??Well, Mom, actually we have two ideas that we?ve sketched out and madepreliminary plans for. Donald and Michael are both willing to helpfront the s...tart up costs and endow either plan, but it is your home,your legacy. You have to be on board. Right now, Jesse, Victor,Michael, Darryl and I, along with our wives are sort of an ad hocfoundation exploration team. We?ll give you the bare bones of our twoconcepts and you can decide if you want us to proceed with either idea.Adrian??The. Puzzled. "Right." I crossed my feet up Indian style, frowning."So what are you waiting for?I frowned. "I'm waiting to throw it back in his face. I'm waiting to set fire to it in front of him and tell him to go to hell. I'm waiting for..." I paused, damned near seeing the light bulb light over my head. "I'm waiting for closure."To her credit, she didn't get smug, she simply waited."I'm waiting for some act on his part that tells me he didn't just turn and go back to life like I was never there.. "What's that?" Rather than simply throwing everything away, I thought I'd hang onto the personal stuff - we can always dispose of it later. I want to go through it carefully before we toss it." Makes sense to me. Can I help?" Sure, get everything out of the glove compartment and we'll go through it together."Over the next 45 minutes they completely emptied the car. Most of the contents made a long overdue trip into the trash barrel. The few contents that were possibly worth keeping easily fit. Uuee... I... sur... damn. How could you tell all that Becky? How do you know me so well? Forgive me, I did think that. It's just I can't accept your... condition and the end that is coming. You're my life Becky, and without you I will be nothing. Nothing at all." Oh... nothing at all huh? What about your three kids? What about your daughter who is pregnant with your first grandchild? What about your two sons who are married and trying to start families of their own? You think that you are.
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