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Chapter Six

At the Wheeler residence:

Hank Wheeler was curled into a ball having withdrawals from not having any alcohol in his system. Both Carl and Jimmy were both survivors from alcoholism, and with the help of an on call doctor they were his only lifelines and they weren't going to give up on him because they both believed that he was really trying to break the hold of the monster that had him in it's grip for all those years. As he laid there shaking and cursing Hank was praying for relief from all the pain. He had hallucination of creatures crawling all over his body which is one of the horrors that comes with trying to get off drinking and both men knew what he was going through and they could only hold him as he screamed and cried and they even cried with him.

It as been a tough three weeks but with each hour it meant that he was that much closer to winning his battle and all he could do now was to hold onto his promise that he made to himself and that was to get clean and make things up to his son who he had abandoned for the bottle.

Carl and Jimmy had nothing but good things to say to Seto when they called to let him know how Hank was doing. "He still has a long road to travel but as he takes step by step he will find his way to the end of that road and start on his way back to his son."

Seto wiped tears from his eyes and he thanked the two men who meant more to him because if it hadn't been for them and Roland, Seto would be dead right now. It was Carl, Jimmy and Roland who stopped the abuse that Gozoboro was doing to Seto when he was a younger boy. They all had a hand in his death and to this day he will always have a special place in his heart for all three men.

Carl asked how Joey was doing and Seto told him that in another week both casts come off and he will begin Physical Therapy to be able to walk again and then he asked Carl to do him a favor. "Please tell Mr. Wheeler that his son is getting better and that when the time comes he will personally be there to make sure that he and Joey finally meet."

Carl thanked Seto for all that he was doing and then he asked him a personal question and didn't know if he would answer him or not. "Are you in love with Joey?" Carl and Jimmy had always known that Seto wasn't like as they say "normal" boys and they didn't give a rats ass if he was or not.

Seto smiled into the phone and then he said "that question could get you fired you know, and then he said I love him more then life itself and the feeling is mutual."

Carl then told Seto "it's about time that you met someone to love you and for you to love."

Just then Seto heard a terrible crash and someone cussing and Carl said "got to go round four coming up." Then the line went dead.

This time the hallucinations were the worse so far and it was all Jimmy could do to keep Hank for ramming his head against the wall and killing himself. Carl ran and together they finally got Hank on the floor and all they could do was to hold him till this battle was over. When Hank finally passed out from sheer exhaustion they had more cleaning to do. That was one of the problems with someone trying to come off drinking, the horrible job of cleaning the person and area around the person up because they have no control of their bodily functions but hey, both Carl and Jimmy had gone through the same shit when they were trying to get clean.

Jimmy went over and wiped stuff off Hank's face and whispered "buddy we will get through this together so just keep fighting and we will win this battle, I promise."

Please R&R..

Chapter Seven Coming Up...The reunion of father and son...