In Death He Lives by John Charles

Author:John Charles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, romance, mystery, time travel, gay romance
Publisher: Manifest Vision Publishing

Chapter 11

Terry held Lane’s hand as the pain meds helped him relax into a restful sleep. “He’ll be alright Terry. Listen to the doctor and do as he says. Love him gently Terry,” whispered Hallie as she watched her son holding the man he loved.

The opening door caught mother and son’s attention. There stood a tall slender man with arms full of equipment, a bulging shoulder bag, holding a cup with hot coffee printed on the side. “Can I come in?”

Hallie didn’t know this man, but Terry recognized him from the numerous times he visited Lane at the institute. “Here, let me help you with that stuff. I’m Lane’s partner Terry. Remember me?” he said as he took some of the equipment from the struggling man. “Mom, this is Abram, Abram Azriel. Abram, this is my mother Hallie.”

The two-shook hands as Terry continued to help Abram, who stood six foot three inches tall, and weighed only about 180 pounds. His clothes hung off his body as if they were two sizes too big. Shaggy black hair that looked like it needed grooming and sparkling brown eyes in a baby face gave him the appearance of a teenager pretending to be a man. “Sherry brought me up to date and asked that I try to help Lane’s memory problem.”

“Do you think you can?” whispered a hopeful Terry as he moved to stand next to his mother near the bed. "He’s had some memory recall this morning, but nothing spectacular.”

“Actually, we’ve been working on something for people with Alzheimer’s. We know their problem lies in the diminished ability of synapses of the brain to send impulses to each other, thus limiting memory and other functions.”

Hallie interrupted, “How does that relate to Lane. He doesn’t have Alzheimer’s.”

“Mom, let the man continue. I have a feeling he’ll get to that.”

Abram smiled at the mother-son bickering. My mom would ask that too. “From what we’ve learned in doing our research, memory relies on the ability of the brain to send electrical signals across synaptic pathways. When something blocks or prevents the signals, a person forgets. We know the information is still there, but the person can no longer access it.”

“Okay, I get that. How do you open those pathways?” asked Terry.

“We have been developing some ideas on that topic, but have not begun lab testing on a full scale as yet. I’d like to use these procedures on Lane,” said a very self-sure scientist. Then holding up his hands to stop Hallie from talking, he said, “I know it sounds scary, but the worst case would be that Lane sees no immediate improvement in regaining his memory. But if it does work, we think it might do more than only helping him with memory loss.”

“What do you mean by that?” asked Hallie showing concern. “Could your procedure hurt him?”

“No, to the contrary it might help him in other ways. I have talked to everyone on the team since you spoke with Sherry. Oh, she said to tell you that she would be here in a little while.

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