"So, my father, Logan, is still alive? Then where is he?" Immediately, I
knew.
"He hasn't come out of his room in a long time. The furthest he goes from his bed is
to his bathroom. That's why I moved in when he got out of the hospital. Cindy
moved in because she is the only one who can get him to eat. I fight with him daily
to do his physical therapy. That's the shouting you hear. He thinks it is a waste of
time."
"All he ever does is sit there, talking 'bout ma boo, writin' in this little book he has,
or watching security stuff of her on that ole laptop he got."
"He must miss her an awful lot. Can I meet him?"
"Well, he doesn't take to strangers very good. For most of the last ten years, the
only people he has seen is Cindy, Doctor Carr and I."
"Doctor Carr?"
"He has known Logan longer than either of us, he has been his doctor for a long
time, and operated on him both times that he was shot as well as another time when
he was having complications because of the original bullet. And another thing, Logan
is now more afraid of guns than Max ever was, he is paranoid that someone will
break in and shoot him again, that is why we try to have someone here at all times."
"What about the other day, when we went shopping?"
"Doctor Carr was here, I let him in when you were writing your letter. Next time I
work with Logan I will talk to him about you. He always wants to talk about Max, he
might want to meet you if I tell him you are Max's son."
"What if Mom came back? What if she knew he was alive? She ran away because
she thought he was dead, didn't she? Well, wouldn't she come back if she knew he
was alive?"
"She'd kick his @$$ from here ta next month when she finds out how he's been
mopin' around all these years. Maybe she'll get 'em outta that funk an' into the real
world again."
"Yes, but it may upset Max too. She has thought Logan to be dead for a long time.
She has a life in Bay-West with you and Patrick. Let's just give this situation time,
and meanwhile, enroll you in school.
~~
"He hasn't come out of his room in a long time. The furthest he goes from his bed is
to his bathroom. That's why I moved in when he got out of the hospital. Cindy
moved in because she is the only one who can get him to eat. I fight with him daily
to do his physical therapy. That's the shouting you hear. He thinks it is a waste of
time."
"All he ever does is sit there, talking 'bout ma boo, writin' in this little book he has,
or watching security stuff of her on that ole laptop he got."
"He must miss her an awful lot. Can I meet him?"
"Well, he doesn't take to strangers very good. For most of the last ten years, the
only people he has seen is Cindy, Doctor Carr and I."
"Doctor Carr?"
"He has known Logan longer than either of us, he has been his doctor for a long
time, and operated on him both times that he was shot as well as another time when
he was having complications because of the original bullet. And another thing, Logan
is now more afraid of guns than Max ever was, he is paranoid that someone will
break in and shoot him again, that is why we try to have someone here at all times."
"What about the other day, when we went shopping?"
"Doctor Carr was here, I let him in when you were writing your letter. Next time I
work with Logan I will talk to him about you. He always wants to talk about Max, he
might want to meet you if I tell him you are Max's son."
"What if Mom came back? What if she knew he was alive? She ran away because
she thought he was dead, didn't she? Well, wouldn't she come back if she knew he
was alive?"
"She'd kick his @$$ from here ta next month when she finds out how he's been
mopin' around all these years. Maybe she'll get 'em outta that funk an' into the real
world again."
"Yes, but it may upset Max too. She has thought Logan to be dead for a long time.
She has a life in Bay-West with you and Patrick. Let's just give this situation time,
and meanwhile, enroll you in school.
~~