'In two different morgues.' Antubis told him with a nod.
Honestly, why was he getting so upset? At least he had now been spared the
worry of having to sneak and do a paternity test.
"Does Dr. Havens know about this?" Louis asked, still trying to
get what he had been told to sink in. Well, if he believed the anteater,
anyway, and he was kind of sure that he did, it meant that the baby was
definitely Elmer's. That was one good thing about all of this. In a
morgue, though? What was his son thinking?
'Well, I hope Dr. Havens doesn't know. He's already a bit ticked about that other naughty thing that Elmer did down in the morgue that involved a head.' Antubis said with a chuckle.
Louis laid his head down on the table and closed his eyes. Maybe if he laid still for a bit the entire situation would just go away. He couldn't believe that this was happening, that he was sitting here as a large anteater regaled him with tales of all of the naughty stuff that his son had been up to. Okay, he had known that Elmer was likely to blame for that head incident, but now that he was thinking about the head along with the other things that Elmer had been doing in the morgue.... He shook his head, trying to force those images away. A long talk with Elmer, he was definitely going to have to have a long talk with Elmer. He was fairly sure that they had had the birds and the bees talk long ago but apparently he had left a few little things out.
'What's the problem? He just did it in a morgue. It's not so bad down there. Nice and private anyway.' Antubis said.
"Nice and private except for peeping anteaters, apparently. Do you watch everything?" Louis said as he glared at the creature.
'Pretty much. So, what's so bad about him doing it in the morgue?
He did pretty well seeing as it was his....'
"I am not discussing this!" Louis said firmly. No, Elmer would die if he knew his father was having a discussion about his son's sexual history or lack there of until the morgue visit, especially considering who the animal he was discussing it with was. "I have to get back and check on them. Lona doesn't need to be alone right now." Okay, Elmer was there but he wasn't really sure how his son could be expected to balance a newborn baby and any suddenly needed medical tasks. Best that there was another person at least close by until they were sure that Lona was definitely on the mend.
'Fine.' Antubis said as he followed Louis out and down the hallway. 'So, what's so bad about the morgue anyway? At least he didn't do what Dr. Henshaw from proctology did with the cole slaw. Do you know if that's illegal? Carnal knowledge of a vegetable?' Antubis had done a bit of reading of the law over the years especially before disposing of that lawyer, but he couldn't recall seeing anything about that one.
"You're making that up!" Louis said firmly. Okay, Henshaw was a bit strange but surely he wouldn't....
'I wouldn't eat the cole slaw if I were you. He did a few things
with it that probably violated a health code somewhere.' Antubis told
Louis with a chuckle at the sight of the expression on the human's face.
'So, what's the word for that sexual preference, now? Vegetablesexual?'
Louis was thrilled when he spotted Sonny coming down the hallway.
Maybe he would distract the anteater temporarily. Had he done anything odd
and sexual within the hospital, perhaps? Louis was willing to listen if he
had. He was pretty much willing to listen to anything that wasn't talk of
Dr. Henshaw and his love affair with the salad bar. "Sonny!" He called, waving the younger doctor over.
"I've been looking all over for you!" Sonny called, relief
apparent on his face when he spotted Louis. He just hoped that Elmer's
father didn't take the news too hard. How could he break it to him gently?
"Hey, Louis, you know that Elmer has some problems, right?" No, after he
said it, he realized that probably wasn't the gentlest but maybe at this
point speed was more important than tact.
"Well, I do now. What's wrong?" Louis asked. Sonny looked seriously worried about something and Louis felt a bit of worry for his son starting to build. Had something happened down in the lab? Maybe he shouldn't have left but he knew that Elmer wanted the time with Lona and he felt they deserved a bit of privacy.
"I think you better come down to the sleep lab and see. Carrie's with him right now. He's seriously lost it this time." Sonny said as he motioned for Louis to follow him. He just hoped that Louis could do something to help Elmer, to snap him out of his current state. Sonny was more than a bit frightened for his friend. What could have caused him to just snap like that?