The Road Les Travelled by Chris Fisher
Author:Chris Fisher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Saskatchewan, Hockey, NHL, Hall of Fame, Family, Road Trip, Family, Father, Ailing Father, Humour
ISBN: 9781550509991
Publisher: Coteau Books
For the Carsons. Enjoy!
From your Sears Family
âThatâs some company you work for,â Dad said.
Uncle had come into the living room munching peanuts.
âThereâs chips, chocolate bars, beer nuts, pretzels, everything,â he said.
âYou just help yourself?â Dad asked. âHow do you know itâs for us?â
âItâs our room,â Uncle said, tossing Dad a peanut. âDoes that flashing light mean anything?â
He was pointing at the phone on the desk.
âSomebody left us a message,â I said, picking up the handset.
âProbably mother,â Dad said. âWoman canât live without me.â
I pushed the button and followed the instructions.
âMr. Carson, itâs the Toronto Star calling. Please call Drew Thompson when you get in: 547-6891, extension 53. Weâd like to do an interview for tomorrowâs edition. It will go out on the wire and the Western papers will pick it up from there. Please call Drew, 547-6891, extension 53, before you go to the game.â
I wrote down the name and number. âSome guy from the Toronto Star wants to do an interview,â I said.
âYou talk,â Dad said. âIâm going to lie down.â
Uncle said, âIâm going down to the lobby to look around.â
âOkay,â I said. âIâll call this guy, and you get some rest, Dad. Uncle, donât go too far, especially underground. You can walk for miles down there and itâs easy to get turned around.â
âIâm from the city, too, remember?â
âThatâs Moose Jaw, Uncle. Thereâs more people working in this Hotel than in all of downtown Moose Jaw. Itâs four, so just be back within an hour. Weâll need to get ready to go.â
Once Uncle left, Dad checked out both bedrooms and chose the one closest to the bathroom. I pulled the curtains while he took his pill and got ready for his needle.
Once Dad was settled on top of his king-sized bed, I went back to the living room and dialed the reporterâs number.
âStar.â
âDrew Thompson, please.â
âYouâve got her.â
âI must have the wrong number. My message was from a man.â
âWhoâs this?â
âIâm Les Carson, calling from the Royal York. I had a message to call...â
âMr. Carson, you do have the right number. Larry, our administrative assistant, makes all our appointments. It frees us up to do what we do best.â
âOkay, Miss Thompson, how do you want to start?â
âLetâs start by you calling me Drew, and Iâll call you Les.â
âFair enough, Drew. What would you like to know?â
âWhat possessed you to drive three days to visit Toronto?â
âIt was four days, and I had some spare time.â
âCome on, Les. Iâve driven that road. No one makes that trip if they donât have to.â
âWhat possessed you to make it?â I asked.
âI had to. Iâm originally from Weyburn; took Jour-nalism at the U of R. I got this job through a school interview, and then couldnât afford to fly. Besides, I had my futon to haul out.â
âEverywhere you go,â I said, âyou meet someone from Saskatchewan.â
âThatâs why I took the story, because someone purposely driving that road for three or four days with relatives along intrigued me.â
âWell, itâs not as intriguing as it may seem. Dad wanted to see the Hockey Hall of Fame, and, because of his heart, he canât fly.
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