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Feb 13, 2007 18:11:30 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 13, 2007 18:11:30 GMT 10
This is a new and original fan fic I thought of. It centers around Abby, Luka, Morris, Carter, and Sam. They are in a Rehab Center dealing with different addictions. This first chapter describes the characters, their addictions, and how their addiction is affecting each of them.
Character Descripition: Abigail Lockhart(Abby) is struggling with an addiction to alcohol. She has been known to get up in the mornings, have a few drinks before work. Go to work, come home, and hit the bottle again. Things started affecting her right after her divorce from Richard. She would start blaming herself for the divorce. Things really got worse, when Richard sued for sole custody of their daughter Lisa. The courts granted custody to Richard. Abby was only allowed to see her daughter on weekends only, and with supervision. Things turned from bad to worse one night when Abby went out drinking with some friends. She thought she could drive home. She got behind the wheel of her car, and tried to drive home. Instead of driving home, she drove her car into somebody's elses home. Thank god nobody was hurt. The police arrested her and took off to jail that night. The next morning she went in front of Judge Sullivan. He told her that she would have to either complete 6 months at a rehab center or spend a year in jail. If she accepted the rehab offer, and she completed it, then she would have a better chance on getting her daughter back. If she did not finish it, then Richard would have sole custody, and she would have her visitations taken away. Abby agreed to the rehab.
Archie Morris was living the good life, he married his high school sweetheart, and a job working as a computer analyzer. He came home one night from work, and caught his wife in bed with another man. After that Morris started using cocoaine. He first started using it at a party his friends were having one night. First he started using it just to get a quick fix. Then he would use it a little more everyday. To finally he was supporting a $1,000.00 a day habit. One night at a party, Morris's friends mixed his cocaine with the PCP(Angel Dust). Morris snorted the concotion up his nose. After while two of his friends spotted him on the top of the roof naked. He thought he could fly. A passer by called the police. After a couple of hours of trying to get Morris to come down form the roof, he finally came down. The police took Morris in for postion and disordlie conduct. That night when Morris was in jail, he thought long and hard about going into rehab.
Samantha Taggart(Sam) is a 29 year old nurse, with one son Alex. All of her life Sam has been told that she was to fat. Her dad would tell her, that she was always to big. When she met Steve she thought she would get out from under her fathers thumb. Was she ever wrong. Steve started in on her. Calling her fat everywhere they went. Things started getting really bad, when they would go out and eat. Steve would order her food for her. When she had Alex, Sam gained 20 pounds, and things got real bad then. Steve would blame Sam for having a big baby. Alex weighed in at 9 pounds at birth. One night Sam looked in the mirror, and decided that she needed to lose weight, and fast. She started stuffing herself with food each night, when Steve was at work. She would find the donuts, chips, soda, and whatever else she could find. After Alex was put into bed, Sam would enter the bathroom, close the door, and stick her finger down her throat, throwing up what ever she had just eaten. A few weeks later Sam noticed that she was indeed loosing weight. Steve even complinted her on how she was looking. Sam would get to the point where she would have to binge and purge after every meal. One night while Grandma Gracie was visiting, she noticed how skinny Sam was getting. She took Sam in the bedroom, and wanted to know what was going on. Sam told her grandmother that she was on a diet. Gracie did not believe her granddaughter. Her suspcions proved to be true, when she heard Sam in the kitchen, and then caught her making herself throw up, by using her tooth brush. Gracie took Sam to the hospital that night. After the doctor talked with both Sam and Gracie it was decided that Sam needed help for her addiction. She divorced Steve, gave custody of Alex to Gracie, and entered rehab.
Luka Kovac was a sucessful doctor in his native country of Croatia. He had a beautiful wife Danijela and two beautiful children Jasna and Marko. His family was killed during the war in Croatia. After losing his family. Luka decided to come to the United States. When he arrived he felt lost and along. This was all new to him. One night while sitting in a little cafe out side of Chicago, two gentleman started talking to Luka, and introduced him to Meth. He took a hit, and loved the feeling he got from it. He felt no more pain, of the loss of his family. He also liked how it made him feel. He felt like he was on top of the world. He started using it everyday. One day a friend started to teach Luka how to make the stuff. Luka thought things were going well, until one night his home was raided, and Luka was carted off to jail, for manufacturing, and position. The judge gave Luka a choice, either go to rehab and get help, and find a job, or go to jail. Luka chose rehab.
John Truman Carter II was working as an intern at the local hospital in Chicago, when one night during a staff Valentine party, he was brutually attacked my derranged patient. He was stabbed in the back. His friend and colleluge Lucy Knight was also attacked, and died from her injuries. Carter recovered from his injuries, but was in constant pain. He would take more and more pain killers to help relieve the pain. One day thinking he was in pain, Carter rummaged through his gamma's house looking for anything that would help him relieve the pain. After finding nothing at gamma's, he headed to the hospital. He goes inside and finds where the narcotics are kept. He grabs the keys that were laying on the table. He breaks into the lock box, and steals some percocets. Unknown to Carter a colleluge of his was watching what he was doing, and reported him to his boss. Carter was given the option, either go to rehab and get the help. When he was done with rehab he could return to work, but on one condition, he would have to have random drug testing, or lose his job, and possibly be arrested for stealing narcotics. After having an impossible night Carter decided to go to rehab.
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Feb 13, 2007 19:23:18 GMT 10
Post by rorygilmore on Feb 13, 2007 19:23:18 GMT 10
Reading about all these characters, their addictions makes me think this promises to be a very interesting fic. I also think you've picked the right characters...I 'cause for example; I couldn't think about Neela or Hope having an addiction (they're too...angelic LOL)...though Pratt as a sex addict would do Keep on with your work, D!!!
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Feb 14, 2007 8:58:50 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 14, 2007 8:58:50 GMT 10
CHAPTER 2
THE FIRST DAY
Abby walked through the gate at Peacful Rivers Drug and Alochol Treatment Center. She took a look around, and wondered if she was actually doing the right thing. Over in the corner of the small garden she noticed a man standing there. He was tall, handsome. She wondered what he was doing here. Abby walked over to him and introduced herself. "Hello there, my name is Abby Lockhart." The man turned around, he had the most wonderful smile on his face. "Hello my name is Luka Kovac." he said with a thick accent.
"Where are you from?" Abby asked Luka. "Orginially I am from Croatia, but more recently I have lived in and around the Chicago area." He replied to her. "May I ask where you are from?" "Sure," Abby replied. "I am from Minnesota." They started walking around the garden, talking about their pasts, their hopes and their dreams. As they were walking they ran into another man, he introdueced himself as Brad Grant, the program director at Peacful Rivers. He shook hands with both Abby and Luka. "You two must be Abigail Lockheart, and Luka Kovac," he said as he looked at his clipboard. Abby corrected him. "I go by Abby, not Abigail." "Ok, Abby it is." replied Mr. Grant.
"First I am going to take you inside and introduce you to the rest of the staff here at Peacful Rivers." Mr. Grant told them. They walked to the two story building. They entered through the front door, and down a long hallway. They came to a door with a lock on it. Mr. Grant punched in the code, and they were able to enter. They came to the admit desk, Mr. Grant introduced them to the admitting clerk. "This here is Susan Lewis, she is our admitting clerk." "Glad to meet you." replied Susan. "Same here," replied both Abby and Luka. After they were admitted, then they were taken to another room, where they were given the rules and regulations of the place.
Abby and Luka where looking over the rules and regulations, when Mr. Grant's pager goes off. "I have to go, but I will be back soon." He leaves Abby and Luka reading their papers. "I am not sure about this place." Abby said as she was reading her paper. "The first week we have to be in a detox center." Then we will have attend group sessions twice a day." Abby said with a groan in her voice. Luka replied back to her. "I wonder what other characters will be joining us." Just as Luka said that, Mr. Grant entered the room with a skinny young woman. "Abby, Luka this here is Samantha Taggart." said Mr. Grant. "Hello, you can call me Sam," the young lady replied. She sat down and started filling out the paper work, and reading the rules and regulations. Mr Grant told them that the other two gentleman would be joing them tomorrow. He then showed everybody where they would be sleeping just for tonight.
Sam and Abby laid down on the cots provided in the corner. Abby laid there wondering what Lisa was up to. Sam turned over and looked up at the ceiling, she too was wondering how her son Alex was doing. Luka layed down on the couch, before long the three fell asleep.
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Feb 14, 2007 10:49:45 GMT 10
Post by Bah on Feb 14, 2007 10:49:45 GMT 10
sounds a great ideia!
keep going!
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Feb 14, 2007 18:56:34 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 14, 2007 18:56:34 GMT 10
CHAPTER 3
MEETING MORRIS
The next morning Abby, Luka, and Sam were awaken by the fire alarm going off. "What is going on?" wondered Abby. Just as Abby opened the door, she was knock down to the floor. Sam and Luka walked over to her. "Are you ok?" They asked her. "Yes I am fine." replied Abby. Luka helped her up, and they walked out into the hall.
Susan the admitting clerk, ran past them. "Hey you guys come on, we have evucate the facility." she told them as she passed them. Abby, Luka, and Sam followed her out the door. After everybody was outside, and cleared of the building. Mr. Grant found his three new patients. "What is going on?" Asks Luka Mr. Grant tells them that Crazy Charlie tried to set his sheets on fire again. Everybody looks at Mr. Grant, and wonders if they are at the right place. A few minutes later the bell to return to the building rang, and Mr. Grant took everybody back inside.
An hour has passed, Mr. Grant comes back with two gentleman. "Abby, Luka, and Sam, this here is Archie Morris, and John Carter." he tells the other three. "Glad to meet you." says Carter. "Well now since everybody has been introduced, I am going to tell you what is going to happen in the next week." Mr. Grant tells them. He tells them that Abby, Luka, Morris, and Carter will be spending a week in detox. Sam he tells her that she will automatically go to a dorm room, and start nutruition counseling. Morris looks at everybody, and angrily slams his fist into the wall. "Why doesn't she have to go detox." asks Morris. Mr. Grant tells everybody that is in her for an addiction, but not to drugs, or alochol. Sam has an eating disorder. Morris then starts to calm down.
A few minutes later a big guy comes walking in the room. "Hello everybody, my name is Jerry. I will be taking Luka, Carter, and Morris with me over to the detox center." He tells everybody. Jerry explains to the group that he is the guard over at the detox center. Morris asks him, "Why they need to have a guard there?" Jerry explains to Morris that when people are detoxing they can be violent, cry, blame themselves or others. They go through night sweats, shaking." He signs the release forms, and the three gentleman walk off with Jerry. Sam and Abby are talking when a female middle aged with a cane walks in. "Abigail Lockheart." she says as she is looking at her clipboard. "I am Abigail, but I would rather be called Abby." She tells the woman. "Ok Abby, my name is Kerry, I am going to take you over to the womans side of the detox center. Are you ready to go? Abby gives Sam a hug, and tells her that she will see her in a week. Sam waves good bye as Abby walks out the door.
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Feb 14, 2007 22:02:40 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 14, 2007 22:02:40 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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Feb 15, 2007 0:29:03 GMT 10
Post by lubylover08 on Feb 15, 2007 0:29:03 GMT 10
YOU HAVE STARTED A GREAT FIC!!!!!!!!! GOOD JOB PLEASE KEEEP GOING!!!!!!! :_)
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Feb 15, 2007 2:11:56 GMT 10
Post by Bah on Feb 15, 2007 2:11:56 GMT 10
great update!!
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Feb 15, 2007 16:32:05 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 15, 2007 16:32:05 GMT 10
This chapter deals with Sam only.
CHAPTER 4
A NEW DAY
Sam stood in the room, by herself. Everybody had left to the detox center, and Mr. Grant had left to attend a meeting. A hour later, Sam heard the door opening. "Hello Samantha?" the voice called to her. Sam turned around and noticed a young lady standing there. "Hello, my name is Hope. I am the nutrion counselor here." replied the young lady. Sam shook hands with her, and followed Hope out of the door.
"First we will take you to be weighed, then you will meet your roommate, and finally we will take you down for lunch." Sam thought to herself, "Will I be able to keep my food down." Hope and Sam entered a room with a scale in it. "Please step on the scale." Hope asked Sam. Sam stepped on the scale. "You weigh 75 pounds." Hope tells Sam. After writing the weight on the paper, Hope tells Sam that she is going to meet her roommate now.
After walking down a long hall way, they came to some doors. Noises were coming from the other side. "This here is the commons area of the dorm." Hope tells Sam. They enter the door. "Ok everybody listen up, this here is Samantha Taggart. She is new today, please make her feel at home, and help her out." Hope tells the ladies that are standing around the commons area. Hope then reminds the ladies that lunch will be in 20 minutes. "Christa remember to bring your calorie chart, we need to be charting your caloric intake." She tells a shy girl standing by the window. Hope then takes Sam to her room. "This here is your room, and this is your roommate Nicole." Hope reminded the ladies that lunch was in 10 minutes.
Sam looked around the room, she put her stuff on the bed, and sits down. She runs her hands through her hair. She then stands back up. "Want to go to lunch with me?" Nicole asks Sam. "Sure,"replies Sam. They walk down to the commons area. There Nicole Sam where she can find her daily caloric intake charts. "We take this form here, when we go through the meal line, we have to write down everything we eat. Then when we get to the end of the line, the calories are counted." We then take this form to our meetings." Nicole tellls Sam. They enter the lunch room. Sam picks up a tray and proceeds through the line. After she has selected her food, and having her calories counted, she finds a table next to Nicole and Christa.
Later on in the afternoon, Sam attends her first group meeting. There she meets five other woman. "Please come in and join us." The counselor tells her. Sam slowly walks in, and takes a seat. The counselor introduces herself. "Hello my name is Elizabeth, I am the counselor for this group." Sam shakes hands with her. "Ok settle down everybody, we are going to get started." Elizabeth tells the group. The first thing we are going to do, is tell everybody your name. A young lady stands up. "Hello my name is Lydia." She is then followed by the rest of the grope. "Christa, Nicole, Amanda, Tisha." Sam tells everybody that she glad to meet all of them. Group goes well for the first day. After the meeting, Sam heads back to her room at the dorm.
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Feb 16, 2007 5:13:23 GMT 10
Post by Bah on Feb 16, 2007 5:13:23 GMT 10
great update!
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Feb 16, 2007 18:43:41 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 16, 2007 18:43:41 GMT 10
CHAPTER 5
THE DETOX CENTER.
Jerry walks Morris, John, and Luka in a small room, in the detox center. "Please remove your shoes, and put them in the box that is in front of you." Jerry tells them. He gives each of them a special pair of shoes. He then takes them to their rooms. "For the first few days, you will be in a room by yourselves." Explains Jerry. Morris looks at Jerry, and asks him "why?" "When you are detoxing, we do not want you to end up hurting yourself, or other people." Jerry tells Morris. "Ok now we are going to go and meet the two guys who will be here through the night with you. If you have any problems, they will be able to help you out." Jerry tells them.
Meanwhile in the woman's detox center.... Abby enters the building with Kerry. Kerry takes her into a room. She asks Abby to please remove her shoes. Abby is then given a pair of special shoes to wear. Kerry tells her" that while she is here for her detoxing, she would be monitored every hour. Should she have any problems there would be someone there for her. Next Abby is taken to another room. "Please sit here. " Kerry tells her. Abby sits down and wonders what is going on. Kerry hands her a small pill. "Here take this." she tells Abby. "What are you giving me?" Abby demands to know. It is something that will help you with the night sweats." Kerry tells her. Abby takes the pill.
Kerry takes Abby to her room, on their way there Kerry passes by the desk. "Hello Neela, how are you doing today?" she asks the lady behind the desk. "Looks like we have a newbie here." replies Neela. "Yes we do, this is Abby, she will be here for about a week." Kerry says. "Glad to meet you Abby, I'm Neela, if you have any problems, just let me know, and I can help you out." Abby thanks her, and walks off following Kerry. They come to a door. This is your room, for the next week. Abby walks in, and takes a look around. She then goes over to the bed and sits down. Dinner will be in a hour, myself or Neela will come and walk with you to dinner." Kerry tells Abby. Kerry walks out of the room. Abby takes a picture out her suitcase, she looks at the picture, then she touches the picture. "I will be better soon, and then you and mommy will be together again." Abby tells the picture.
Morris, John, and Luka are each given a small pill as well. Jerry then takes them to their rooms. As they are walking down the hallway, they pass by another gentleman, "Hello," he says as he passes by in a hurry. "Who was that?'" John wonders. "That was Malik, he is our janitor here." Jerry tells the group. They first stop by a door. "Ok Morris this here is your room, they walk in, Jerry tells Morris that he will be back in an hour to pick him up for dinner. Morris thanks him, and Jerry walks out. Morris paces around the room. He keeps mumbling to himself, "I don't have a problem, I don't need to be here."
Jerry then walks Luka and John to their rooms, he tells both of them that he would pick them up for dinner. They both thank Jerry. In his room, Carter takes out some paper and starts to write a letter to his gamma. Meanwhile Luka is in his room praying. A hour later Jerry comes by and picks the guys up for dinner. He tells them that everybody eats together here. When they enter the dining area, Luka, Morris, and John notice Abby sitting by herself. They come over to her table, and notice that she has been crying. "Hey Abby what's up?" Morris asks. "Not much," Abby tells them, as she wipes a tear away. Morris wants to know why she has been crying. Abby pulls a picture out of her pocket. "This is why I have been crying." Abby shows them a picture of her daughter Lisa. After dinner everybody returns to their rooms. As the evening wears on strange things start to happen to each of them.
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Feb 16, 2007 19:50:06 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 16, 2007 19:50:06 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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Feb 17, 2007 3:29:02 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 17, 2007 3:29:02 GMT 10
Thanks for the replies. The next 4 chapters deals with each of the other four characters. These next chapters take place all in one night. Enjoy.
CHAPTER 6 THE DEMONS WITHIN ABBY
Abby made her way down to the shower room. She looked around, put her stuff on a shelf. She turned on the water, took off her robe, and stepped inside. She begin to feel funny. She was not sure what the feeling was. Could it be that someone or something was watching her. She started to let the water run over her hair. As she was washing her hair Abby realized that she hadn't had a drink in the day she was there. She suddenly realized that the voices she was hearing, where telling her that she needed to find a drink, and quickly. Then there were other voices. These voices were telling her, that she did not to drink. She had to remember what she was there for. To get her daughter back. Abby confused by each of the voices, started to cry, and shake. She puts her hands over her face, and slides down the wall.
"Are you ok in there?" A voice calls out. "Yes I am fine." Replies Abby. Abby slowly stands up, and finishes washing herself. She then steps out of the shower, and dries herself off. Again she starts hearing the voices to take a drink. Abby looks around, wondering where the voices were coming from. After searching the entire shower room, and not finding anybody or anything. She stands in the middle of the shower room, and starts yelling. "Get away from me, I don't need you, and I don't want you." She collapses on the floor, in a cold sweat.
Abby wakes up on a small cot, where she was she wondered. She looked around, her head felt so fuzzy, like it was floating. "How are you feeling?" Kerry asked her. "I think I feel ok, what happened?" replies Abby. Kerry told her that she was having some reactions to the pill she took earlier. "This is Haleah, she is one of our residents here at Peaceful Rivers." She lives over in the dorms, but comes over here to volunteer. Haleah helps out with the new residents coming into treatment." Kerry tells Abby. "Nice to meet you Abby." says Haleah. "Same here."replies Abby. Abby feels like she ready to go back to her room. Kerry lets her go back, but has Haleah walk Abby back to make sure that she gets back safely.
While they are walking back, Abby and Haleah start talking. "How long have you been here?" Abby asks Haleah. "I have been here for five months now. I came here because my drinking got out of hand. I was drinking all day long, I would wake up in the morning. I would keep a bottle of booze by the bedside. I finally hit bottom when I was fired from my job, and lost my house all in one day." Haleah tells Abby. "What brings you here?" Haleah wants to know. "I am here because of my drinking. I married at a young age, then I had my daughter within a year of our marriage. I couldn't handle the pressures of being a wife, mother, and going to medical school full time. I went out one night and a drink. The drink was good, and it made me feel good. Then I decided that I needed more to drink. Things went bad to worse, when my ex husband filed for divorce, and got sole custody of our daughter Lisa. That evening I was depressed I went out, and started to drink with some friends. I thought I could drive home, instead I drove into somebody elses house. The judge ordered me here, or I lose Lisa completely." Abby tells Haleah.
When Abby gets back to her room, she tells Haleah good night. She goes into her room, gives her daughter a kiss good night. She then lays down, closes her eyes, and falls asleep.
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Feb 17, 2007 3:36:14 GMT 10
Post by ERFanRach on Feb 17, 2007 3:36:14 GMT 10
Great Update!!!
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Feb 18, 2007 5:56:53 GMT 10
Post by jacobsmommy on Feb 18, 2007 5:56:53 GMT 10
CHAPTER 7
THE LONG ROAD MORRIS
When mealtime ended Morris decided to go and watch a little tv before turning in. He found his way to the rec room. When he got to the rec area, he found a pool table, a tv, and a few tables that had been set up, so people could play cards. Morris finds the remote to the tv, and turns it on. The evening news is on, Morris turns up the tv, sits back, and starts to relax.
Just as he is getting comfortable Morris starts to feel kind of funny, not sure of the feeling he has. As Morris is watching the screen on the tv. He starts to notice the screen is beginning to look funny to him. He rubs his eyes, and looks at his watch. He notices that it is only 7:30pm. "I'm not tired yet," replies Morris, but my eyes feel so funny. A few minutes later, Morris gets up off his chair, and runs to the bathroom. He looks in the mirror. He sees that sweat is just pouring off of him. "Why am I sweating so bad?" he wondered. Morris takes a hand full of water and splashes his face with it. "Ah that's better." replies Morris.
Just as Morris is ready to leave the bathroom, he feels as if his skin is on fire. He rushes back over to the sink, screaming. "Help somebody, I'm on fire." "Why won't anybody help me?" he screams out, as if his skin was on fire. Morris runs out of the bathrrom, without his shirt, and pants on. He is running down the hallways, screaming that he is on fire. Residents start coming out of their rooms, to see what is going on. Two of the residents Timmy and Yosh step from their rooms, and notice somebody running down the hallway in his underwear. Timmy goes into his room, and pulls his emergency cord.
A balding older man comes running to the area, where Timmy and Yosh are standing. "Why did you pull your cord?" Robert Romano wanted to know. There is some guy running down the hallway screaming he is on fire." Yosh replied back to Romano. Romano gets on his radio, and alerts the security guards that there is a resident running around without anything on, but his underwear.
Jerry is sitting at his desk, when he notices that Morris is running past him. He gets up, and chases after Morris. He catches up to him, and tackles him to the ground. Morris is thrashing around, and yelling that is still on fire. Jerry tells him to calm down, that he is not on fire, but having a detox reaction to the drugs. He has not been without cocaine for a day and half. His body is going to start cleansing itself. Morris lays there on the floor, he starts to cry, "Why me, why me?" he keeps saying over and over. Jerry helps Morris to stand up, and slowly walks him back to his room. When they get back, Jerry helps Morris onto his bed, covers him up, shuts out the light. Morris finally falls asleep. ____________________________________________________ That is your introduction to Romano, he will be back a little later in the story.
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