Time to Let Go by Christoph Fischer

Author:Christoph Fischer [Fischer, Christoph]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alzheimers, Fiction, Literary, Retail
ISBN: 9781499130591
Amazon: 1499130597
Barnesnoble: 1499130597
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2014-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14: Sunday

The next morning the alarm went off, again late and halfway through the headlines. It was not like Walter to have forgotten to fix the old radio. He had meant to do that yesterday. What was happening to him? Without disturbing his wife he got up and went to the bathroom.

He had slept poorly, reliving the anger from the encounter with the police, and the shame of it.

Sunday was the one day a week he let Biddy sleep until she woke up by naturally. In her life before Alzheimer’s disease she had always enjoyed a slightly altered routine and he saw no reason why he should not keep that regular irregularity. Hanna was already awake, or at least he could hear her music.

After lengthy consideration he decided to ring his son Henrik before everyone else got up, so nobody could hear all the humiliating details of last night. Henrik’s discretion and confidentiality were reliable enough and, being used to shift work at the hotels, he was available for calls at all times.

“I am sure this is no big thing,” Henrik assured him calmly once he heard the story. “I am actually not too far from you at the moment. I was half thinking of coming to see you anyway while Hanna is still there. I’ll get in the car now and I will see you in about an hour. I can come to the police station with you and explain that you are under stress because of mother and that you are very sorry, blah blah blah. Trust me; we can sort this out before lunch time.”

“Thank you,” said a very relieved Walter.

His son had such an air of authority about him, Walter felt surprisingly comforted by it. Now all he had to do was to make sure Hanna did not see him coming back in the car that was supposedly parked inside the garage. Or, he could just tell them that he had been drinking yesterday and responsibly left the car near the pub. But he was a bad liar and Hanna might offer to drop him off where he allegedly had left it. He wished Henrik was here already to take care of it.

“How was your evening out?” Hanna asked when she came down for breakfast. She put the kettle on and started putting out plates for the family.

“Fine. Just fine,” Walter replied. He backed into the corner to get out of her way. “Would you like some toast?” he offered, with excessive sincerity.

“No thanks, I’ll stick to my cereal,” Hanna replied, starting to take things out of the fridge and put them onto the table.

“Of course, how silly of me.”

“Where did you go last night?” Hanna asked without looking up from her business.

“A sports pub in the centre, I can’t remember the name. I watched an old game that was quite controversial at the time. It was fun.”

“Are you sure?” Hanna asked. “You don’t sound very happy.”

“Yes, I am sure,” he said, backing physically and psychologically more into the corner.

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