I was awaken by a loud, but muffled thump form one of the rooms down the
hall. As I sat
up, I heard Bling holler, but I couldn't make out what he had said. I went to get up when I
heard another thump and what sounded like a scuffle. As I approached the door, the noise
settled down. I heard a door close, and someone walk down the hall, and then Bling
walked out the door.
"Good morning, Nicolas. I hope I didn't wake you up."
"It's alright, I should have been up anyway."
"I have a few more questions for you, but how about breakfast first?"
"Great." He led me away from the hall door and into the kitchen, where told me Cindy
had gone to work. He told me that she delivered packages, and my mom used to do that
too. I never knew that. I wish she had told us more about her past, about what happened
back then.
"What's wrong, Nicolas?" I jumped out of my reverie.
"Sorry, I was thinking. About Mom and Patrick, I guess I kind of miss them."
"Ok, here's the important question," Bling said, setting a plate of eggs in front of me. I
took a mouthful, "Does Max know you are here?" I stopped chewing.
"Didn't think so. Not even Max would let her child hike across the country by himself."
"What do you mean, not even Max."
"She was a little.wild. She was a rule breaker, if you told her no; it meant 'go for it',
you couldn't keep her down. And she didn't worry about anyone but herself, until she got
involved with Logan, anyway."
"Really?"
"Yes, but still, she's probably worried sick about you, so you have to let her know you
are okay."
"I'll send her an e-mail, she checks them daily so she'll get it right away."
"You can't send e-mails here."
"But I saw a computer when I came in, didn't I?"
"Nah, it doesn't work."
"How can you have a computer that doesn't work, I mean, computers are everything!"
"Maybe in Canada, but since the Pulse, most computers haven't worked."
"You've had a computer sitting around for twenty years?"
"I guess it has been that long, hasn't it?"
"Well, it's been almost twenty five years by now, but how am I going to contact mom?"
"Send her a letter."
"It will take to long."
"We still have Express Mail. It will get to her tomorrow if it gets sent out this morning.
You go take a shower and get dressed, and I'll see if I can find something for you to write
on. Do you remember where everything is?"
"Yup, thanks."
~~
up, I heard Bling holler, but I couldn't make out what he had said. I went to get up when I
heard another thump and what sounded like a scuffle. As I approached the door, the noise
settled down. I heard a door close, and someone walk down the hall, and then Bling
walked out the door.
"Good morning, Nicolas. I hope I didn't wake you up."
"It's alright, I should have been up anyway."
"I have a few more questions for you, but how about breakfast first?"
"Great." He led me away from the hall door and into the kitchen, where told me Cindy
had gone to work. He told me that she delivered packages, and my mom used to do that
too. I never knew that. I wish she had told us more about her past, about what happened
back then.
"What's wrong, Nicolas?" I jumped out of my reverie.
"Sorry, I was thinking. About Mom and Patrick, I guess I kind of miss them."
"Ok, here's the important question," Bling said, setting a plate of eggs in front of me. I
took a mouthful, "Does Max know you are here?" I stopped chewing.
"Didn't think so. Not even Max would let her child hike across the country by himself."
"What do you mean, not even Max."
"She was a little.wild. She was a rule breaker, if you told her no; it meant 'go for it',
you couldn't keep her down. And she didn't worry about anyone but herself, until she got
involved with Logan, anyway."
"Really?"
"Yes, but still, she's probably worried sick about you, so you have to let her know you
are okay."
"I'll send her an e-mail, she checks them daily so she'll get it right away."
"You can't send e-mails here."
"But I saw a computer when I came in, didn't I?"
"Nah, it doesn't work."
"How can you have a computer that doesn't work, I mean, computers are everything!"
"Maybe in Canada, but since the Pulse, most computers haven't worked."
"You've had a computer sitting around for twenty years?"
"I guess it has been that long, hasn't it?"
"Well, it's been almost twenty five years by now, but how am I going to contact mom?"
"Send her a letter."
"It will take to long."
"We still have Express Mail. It will get to her tomorrow if it gets sent out this morning.
You go take a shower and get dressed, and I'll see if I can find something for you to write
on. Do you remember where everything is?"
"Yup, thanks."
~~