A Beach-side Meeting. Finale.
#4 of A beachside meeting.
Yeah ending on a epilogue was a cop-out but i was unable to think of how to continue the story, i have written all the points i wanted in the series and i could not think of a better way to end it.
John and holly decided to meet at a local coffee shop. As John got ready he became lost in thought... The last time John saw his father was when he was 25, at his mother's wake. There were people mainly from his mother's side of the family, there were a few from his father's side as well, as John was standing at his mother's coffin paying his respects he heard the door open, he turned to see who was late and he saw his father there in a suit. As John met his father's eyes he began to walk towards him anger growing, people moving out of his path expecting the worst. When he got in front of his father his anger had reached near boiling, he saw in his father's eyes something he never saw as a child, there were tears welling at the bottom but behind the tears he saw a warmness that left after the company he worked at went under... John's train of thought was broken as he grabbed his phone. When john left his apartment he started walking towards the coffee shop he began to lose himself in thought again...
John's father was standing there near the verge of crying and john stood there with his fists clenched anger near boiling "John i..." his father's sentence was cut short with a punch from John, everyone grew silent as they watched these events unfold. His father rubbed the spot John punched and sighed. His father began to talk about what happened after the fight, he went to prison he was supposed to be in for another 18 years, he was able to be put on parole for good behavior, while he was in prison he attended AA and was able to stop drinking. After he was released he found a stable job, he never looked up John or his mother he left them alone and tried to move on with his life, but he never forgot them things continued like this until one day he was reading the paper and saw his ex-wife's obituary and decided to go to the wake after many hours thinking of what to do. John sighed after he heard this, here was his father apologizing for what he had done, this man who beat him so close to death and tore up his family from drinking near constantly. His father walked to the coffin and stood there to pay his respects and to apologize for what he had done, he then went to leave but before he walked out the door he gave john his contact information "If you want to talk just call me.... I'm sorry for what i have done.".... John reached the coffee shop and walked inside, he saw Holly sitting at a table and he joined her they talked for a while talking about life and getting to know each other. After a few hours Holly had to leave, but she told him that she wanted to meet again. As john walked home he was smiling thinking about how life is always changing he wondered what would happen in the future, things were looking up......
Epilogue: John after 2 years of dating John proposed to Holly, she accepted instantly they had two kids and they lived "happily ever after".
John was able to repair his relationship with his father, while it wasn't as strong as it was before he started drinking it was better than it was after the fight. John's kids were able to grow with a grandfather who cared and loved them.
John was still a bad swimmer in the end. Holly was unable to teach him how to become a better swimmer, it became an inside joke with them.
The End.