At home, Ada Mason thought about the phone call that Perry made, but still listened to his story. She wasn't so sure how much longer she wouldn't be able to forgive him after what happened when she was taken in court that day. Perry wasn't on her side like she thought he was, but was just doing his job, which she understood.

Ada only lived about half an hour away from Perry, so it was a good thing she was still nearby.

"Only if George were here, he might have ideas on what to do with Perry. He always did," Ada said to herself.

George Mason was in law, just like Perry was, but starting out on his second case when they met and got married and later Perry came along.

Even George's father was in law, and so was his father. This was why Perry chose law to keep the generations going. Her father was only a businessman, but wasn't interested in the law.

Since George was murdered, Ada had been lonely and talking to herself because there was nobody else in the house to talk with.

She decided to take this slow with Perry, but ended up calling him. She knew he was waiting for her to go first, which made sense. She might not talk a whole lot when they get together again, but they have to come up with something to agree to this silent treatment. She would never disown him. He was their only child, and there was no way that would ever happen.

So Ada slowly dialed his phone. Ada hoped that Perry would be at home and they could talk for a bit.

He did say something about being involved in a car accident, and this is why she wanted to talk with him more on that.

Of course Perry was home, but since he was on the couch, trying to sleep for a bit until Della took him to the hospital to see Dr. Webber and what he wanted to do and say.

Della answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Is Perry there?"

Della heard it was a woman's voice on the other end of the line, but didn't recognize it.

"He's here, but sleeping. May I take a message for him to call back?"

"Yes. Tell him his mother called."

'This is a surprise. Perry would be for sure,' Della thought to herself.

"Thank you."

End of conversation.

Della wasn't so sure if Ada Mason wanted to talk with Perry and forgive him from what happened last time they saw and talked with each other. Would this be the perfect time for them to talk?

Della looked at her watch. Only two more hours until they see the doctor.

After talking with Della, Ada wondered if she was a girlfriend he never told her about.

"He sounds like he doesn't want to talk with me," Ada told herself.

She'll still get more of the story when and if he decides to call back.

Forgiveness would take a while, Ada knew for sure after giving Perry the silent treatment for over the past couple of months.

Perry woke up about twenty to thirty minutes later.

"Perry, you missed a phone call."

"Do you know who it was?"

"Yes. Your mother."

Perry was surprised, and Della saw that.

"Why would she call me? She's not speaking to me."

"She sounded like she wanted to come up with a plan on forgiving you what happened a couple month ago."

"You think so? I'll call her when we're finished with Dr. Webber."

"That sounds like a better plan," Della agreed.

Ada thought to herself that George might have done something to help out whatever Perry's story had to do with calling her.

"George, what am I supposed to do about Perry? I don't know how to come up with an idea if I am going to forgive him. What do you think I should do?" Ada asked herself.

Talking to a wall isn't fun since it's not alive to say or hear anything.

"I would like to see Perry myself, but where do I go? He's my son and I still care and love him, no matter how embarrassing that court date was a couple months ago. That's why he had the silent treatment from me."

Maybe she might even s how up at the hospital, but didn't know which one Perry was in when the accident happened.

If George was never murdered, things would have been different. It was hard on Perry because he wasn't around when George was murdered. This was why she chose the silent treatment for Perry.

"I'd like to meet this woman I talked with on the phone today and see if she's really a girlfriend."

Ada liked to believe that she and Perry were an item, which was not the truth. They only work together and that was it.

Time came closer to heading out to the doctor's office.

"I think we're still early, wouldn't you agree, Della?"

"Close, but we can still go in."

"All right."

They saw there weren't many patients for the doctors to take care of before them.

Perry gave the receptionist his name so he could see Dr. Webber.

"I'll tell him you're here, Mr. Mason. How have you been since that accident?" the receptionist asked.

"Okay, I guess."

Della saw the other patients who were waiting their turn noticed Perry and listening to the conversation. Maybe they did hear about it on the news, and that probably could be why they were watching.

Dr. Webber was almost finished with his lunch break when the receptionist told him that Perry showed up.

"Thank you. I'll expect him in a few minutes," he said.

"There are other people out there waiting too."

"I know, but I think some of the other members on the staff could take care of them. For me, Mr. Mason's the only one I'm worried about."

"About the accident?"

"Yes. There is a story I want to share with him."

"I'll tell him you'll see him shortly."

"Thank you," he repeated.

"Mr. Mason, he's just about finishing up lunch, so you'll have to wait for a few more minutes."

Then a nurse came out and called the next patient for a different doctor, but it was not Webber.

Perry and Della saw only three patients walked together.

They sat down for a few minutes, and then the nurse called him. Della was going in. Even she wants to hear what Webber thinks. It was good to know that Perry's been in good hands and taken care of, but Della saw that Paul didn't seem to care for the doctor. He was something she and Paul could talk about if he didn't trust Dr. Webber.

"How are you, Perry?" Dr. Webber asked once the nurse left him and Della.

"Okay."

"I told the nurse there was something I wanted to share with you two."

"What's that?" asked Della.

"A story. It happened to a patient not long ago, which was about five years or so."

"Why are you going to tell us this story? It doesn't have anything to me, does it?"

"Yes, Perry. This patient was here a long time until something came up one day. This is why I'm more interested in you."

"Go on with the story, Doc."

"When I'm done with the story, then you'll see where I'm getting at, Perry. This story was about a patient who was almost in the same condition as you were, but more serious condition.

"She was a woman in her mid - fifties and good health. She was on vacation time to see family and friends that she hadn't seen for quite a while. She was flying out to Utah for a couple weeks."

"What happened?" Della asked.

"I'm getting there now, Ms. Street. Just let me tell the story."

So Dr. Webber continued on.

"Perry, she was killed in that plane accident five years ago, but this is why I was worried about you."

"What kind of plane crash was it? Did anybody on the plane murder her?" Perry asked, taking a guess.

"Actually, the passenger across from the aisle did have a gun is what I was told when she died on the plane. Now you see why I want to do my best to protect you. Should be thankful you survived instead of the person who hit your car and you die. I don't want to lose you like I did with that patient."

"Where is her killer now? Or do you not know?" Perry asked, still interested in the story.

"She is still locked up, but would be in life sentence, is what I heard five years ago. If I lost another patient, that's my fault."

"It wasn't your fault, Dr. Webber. Did you have to get involved in court dates?"

"Not really. I wasn't on the airplane that day she was dead."

"But you will be at this one, do you understand that?"

"Yes," Dr. Webber answered, "but this is why I wanted to take your car away for a while after what happened to you."

"But Perry is a safe driver, Dr. Webber. There would be no way he would hit another car, even if it means a new one. What do you suggest we do with Perry's car?"

"They pay for it."

"I already spoke with them about it. They said that they would after the court date is finished."

"It was your private investigator that gave me the time for the court session. He sounds like he doesn't like me. I'm only a doctor."

"I've had a few cases with doctors on the witness stand."

"I'm sure you did, Perry. I'm sorry to share a personal story like this, but I thought you had to hear it."

"Do you remember who the lawyer was?" Della asked.

"No, I don't, Ms. Street. That was so long ago I'm sure he's probably retired or whatever. I haven't heard anything about him since."

"If she was alive today, I could had her as my client."

"Sorry, Perry. They aren't in the same state as you were, so there's no way you could do anything about it. I knew I heard about your accident on the news and read about it on the front page of the newspaper, but they never identified who it was."

"It was us. We decided to keep it anonymous," Della told him.

"We also agreed with the couple who hit my car that they pay for Burger also, not just the car. We talked about the price of the car, but we still need to agree on how much to pay him."

"That was a smart move, Perry. I wouldn't have thought about it. Was anyone in your car when you were blacked out? I didn't get that much of a look on hearing about that part."

"No. I was alone. I don't know who reported or recognized me. I think Paul could answer that since he's been checking on the car and everything. Even those people in the accident will be at court in a couple days from now. That's where Paul comes in. We'll update Burger later, Della."

"Good idea."

"At the house."

"Thank you for checking on us, Dr. Webber."

"You're welcome, Ms. Street. Just call me if something changes."

"We will."

Note: Court is on the way. Mom is also later in the story.