Every Time I Think of You by Jim Provenzano

Author:Jim Provenzano
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw
Tags: Novel, STP Download, Recovering from Injury, Angst, First Love, Coming of Age, High School, Must Read, M/M Romance, Kindle, 70's
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2011-11-25T22:00:00+00:00

“Reid?”

A parent, I forget which one, wanted to have a talk.

“We know you’re upset, but there’s nothing you can do. We just have to hope for the best.”

Platitudes over plates of food, consumed, digested and excreted. Flower arrangements and Get Well cards chosen, delivered. Television, records and silence, heard and ignored.

“Reid?”

And then, I got another call from Holly, late at night. She sounded a little drunk.

“They’re going to do another operation, but he’s probably paralyzed for life.”

“How much?”

“It’s, they said it’s in the lumbar region, his lower back.”

“That means he might–”

“They’re not making any promises. He’s probably… oh, Reid, it’s so awful. He’s gonna be on his stomach, just laying there, with stitches on his back for a few weeks. And they keep dragging him off for more X-rays, and he’s got all these fucking tubes in his–”

“Is he conscious?”

“Yes.”

“Can he talk?”

“Yes, yes. It’s just slow-going right now.”

“Okay.”

She sounded exhausted. I stopped asking questions.

“But we’re lucky.”

“Lucky?”

“He didn’t break his neck,” Holly said. “It’s what they call an incomplete injury. That means he might get some sensation below the injury. Because it was so low–”

“Lumbar,” I recalled, like some strange new mantra.

“Right.”

A pause, and Holly sighed, overwhelmed. I wanted to be strong. But instead, out it came, pleading, “I need to see him.”

“I know. But you have to wait.”

“I know.” I didn’t, actually.

Between sniffles and swears, Holly updated me on every detail she could think of. I listened to each aspect of his accident, tying and untying a corner of my T-shirt into and out of knots.

While my own parents would come to be clear in their defenses over the ensuing weeks, other people would prove to be barriers, and opposition sprang up from the least likely places.

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