Life Begins
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Being Jack, I would guess the answer lies in an obsession over the female creature he doesn’t understand. We wants nothing more than to understand the object of his obsessions. The two subjects he has never been able to comprehend are women and love. Nobody has written satisfactory books to explain it to him, so he does his own research and records his own observations to somehow make sense of it.
Afterword
When I turned in this assignment, there wasn’t an ending to the story. Christine and I still had the rest of our senior year together. I knew that she had written a section that I wasn’t supposed to read, and I didn’t read it until just a few days ago. Things probably would have turned out differently if I had read it back then. I don’t think that matters anymore.
Okay. Here’s the thing. The night before I turned in this assignment, Christine copied and pasted the Restricted Access section into my manuscript with the promise that I would never read it. And in typical Christine fashion, she was able to cuddle up to me in bed and not give on that she was going to break up with me. And in an even more typically Christine fashion, she agreed to marry me when I proposed that we eloped on the night of her eighteenth birthday. And in my mother’s typical fashion, she managed to walk in on me and Christine as we were… Well, let’s just say that we were doing what married couples do. I don’t want to say much more. It might sacrifice my reputation as a gentleman. Let’s just say that my mother walked in on about the fourth round of my honeymoon activities.
Honestly. We had the door shut. I don’t know why parents think that they can just barge in on teenagers when the door is closed. I don’t care if they knock first. You wouldn’t just knock on a door and then open it without waiting for the person inside to respond first. There is usually a reason the door is closed.
Looking back on it now, we shouldn’t have gotten married. The sexual tension was beginning to become too much. Since Christine was now an adult, she had full legal custody over her body. I thought that if we got married, we could have the happily ever after that we had both always wanted. And we were happy. Our parents were not happy. Even my mom was not happy. I think it would have been different if we had not eloped, and if we had not gotten married while we were still in high school.
I might have been selfish in marrying her. I figured that it was the only way that I could be with her without God objecting. If I followed His rules, I thought that even He could not tear us apart. It might have been childish on my part.
We were married for seven months, two weeks, and four days before the marriage was annulled. I then left for college and started on the path to becoming the Jack Gunthridge that you know and love today.
Much has changed from when I wrote my life story. My love for Christine has never changed. No matter how many times she breaks my heart, I still find it within my heart to forgive her. She is and will always be my Israel.
Jack Gunthridge
About the Author
Jack Gunthridge is a high functioning autistic. He won’t comment on the actual truth of this book. Just know it was written when he was growing up. Truth became mixed with fiction to a very large degree. And know if he acts a little weird in public, it is because he doesn’t know how to be a celebrity yet.
If you would like more information about Jack Gunthridge, you can stalk him on Facebook. He accepts all friend requests and responds to all messages. In addition to friending him, you can also become a fan of him and his works.
For more information about his film career, you can check out his page on IMDB.
Other Works
Available Now on DVD
Thursday
Fairy Tale Romance
The Gunthridge Show: The Complete First Season
The Gunthridge Show: The Complete Second Season
Available Now at Bookstores and on E-Readers
Life (The original version of this book)
Broken Hearts Damaged Goods
Out of the Blue Nights of Death and Desire
(Out of the Blue Series Book 1)
Out of the Blue Whispers in the Dark
(Out of the Blue Series Book 2)