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Sara woke up, rolled over and looked at the clock. "3:00 am. Who ever is calling me better have a good excuse for waking my ass up." She picked up the phone, "Lo?"
"Sara? Hey, it's Norman."
"Hey Norman. Have you forgotten about the time difference again?"
"No. I'm sorry. I know I woke you up but I need your help." concern filling his voice.
"Norman, the last time you called at this hour you told me that Louise had been killed while in Norway. Please don't tell me you are calling with another death notice." Sara sat up in bed bracing herself for bad news. She hoped that wasn't why he was calling.
"No one's dead. It's Edgar. You remember how after Louise died he became really depressed?"
"Yeah." she responded.
"well, he sent the kids to their grandparents in Norway…to stay. He said he wanted nothing around that reminded him of her. Sig and I decided to send June to Norway to bring the kids back to stay with her and Sig until we can get Edgar straightened out. We don't know what else to do. We are leaving in a couple of weeks for King Crab season and don't want to leave him alone. That's where you come in…we hope."
"Why don't you drag him with you? It might do him some good to get out." Sara tried to give any suggestion to help.
"We can't. He's drunk…all the time. When he's not drunk, he's fighting with someone. We've all been friends a long time, Sara. Sig and I trust you to take care of our baby brother. Please tell me you will come to Seattle and help." Norman begged.
"Let me get some things straightened out here and I will head to Seattle. I will let you know what my flight plan is."
"Thanks Sara. We really appreciate it." With that said, Norman hung up.
By 5pm Sara's plane had landed and Sig was meeting Sara at baggage claim. "Hi Sara" Sig said giving her a huge hug.
"Hey, sugar! How's he doing?" Sara asked hugging back.
"I left Norman with him. I don't know, Sara. When he use to drink he was never this bad, but now…" Sig's thought trailed off.
"He's having a hard time. I'll do what I can but I can't guarantee anything. I will need some help from you and Norman though, before you leave." Sara said.
"Anything, just name it."
"I need you to go through the house and get rid of all booze, hide the keys to the car, but tell me where they are, and hide all of the phones so he can't call out for someone to bring him more booze. If you want to check on him, call my cell phone." Sara made her demands and Sig agreed.