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Coming of Age Creative Nonfiction Crime

POWERSCHOOL,

Thank you, thank you very much. I know my daughter is smart. She is indeed. Must get it from her mother. She has an associates degree from the VET TECH INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH, 3.8 GPA. A NURSING DIPLOMA FROM LENAPE TECH SCHOOL OF NURSING, IN FORD CITY PA, VALEDICTORIAN 2018. 3.8 GPA. THE ONLY CLASS THAT STOPPED HER FROM ACHIEVING THE 4.0 SHE DESIRED? NURSING LEADERSHIP. HER FINAL COURSE OF STUDY. HER ONLY B PLUS. SHE MISSED IT BY A PERCENTAGE. SHE EVEN GOT 100% ON HER FIRST ATI TEST THAT SHE TOOK AT THAT SCHOOL. HER MOTHER WAS SO PROUD OF HER INCREDIBLY SMART DAUGHTER, EVEN BOASTING TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK. THE DEAN AT THE TIME, MS. DOMS, WAS SO PERPLEXED, AS SHE COULD NOT EVEN ACHIEVE THAT SCORE, WHEN SHE TOOK IT HERSELF. NOR HAD ANYONE EVER GOTTEN 100%. IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMPOSSIBLE. SHE DID NOT CHEAT. SHE IS GIFTED. TAPPED IN. THE TOPIC? FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING. SHE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE GIFTED PROGRAM AT HIGHLANDS SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL. RECOMMENDED IN 5TH GRADE BY HER FAVORITE TEACHER MS. FOX. WHERE SHE LEARNED ABOUT SCIENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING AND TAKING CARE OF MOTHER EARTH. POD- WE ARE THE YOUTH OF A NATION. A SONG THE STUDENTS SANG, AS THEY MARCHED INTO THE AUDITORIUM, CLASHING CANS TOGETHER, IN AN EXILERATING PERFORMANCE. THAT YEAR, SHE WAS GIVEN THE EVERY DAY OPTIMIST AWARD AND FEATURED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. WHERE THEY SPELLED HER NAME WRONG. JESSICA DOUCETTI. IT WAS JESSICA DOUCETTE. DAUGHTER OF HEATHER(REID) DOUCETTE (NOW FISCHETTI), AND STEPHEN DOUCETTE. BORN IN BRACEBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA. I DO WONDER WHAT WENT WRONG, FOR HER TO GO FROM BEING AN EVERY DAY OPTIMIST AWARD WINNER, AND GIFTED CHILD IN 5TH GRADE, TO BEING ON HER FIRST PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, PAXIL, JUST ONE YEAR LATER. THE REST OF THE STORY IS HISTORY. 

 I didn't even graduate high school. Because I didn't pass my STATE TESTS in MA. 2003. I came down here with my parents, the eldest of my siblings, just 19 years old after I was done with high school. I walked with my class, yes. I didn't even realize I didn't have a high school diploma until I enrolled in culinary school. LE CORDON BLEU OF PITTSBURGH. It is no longer there. MY WIFE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME TO GO BECAUSE SHE SAW MY POTENTIAL. SHE ACTUALLY BROKE UP WITH ME BEFORE THIS, BECAUSE I WAS BORING. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS WATCH TV. I HAD TO DO THIS ON MY OWN, BECAUSE I WAS HEARTBROKEN AND WANTED TO BE SOMETHING. FOR HER. FOR MYSELF. FOR MY FAMILY. I TEXTED HER NON STOP EVERY SINGLE DAY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, DESPERATE FOR HER SUPPORT. WHERE SHE IGNORED ME AND WENT ABOUT HER LIFE, HAVING FUN WITH OTHER GUYS. GOING TO LIVE MUSIC EVENTS. EXPLORING CAVES, FACING FEARS. RIDING DOWN 28 ON THE BACK OF A MOTORCYCLE, NO HELMET, JUST THE WIND WHIPPING THROUGH HER HAIR. HER AND THE DRIVER WERE EXTREMELY DRUNK, BUT SHE DIDNT CARE. SHE FELT FREE. BUT THEN SHE GOT PREGNANT. AND NO ONE WANTED HER THEN. EXCEPT ME. 19 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS. BROKEN. HER MOTHER SAID ABORTION OR YOU'RE OUT, EVEN TAKING HER TO AN ABORTION CLINIC. WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THE PREGNANCY. HER MOTHER WAS NOT ALLOWED IN THE ROOM WHEN THEY SAID, "Well, you are in fact pregnant. What would you like to do?" SHE said, tears in her eyes, "MY mom is going to kick me out, but I can't have an abortion." And the nurse said, "don't worry, everything will work out. You'll see." 

I WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT BABY. I WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HER. SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER MADE ME FEEL ANYTHING CLOSE TO LOVE IN MY LIFE. I WOULD WALK TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR HER.

BACK TO CULINARY SCHOOL,

When they told me, oh, you need to get your GED. I was pISsed, but I did it anyway. Like everything else in my life. Oddly enough, that school was a waste of time because I learned everything I needed to know from a few ethnic guys in an authentic Italian kitchen, FRANCOS ITALIAN KITCHEN, HARMARVILLE, PA, where I made the likes of 8 dollars an hour. And I even went on to rise to the top of the food chain myself as EXECUTIVE CHEF, AT ST BARNABAS LUTHERAN MINISTRIES IN GIBSONIA, PA, ZONE 28 IN HARMARVILLE, PA ( WHERE I FOUND MY VIKING POWER AND CHEATED ON MY WIFE FOR MONTHS VIA SNAP CHAT AND TEXT MESSAGING, WITH ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES. IN WHICH SHE FORGAVE ME) AND I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF FOOD SERVICES AT CONCORDIA REBECCA RESIDENCE AND HIGHPOINTE IN ALLISON PARK, PA. And where I ended up, John Marshall Catering. Award winning Catering company in the area 2022. Thought he was like a father to me. The father I never had. Took me on fishing trips, paid my toll, and my families toll to the best seats one can get at PNC Park for PIRATES OPENING DAY IN 2022, WHERE MY DAUGHTER, AVA MCBEE, WAS INTERVIEWED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. A day she will never forget. But turns out he treated me just like my own father treated me. Like dirt. Expecting me to put his business above all else. Because he was my family. He had money. He'd drop a grand on me here and there. Keep me going. I EVEN CHOSE HIM OVER MY WIFE WHEN SHE WAS SITTING IN RECOVERY CENTERS OF AMERICA AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO VISIT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. I CHOSE JOHN MARSHALL CATERING, OVER GOING TO SEE MY WIFE. She was suffering, being drugged and manipulated, SITTING ALONE, WHILE EVERY OTHER FAMILY SHOWED UP FOR THEM ON VISITATION DAY. But I chose JOHN. BECAUSE I THOUGHT I NEEDED MONEY MORE THAN I NEEDED TO BE THERE FOR MY WIFE. Just abuse to take UP THE ASS and keep my mouth shut just like any other time. I don't keep my mouth shut now. I do for you, because I have bigger fish to fry. Abuse of power. I've stood by long enough. I have a voice. My name is Timothy, which means God's honor. I submit to no one. My wife's name, Jessica, means "God Beholds". 

Behold, it is with my honor in the name of God that I present her beautiful art of story telling to you. On my very own Youtube page. See the link below. 

Sincerely,

My given name,

Timothy Andrew McBee, biological son of Anthony Orren.

( You guessed it, it's me Jessica Lyn MCBEE, aka DOUCETTE. Because Timothy Andrew McBee is a man of few words. And I will speak HIS truth, even when he wavers.) 

Here she is. My queen. 

AND GUESS WHAT? MR. TIM JUST WENT TO BED RIGHT NOW, 11:09PM 11/9/2023 WHILE I CONTINUE TO SPEND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN MY EFFORTS FOR JUSTICE. EVEN HE SLEEPS ON ME. WHAT A FUCKING SHAME. GUESS I TAKE ON EVIL BY MYSELF. I HAVE NO PROBLEM LEAVING HIM BEHIND. JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON THAT LEFT ME HERE ALONE IN THIS WORLD. NO REST FOR THE WICKED.

https://youtu.be/EFAvAN-bh_0?si=fpyGOtNeZcMjmtIm

On Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 1:43 AM powerschool@goldenrams.com <powerschool@goldenrams.com> wrote:

Grading period:  Q1
Student       :  AVA M.
Course        :  FOURTH GD ART
Period        :  ART(A)
Instructor    :  Grubbs, Rebecca

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Do you intend on finding me representation for my medical malpractice case? No? Ok then. My daughter thinks your creepy. And so do my female friends. That's enough for me to know. And also, every other parent got the stupid amount of power school EMAILS. But who did not? Oh yes. IT WAS ME. NOT ONE POWER SCHOOL EMAIL..... HMMMMMM COINCIDANCE I THINK NOT. 

I have nothing to say to you. You can take it up with my husband. MAN TO MAN. I've also been speaking with a MAN, who I will CC on this very email. SWISS ENCRYPTION BABY. If you are in fact a man of INTEGRITY, you have nothing to worry about. If not, buh bye. I'm signing off now. No reception

November 10, 2023 04:12

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