The Reveal

It was in this dark abyss that I really got in touch with myself.  It seems I finally had time for that contemplation that one only gets while driving in a car for a long period of time.  It is a fantastic thing for your mind to wander.  What are we going to think about now?  What problems can I solve by simply letting my mind meander and mull over and over the simplest of details.  This was fun.  I want to think about................. jelly beans.  Jelly beans are good.  Jelly beans are sweet.  I once watched a documentary on jelly beans.  They are all the same until almost the last step when the flavor is added.  Next subject is cats.  Where do cats get off being so moody. 

"Cats are moody?"  Katey just stood there in the doorway and had this quizzicle look on her face.  She muttered to herself again "Cats are moody?" 

Don lay motionless in the hospital bed.  He knew Katey was there.  How did she know?  Cats are moody.

Katey thought to herself again, "Why are cats moody"  She quickly sat down and pondered the whole thought.

The thought was fleeting.  Just as quick as it came it went away.  It was 11:00 pm and this was her time to be with her dad. 

The hospital room was very sterile.  It smelled of bleach and some sort of pine smell.  It was really the epitome of sterile.  Katey hated the whole scenerio.  Why did her dad have to be in the hospital anyway.  She could be his caretaker.  Katey could do everything that needed to be done.  It was just very irritating.  Knowing that her dad lay there and that nothing could be done. 

Katey started to break down.  It was getting to be more than she could handle.  It was frustrating and heartbreaking.  All this and no answers.  No reason that the doctors could come up with that her dad lay there motionless and in a coma.  No reason. 

Katey got up from her seat.  She walked over to the door and turned off the light.  It was after eleven and the lights would be out for a normal person. 

She took her normal seat and closed her eyes.

"Thank you"

Katey opened her eyes and thought to herself.  "You're Welcome" 

What just happened?  Katey sat up now and looked intently at her dad.  Daddy?

"You never called me Daddy"

Katey put her head in her hands and cried.  It was a cry of disbelief and a cry that you would only cry when you haven't seen someone for a very long time.  Or heard from someone.

So many questions.  Is this for real? Who am I talking to? Dad, is that you?  What is going on?

So begins...................The Shadow talk.