Bates’ words play on a constant repeat inside of my head. It’s been four long months and I haven’t heard a word from Pierce. Not a letter or a phone call. I’ve been waiting by the phone and checking the mail religiously, in hopes of some form of communication from him. I have received nothing. I have cried and mourned his absence from my life. Bates has been invaluable to me. He shows up weekly, like clockwork, to do whatever it is I need help with. Last week, he built the baby’s crib, a gift from my brother. A gift I needed too badly to send back. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart, with tears rolling down my cheeks. “Proud to be an uncle, Kent. I’ll do whatever I can. I wish I could do more. If I weren’t so busy in school, I’d come there and help you,” he says, his words hardly above a whisper. It’s late and surely his roommate is sleeping close by. “You’ve done more than I ever expected or could dream of, Conn. Thank you so much. When you get a break, will you come and meet him?”
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