Sissy by Madelyn Bennett Edwards

Author:Madelyn Bennett Edwards [Edwards, Madelyn Bennett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: KKK, Lawyers, Cajun, Civil Rights, human rights violations, female protagonist, contemporary, family, litigation, Louisiana, mystery, crime, romance
Publisher: Madelyn Bennett Edwards
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

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Revenge

IT WAS A busy weekend in New Orleans. Rodney was moved to the inpatient Rehab floor so that he could focus on speech, occupational, and physical therapy. He still had trouble forming words, and he couldn't walk, at all. He was finally able to feed himself, although it took him an hour to eat a meal. Susie's patience was endless, as she would eat her meals with him and take slow, small bites so that they finished at the same time.

Susie insisted on being with Rodney every minute during the weekend, because the staff was off, and that's when she could be his personal therapist, working with him on his speech by giving him reading assignments that increased his ability to say words and identify sentences. She also worked with him on eye-hand coordination, throwing a beach ball to him, helping him to hold a pencil and make scribbles on paper, setting a table with plates and utensils, and insisting that he identify the fork, knife, and spoon, then reach out to grab one of them, and hold them correctly in his left hand. We were all glad Rodney was left-handed since his right arm was still stiff and weak from the bullet that went all the way through it and tore muscles, ligaments, and nerves.

I took Lilly shopping for winter clothes suitable for a college girl, and I spoke to Luke's landlord about a rental house in Baton Rouge. He told me he had one that would be available the first of December and I could see it the next time I was in town.

I left for Jean Ville at about ten o'clock Monday morning and stopped to see my dad before I got to my garage apartment. He was in the kitchen making a sandwich, and he looked better than I'd seen him in a long time.

"You're up and moving around, Daddy. That's good." I kissed him on the cheek and poured myself a glass of tea from the pitcher on the counter. We sat at the kitchen table and talked while he ate his sandwich. I didn't bring up the case, nor did he.

Daddy said that his physical therapist had been coming three times a week and took him outside to walk around the block.

"I feel like I'm getting my strength back." His tone was upbeat and positive, and it made me happy. "His name is Lyle. He explained that the more I move, the more energy I'll have. The less I move, the less energy. I'd never thought about it that way."

"I'm glad to see you doing so well, Daddy."

"Where have you been, little girl?" He had called me 'little girl' since I was a baby, and he called Susie, 'pretty girl.' Neither she nor I cared what he called us as long as he didn't get violent. He'd been physically abusive with Susie from as far back as I could remember, but he'd never hit me.

When I left my dad's house, I drove by James's office on my way to the bank to cash a check.

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