10:00pm
Everyone asleep. Eric walks through the front door tired, and frightened in how the counseling sessions have gone with Linda and her husband.
"I hope he doesn't have a gun."
Eric then puts his dinner in the microwave then opens a soda to drink. He sits and eats as Simon walks downstairs to the kitchen.
"Simon? Why aren't you in bed?" Eric asks.
"I had a nightmare, dad."
"Wanna talk about it?" Eric asked.
"It was about you."
"Me?" Eric asked confused.
"I'm worried about you." Simon says as he sits next to Eric.
"What was your nightmare about?"
"Well, remember when Ruthie and I saw you on the couch in pain yesterday?" Simon asked.
"Yea."
"I dreamt that you were in church doing your Sunday sermon then minutes later you collapsed clutching your heart and you died." Simon tells him.
"I--I oh Simon come here, son."
"Dad, I don't want to lose you." Simon replies.
"It's gonna be okay." Eric says as he is consoling Simon.
"Listen, I've been pretty stressed out and with this counseling session it's been pretty rough. I'll make an appointment tomorrow morning, okay."
"Okay dad. I love you." Simon says.
"I love you too son." Eric says as he hugs Simon then Simon heads back to bed.
Annie heads upstairs after eavesdropping from the kitchen stairs as Eric finishes up, drinks his soda then does his dishes and heads off to bed.
The next morning Eric gets up, takes a shower, gets dressed, helps Annie with getting the twins dressed then carries Sam as Annie carries David downstairs and puts them in their high chair. Eric then goes upstairs to get his phone book then he calls his doctor to set up an appointment but the doctor tells Eric he is free at 10:00, Eric tells him he will be there. Matt sees Eric and asks to talk to him.
"Dad?" Matt asked
"Hey Matt."
"Where were you last night? Mom was worried about you." Matt says.
"Matt, I can only tell you this, I was meeting with a client in a lawyers office and well, things just got hectic. I can't get into specifics but after this is all over I will talk with you if you still want to know and Annie."
After breakfast the kids have left and Matt, the twins are fed and they are playing in their crib in the living room. Eric tries to talk to Annie.
"Honey, I'm really sorry I didn't call you last night. I had a meeting with a client at a lawyers office and it got quiet hectic. That is all I can tell you." Eric responds.
"Eric, I am really worried about you. I mean... you have been running around alot and I think you need to lighten your load. Your children are starting to worry about you."
"Honey, I love you and I promise that I will see a doctor soon okay." Eric promises his wife.
"Is that a promise? Can I go with you?"
"Who will watch the twins?" Eric asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Well I made an appointment this morning at 10:00." Eric responds.
"You did?"
"Ya. I'm not lying." Eric says.
"I can call Matt and see what he is doing."
"You don't trust me, do you?" Eric says then asks.
"No."
"How about this, this is my doctor's number and I'll have him call you or you call him and you can ask him." Eric says.
"Okay but you better be there. Or else."
"Okay." Eric kisses Annie then leaves for work.
An hour and a half after Eric got to work, he left for his appointment with Dr. Early. Dr. Early calls Eric in and they both talk about Eric's heart. Eric is taken in to a room where an Echocardiogram will be done then an EKG.
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Everyone asleep. Eric walks through the front door tired, and frightened in how the counseling sessions have gone with Linda and her husband.
"I hope he doesn't have a gun."
Eric then puts his dinner in the microwave then opens a soda to drink. He sits and eats as Simon walks downstairs to the kitchen.
"Simon? Why aren't you in bed?" Eric asks.
"I had a nightmare, dad."
"Wanna talk about it?" Eric asked.
"It was about you."
"Me?" Eric asked confused.
"I'm worried about you." Simon says as he sits next to Eric.
"What was your nightmare about?"
"Well, remember when Ruthie and I saw you on the couch in pain yesterday?" Simon asked.
"Yea."
"I dreamt that you were in church doing your Sunday sermon then minutes later you collapsed clutching your heart and you died." Simon tells him.
"I--I oh Simon come here, son."
"Dad, I don't want to lose you." Simon replies.
"It's gonna be okay." Eric says as he is consoling Simon.
"Listen, I've been pretty stressed out and with this counseling session it's been pretty rough. I'll make an appointment tomorrow morning, okay."
"Okay dad. I love you." Simon says.
"I love you too son." Eric says as he hugs Simon then Simon heads back to bed.
Annie heads upstairs after eavesdropping from the kitchen stairs as Eric finishes up, drinks his soda then does his dishes and heads off to bed.
The next morning Eric gets up, takes a shower, gets dressed, helps Annie with getting the twins dressed then carries Sam as Annie carries David downstairs and puts them in their high chair. Eric then goes upstairs to get his phone book then he calls his doctor to set up an appointment but the doctor tells Eric he is free at 10:00, Eric tells him he will be there. Matt sees Eric and asks to talk to him.
"Dad?" Matt asked
"Hey Matt."
"Where were you last night? Mom was worried about you." Matt says.
"Matt, I can only tell you this, I was meeting with a client in a lawyers office and well, things just got hectic. I can't get into specifics but after this is all over I will talk with you if you still want to know and Annie."
After breakfast the kids have left and Matt, the twins are fed and they are playing in their crib in the living room. Eric tries to talk to Annie.
"Honey, I'm really sorry I didn't call you last night. I had a meeting with a client at a lawyers office and it got quiet hectic. That is all I can tell you." Eric responds.
"Eric, I am really worried about you. I mean... you have been running around alot and I think you need to lighten your load. Your children are starting to worry about you."
"Honey, I love you and I promise that I will see a doctor soon okay." Eric promises his wife.
"Is that a promise? Can I go with you?"
"Who will watch the twins?" Eric asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Well I made an appointment this morning at 10:00." Eric responds.
"You did?"
"Ya. I'm not lying." Eric says.
"I can call Matt and see what he is doing."
"You don't trust me, do you?" Eric says then asks.
"No."
"How about this, this is my doctor's number and I'll have him call you or you call him and you can ask him." Eric says.
"Okay but you better be there. Or else."
"Okay." Eric kisses Annie then leaves for work.
An hour and a half after Eric got to work, he left for his appointment with Dr. Early. Dr. Early calls Eric in and they both talk about Eric's heart. Eric is taken in to a room where an Echocardiogram will be done then an EKG.
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