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Dan sat in the hospital bed, feeling more alone than ever. A knock on the door, broke his line of thought. Lifting his head, his sorrowful eyes looked at his offspring. Nathan.
"What'd you want? Come to knock the old man when he's down." Dan taunted him, with a slight condescending tone.
"I was going to tell you some news, but it might push you over the edge." Nathan kept a clear distance from his father's bed, fearing he might bound off the bed and strangle him when he heard that Nathan had gotten married.
"I was sorry to hear about your heart attack. You'll be happy to know that Whitey is okay and will be coaching the team in September." Nathan moved toward the window, keeping his left hand in his pocket.
"Doesn't that make you so happy, that you have your precious Whitey back." Dan sneered.
"I need to tell you something and I need you to promise that you're not going to flip out when I tell you." Nathan said cautiously.
"Let me guess, you knocked up your girlfriend and you're here for money to support her." Dan's scathing words fell like fire bolts plunging to hell.
Nathan looked at his father, suddenly deciding he no longer cared what his father thought of him. Pulling his left hand out of his pocket, he flashed his finger with the gold band on it in front of his father.
"No you asshole. I got married last night and unlike you I will make it work. Haley and I are forever. I love her and I will never hurt her as much as you hurt everyone around you. I can't understand how you can possibly live with yourself, when you are such a horrible person. You treat Mom like shit. You treat me like your personal punching bag, minus the physical but with the mental and emotional abuse. Lucas, you won't even acknowledge him. Karen, you broke her heart and the list goes on and on. Maybe if you had died, the world would be a better place." Nathan fell silent, his face red from his outburst.
"Are you done?" Dan's quiet voice asked.
"Yes." Tears blurred Nathan's vision. He was a little raw having exposed all of his pent-up feelings. He opened his mouth to say something, Dan stopped him.
"Please, just go, I want to be alone now." Turning away from his son, his heart broken by his son's obvious hatred of him. He waited for the scuffling of the sneakers and when he heard it. He turned back to look at the empty room.
A lone tear trickled down his cheek. Maybe the world would've been a better place if I had died. Dan closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
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