Title: Possibly Forever
Summary: What did Charlotte say the day she came to visit House in the hospital? What happened to forever?
"…it is possible to love a child who is lost, possibly forever." - Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff
"Always forever."
With a click, the line was dead.
I had asked Charlotte if she would love me no matter how big of a jerk I was to her new boyfriend, who she wanted me to meet next summer. She was 15. Much too young to be bringing a boy all the way across the country to meet her father. He must be special. I don't think I'll ever understand her romantic, unreasonable side. For every practical thing I had taught her, her mother taught her two ridiculous things.
I was having a particularly hard day at work and Charlotte had called me unexpectedly to tell me her field hockey team was going to the state championships. And talk about her boyfriend. To make things worse, Stacy and I had a fight the night before and the make up sex was lackluster at best. No fault of mine.
I have a case I can't figure out. The answer was staring me in the face because that's what answers do. They stare. From underneath piles of rubble, they lurk and fester until you can clear everything away. This time, I just couldn't clear it away… Maybe I should hire some Fellows like Stacy has been suggesting. I need to talk things out.
My leg hurts. I went for a run yesterday to clear my head and when I got back, my leg just started hurting. It's annoying. 24 hours of pain. Why does it feel like it's going to last forever?