Mama Odie

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"Why don't we stop here for a minute. Let ol' Murray rest" said Ray.

"Ray, we need to keep going. Only two days left till the funeral" said Charles Wallace.

"Charles, I'm pregnant!" said Murray.

"Not an excuse. My mother is DEAD! Murray's stupid baby hasn't even burst her way out here yet" said Charles Wallace.

"Charles Wallace..." Sam began.

"You too, Sam! My mommy died and Meg is probably out looking for us! We're making strides on getting there but it's all filtered through a pregnancy we read about in the paper!" Charles Wallace shouted.

"Buddy..." Sam began.

"No, Sam! You're defending Murray because you love him! He's pregnant and it's slowing us down! Does this really seem okay to you?!" Charles Wallace yelled.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't talk like that to your best friend, Charles Wallace!" scolded Calvin.

Charles Wallace stomped away with tears in his eyes.

"He's just grieving" said Calvin.

"Yeah..." said Sam.

Murray then broke down walked away.

"Muzz? What's wrong?" Sam said.

"This is my fault. Charles is mad because I'm slowing us down" said Murray.

"You are not responsible for his grief, Murray" said Calvin.

"No. Just for the fact that we should have been in Miami yesterday" said Murray.

"Stop, stop, stop. None of us knew the plane was gonna crash. And we don't even know how you're pregnant again" Sam said.

"But Charles is mad at ME for slowing us down in getting to Mama Odie" said Murray.

"Well, in his defense, you did need a LOT of breaks during this trip" said Calvin.

"Calvin. You're not helping" said Sam.

Calvin tilted his head as if to say "I'm not helping".

"Murray. Charles is grieving. Let him grieve" said Anthony.

"Yeah. He's just using all this as an excuse to be upset" said Jeff.

"I guess..." said Murray.

"We'll be alright, mate" said Greg.

Just then an old woman showed her face.

"I heard your conversation. It's not every day peoples is trying to get to a 197-year-old blind lady" she said.

"Who are you?" said Charles Wallace when he came back.

"I'm Mama Odie of course" said the woman.

"Mama Odie! Thank goodness. These guys need help soon" said Louis.

"Well then! Follow me to my voodoo chamber" said Mama Odie.


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