Uncanny Day by Cory Clubb

Author:Cory Clubb [Clubb, Cory]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: fantasy, YA, Superhero
Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Chapter Twenty-seven

AS DR. VANCE BEGAN to speak about my dad, I didn’t know what to feel. A mixture of emotions flooded my already-racing head.

“Jacob,” Dr. Vance said, promptly stopped, smirked at me, and then began again. “Sorry. Your father has made resounding progress in treatment. I can’t go into specific details, but of that progress, I can be certain.” He waited for my reaction. I had none. Seeing that, he continued, “It has been a little over a year since he arrived, and since then, he has been one of my very best patients.”

Best patient? This guy had to be full of it.

“Nolan, if anything, please know this. Your father loves you very much.”

I dipped my head and raised my eyebrows at him, giving him an “Are you frickin’ kidding me?” face. I wanted to bust out laughing. This doctor was a crock. Somebody didn’t live his life abusing his son, go mutant insane, and then talk to a psychologist and simply turn it all around.

Something told me Dr. Vance knew I’d respond that way. He was getting me worked up, but why? I wanted to know what this guy was really up to, but instead, he offered me the couch Tracy had been sitting on and asked me to lie down.

“If you could, please, just relax. I’d like to hear your perspective on your father. Forget that my coming here is on his behalf, and let’s make this about you.”

I didn’t see the harm in that and did as he asked.

“Explain to me, if you would, your first impression of your father—not the first time you became aware of him, but the first impression of him right now, in this very moment. What do you feel?”

I stared at the ceiling, folded my arms over my chest, and decided this couldn’t be all bad. Heck, maybe it was what I needed. I spoke.

“He’s nothing to me but a shrewd coward, a bully, a freak, a half-cocked loon, and he has wanted nothing more in life than to see me suffer.” It felt good to say those things. I hadn’t expected that.

The doctor let a moment pass. He wasn’t so bad, I conceded.

Then I looked at him and saw he was taking notes.

“Let me explain to you, Nolan, why your father treated you in the way that he did.”

This should be good, I thought.

Dr. Vance continued, “Did you know that your mother left him shortly after you were born?”

A breath of air caught in my chest. I was shocked. Dad never mentioned his wife, my mom. When I asked questions about her, he simply started to loosen his belt. Let’s just say I stopped asking.

“That’s…that’s still no excuse,” I mumbled.

The doctor went on. “You’re right, Nolan. You see, people react to certain experiences in a multitude of ways. What I mean to say is that the mind is a fragile thing.”

I knew exactly what he was talking about. I had experienced it daily.

Jotting down some more on his pad, the doctor spoke again.

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