Gloria They Got Your Number

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Author's Note Parts of Louisiana have descendants from French people moved from Canada by the British after the British lost the American Revolutionary War. The British were pissed that the French helped the Americans. Cajun the word is shortened version of Acadian which is what the people were called when they arrived in Louisiana. They speak a time in the bottle version of French as it was in 1750. Of course, with influences from Spanish, black slaves and Native Americans. Modern examples include Lacey Chabert, Jared Leto, James Carville and others. My family from there, I spent time there. There are two hundred and fifty thousand Cajun and Creole people in America now.

Part one we found America's Orphaned Cajun Runner here:

https://www.literotica.com/s/gloria-they-got-your-number-pt-01

Then Beth's forced to leave Bossier City and is moved to Seattle and an all Girl's Catholic School in part two:

https://www.literotica.com/s/gloria-they-got-your-number-pt-02

Beth wins her first cross country meet and breaks a record:

https://www.literotica.com/s/gloria-they-got-your-number-pt-03

Then Beth be hearing from home:

https://www.literotica.com/s/gloria-they-got-your-number-pt-04

Sister Mary was right bout Mary Anne being sexually abused. She be pregnant by her Daddy. Miss Jean, Mary Anne's momma clobbers him with two iron.

States be at Bellevue Community College I be running three different sprints, two hundred meters, four hundred meters, eight hundred meters and course five thousand meters. Two hundred and four hundred meters on first day and four hundred and five thousand meters be on second day.

Mama made me Cajun stew be Gumbo, wit Andouille sausage and chicken, bell pepper, celery, onions and chicken broth and spices. Sposed to be served over rice, but Mama did me dose potatoes I love. I almost be taking three bowls, but stopped.

Mama had some Cajun coffee and oatmeal raisin cookies, but instead of raisins der be cranberries. I had three. Mama walked me up to bed. I sleeping my old sweats and I woke up and it five in da morning, Mama shaking my shoulder. She had some toast wit peanut butter, bananas, blackberry preserves and be a cup of Cajun coffee der too.

I had my tits taped down, top seemed tighter, kind of tank top, with marron and white colors, black shorts which were riding up a bit. I had a top pony tail wit scrunchy.

It be Sister Mary driving school van and me and Mama and Mary Louise. Two hundred meters be at eight fifteen and the four hundred at nine. Staggered start for the two hundred and I be on extreme outside, Mary Louise on extreme inside, her daddy be pushing her buttons for her.

"Gloria! Don't you think your're falling, If everybody wants you Why isn't anybody callin' You don't have to answer Leave 'em hangin' on the line Oh-oh, Calling Gloria I be running hard to the inside, like I never, ever run before. Gloria! Be in my heart!

I on inside lane coming out da turn, Gloria! Den I won, wit both hands in da air, I sunk to my knees. Mary Louise be on her knees hugging me, said, "I am sorry."

Da man said, "Beth Moss of Holy Names Academy wins the two hundred meter women's run, " and he paused, "She ties Florence Griffith Joyner's world record of twenty one and point four three seconds set in the Seoul Olympics of 1988. Thirty six years ago."

Da crowd be screaming, Mary Louise and Mama helped me up and der was dese reporters talking to me, one asked, "How did you do it Beth, what motivates you?"

"I be Beth Moss, coon ass orphan and da sisters be taking care of me, feed me, saving my life. I be running for dem, dey everything to me."

Sister Mary said, "No more questions, Beth has another event to run."

Mama said, "Here cher drink some sweet tea and here be two cookies."

It be just da perfect thing, I be done wit everything and heard da man say runner's report for four hundred meters. I turned and hugged Sister Mary and told her, "I meant it, you be everything to me, I be dead weren't fo you."

I be on da outside again and Mama's song bout da Galveston Bay and I be keeping da wolves away as I hit the inside lane. Der be a tall black girl just front a me, Gloria I sang dey got your number out loud, she be looking at me and I be gone past her running wit all I got and I be winning by thirty feet.

Da man be saying, "That was Beth Moss of Holy Names Academy with the win at four hundred meters obliterating the high school and NCAA records at forty seven seconds at forty seven point six five seconds, just missing Marita Koch's world record of forty seven point six zero seconds."

I be sobbing, seeing daddy's and mama's face. Right der I forgave mama.

Den Sister Mary and Mama were on me and da reporters asked why I was crying.

"I be remembering Daddy and Mama and how dey loved me. I be home now wit da sisters, I be weighing eighty seven pounds nine months ago, homeless, stealing food cher, you ever steal food to eat? I did. Dey feed me, I have nice bed and my classmates love me, dey teach me, we be reading John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat, dey like me, homeless and hungry. On't you be not eating fo a week, get back to me. Der be food everywhere, why be starving people? Got a go now. Be seeing you all da morning."

Mary Louise be wit her Daddy I be wanting talk to her about her Daddy.

"Mama can I be taking a bath, I really be hungry too."

She be handing me a thick sandwich wit peanut butter, bananas, blackberry jam wit shaved lettuce. She had carton of milk fo me too. It tasted so wonderful, I be humming. I finish den she gave me another sandwich, be peanut butter and cheddar and da lettuce too and bite be sooo fine. I went up and sat down side her put my head on her shoulder and I be sleeping cause, I woke up when we be home.

I sat up saying, "Sorry Mama, I be tired, gave it my all."

We got off da van, I be really stiff and it be hard to go up da steps. Mama I be really stiff, If I run some really slow intervals around da neighborhood and then take a bath that be okay?"

I got da key wit da wrist band and set off to do two five thousands until I be really slow and it worked. I got back about forty minutes later and da television be on in Sister Mary's office. I walked in and der was six sisters and some of the volunteer teachers.

One of them said, "Watch it again, Mama said."

Da television man said, "For the love of God, look at her run, she's as fast as Flo Jo," and I won and I was talking again, "I be Beth Moss, coon ass orphan and da sisters be taking care of me, feed me, saving my life. I be running for dem, dey everything to me."

Den da next race and the television man be saying, "This is just extraordinary she's a high school kid, like the old baseball movie The Natural and she runs away from everyone, then listen to his, "I be remembering Daddy and Mama and how dey loved me. I be home now wit da sisters, I be weighing eighty seven pounds nine months ago, homeless, stealing food cher, you ever steal food to eat? I did. Dey feed me, I have nice bed and my classmates love me, dey teach me, we be reading John Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat, dey like me, homeless and hungry. On't you be not eating fo a week, get back to me. Der be food everywhere, why be starving people? Got a go now. Be seeing you all da morning." She's going to run again tomorrow eight hundred and five thousand meters tomorrow. Just unbelievable."

Sister Mary turned and said, "Hi Beth, did you have a good run? Why did you run again?"

"Sister I be so stiff, lactic acid be in my muscles, so I run two very slow five thousand intervals. It really helps, pain and stiffness gone. It be okay I take bath?"

"Sure!"

I turned be slowly walking up da stairs. I got some old Bossier City sweats and went to the tub and ran a bath.

I lay in da bath and listened to music from downstairs, Aaron Copland and it was incredible. I got out after bout twenty minutes sort of dried my hair, not my body and put on da sweats from St. Joseph's in Bossier City and went downstairs as dinner smelled so good.

Der was a senior girl sitting in da living room. I sat on da couch, next to a girl named Heidi. She bit her lip and said, "You look like a red headed Marilyn Monroe. If I was a guy or lesbian, I'd hit on you so hard and so often to wear you down. I might be queer as it's you. You ooze sex, maybe one of the most beautiful women alive."

I be saying low voice back at Heidi, "Girl I be virgin, want be mama, wit husband."

For I know it she be smashing my lips, nose be next to mine, her tongue in my mouth, her eyelashes be fluttering mine, her tongue dancing on my tongue, be pinching my nipples, I all wet, just like before, but she be gentle. I be groaning in her mouth.

Sister Mary from the kitchen said, "Beth, there's phone call for you."

I be running from dat girl into the kitchen and Sister Mary handed me da phone, "Dis be Beth."

There be a sigh, "Dis be Jane your Mama's sister, child."

"Why you be calling me?"

"Child, we be blood, I be coming to bring you home."

"Where you be when mama starved to death and I be homeless? I be knowing you by dat, don't be slithering into my life, Miss Jean say you a ho, jail time, don't be slithering round me."

Jane said, "Child the Bishop in Bossier City reached out to me to take care of you.

My attorney be settling dis if I need him."

"I adult. Eighteen years old and I on't need you. I can stay where I want, Sister Mary be my guardian. Dey take care of me, teach me, feed me, I save, I be home. Daddy die, I eleven, you not be at funeral. Mama be seventy pounds, she starve to death, you not be to her funeral. You not family, " I hung up.

Sister Mary and Mama be right next to me, Mama said, "Cher, you okay?"

"I be real hungry, Mama and I tired. Had a good run. Can I help for dinner?"

"It's ready Cher, "she smiled at me and I impulsively hugged her."

I smiled, der be most of da girls be standing around me and I felt so good!"

Dinner be macaroni wit cauliflower, onions, anchovies and be lots of fresh herbs and bread, fresh from oven. Today be fish day. Sister Mary said a blessing and we all said both da our father and hail Mary. I be holding Mama's hand and another sister's hands and my eyes be closed and I prayed for Mary to intercede for me for protection and healing. I be opening my eyes, dey all staring at me.

Not sure why I be saying anything it came out like dis, "I be asking Mother Mary to intercede for protection and healing. I be almost free of people bad for me. I be asking her to watch out for Sister Mary, Mama and all us. You all be so kind, I not be loved in long time, dis my home. Thank you."

I had big bowl of macaroni, Sister Mary said, "Put some bread crumbs on top of the noodles and I did, da bread had olive oil and garlic on it, like Miss Jean used to make. I be drinking water and apple juice. I had three helpings and my body tired but no pain.

Mama said, "You might want to have another helping because of the distance run.

Cher I will bring fruit and water for between races."

I be eating some more food slowly. I be looking down and saw, my tits and my pants be stuck in da slit. My nipples be pushing out too.

Den Heidi be bringing me ice cream, pistachio and oat meal cookies. Den she stepped back and be saying, "Beth you are the best of us, we all and I mean everyone loves you and is pulling for you tomorrow."

Dey all were clapping. I be crying so hard, but I be smiling too, just shrugged my shoulders. Da pistachio ice cream so fine.

"Runners report for the eight hundred meters."

I be inside and running so hard, Daddy and Mama singing Hello Josephine, how do you do? Do you remember me my baby, like I remember you?

You used to laugh at me and holler woo, woo, woo!

Den Mama bust out, Gloria! Don't you think your're falling, If everybody wants you Why isn't anybody callin' You don't have to answer Leave 'em hangin' on the line Oh-oh, Calling Gloria! I be running hard she in my heart and der was somebody close as I came out da last turn, second lap, Gloria! She wailing now and I kicked and ran through da tape. Der be a girl half step behind me, very short, thick legs from Ballard High School.

Da man be saying, "That was Beth Moss of Holy Names Academy in one minute fifty three seconds point two eight tying the World record of the Czech Republic's Jarmila Kratochivilova set forty one years ago in Munich, Germany."

Da crowd be making loud noise as I be walking out da kinks, feeling if I okay. Der be dis man in my face wit a microphone, he said, "Beth how do you explain what you've done?"

"What you be meaning? Explain what? I Beth Moss, orphan coon ass from Bossier City. I be in care of da sisters at Holy Name's Academy, bathed in der love. I be saying dis, I say it again, I be blessed now, I tall, I eat regularly now, I be fast and I never lost a race. Ever. Dat's all I be running later."

I be warming down, running slow as I ran around da track, people be clapping and yelling my name, I be smiling and waved every so often. I be tired, der be a stitch in left side. I stopped and bent over, holding my side.

Mama was der, "Cher here," I took a big metal bottle dat full of sweet tea. I drank it all and den she gave me another one and I felt da sugar and water hit me and I twisted a bit, my side be better.

"Cher you have four hours, until you run again, do you want to run, do you have anything left?

I be looking at Mama and she be worried on her face for me, "I not quit yet, mama, I can dig down for something."

We got back to da van and der were two peanut butter and orange jam sandwiches and more sweet tea and I ate dem slowly and drank the tea up. Mama said, "Why on't you stretch out on da bench, here be a pillow."

Later we be talking bout da day and she be laughing and said, "Cher you be out sleeping in a minute if dat and be snoring sumpin fierce. Sister Mary and I be right der talking and didn't bother you at all."

"Cher, wake up, here eat dis orange and drink dis water. Best be getting to da track again, twenty minutes."

I be in da middle as we lined up. It be twelve and half laps. I was sixth as we rounded da first curve in da first lap, by the end of da second lap I be last, den der was dis song in my head and heart, I on't know it,

When I find myself in times of trouble

Mother Mary comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom

Let it be

And in my hour of darkness

She is standing right in front of me

Speaking words of wisdom

Let it be

By lap nine, I be sixth. I be feeling loose, but not strong

As I started lap eleven, Gloria! Mama be singing so loud. I started moving up, "Gloria!

I be third bout half da way through da twelfth lap I be third, den Daddy and Mama be singing Hello Josephine to my Mama she swaying in Daddy's arms. Der faces next to each other be singing to me over and over and I be running hard, real hard, as der be half a lap and I be catching her a yard from da finish line and I be falling on my front as my legs quit.

Der were some people helping me up, my legs not be working, and dis tall boy picked me up and carried me off da track, into middle of field and der be a doctor, and dey put a needle in my arm and be putting fluids in my arm.

Da man be talking again, "Folks that was Beth Moss of Holy Names Academy in Seattle winning at fifteen minutes and point zero five seconds, a new United States high school record. Beth can you walk a lap please?"

Da tall boy helped stand me up and said, "I got you girl."

He be six foot four, be wearing a Seattle Mariner tee shirt, da baseball team. It be a slow walk. People be calling my name. Bout halfway round, I stopped, I said, "My legs be gone, I sorry, please be helping me cher."

He picked me up and carried me across da field. Dey put da tube back in and after a bit I felt okay but tired. Doctor be taking my blood pressure, he said, "One ten over seventy five. She's okay."

I looked at da boy and said, "I be Beth Moss, I coon ass from Bossier City. You be pretty nice looking for a boy, " he blushed, "I be playing wit you, thank you."

"My name is Teddy Benedict, I play baseball for the Huskies. Nice to meet you Beth.

I should note that you're gorgeous."

I be blushing something fierce. Den Mama be there and she said, "Teddy thanks for helping Beth, our girl be tired and needs some nourishment. Beth, drink this smoothie blackberries and yogurt and whey."

It be so sweet and filled me up and den a peanut butter sandwich wit bananas and honey. We walked back to the van and I got into the seat and sat down, Mama handed me another sandwich wit white cheese and salmon and some water.

We got home and der be trucks from television stations and ESPN too. Sister Mary got out first and said, "Line up along the sidewalk. One at a time, as long as Beth can stand, she will take questions, no repeats and one question per person."

I be out of da van and standing on da porch, leaning against Mama.

First woman asked, "Beth, how did you come to be here at Holy Names Academy?"

"I Bill and Lola Moss's daughter. I be born in Bossier City, Louisiana, next to Shreveport. Baptized at St. Joseph's Parrish Shreveport. Daddy died, I eleven in fire at Battery factory. Mama never got over dat and we run outa money, I be fifteen. I be seventeen Mama starved to death. I be homeless got caught stealing food at Brookshires Grocery, about ten months past bout. Bishop at St. Joseph's know I had family here and sent me here, thank God Holy Names saved me, my family here not so good."

Second reporter be asking me about running, "Beth what was your strategy in the five thousand meter today."

"I be hoping I be finishing da race, not sure I could finish when it started."

Third reporter another woman, "Beth some of the runners have said you were singing today as you ran, what were you singing?"

"Well towards de end eleventh lap maybe I be singing Daddy and Mama's favorite song, by Ry Cooder, Josephine. I be seeing dem in my mind be dancing like fo Daddy died. Den Miss Jean, my friend'd mama since we be crawling, used to sing dis song called Gloria, by Laura Branigan, I be seeing mama singing when I got to scoot. She be singing a lot towards da end of da race."

Fourth reporter. "Beth have you talked to anyone about these visions, counselors?"

Mama started to surge forward, but I held her back. "I talk wit da sisters and I be at confession too. I be thinking you miss da point. Dey not visions. I loved Daddy and Mama, but dey be gone, still be in my heart. I be surrounded by love now, sisters and all my friends dat I be living wit. I love dem, all my heart. Sister Mary Clare, next to me here, she be from Galveston, coon ass like me. She be a wonderful teacher and kind, teaching me how to cook and I be hoping to go to school. I be wanting to be a mama and have a family, teach Sunday school.

Fifth Reporter: "Beth, what's next?"

"I so tired, dat nice boy, be helping me, he be baseball player for da Huskies, y'all see him be carrying me, goodness me, Sister Mary, I be needing talk bout him. I be funning you ma'am. Der be a really nice dinner I sure tonight. Sister Mary Clare, she always be watching over me, teaching me, teaching me to cook, Cher, I be having blackberries in my oatmeal and peaches too, den blackberry jam wit peanut butter, I be forgetting Cajun coffee too, I teach everybody bout dat. Folks, I be very tired," and I felt my legs quit, he be der again, be carrying me like a baby, den de lights be gone.

I be waking up, sun be on my face. First I o'nt know where I be. Der be a tube in my arm, attached to bag on dis pole, It be my room, der were three beds, but dey made up. I had painful need to be peeing. I be yelling, "Mama!"