School was boring, and then afterclasses, Luke picked me up and we went home. No one was one, so I wentupstairs and showered. I put on some basketball... shorts and a t shirt andwent to the den. Luke said he was headed out. He said mom left a note andthey were back at the hospital with a member of the church. John came in asLuke was leaving. I told John about mom and dad and he said that wasfine. He said let's go get something to eat and come back and hang out. Wegot in Johns truck and got some. "If you get afraid, I will be back here in a flash. That's my promise to you..." That was Polly playing the mother card on both of us. We hugged and kissed and they were led away within their moving cocoon, and I was once more alone.I was feeling sorry for myself when Constance came in, hopped up on my bed, and said, "SO! I hear you're awake? I've got news for you. YOU are really boring when all you do is sleep day and night!" And we were off and running...The days dragged as Doctor Abrams. This was the last weekend before spring break. If we wanted to do something together, we needed to figure something out and make plans. If we were going to sit here and watch old movies and vegetate, we needed more popcorn.Even I was surprised at the looks on the kids’ faces when Linda showed them the red and green dresses and told them they were getting blue and silver ones just like it. They went out Saturday shopping for shoes to match, then they came back, went into the ‘sewing room’ and. "Then you will move back in with us?"This was the question I had been dreading to answer, not due to its answer - which would be No, all things considered - but because I couldn't refuse the hopefulness in her voice. Yet, in the greater interests of everyone's sanity, I had to... there was no other alternative."Maybe..." There would be plenty of time to disappoint her later, I decided."I hope your father and I can convince you," Mom commented hopefully. "Speaking of your Dad, where is he?"In.