Secrets in the Lyrics

THE SOUTH:

In order of priority.  It’s God, Family & Football.  Juke Joints, Cotton Fields, Sweet
Tea, Southern Hospitality, Good Ol’ Boys & Fireflies.  BBQ & Cold Beer, Front Porches,
Fast Cars and ALWAYS BLESSING SOMEBODY’S HEART.

XOXO

SM Donaldson

For every girl who ever felt like she wasn’t enough…

In the words of one of my oldest friends,

“Some will, some won’t. So What, Next!”

~ TRM

Secrets In The Lyrics

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Copyright © 2014, SM Donaldson

Introduction

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Due to mature subject matter this book is for readers 17+.

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This book is written in a true southern dialect, from a true southern person.  Therefore,
it is NOT going to have proper grammar.

Now with those two points out of the way.  I will say that this is probably one of
the darker books I’ve written.  Ivie has a lot of problems with self-esteem, self-respect
and self-worth, to work through.  She’s been dealt a crappy hand in life and she has
to learn to work through these things.

To females of all ages self-image is something we all deal with.  After life has beat
you down, it takes years to learn that beauty comes from the person you are inside. 

Trust me on this one, I was always the chunky best friend.  I always wondered what
was wrong with me.  In the end, I figured out that some people are just going to be
catty bitches and that people now have way more respect for me than those catty bitches
I worried so much about.

I guess I’m saying Love Yourself, treat yourself with Respect and tell the rest of
the world to take a flying leap.

Eight Years Old…

I hope my mom made macaroni and cheese tonight.  She and my dad have been fighting
a lot lately about her going out of town so much.  I hear all the girls at school
talking about how their moms fix supper and they pack them lunch every day.  I’m lucky
if my mom remembers what time I get home off the bus. My dad is always in his office
talking business. 

             
I walk in from school and start to panic because our living room is a mess.  I’m scared
someone broke in so I run and hide in my closet.  I stay here until I don’t hear anyone
but my dad.  My tummy is growling.  “Daddy?  Daddy?”

             
“What, Ivie?  Where have you been?”

             
“I came in from school and it was a mess.  I was scared so I hid.  I’m really hungry.”

             
“Fine, I’ll go fix you something quick, then you need to get ready for bed.  I have
business partners coming over and I can’t have you in the way.”

             
When we sit down to the table to eat, I look up.  “Where’s mommy?”

             
“Your mother is nothing but a two-bit whore who just ran-off with a loan shark from
Biloxi.”

             
I stutter.  “Is- Is she- c-c-coming back?”

             
“No, and we are better off without her.”

             
I nod.  “Okay Daddy, but what about Christmas?  She said she’d tell Santa that I want
a Holiday Barbie.”

             
He looks at me with sadness.  “I’ll make sure he knows.  Now eat up.”

Fifteen Years Old…

             
I sit down on my side of the visitation glass.  “Hey, Dad.”

             
“Hey, sweetheart.  How are things going at your Aunt Stella’s?”

             
I shrug.  “They are going.  I’m pretty sure she hates me.”

             
“She doesn’t hate you.  You’re her sister’s kid.”

             
“Well hell, Dad. I mean her sister didn’t stick around for me, so why should she?”

             
“Ivie, your mother…look, I only have a few minutes to talk to you and I don’t want
to waste it talking about Jenna.”

             
“Fine.  So how come you thought criminal life was more important than your only child?”

             
“Ivie-.”  He looks defeated.  “I was trying to provide a good life for you.  Now do
me a favor, get better grades, go to college, and make something of yourself.”

             
I stand up.  I have had wonderful grades, I couldn’t get any higher, but he wouldn’t
know that.  He’s always been too busy with his ‘business deals’ to pay attention. 
“You know what, Dad? If you knew me, you’d know that I have colleges already asking
about me.  You know what would have made me have a good life? Having two parents that
gave a shit.”  I turn and walk out.

             
Seventeen Years Old…

             
“Ivie Butonelli, get your ass in this house!  Where have you been all day?”

             
“I was at school.”

             
She smacks me across the face.  “You’re lying, the school called me.  Don’t think
I don’t know that you were at that thug boyfriend of your’s house.  Smoking your wacky
weed and playing on your little guitars.”

             
Damn, how did she know what I was doing?  “What I do is none of your business.  The
state gives you money to let me stay here.”

             
“Yeah well, your money is supposed to run out when you turn eighteen in two months,
but the school told me today that you are expelled for non-attendance and the drugs
they found in your locker, so the state is cutting off your money.  So get out.  Pack
your shit and get out you ungrateful little bitch, you are just like my damn sister.”

             
I go to the small room that I have and throw my crap in a bag.  I wasn’t allowed to
keep much from my house since most of it was seized, so I only have a few things to
pack.  I leave the house without saying goodbye and make my way back to my boyfriend
Aaron’s house.   
             

             
Three weeks later…

             
Yeah, living with Aaron has lasted all of three weeks.  When I came home a couple
of hours ago from my shift at McDonald’s, I found some bitch blowing him and another
bitch smoking my weed.  I grab my shit and my guitar and leave.  I walk around for
hours trying to figure out where I’m going to go.  I remember one of my friends is
having a party tonight, so maybe I can go hang there for a little while and maybe
crash there.

             
As I walk into the party, there are people from wall to wall.  There is a small band
on stage playing that is pretty good.  I walk closer to listen to them better.  As
they finish up, I walk over and talk to the guy that is playing the drums. 

             
I step out in front of him.  “Hey, you guys were awesome.  I’m Ivie.”

             
He shakes my hand.  “Hey, I’m Stoney, this is my buddy Keeg and our lead, Gable.”

             
My body quivers as Gable shakes my hand.  “Hey, nice to meet you guys.  Well I just
wanted you to know I love your sound.”

             
Stoney smiles.  “Thanks.  I see you carrying a case. Do you play?”

             
“Yeah, I do a little and I do some vocal stuff.”

             
He grins. “Come to the garage with us and let’s jam a little.  The rest of the crazy
people at this party won’t even know we left.”

             
Unsure about going off with three guys, “I don’t know” must show on my face.  Gable
steps up.  “Hey, we are nice guys and there is generally more people out there than
just us.  I understand your skepticism about being alone with us, you don’t know us. 
I hope my kid sister is as smart as you.”

             
I smile.  “Well, as long as there will be more people out there.”

Ten Years Old…

             
My mom sits down across from Scarlet and me.  She’s been crying.  I wonder what my
mean dad has said to her now.  He was always saying ugly stuff to her.  He’s only
here a day or so a week anyway, I wish he would just go away.  I just stare at her. 
I can’t feel sorry for her because she would be fine without him.  She should just
tell him to get lost.

Scarlet looks at her with a trembling lip.  “Mommy, what’s wrong?  Where is daddy?”

She clears her throat.  “Well, Daddy probably won’t be coming back for a little while. 
He’s gotten into some trouble.  See, it seems Daddy has another family.  I guess he
has so much love that one family just wasn’t enough and he got into trouble for having
two families.”

I look up at her, something she’s saying makes no sense.  “So.  What do you mean a
little while?  He’s always gone for a little while.”

“Well, probably a few years.  But he’s promised me that as soon as this is all cleared
up, he’ll be back and help raise you guys.  We are going to go and visit him if it’s
close enough.”

Scarlet crawls up in my mom’s lap and starts crying.  “I’m going to miss Daddy.”

My mom sighs.  “I am, too.”

I look at them.  Are they crazy?  I stand up and go to my room to do my homework.

Fifteen Years Old…

             
I look across the dinner table at my mom who is crying, once again, because she’s
been trying to find my dad since he was released from prison but she can’t locate
him.  “I’m sorry Gable, I know you don’t like seeing me cry but I just can’t help
it.  I still love him.”

             
“Why?  I gave up loving him, or even caring about him, a long time ago.”

             
“Look, I know you don’t understand.”

             
“No, to be quite honest I don’t.  The man married you and had two kids.  This whole
time being married to another woman first and having another kid.  I think you and
that lady should get together, hunt his ass down, and string him up by his balls.”

             
“Gable, don’t talk about your father that way.  He is a loving man, he just loves
too much.”

             
I grit my teeth.  “He’s not a father, he’s a sperm donor.  That is it.  Hell, he’s
probably got another family out there already.  Hell, two wives and families aren’t
enough, he’s probably got like four wives and families by now.”

             
“Gable!”  Scarlet screams at me. “Stop it.  Mom is upset.”

             
I stand up.  “Look, you know by now I don’t sugar coat things, and I know in the hippie
commune life you grew up in, it’s probably ok, but for me it’s not.  Scarlet, quit
babying her about him, he’s an asshole, plain and simple.”  I grab my guitar case
and jacket.  “I’ve got band practice.  See ya.”

             
I storm out the door, heading down the street to Stoney’s house where we practice. 
As I walk in the garage, it’s already filled with people waiting to hear us.

             
My rage fuels my performance as we finish a couple of hours of practice. I sit my
guitar down and turn off my amp.  Keeg steps up beside me.  “Hey man, don’t know what
had you going tonight but you were on flipping fire.”

             
“Yeah.  Just bullshit stuff, you know.”

             
He laughs.  “Well that little chick, Eva, is standing over there looking like she’s
just dying to suck your dick, so you should probably go check on that.”

             
I’ve been with Eva a couple of times and she’s a lot of fun.  She’s seventeen, but
I’m the youngest member of our band and I don’t think she knows, or maybe she doesn’t
care, that I’m fifteen. 

             
I pull her into Stoney’s house and find an empty room. Once I shut the door, she smiles.
Pulling herself to me, she licks the salty sweat from my neck.  “You did a great job
tonight.”

             
“Thanks.”  I’m not much for words and she knows that.

             
She drops to her knees and pulls my dick out of my pants.  Once she slides her mouth
over it, I reach around and grab the back of her head.  I literally fuck her face
until she swallows every last bit of cum I shoot out.  She stands up and wipes her
mouth as I tuck my dick in my pants.  “Thanks, that was good.”

             
She throws her hands on her hips.  “What about me?  I need to get off, too.”

             
I roll my eyes.  “Fine.  But it won’t be with my dick, he’s down for a little while.”

             
I push her back on the bed and sink my fingers into her damp folds, rubbing her clit
until she cries out.  I stand up without saying a word and go to the bathroom to wash
up.

Seventeen years old…

             
What in the hell are we doing jamming in the garage with a girl named Ivie?  When
she stepped out in front of us in the house I thought she was another groupie, but
as it turns out, she’s a bass player.  When I shook her hand, I could have snatched
her up and fucked her right there on Stoney’s drums.

             
She doesn’t look like the normal girl who follows us around.  She has a rather small
waist but big tits and a plump ass.

             
Keeg pipes up after a few minutes.  “Damn girl, you rock that bass.”

             
She smiles shyly.  “Thanks.”

             
Stoney speaks up.  “Hey, let’s hear some vocals.  What’s a song you do?”

             
Her voice almost trembles when she looks up to see my face.  “Do you know
Underneath it All
by No Doubt?  I know it’s pretty old but I like the beat.”

             
Stoney nods and starts to tap out the beat.  As we join in, I don’t expect her to
even start singing as her fingers tremble playing her bass. But her voice never falters
when Gwen Stefani’s lyrics come out of her mouth.

             
Damn, she’s good.  Once we finish jamming, I snatch a regular groupie up and take
her to a back bedroom and knock the freakin’ bottom out of her trying to get thick
Ivie off my brain.  Her freakin’ voice almost did me in, it was like velvet.  After
I walk back out into the main room, I see Stoney leaving with Ivie and I start to
get pissed. I don’t know why I’m getting pissed but I want to know why in the fuck
she’s leaving with him. 

             
“Hey, Stone!  Where you guys off to?”

             
“Oh, Ivie got kicked out of her place so she’s gonna crash with me for a little while. 
I need a roommate to help with expenses, she needs a place to crash, and she’s got
a job.”  He shrugs.

             
I jam my hands in my pockets.  “Okay.  See ya.”

             
They both throw up a short wave.