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“Oh.” I glance up to see that his television is on the ad channel. “You like the show M*A*S*H?”
“Yep.” He keeps watching the ads. “You better hurry. Caroline will be here to bring me home soon.”
My heart sinks. “Okay.” I clean a little more while I think of what to say. “Is Caroline your wife?”
“Yep.”
“Do you have any children?”
“A son and three angels.”
I stop still. “You’ve lost three children?”
“Before they were born.”
“Oh . . .”
Fuck.
“What’s your son’s name?”
“Henley.”
I smile. He remembered his name.
“He’s four.”
“Four?”
He nods.
“Tell me about him?”
“He’ll be back soon.” He smiles wistfully. “He’s at camp right now.”
“Camp?” I smile. “What kind of camp is it?”
“I don’t know.” He rolls his eyes. “Caroline takes him to these silly things. He prefers to stay home with me.”
Sadness rolls in. His long-term memory is still firmly intact. He’s lost track of time. He thinks it’s back then.
“What’s Henley like?”
“He’s a good boy.” He nods. “Smart like his mother.”
“I bet he is.”
“Can build Lego for hours. You’ve never seen a kid concentrate for so long.”
I smile as I listen.
“He’ll be back from camp soon; we’ll build something big.”
I nod.
“Caroline is coming to take me home.”
My heart sinks.
