{"id":19249,"date":"2018-12-18T18:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T23:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=19249"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:28:04","slug":"broken-wheel-by-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=19249","title":{"rendered":"Broken Wheel (by indiana)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:\u00a0 Two brothers face their first Christmas after \u2018She Walks in Beauty\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Rating:\u00a0 G\u00a0\u00a0 555 words<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broken Wheel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/up.picr.de\/34247868kh.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"34247868kh.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> WHN \u201cShe walks in Beauty\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Forgive the poor style and grammar).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">December 22, 1863, today.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Adam and I have the great responsibility to find the perfect tree for Christmas, kind of\u00a0\u00a0special mission since our young brother is at home with a broken arm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I prefer avoid the subject of a Joe in a bad mood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Looking at my brother Adam in this special day\u00a0\u00a0brings to my memory an event,\u00a0\u00a0when I thought that our relationship was broken forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Four month ago, August 1863:<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I felt like a wagon with\u00a0<b>a broken wheel.<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Yeah, I know what you are thinking \u201cfunny way to describe a feeling\u201d, but I\u2019m not like my big brother. Yep, this brother, the handsome one, the smart one, the educated one\u00a0\u00a0who knows about poetry, and literature, and who speaks so well. This brother who has kissed my Lady.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The brilliant Adam Cartwright has broken everything, my heart, my hope\u2026 me. I almost killed him, yeah, me, Hoss the gentle giant, as people like to describe me. I\u2019m not gentle, I am a man, a strong one, and sometimes I feel like a volcano under control.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Now I am there, alone, trying to find again the peace. My eyes looking at the beautiful and peaceful Lake. The little waves, dancing with the wind, are so joyful, and shine like tiny little stars.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I can hear the birds, singing, maybe building their nest for their future family.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I will never have a family of my own, because of you Adam\u2026.Adam I hate you with all my heart\u2026.Adam I have hated you with all my heart, I\u2026I wanted to kill you,\u00a0\u00a0my brother, my best friend.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I am so sorry, so sorry.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">-\u201cHoss\u2026\u2026.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">-\u201chow dare you to come here ?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">-\u201cI\u2026..I\u2026.I am so sorry. Please, just listen to me. No\u2026please\u2026just listen. I was wrong. I have been awkward, I made the bad choice . I spoke to her, and I should have talk to you first . You\u2019re a man, not a boy, and sometimes I forgot it. Sometimes I feel like you are still the baby I had to protect from the bad. I am just a stupid guy. Who\u00a0\u00a0am I to tell you that a woman isn\u2019t good for you ?\u00a0\u00a0I am unable to keep a woman, unable to make the good choice for myself. I acted like a selfish guy.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Hoss you\u2019re more than my brother, you know that.\u00a0\u00a0You are my best friend. I feel like a wagon with a broken wheel since our fight. I\u2026..\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">-\u201cYou WHAT ?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">-\u201c excuse me ?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I burst out laughing, and seeing the stupid expression on my brother\u2019s face I laughed again and again, my ribs ached, and the tears on my face weren\u2019t tears of sorrow, or maybe a bit. And Adam\u2019s face was worth the journey.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">And we laughed together during a few minutes yet ;\u00a0\u00a0then we have\u00a0\u00a0talked, and we are stayed quiet,\u00a0\u00a0him and I,\u00a0\u00a0till the sunset gives to the lake the color of fire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Today, December.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I was looking at you, holding the axe for the tree you thought the best one for our home. Our home\u2026our family\u2026my brother. In this special day,\u00a0\u00a0I know deeply Adam, that I forgive you with all my heart. I love you Adam. We are a family, the four wheels of a special wagon: unbreakable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The End<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Merry Christmas everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here for the 2018 Advent Calendar &#8211; Day 19 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=19252\"><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Wagon Tracks<\/span><\/a> by Sierra Girl<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:  Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Broken Wheel.  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