"You wanted me to have a normal family life" Charlie told his mother's wedding picture."That was your priority before anything else..You wanted me to have a close relationship with Don and Dad." Impulsivly, Charlie decided to call his brother.

"Eppes?"

"If you had known about Marc and Dawn when we were kids, would you have uh...felt differently about me?"

"Why Would I?"

"You know...mom was always saying that you were the only brother I had..." Charlie began

"I am your only big brother, buddy" Don reminded Charlie. It was true. Charlie could have had ten older brothers, but Don would still feel protective over him.

"Oh yeah..." Charlie smiled.

"I'm sorry, Chuck,but I gotta go" Don apologized. Megan seemed to have something urgent to say to him.

"Okay" the brothers hung up. Megan briefed Don on something important, and they went on with their work.

Charlie continued to talk to his mother's picture."Don't get me wrong, I'm still very hurt, and betrayed by what you did! You also lied to Dad and Don!"

With that, he decided to go for a ride on his bike to clear his head. The evening was nippy, but that soon changed as hisbody warmed up from the exercise. After a while, Charlie scolded himself for not wearing bright clothing. His dark grey shirt was not a good fashionchoice for someone riding at night. Thankfully, herode in anice suburban neighborhood.Abruptly,with a bang, and a screeching of tires, a car hit him.Three collegeof college kids ran out of their cars and ran to see what happened to the pedestrian they ran over.

"Oh my God! You ran over my prof!" a woman, named Sarah shouted. The headlights highlighted Charlie's face. The young woman was horrified! Professor Eppes was such a great teacher, and so willing to help undergraduates.

"You bastard!" a stoned young man added. He was a fan of South Park.

"Shut up!" the driver, named Tom snapped at his friend.

Sarah called the ambulance, and cursed herself for not taking that CPR class with her sister during summer break.

Tom smartly put a mirror over Charlie's mouth for a minute, and to his relief, it was clouded. This meant that the professor was breathing.

"He's breathing!"

Sarah exclaimed "That's a relief!"

Charlie vaguely heard what they were saying as if he were watching television while half asleep. He noticed that two of the voices were male,while one was female. They all sounded panickly, at least two of them did. Damn! He was in pain! Then, he started to dream about his mother.

TBC

Author's note: I'm finishing this story in about one or two chapters.