Rings of Honor

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The room was packed at Melody’s, many of the small shop’s regulars in attendance along with a few curious passersby. Jo greeted each in turn, taking tickets with her trademark smile. It was nights like these that made her think about Melody.. There were times she imagined another life where she woul...

2000 Vernon lay in bed, sleeping peacefully on a rare day off of work. Danny was, of course, at school. The past year had been trying, to say the least. Melody’s cancer progressed, spreading throughout her body. She was becoming noticeably thinner, the effects of chemotherapy taking their toll on h...

1999 The intervening years saw drastic change for the Dubek family. The boys were growing up and making friends. Danny’s speech was slowly improving. Vernon and Wally were close as any father and teenage son could be, though he struggled connecting with Danny. Sweet though he was, the youngest of t...

Vernon sat at the keyboard in his flat, sheet music in front of him as he worked on learning a new song. He didn’t nearly have Melody’s gift as a musician but, with work, he managed quiet well. His fingers moved across the keys with grace and precision, drawing out the notes from the instrument. It ...

December 7th, 1984 Vernon clutched Melody’s hand, trying his level best not to think about what was happening on the other side of the sheet. Even with the drugs in her system, numbing any sensation of what they were doing, her hands shook. Doctors were working diligently out of their sight as she ...

September, 1983 Eleven years had passed and brought new joy into the lives of Vernon and Melody. The year following their wedding, their first son, Wallace was born. Melody had stepped away from her education when she learned the good news, deciding to focus her energies on being a doting mother. T...

August 3rd, 1977 An hour later, the couple would find themselves standing in the arrivals gate, awaiting Vernon’s father. Melody could feel the tension emanating off her lanky boyfriend. She reached over and took his hand, peering up into his eyes, a reassuring smile doing its level best to calm hi...

August 3rd, 1977 Six months had passed and Vernon and Melody had quickly settled into perfect harmony. They spent every moment they possibly could together, going on dates, attending her shows, or just lounging around the apartment. Vernon’s favorite moments were when she’d sit at the piano, compos...

February 18th, 1977 Weeks had passed. Despite his vehement proclamation otherwise, Vernon was nowhere closer to speaking to his would-be bride, let alone tying that proverbial knot. He’d spent several nights in the coffee shop, just hoping she’d be playing there that evening, to no avail. He kicked...

January 27th, 1977. Five years had passed. While the band was abandoned, Vernon managed to check in with Jo every now and again. She remained his only friend and link to the world outside of his father’s reach. Vernon buried himself in work, anything to distract himself from the emptiness he felt i...

Summer 1972 Over the intervening months, Vernon and Joanna had grown close. She shared new music with him and encouraged him to broaden his horizons. They walked to classes together, ate together, and in general, spent every moment they could listening to records and enjoying each other’s company. ...

November 7th, 1971 The alarm clock rang out on yet another dreary London morning. Blue eyes that held a patch of brown within them opened, still bleary from slumber. Vernon Dubek groaned, his hand listlessly slapping around in search of his clock. With a smack, the screeching machine went quiet. Ver...