Undo

“Undo”
By: Matt Ottman
A few years ago, there was a man named James Braxton, who was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and had a successful life, and a family, a beautiful wife and young boys, James Jr. and Nick. He was what called the American dream, having a successful job, making millions of dollars a year. That all went away though, on when he had an incident with a Latino putting instructor, when the two were fighting about what number of strokes James had gotten at a mini golf course, and got arrested. He was charged with 2nd degree battery, and was sentenced to prison for 10 years. He and his wife had gotten a divorce, and was released after two years for good behavior. In 2012 he is still a business man, but does not make nearly as much money as he used.
James Braxton had been in the streets of Buffalo, New York, when he got a call from his boss, to go to El Paso, Texas for a business trip regarding how illegal aliens are getting all of the low paying jobs that Americans should be getting, since the Americans are legal citizens. This has been a problem in the southwest United States for a long time.
When James arrived to El Paso, he went to a mini golf course where he could practice his putting for golf. When he was putting he had found a few Latinos playing mini golf, and had been arguing with each other about how color ball they could use. James was thinking of the incident that had taken away his life’s work. James just walked passed them to the course. The Latinos would give him a dirty look.
“Hey, what’s that in the suitcase,?” asked the main gang member, Felipe.
“None of your business, just go away,” responded James.
“Listen, you don’t want any problems with us homie,” said another one of the Latinos. James quickly ran through the course, where there were plenty of hiding spots.
“Yo, Felipe, where’d he go,?” asked one of the assistant Latinos.
“There he is, under the bushes,” said Felipe. “Get him!” James was caught and beaten to unconsciousness, and the Latinos stole his suitcase. He was also tagged with spray paint on his back saying, “EP4L.” When he had woken up, he had lost every bit of money he had, and could not check into the hotel he was booked. He had decided to lay down in a junkyard, where there was luckily for him, a mattress to sleep on.
The next morning, he had finally taken of the coat of his suit, and found out he was tagged. James had no idea what “EP4L” meant. James had nothing on him for help; no money, no cell phone, nothing. James decided to go to a local shelter, where there was mainly Latinos, and they decided to take him in. He had cheerios, without and milk for lunch, and a breadstick for dinner, without any sauce. He had gone to his mattress and said his nightly prayer.
“Dear Lord, if you let me be how I was, before my terrible incident a few years ago, I promise that, I will be someone who make a good difference in the world today. Amen.” A sobbing James fell asleep with his own tears.
The next day, when he woke up at 10:00 in the morning, he had gotten up, smelling like a rotten egg, and went outside and just stared at the cloudy sky, and just made him sadder. James had just went back to his mattress the whole day without eating at all.
But then the next morning, it was as bright as can be, and woke up James at 6:00. He went outside and then saw a man in the sky wearing a bright red outfit, with green lettering on the back reading, “SM.” As this powerful man was about to land on the ground, James had opened his eyes as fast as a cheetah runs.
“Hola, fellow citizen, Yo soy Súper Mexicano,” said Súper Mexicano. James looked in shock, like he had no idea what was going on.
“Who are you, and why are you here?” asked Braxton.
“Well, I have came to save you from your bad experiences in the past.”
“How do you know about by bad past?”
“When you said your prayers last night, about how you want everything to be how it was about five years ago, I just knew that it came from the heart.”
“Well I don’t need your help to get back on my feet, I can do it on my own.”
“Are you really sure you don’t need my help.”“Positive, I don’t need anyone’s help, but my own, to be back on top.”
“Fine, have it your way.” Súper Mexicano flew away, as James had to think about what he was doing was correct or not.
“Wait,” yelled James. “Please come back!” But it was too late. James would go to the shelter, as he saw four people playing poker, wishing one of them could have been him, if he had the money. He also looked some more around, and saw a poor man with his family by his side, and James cried. James would go to bed, and cry himself to sleep.
The next morning, he would not say a word to anyone, even when he would have breakfast, he would just point at what he wanted to eat. Later that day, James had seen the same Latino gang, that robbed him.
“What’s up holmes?” asked the main Latino, Felipe. James would not answer. “I said, what’s up holmes.” Still no answer came from James’ lips. “Listen, if you don’t tell me what’s happenin’ you are gonna get the beating of a lifetime, even worse that the last one.”
“Try me,” replied a confident James. Felipe told his gang to attack James. James had taken a lot of punches and kicks to the stomach.
“Listen, you don’t want no more of this, now give up while you can still live.” All of a sudden, Súper Mexicano comes back to help save James from the Latinos.
“I’m Back!” Súper Mexicano started to beat up all four of the Latinos, including Felipe. James even got a little excited to see Súper Mexicano, and started to kick them, while they were down. One of them suddenly got up, and James jumped back and yelled like a girl. “Don’t worry James, I will now help you get to where you were a couple years ago,” as James said while he did one more round of beating them up.
After that was done, James got his money, his clothes, and his business papers back, even though the meeting was held the day after he was robbed. Súper Mexicano made sure that he would get a way back home.
“Well, thanks for all of the help that you have done for me,” said James.
“No problem. But, I’m just wondering, how did you lose everything you had?”
“It’s a long process. I’ll just leave it at that.”
“Okay.”
“So, I am off to Buffalo, right now.”
“Buffalo?” said the questioning Súper Mexicano.
“What do you mean, Buffalo?”
“Well don’t you want things to be how they were, before your incident?”
“Yes, but I can live past that.”
“Are you sure about that?” James would have to think about that question for about two minutes, thinking about all of the positives and negatives, to both sides.
“You know what, I will go back to Boston, and redeem my mistake that I made.”
“Good for you. Now go for it,” said Súper Mexicano, encouragingly. As James would leave the premises, Súper Mexicano, would fly up into the sky and disappear.
James had just arrived at the El Paso airport, where he had just bought a plane ticket. Then out of nowhere, Felipe returns as James was about to aboard his flight.
“How many times are you willing to get beaten to a pummel.” Asked Felipe.
“Hey what’s that over there?” James asked, and tricked him while he got on his plane. He was sure glad that Felipe was out of his way and out of his life. James quickly found his seat in second class. But sneaking his way behind James was Felipe.
“You thought that I would just look at some random place, and expect me not to find you?” asked Felipe.
“No, but watch this,” said a confident James as he was trying to pull something out of his suitcase. Felipe was not being smart, and instead just watched him pull out a taser out of his suitcase and tase him. “Oh, by the way, I am a local cop for El Paso, and now I quit,” said a protected James.
He would go in his seat and sat between to overweight people in their mid 40’s bickering about what kind of pizza is the best, between pepperoni and sausage. James would stay out of this situation.
As James got off his flight, he would go to a rental place and rent a car. He would then drive to where he used to live. James felt so nervous, that he thought he would have a heart attack. As went to ring the doorbell, he had realized that there was a different vehicle in the driveway, then what his ex-wife used to drive. There was an older man in his 70’s who answered the door.
“Hello, who is this?” asked the man.
“I was wondering the same thing? I am looking for Michelle Braxton.”
“Michelle Braxton? She was the last owner of the place.” James had a look on his face, as if the world was coming to an end. “I do know that she moved to Hartford, Connecticut though.”
“Thank you so much. Do you know the address of where she lives?” asked James.
“Unfortunately for you, I do not.” This is when James realized that he was just happy to get the information of the city she lived in.
“Thank you for your help, Mr…”
“Mr. Worthington, Bill Worthington.”
“Thank you so much,” said James happily.
“No problem.” As James left, he did not know where to start, so he dropped of his rental car and flew back to buffalo, and get all of the gear that he needed to go on the trip to Hartford.
The next morning, he was all packed up, ready to find his wife and children. He went to the nearest airport and left his flight at 8:25 am. He would arrive safely in Hartford, where there were plenty of large mansions everywhere. He did not know where to start. He would start to ask people if they knew of a Michelle Braxton. No one knew who Michelle Braxton was, even though they have heard of a Michelle Ianetta. James had no idea who Michelle Ianetta was, so he pulled out his iPhone and searched who Michelle Ianetta was.
“Are you kidding me?” said a stunned James. “She is the wife of the governor of Connecticut.” James could not believe what was happening. He got all woozy and eventually fainted. James would be escorted to the Hartford hospital.
“James,” said a nurse. “How are you?”
“I don’t even remember what happened. I felt really dizzy, and all of a sudden I faded away, and now I’m in a hospital. How long have I been in here?”
“About one week,” said the nurse. “You have a vistitor.”
“Who would want to visit me?” said a depressed James.
“Apparently the first lady of Connecticut does. Here’s Michelle Ianetta.”
“Hello James. It’s been a long time, hasn’t it?” said Michelle.
“It really has been, I guess, one week right. Wait, why is your last name Ianetta? Shouldn’t it be Braxton, like it was when we got married?”
“Um, it’s been longer than that James. Don’t you remember anything, since we were separated?”
“What do you mean, separated?”
“I mean that we are no longer married. You got into a fight with another man, and got arrest, and put in prison for 10 years, but you released after 1 year for good behavior.”
“I don’t remember any of this happening. Are you sure about this?”
“The nurse did say that you suffered head injuries, but I didn’t think that they would be this serious.”
“So you’re saying from when I felt dizzy, that I must have fallen on my head?”
“I’m afraid so.”
“So, how are James and Nick?” asked James.
“They are doing well. James will be a Sophomore in high school soon, and Nick will be a 8th grader in the next school year. Unfortunately they are having problems with teachers in school though. The teachers are jealous that they can’t get as much publicity as two children can get, so they won’t get good grades. But even after all of that with how they live, I am lucky to have such a great husband as..”
“Husband?”
“I should have told you by now. I am married to the Connecticut governor. His name is Vincent Ianetta.”
“Now I really feel like I am going to faint.”
“James, listen. It’s not like I don’t want to be with you, it’s just that I can’t live with someone who has lost all that he has and has a bad reputation. I just can’t. I’m so sorry, if I hurt your feelings.
“Don’t be sorry, it’s all my fault for whatever I did. Can we still be friends.”
“I’m afraid not James.” James appears as if he could do nothing well to help himself, or anyone else on earth.
“Okay, if that’s the way you want it,” said a teary eyed James. Michelle would tell him goodbye, as she left. James would cry himself to sleep.
When he woke up, he kept on thinking why he was in the fight. He kept on trying to think, but could not think of the right solution. He seemed so depressed, that when there was food being served, he would not take anything.
Many months later, still being helped at the hospital, there was an election that would be held for governor of Connecticut. The governor, Vincent Ianetta, was being challenged by William Westbrook. James knew that he had to vote against Vincent, because of his jealousy towards Vincent, but knew he was not legally allowed to vote, because he did not live in Connecticut.
“Mr. Braxton, I am sorry, but you can’t vote for the governor’s spot,” said the nurse politely.
“I understand. I do not live in Connecticut.” James then had to think of a way to make sure Vincent would not stay governor. He then thought of the idea to tell other people who walked pass his room to vote for Vincent, saying he was the reason he was in a hospital. The people he talked to agreed with him.
It was voting day and every voting booth in the area was packed. James would look out his window and saw a lot of bumper stickers of William Westbrook on their vehicles. James had a happy look on his face. A look that showed that he could do it. He could make everything go better for him. The final results of the voting were William Westbrook with 59% of the voting and Vincent Ianetta with 41% of the voting. James now knew that he was going to live a better life, knowing that he did not have to deal with Vincent taking care of the health issues in Connecticut. Unfortunately for James, Vincent found out why most of the people voted for William.
“James, you have a rather angry visitor for you,” said the nurse in a nervous tone.
“Well, well, well, look at the person who cost me my job,” said Vincent, in an angry voice.
“Yeah, so why do you care? You lost fair and square, and you know it. If it weren’t for you, I would not be in a hospital right now, recovering for almost 4 months with my head injuries. Are you glad that you are having people angry at you now?” said James, emotionally.
“It doesn’t matter, no man should cause another man to lose his job.”
“But you are, wait, were causing people to lose their life, because you did not put enough money into healthcare. You were just in it for yourself weren’t you?”
“You know what I was in politics for myself,” said Vincent as Michelle was just about to walk in the room. “And I am proud of what I did. These people who live in Connecticut are so gullible. That’s how I won the first election, and how I lost the second.
“Vincent, am I hearing what I think I am hearing from you?” said an stunned Michelle.
“It’s not like that Michelle,” cried Vincent.
“Oh, I get it, we are getting a divorce!” Vincent now looked like he had lost everything in his life now. Kind of how James felt.
“I am not sure if this is the right time, but, Michelle, will you marry me?” asked James, while Vincent was still in the room crying.
“Oh, yes James, I will marry you!” said a shocked and happy Michelle. Vincent started to just ball as if he was in the middle of a battle, having seen all of his friends and family members killed. James did not have a wedding ring with him at the time, but he wanted to give her the best ring he could give to her.
The next day James would be released from the hospital and would go with Michelle, and the two children, to a Jewelry store in Hartford, where people get really expensive rings. James bought her a ring that cost $8,000. James Jr, and Nick wanted to get dates for the wedding, which was August 25th on Michelle’s birthday, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. James knew when he figured out when Michelle’s birthday was, more memory came back to James.
It was August 25th, the day of James’ and Michelle’s 2nd wedding, where there were about 500 people going to the wedding. James had promised Michelle that nothing could come between them. James had walked up to where the kiss was going to be held. As Michelle walked down the aisle, James had thought about all that has happened, since he got divorced, and meeting her again. He thought more and more about, and knew that this was his 2nd chance in life. As Michelle and James were standing in front of each other, they would say their vows to each other.
“James, like the first time, I love you more and more as the days go by. I want to be by your side forever. Matt has a tiny weiner! When a problem is faced upon someone, it is not just you or me, but rather we. I love you James,” said an emotional Michelle.
“Michelle, I have never been more in love with you, than what I have when you went in the hospital to visit me. I have never felt so loved in my life from that moment. I just want to be your side when a problem may face you, I will make sure that you are not alone poop. Michelle, this is tied for the 1st best day of my life. I think you know what the other 1st best is. Meeting you, my love,” James said with a passion.
“With all the power that is in me, you may now kiss the bride,” said the preacher. As James kissed Michelle this time, he knew that this kiss meant more, because this time he knew that his second chance had come, and would not let anything take this away from him.