CH.2
Two days past, and I got a call from my Dad saying he needed to talk to me urgently. I
reluctantly agreed to go, only after Jamie insisted, and had reassured me she would be fine, if
her father came over to be with her. She missed him anyway and it would be good for her.
"I'll be fine, Landon. Stop worrying! It's your father after all, and it did sound urgent. You
should go." Jamie said smiling at my overprotectiveness.
"Are you sure you'll be all right?"
"Of course, silly! I'll be fine. I'm not totally incapable of taking care of myself, you know.
Besides my father's here. Now go! Shoo!"
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
A quick peck on the cheek was our good bye, and Jamie returned to her reading, as I walked
out the door to meet my dad. I unlocked the door to my car, and gave one final look at the
balcony where her telescope rests, the morning sunrise making a beautiful background to a
perfect scene. A smile played over my lips as I remembered the night at the cemetery. I still
can't believe how much has changed in only a few months time.
I pulled up to the waterfront restaurant we had agreed to meet at. I spotted him sitting at the
tiny cafe table watching the tide. I called to him and walked briskly over extending my hand.
Instead of taking my hand he took me up in a tight embrace, something I couldn't remember
ever happening before.
"Hi." I said, surprised at his warm welcome. (I was getting used to it though)
"Hello, Landon."
"So what did you want to talk about?"
Before he could answer the waiter interrupted us and asked us what we wanted.
"I'll take a cup of coffee, cream, no sugar. And a cinnamon roll, please." Said my father.
"Umm... I'm fine, I'll just have a cup of water please." I said, not hungry yet.
I turned to my father again, about to ask why he brought me here, but before I could get two
words out, he interrupted me.
"I found a cure."
"Wh..What? You... You found a ....a cure?" I stuttered at a loss for words.
"That's right." He repeated, " I found a cure. Well, maybe not exactly a cure, but I have found
something. I've been searching day and night trying to find anything that might help Jamie. I
finally found something last night! It's an experimental drug that doctors have been testing at
Cornell University. I faxed Jamie's charts over and they say that she is a perfect candidate. So
far the results on other tests have been promising."
"Are you serious!" I said still unable to grasp what my father was saying.
"I know this sounds farfetched, but it's true! This could really help! The only problem is..."
"Is what?" I asked, dreading the worst.
"It will cost $8,000."
"Oh." I could almost hear my hopes crashing to the ground.
"I can only pay a small portion, for I am still paying off Jamie's homecare and part of your
mortgage. It's just too much right now. You'll have to find some way to pay the rest. I really
think this can work!"
Our order had come. I still wasn't hungry so we finished off our food, while trying to figure out
how to raise so much money. My hopes soared higher and higher as we came up with more
and more ways to raise the money. We called for the check which I paid. We hugged once
more and parted to go our separate ways. I couldn't wait to tell Jamie the news. This seemed
like the miracle that I had been wishing for. 'I really hopes this works'
Two days past, and I got a call from my Dad saying he needed to talk to me urgently. I
reluctantly agreed to go, only after Jamie insisted, and had reassured me she would be fine, if
her father came over to be with her. She missed him anyway and it would be good for her.
"I'll be fine, Landon. Stop worrying! It's your father after all, and it did sound urgent. You
should go." Jamie said smiling at my overprotectiveness.
"Are you sure you'll be all right?"
"Of course, silly! I'll be fine. I'm not totally incapable of taking care of myself, you know.
Besides my father's here. Now go! Shoo!"
"I love you."
"I love you, too."
A quick peck on the cheek was our good bye, and Jamie returned to her reading, as I walked
out the door to meet my dad. I unlocked the door to my car, and gave one final look at the
balcony where her telescope rests, the morning sunrise making a beautiful background to a
perfect scene. A smile played over my lips as I remembered the night at the cemetery. I still
can't believe how much has changed in only a few months time.
I pulled up to the waterfront restaurant we had agreed to meet at. I spotted him sitting at the
tiny cafe table watching the tide. I called to him and walked briskly over extending my hand.
Instead of taking my hand he took me up in a tight embrace, something I couldn't remember
ever happening before.
"Hi." I said, surprised at his warm welcome. (I was getting used to it though)
"Hello, Landon."
"So what did you want to talk about?"
Before he could answer the waiter interrupted us and asked us what we wanted.
"I'll take a cup of coffee, cream, no sugar. And a cinnamon roll, please." Said my father.
"Umm... I'm fine, I'll just have a cup of water please." I said, not hungry yet.
I turned to my father again, about to ask why he brought me here, but before I could get two
words out, he interrupted me.
"I found a cure."
"Wh..What? You... You found a ....a cure?" I stuttered at a loss for words.
"That's right." He repeated, " I found a cure. Well, maybe not exactly a cure, but I have found
something. I've been searching day and night trying to find anything that might help Jamie. I
finally found something last night! It's an experimental drug that doctors have been testing at
Cornell University. I faxed Jamie's charts over and they say that she is a perfect candidate. So
far the results on other tests have been promising."
"Are you serious!" I said still unable to grasp what my father was saying.
"I know this sounds farfetched, but it's true! This could really help! The only problem is..."
"Is what?" I asked, dreading the worst.
"It will cost $8,000."
"Oh." I could almost hear my hopes crashing to the ground.
"I can only pay a small portion, for I am still paying off Jamie's homecare and part of your
mortgage. It's just too much right now. You'll have to find some way to pay the rest. I really
think this can work!"
Our order had come. I still wasn't hungry so we finished off our food, while trying to figure out
how to raise so much money. My hopes soared higher and higher as we came up with more
and more ways to raise the money. We called for the check which I paid. We hugged once
more and parted to go our separate ways. I couldn't wait to tell Jamie the news. This seemed
like the miracle that I had been wishing for. 'I really hopes this works'