the Victorian terraced house as soon as she clapped eyes on it. Having sold the house she once shared with her late husband Jimmy Arbuckle, Molly quickly snapped up the bargain that was No. 25.

'Yorkie's Removals: Big enough to matter, small enough to care' had shifted the vast majority of Molly's furniture etc. Her personal belonging's and children were driven up personally by Molly. Always a meticulous house keeper, Molly supervised the removal guys personally.

"Where's this washing machine going luv?" Yorkie asked, aiding his assistant to remove the front loader from the back of the truck.

"In the kitchen please" Molly smiled.

"And this sideboard....? You putting that in the hall luv?" Yorkie asked.

"Aye, that's right dear, If you just bung it against the wall for now I'll sort it out later."

"Ok luv. What about this corpse you've got rolled up in this old lump of carpet. Under the stairs I presume luv?"

"Corpse? Oh, you mean the electrical shop guy! Er...yes, that's an idea. Dump him under the stairs for now. I'll dispose of him in a nearby ditch, or piece of deserted wasteland once I've got all the other stuff sorted." Molly smiled.

By now she had a new boyfriend called Graham Potter-Jenkins. A local lad to the area, he had met Molly when she was in the town some weeks previous, when first house-hunting. Tall, handsome, intelligent, witty, first class lover; he was every bit the stereotypical Yorkshireman. Graham knew how to treat a lady, and Molly lapped up the attention and flattery afforded her by her new bloke.

"Ecky-thump lass! I'll go t' foot of ar' stairs! Tha's soon gor'all yer crap chucked in a'nt tha'?" He smiled, tweaking Molly's tit as he spoke. He had just got back from the dole office where he'd been to collect his pancrack. Entering the love nest he one day hoped to share with Molly, he flicked his boots off and slumped on the sofa.

"Stick t'kettle on, there's a good lass." He lovingly requested of Molly. "And shut them soddin' kids up will yer? Lil' bastards get on me tits" he lovingly grunted. Typically, Molly failed to immediately respond to her master's request, and understandably Graham wasn't impressed.

"Er...Earth callin' bollock-brain! Didn't I tell yer to stick t'kettle on? Am I talkin' to mesen? Get yer arse in yer kitchen woman, 'n'mek the man a drink! I've been stood in that bleedin' queue over an hour!"

Molly finally did what she was told. She had always been a disobedient wench, and had rightfully received a few back-handers for her insolence over the years. She urged the kids to keep quiet, who were outside, playfully tossing dog muck over the fence at the neighbours car. She made Graham his cuppa, but in her haste to make up for her previous, typically sloppy response to his request, she gormlessly forgot to put any sugar in it.

Needless to say, she got her comeuppance for her tomfoolery in the shape of a firm rabbit punch to the gut, courtesy of Graham's right fist. In a bid to extract some form of ill-deserved sympathy, she meekly lay there whincing and gasping. Not that it cut any ice with Graham. He'd seen this old trick once too often. He gave no sympathy, no remorse. What he did offer was a kick up the arse, which Molly received whether she wanted it or not. He put his boots back on first of course, to avoid risking a metatarsul injury.

"Tha'll get no compassion from me, when tha' shows none t' me in t'first place woman!" Graham hissed, as he headed off to the pub to blow his social money, leaving Molly to stew in her own juices. Graham's experience with women had taught him the best thing you could do after giving your bitch a good slapping, was to leave them to think about why they'd got it in the first place. That way, they either came to their senses and didn't forget the sugar ever again, or the cycle started over again with another wallop.

That night after Molly had tucked the kids up, she lay on her bed and decided to watch a bit of telly. She sat with a cold damp flannel on her ribs, to help ease the pain where the bottom two had been burst by Graham. It was 9pm before her boyfriend returned from the pub. Molly, having heard his key fumbling in the lock, switched off the TV, and laid down. Typically, she didn't feel to urge to go down and help Graham in. Despite knowing he was probably pissed as a newt, and would understandably have trouble walking, let alone negotiating a tricky lock, she just lay there, feigning fear, such was her egocentricity.

Finally, he was in, and headed up the stairs to the bedroom. Semi-undressed, he climbed into the bed. He didn't bother to brush his teeth, as he knew how much the smell of stale ale and fags on his breath turned women on. He could read women like that. He leant across and between hiccups, whispered romantically somewhere in the region of Molly's earhole:

"Get' yer slacks off you! Yer wearin' this!" Molly knew what he was referring to, yet inexplicably she was reluctant to join in any sexual activity. Still, not wanting anymore broken bones, she decided to allow Graham to go ahead and do as he wished.

"Pull the blankets up when you've finished will you? I'm gonna get me head down." she mutterd, after removing her pants.

The next morning, Molly dressed the kids. She took them all to school then came home. She tidied up the downstairs, then the kids room, before doing her own. The bed was particularly difficult to make, what with the lifeless body of Graham Potter-Jenkins cluttering it up, complete with a huge iron-shaped indentation in his forehead. She returned downstairs, and set off to the second hand shop.

"Good morning miss, can I help you?" The smiling chap greeted her.

"Morning. You don't fix iron's do you by any chance? And I'm looking for an old rug, if you have any."



Reviews
Contradictory
Written by TwistedTales (548 comments posted) 24th August 2006
It sure is a good piece, but what i couldn't digest is that if she is a strong headed woman, she wouldn't take such crap from men in the first place. Why to allow such bad things to happen to her and then getting herself into a position where she has to get rid of them. obviously she can't go on like this, can she? That's my personal opinion. It sure is a great read as a stand alone piece, but when i read it as a part of the series (including yours's and BBS's work), it just doesn't work for me. And somewhere it just feels like it is getting repetitive. That's my own personal take. 
 
Regards, 
TT
Of Course
Written by givitsum (651 comments posted) 24th August 2006
You are right TT, that's me all over. I do in hindsight agree it's just the first one all over again, but with different words (if that makes sense?)  
 
As per the expample set by yourself and others recently, I shall endeavour to learn from this mistake, and take your honest opinion on board with gratitude.  
 
Let it ne'er be said a good Yorkshireman cannot accept criticism. Just because we're good in bed doesn't mean we're not humble. 
 
Thanks for your valuable comment. 
 
Rgds 
 
Givitsum
Set to Givitsum
Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 24th August 2006
I think you have pulled a huge, frightening ball from inside your very tight (but immensely flatering) shorts and forced Mrs B to run for cover....  
 
this is surely going to be a drubbing  
 
...or is this going to be the literary equivalent of Billie Jean King vs Bobby Riggs, where mr Riggs slopes home with his tail firmly clenched between his emasculated legs... 
 
...Mrs B wipes the sweat off of her racquet and prepares to serve...
Hahaha...
Written by TwistedTales (548 comments posted) 24th August 2006
I wouldn't know about that. But is it true for the yorkshire women as well...are they good too...haha...And no i wouldn't say that's a criticism...because i am no one to do that...i would just say that it is my genuine feeling/suggestion that i felt after giving the piece a read. 
 
Best of luck, 
TT
Reprobate at large...
Written by gerardconnolly (1186 comments posted) 24th August 2006
Hello Chris. 
 
Too busy to join in the loop, I'm afraid, despite Sasquatch's kind enticement. Molly might fit well in The Village though. I really have neglected that. Patterjack has been its mainstay of late.  
 
And on that subject I had an enquiry about it just recently, completely out of the blue. I also had a PM from Brook on the issue. I'll try and get back to her and fill her in, so to speak. 
 
As for the above, Leo is right. I'm sure Jane won't let it rest. 
 
Slan! 
 
Well...
Written by coosh (850 comments posted) 24th August 2006
I'd pretty much go with TwistedTales. It's funny and well-written as a piece on its own, but I felt it sounded more like like the start of a story. In terms of the soapy sequence (and I hope we're all taking this seriously), I'd expected to have got to the end of episode three and seen the yarn moving on in leaps and bounds, panning out maybe to an entire League-of-Gentlemen-style village, Midsomer Murders on acid. But I'll still make every effort to keep up, even it means missing CSI Miami.
First taste.
Written by Phil (6683 comments posted) 24th August 2006
Didn't know there was a history to this - but as a stand alone piece it worked for me. Sniggered a few times then laughed. Built well to the end.

Written by Gill21 (566 comments posted) 25th August 2006
Wham! You got right in there with another shocker! Although i shoud have seen it coming i suppose. Very funny how the delivery men asked where to put him hehe. 
For a minute i thought the tone of the story might be changing, but nope. Felt sorry for her for a minute, but then off she was again. 
I think so far it is working well but i do hope that you round it off soon, it may spoil if you continue to flog it i fear. 
Also what TT said i understand. However i think Molly is a little more complex than just 'strong headed' so it works for me. 
You are certainly keeping us on our toes! 
........
Superb...
Written by mishmish (389 comments posted) 25th August 2006
Hi Chris 
 
Each piece of this saga is getting better and better, with a twists and turns at every corner. 
 
From little acorns big oaks...eh! 
 
Absolutely loving it... 
 
well done 
 
mish x

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