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Chapter Two: Shawn Hunter
A knock on the door of Shawn Hunter's room at Thomas Edison Alcohol Rehabilitation Center wakes him from a deep sleep. His groggy voice finally ends the annoying and persistent knocking.
"What do you want?" he says.
"You have an important phone call in the main office," answers the voice, which sounds much more awake than he is.
"Be right there," he says, while pulling on a dirty pair of jeans.
He walks out of his room and down the hallway of the center, trying to, and failing to, ignore the strong institution smell in the hallway. He reminds himself that this is for the best, and that he really does want to be sober.
When he reaches the heavy door with a sign informing him that as a "patient", he must knock before entering, he does as he is told and knocks politely.
"Wow, I have pretty good manners when I'm not drunk!" he thinks, as the door swings open. He is allowed into the main office once he identifies himself, and takes a seat by the phone. Before he answers it, he wonders who could possibly be calling him.
He picks up the phone, but nearly drops it when he hears the familiar voice on the other end.
"Eric?? Is that you," he says.
"It is indeed!" The caller answers.
"Eric, buddy! How ya been?" Shawn asks.
"Well, business has been booming. Of course, that tends to happen when you own a funeral parlor. Anyway, enough with the chit chat. Look, Shawnie, I have to tell you that…well," Eric is interrupted by Shawn.
"What is it already?" Shawn says.
"Mr. Feeny has had a heart attack, and they don't think he's going to make it. We really need you to come down to Philly ASAP," Eric Says.
Shawn mumbles into the phone that he'll catch the next bus down there and hangs up. In shock, he stumbles to his room where he packs his few belongings into a duffel bag, and heads to the nearest greyhound bus station, where he boards a bus to Philadelphia. His last thought before he falls asleep is that he hopes Jonathan Turner won't be there, to see what Shawn Hunter has made of his life.