Of Mice and Men Prologue

The sun set done the window of the contain. A miss with bouncing dark-brown ringlets and yellow feathers in her hair and deep blood red lips was set on a boot out stool talking to the bar t terminaler, I tell ya what Tony, one day Ima be somethin, you just watch. I aint selliin you no baloney. Ima go into town, get outta this perdition hole and make something of myself. I wasnt born to be a nobody singin in a bar every night thats for certain(p), Ima make it big Tony. Ima be in the pictures one day.You need to stop dreamin kid. It aint gonna get you nowhere just broken hearted. We solely in every have our hopes an dreams, just nonhin ever happens. You best go get ready now, youre on in five.The girl was barely 16 in her bright blue eyeball(a), just was looking more than 25 in her low disregard sparkling sun yellow dress. She shuffled reach her bar stool to the stage where she stood in front of her microphone facing the audience of big burly men shouting at each other, playing badger games, and drinking ale.The man on the piano started playing and the room went silent, all except one express and a piano. The sweetest sound anyone in that room had ever heard. The girl sensed all the mens eyes falling on her and she cherished the attention. She started to shake her hips and glide around the stage, lapping up the wolf whistles from all the men.Two men entered the bar, both the same height One was an elderly men, with white hair and a beard, the other just slightly middle-ageder than her. They stood out amongst all the other men in the room that were dressed in denim. They were seated at the table right in front of the stage. The girl couldnt run through her eyes off the younger man. Something about the mystery of him was giving her stomach butterflies.She finished her show to a big applause and shouts from all the men apart from the two at the front who just applauded quietly. She took her repose back at the bar, say, Tony, what are them two do ing here? She pointed carefully at the men near the stage, They for certain aint from this town, for sure. Tony looked over and sighed, Dont cognise who they think they are, flashin their stuff like they somethin special, folk like them got no business in places like this Tony quickly stopped talking as he saw the youngest of the men walking over.Hey, my recognize is Rico Millegrew, I work for a talent agency. Me and my old man heard you were candid and came to suit it out, wed like you to join our agency, try you out for acting, get you in the pictures, we seen what you can do with your singing and youre preferably a looker, we think you could really go far. The young girl looked astonished, What you tryna say? Her face gleamed and the excitement grew at bottom her when she thought of all the nice clothes and money shed have. Just give me your yell and Ill send a letter out to you first thing.Tony who had been listening very carefully to the conversation slipped her a beak of paper and a pen, Lola, think what ya doing kid, it could be a scam, you hear about this kinda stuff all of the time, guys pretendin to be somethin they aint to take advantage of young girl like you. Lola stared at him, Shut up Tony What do you know? Just cuz youre goin nowhere with your life dont mean you can try to ruin mine. I know you want me to stay here in this hell hole wit you cuz you got no chances but I aint, you hear me? This is my chane, Ima make it big Tony and then well see who was rightThe anger flared in the girls eyes as she listened to the cruel words of her friend trying to ruin her dream. In anger and excitement she scribbled down her address and name and gave the paper to the man, promise yall write, you better make sure you write to me now The man looked at the stressed girl and muttered before leaving the bar with the other man. The girl grabbed her coat and ran underneath the moonlight, all the way to her house.She flung open the door, Ma she cried towards the middle aged morose looking woman sat next to the energise rocking a cradle. The woman stared at her like she was mad as she told her the story of the men at the bar and how she was going to make something of herself. Youre crazy she shouted at the young girl, You aint going nowhere, youre too young, you dont think we all have dreams? Well I had a dream once, look where I ended up A single mother with six kids, and you screaming nonsense at me Some life this is aint it The woman panted to gizmo her breath, Stop bein so ridiculous, life aint a dream, life aint easy, you aint takin any easy route missy, you just gonna end up like me and all the other women in this god forsaken town, a worthless nobody, only life-threatening for poppin out babies an your husband runnin off with some cheap lousy tart The young girl was decrease to tears, she ran upstairs where she refused to come out of for days.Lola spent three, slow months waiting for the letter. Shed been panicking that it wa snt coming, worrying she had given the wrong information, blaming Tony for making her blow her top in front of them. After another three months, June was approaching. Eventually, 6 months of waiting and blaming everyone for it not coming had made Lola realise there would never be a letter.The hot sun gleamed through the bar window. Tony stood in his usual spot behind the bar cleaning glasses, he noticed the drop dead eyes and flat dirty brown hair of the girl that had just walked in exhausting a dirt stained sun dress. After 6 months, Tony hardly recognised the girl that was staring at him and he immediately knew what had happened, she never got the letter. He didnt say anything, just got her a drink. On the house. He said to Lola. She was bewildered at his generosity after how she had treated him, thank you, she said solemnly and gave him a weak smile. She took her drink and set at the bar till the sun set, drinking till she was half-dead.Youve had teeming Lola, Tony said looki ng at the limp body sprawled across the bar, you need to be getting off home. He looked around the room for help and saw a small man with coarse electrify hair standing near the bar, you couldnt give me a hand now could you? He asked the stranger. The stranger looked at the girl and said Sure. My names Curley by the way. This girl looks dead He put his arm around the girl and Tony did the same, NO she shouted, No, Im not going back there Not a chance in hell am I goin to go back The men looked at each other dumb strucken, Say, my old man owns a ranch not too far away, why dont she come stay up there for a few nights until she gets herself sorted? Tony didnt know what to say, I suppose shed be alright, Ive heard good things about the boss up at the ranch in Soledad. The girl muttered a drunken plea, Anythin but that place, she said.The men took the girl outside and placed her on a strong horse. Curley then climbed up and set behind her. Make sure shes alrigh said Tony to Curley. Cur ley looked at Tony and smiled, Oh dont you worry, shell be fine, I can sure pack a punch to anyone that tries to hurt her he grinned. Tony was reassured and waved him off.