Aceldama
No, bsg_aussiegirl, this is not a challenge to match me. Unless you want to.
For ar_drabbles challenge #25, silver.
He'd sold her out.
She wondered what his reward would be. Would Zarek find him a job in politics? Cancer or not she was still president. She might not be able to stop it, but she would certainly have her say.
Maybe Baltar offered help with the ladies. No -- Lee was a married man. Well… No. Lee was a wreck, even Baltar's slimy charm couldn't help. She looked at her picture of Billy and smiled.
Maybe it was just the devil in him. Maybe it was Lee's way at striking his father, hitting where he thought Bill most vulnerable. He'd forgotten Bill rolled with the punches, used his wounds as object lessons. When they'd left the courtroom Bill had asked her to move in, offering to pay penance for his son's crimes. She landed a beautiful combination, her acceptance a sucker-punch to Bill's gut, a checkhook to Lee.
She watched the two Adamas shuffle in opposite directions, stances identical, and the horrible truth occurred. Lee was Bill's son. He did what he thought was right. The people needed something to believe in; her illness was again their hope.
He'd sold her out for a handful of her own currency.
For ar_drabbles challenge #25, silver.
He'd sold her out.
She wondered what his reward would be. Would Zarek find him a job in politics? Cancer or not she was still president. She might not be able to stop it, but she would certainly have her say.
Maybe Baltar offered help with the ladies. No -- Lee was a married man. Well… No. Lee was a wreck, even Baltar's slimy charm couldn't help. She looked at her picture of Billy and smiled.
Maybe it was just the devil in him. Maybe it was Lee's way at striking his father, hitting where he thought Bill most vulnerable. He'd forgotten Bill rolled with the punches, used his wounds as object lessons. When they'd left the courtroom Bill had asked her to move in, offering to pay penance for his son's crimes. She landed a beautiful combination, her acceptance a sucker-punch to Bill's gut, a checkhook to Lee.
She watched the two Adamas shuffle in opposite directions, stances identical, and the horrible truth occurred. Lee was Bill's son. He did what he thought was right. The people needed something to believe in; her illness was again their hope.
He'd sold her out for a handful of her own currency.