"Honey…Honey?" Beatrice reached across the bed and grabbed her husband.
"Uh…what?" John rolled toward his wife.
"Something's wrong. I don't feel right." She rubbed her chest and swallowed down some bile.
"Hm-m, probably something you ate."
"No. Tell the kids and grandkids I love them…and know I will always love you John."
"Uh?" He reached across and laid his hand on his wife's arm. "Beatrice?" He gently shook her. "BEATRICE!"
Beatrice was dead.
****
""Holstein passes the ball to Jackson. Down the court they go! Jackson hands off to Peters. Only 10 seconds to go! Will they do it? Peters throws to Jackson at the 3 point line. She launches, the ball is in the air, the buzzer sounds, and Sss-WISH! J,J.Jackson does it again! The Ladies Miami Heat wins, 104 to 101!
J.J. concentrates on the beating of her heart. All around her, people are yelling and screaming. The fans, her team mates, even the squeak of the tennis shoes on the court's flooring is second to the beat of her heart. Tha-thump. She makes it to the 3 point line just as Caroline throws the ball to her. Tha-thump. She catches, she jumps, and she knows it true the moment it leaves her hands. Tha-thump, tha-thump, thump. Tha- pain punches through her from the inside - out, she grimaces as she grabs at her chest and she throws back her head, no one notices as the ball swishes through the net and pandemonium erupts throughout the gym. She comes down hard on the basketball count. Joanna Jessica Jackson was dead before she hit the floor.
****
"It's not your time."
"
"Uh…what?" John rolled toward his wife.
"Something's wrong. I don't feel right." She rubbed her chest and swallowed down some bile.
"Hm-m, probably something you ate."
"No. Tell the kids and grandkids I love them…and know I will always love you John."
"Uh?" He reached across and laid his hand on his wife's arm. "Beatrice?" He gently shook her. "BEATRICE!"
Beatrice was dead.
****
""Holstein passes the ball to Jackson. Down the court they go! Jackson hands off to Peters. Only 10 seconds to go! Will they do it? Peters throws to Jackson at the 3 point line. She launches, the ball is in the air, the buzzer sounds, and Sss-WISH! J,J.Jackson does it again! The Ladies Miami Heat wins, 104 to 101!
J.J. concentrates on the beating of her heart. All around her, people are yelling and screaming. The fans, her team mates, even the squeak of the tennis shoes on the court's flooring is second to the beat of her heart. Tha-thump. She makes it to the 3 point line just as Caroline throws the ball to her. Tha-thump. She catches, she jumps, and she knows it true the moment it leaves her hands. Tha-thump, tha-thump, thump. Tha- pain punches through her from the inside - out, she grimaces as she grabs at her chest and she throws back her head, no one notices as the ball swishes through the net and pandemonium erupts throughout the gym. She comes down hard on the basketball count. Joanna Jessica Jackson was dead before she hit the floor.
****
"It's not your time."
"
