He’d been yelling by the end of it and was now standing right in front of her desk. Two concerned nurses peeked in and gave her a questioning look. She motioned them away and said, “Oliver, you didn’t tell me this when we spoke yesterday.”
“I most certainly did.”
“You most certainly did not.”
“Yes I did. I said it right here in this room and said it to you.”
“No, you didn’t, Oliver. You might think you did, but if you actually had--if you had told me how serious it was—I would’ve done something.”
“I swore I told you.”
“You told me some things, but you left a lot out. Now, what I’m going to do is switch your medications, alright? Take this and get it filled when you leave, they’ll be closing soon.”
She took out a pen pad and began to scrawl. “What you were experiencing was emotion detachment, which is a symptom of the medication. This is …show more content…
“Well, come on in. Dinner’s in the making . . .”
They stepped inside. December is the coldest month, and Elaine had her hands burrowed deep into her pockets to shield against the cold. Inside the trailer came a warm breeze of air that licked you before consuming you, and in the back of it Elaine could make out the soft popping of something boiling on the stove. A thick aroma of some meat, rife with spices and glazes filled the air and made it hard to think about much else.
Her grandfather talked and talked, having them take off their jackets and set the table and all the while never stopping his jaws. He talked about a lot of things: the kids two houses down who left tire tracks on the pavement and would surely get themselves killed on day if they weren’t careful, his crackpot landlord who visited him once a month and never had anything to say about the JFK assassination and secret U.S. coups, the manager and how she has the kids in driving exams drive her around to run errands, and the latest on his best old friend, who was shot in the face, accidently, while hunting
“I most certainly did.”
“You most certainly did not.”
“Yes I did. I said it right here in this room and said it to you.”
“No, you didn’t, Oliver. You might think you did, but if you actually had--if you had told me how serious it was—I would’ve done something.”
“I swore I told you.”
“You told me some things, but you left a lot out. Now, what I’m going to do is switch your medications, alright? Take this and get it filled when you leave, they’ll be closing soon.”
She took out a pen pad and began to scrawl. “What you were experiencing was emotion detachment, which is a symptom of the medication. This is …show more content…
“Well, come on in. Dinner’s in the making . . .”
They stepped inside. December is the coldest month, and Elaine had her hands burrowed deep into her pockets to shield against the cold. Inside the trailer came a warm breeze of air that licked you before consuming you, and in the back of it Elaine could make out the soft popping of something boiling on the stove. A thick aroma of some meat, rife with spices and glazes filled the air and made it hard to think about much else.
Her grandfather talked and talked, having them take off their jackets and set the table and all the while never stopping his jaws. He talked about a lot of things: the kids two houses down who left tire tracks on the pavement and would surely get themselves killed on day if they weren’t careful, his crackpot landlord who visited him once a month and never had anything to say about the JFK assassination and secret U.S. coups, the manager and how she has the kids in driving exams drive her around to run errands, and the latest on his best old friend, who was shot in the face, accidently, while hunting