-1(Karen's P.O.V)
Lucas took my hand and led me into the kitchen. My seventeen year old son had lied to me about his health. How could he? We were dealing with so much. Dealing with Keith's death, the man who I was suppose to be wed to and a faithful father figure to Lucas. Keith was good in crisis but not here at the time Luke and I needed him the most. I was going to have to be strong and help my son through this potentially fatal condition.
Sitting down across from each other at the table I asked, "Why would you lie to me Luke?" Knowing very well what my son's was going to be.
"Mom, I wanted to play basketball." Lucas answered back; Making Karen's notion ultimately correct.
Very determined and very dominant sounding, "You showed me the letter. The letter from Dr. Mitchell clearly stated that you did not have hypertrophic cardio-myopathy. Why were the results wrong?"
"Mom," Lucas started to answer back choking with each word and becoming upset. "I used Keith's test results."
"That's two for you." Karen stated abruptly. "You must quit the basketball team immediately!"
"I quit the team today." Lucas stated (again sounding sad). "I told Whitey and Nathan that I have hcm."
Her heart felt for her son as he started dealing with his own health reality. "Good, I am glad you told them son. But we must see the cardiologist soon to figure out your treatment options."
"Maybe I could go back on my medicine." Lucas stated.
"You were on medication? How come I didn't notice any differences on our health insurance bill? Lucas start telling me the truth behind the lie!" Karen started getting furious with Luke.
"Mom, Dan was helping me out for a while with my medication until he cut me off. I know we didn't have enough money for the expensive prescriptions." Lucas stated.
"Dan knew about your heart condition?" Karen asked. Lucas refused to answer and refused to meet her gaze. "That's fine if you don't answer. We are going to see the cardiologist soon."
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