When they found Curley’s wife I was taken back but I instantly knew it was Lennie: only a man as strong as Lennie could have did it. I kind of felt as if it was my fault by leaving him on his own. I wonder what got him feeling her hair? Why did she make him talk to her? If she didn’t all would be all right now, but that selfish bitch did and now, I’m left without a dream and without my best and only friend. In a single second all was changed forever.
It’s been 3 weeks since the incident and I’m no longer at that ranch. I had to leave all trace of that ranch behind, it kept haunting me that, that’s where my best friend worked and I was constantly reminded that I killed him I pulled the trigger no-one else but me. So I’m now working in a ranch with all men and only men. So far it’s good no trouble I’m going to keep my head down, do my keep and spend it in a cathouse, it seems like the easiest way of dealing with my loss.
Slim
I’m Slim I’m a skinner on a ranch. I’ve seen plenty of things happen hear in my time, but none as major as the two killings of Lennie Small and Curley’s Wife. They were a real shock. I always guessed that floozy would get someone into trouble but I never imagined that it would be poor old Lennie. He was dumb he wouldn’t have known any better, from what I know he liked to stroke soft things, maybe Curley’s Wife threw her self at him and he took one feel of her hair and he couldn’t stop.
Life was good on the ranch I was doing well for myself. I think everyone liked me. That Curley fellow was giving me awful grief, kept being nosey thinking I was messing round with his wife, we actually near tussled over it, but he took it out on Lennie instead and the poor fellow didn’t do a thing but smile, that God damn Curley is too big for his boots if you ask me. Life on the ranch was easy just did some work, got my keep and went to the cathouse, an easy life if you ask me, but as soon as the killings happened everything changed. I didn’t feel sympathetic for Curley or his wife, she got what she had coming to her and Curley’s relationship was failing anyway, so it was probably the easiest way to end it for both of them. So in a way I’m glad she’s dead! She wont cause any more trouble on the ranch, but poor old Lennie, I didn’t think it would be George who killed him, but I guess it was the right man to do it; someone who would do it quick and painless and someone who would leave him thinking happy thoughts. George left a few days after that I’ve never seen a man so depressed and lonely. I think being here brought back memories of Lennie. George was a good guy, so was Lennie, but I guess it just wasn’t to be a happy ending for these guys. So life on the ranch now is a lot better, it’s quieter now without George and Lennie, but its better because she’s not lurking about. So I just stick to what I’m good at and that’s working.
