Chapter 4
An hour later, Ernie waited at the far end of the
Wal-Mart parking lot. He sat on the hood of his rusty
1969 Cadillac Deville with a tattered vinyl top. This
car was a high school graduation gift from Uncle
Cecil.
Cecil pulled up in his rusty 1974 Cadillac Deville
also with a tattered vinyl top. He parked next to
Ernie‟s Caddy and got out of his car.
“What‟s going on?” Cecil asked Ernie while he
walked over in his yellow and green plaid suit with
white shoes. He looked like a lounge singer from a
lower class Vegas casino.
“It‟s like this,” Ernie replied while he jumped off
the hood of his car. “I owe this loan shark $2,000
and if I don‟t pay him back in a week, I‟ll be taking a
dirt nap,” he told Cecil.
“You spent all the money Gus left you in his
will?” Cecil asked.
“Yeah and I don‟t want a job and couldn‟t get a
financial loan,” Ernie replied and felt ashamed of
himself.
Cecil paced around a little while he pondered
Ernie‟s dilemma. “I only have about $1,500 dollars
to my name,” Cecil offered.
“You work hard for your money driving a
garbage truck,” Ernie replied then he got an evil
smirk. “I have a plan that I know will work,” Ernie
told Cecil.
“I‟m all ears,” Cecil replied with extreme interest.
“There‟s this quarterback of our team. A super
jock that will take our team to the state
championship,” Ernie said.
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Cecil thought for a few seconds. “Oh yeah, that
Rocky dude,” he replied as he‟s seen articles and
pictures of Rocky in his newspaper called the
Summerville Gazette.
“Anyway, I learned of a potion that was created
by some witches over 300 years ago here in
Bellwood. Whenever someone drinks this potion, it
will turn them gay and will make a strong man
weaker,” Ernie said.
It took a few seconds for all this to sink in Cecil‟s
head. “A potion that turns people gay. I‟ve heard
everything,” he added. “So how can this get you out
of this problem?” he added.
“I‟m thinking that since we‟re going to the State
championship, I could get Rocky to drink some of
that potion. Then he‟ll turn gay and won‟t be that
cocky arrogant superstar. He‟ll lose the game,”
Ernie said.
“I‟m not sure how that will pay off your debt,”
Cecil said while he scratched his head in an attempt
to understand Ernie‟s plan.
“There will be some heavy betting that the
Panthers will win this game. So, we will bet money
on the other team and clean up when the Panthers
lose,” Ernie told him and followed up with a proud
smile of his super plan.
Cecil thought about Ernie‟s plan for a few
seconds then he got an evil grin. “Yeah! We can
clean up big time. I‟ll put in one grand,” Cecil
replied.
“I can add half a grand,” Ernie added.
“It‟s a deal. Now how do I fit in?” Cecil asked.
Ernie proceeded to tell Cecil his part in this
scheme.
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