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Friday, April 15, 2005 (Continued)
On the way out to the car I had a thought, #3:
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In the car Mom asked me, "How come you asked Prof and Vanessa about your moneymaking plan before you asked your father or me?"
"I didn't ask either of them, Mom. The only person I told was Julia. She dragged me downstairs to talk with Prof because it's a highly mathematical plan. In seconds he had worked out all sorts of stuff that I hadn't even considered. And then Prof asked Vanessa about it because there's an ethical angle. It wasn't my choice how it worked out; Julia just asked the people best able to help, and it wasn't you or Dad this time. There isn't a single thing that I think you or Dad could help me with about this idea as it doesn't involve stuff you're familiar with."
I waited for a second, and Mom didn't comment, so I added, "Plus I think Vanessa is right about keeping some of my things secret. She had a VERY good point about how some people might react if they knew I could make a few million dollars quickly. She and Prof seem very concerned about security and what would happen if word got out, so I'm inclined to go along with them on the whole secrecy thing. I don't think we should talk about ANY of this stuff in public. We should get into the habit of being cautious. It'd probably be a good idea to not talk about it anywhere other than in the two homes, which might be one home soon."
Mom sort of agreed. She couldn't really argue that it was a good idea for us to risk our lives by discussing something in public that we could discuss at home, if any discussion was necessary.
I didn't want to talk with Mom or Dad about my abilities. I could too easily imagine them exposing me by accident, out of their misunderstanding some consequences of my abilities. I couldn't really imagine Prof or Vanessa making that mistake. If anything they seemed excessively cautious, which was something that I was willing to use to help me avoid awkward questions.
Despite it being a Friday night, the hospital wasn't too busy. "Too early for the drunks," is what Mom said. We only had to wait half an hour.
After my cast was cut off the nurse was confused, "Why isn't your arm wasted?"
This confused me. I only had two arms and I didn't want to waste either of them. Mom leaned over and was surprised too. I soon learned that "wasted" meant shrinking muscles.
I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know. It's been covered by the cast the whole time so I don't know what's been going on."
The nurse said, "I'll get a doctor," and she bustled off.
We waited twenty minutes for the doctor, who looked at it for five seconds, looked at my file, then told the nurse, "It's hasn't been in a cast long enough to atrophy. Get it X-rayed and I'll look at it then." That was hardly worth waiting twenty minutes for.
So we went to radiology and joined the line there. It didn't take long, what with it being too early for the drunks. After the X-ray we went back to our previous location, and waited some more.
The same doctor eventually came back and examined the X-ray, then referred to my notes, then back to the X-ray. He pulled out the X-ray taken at the time of the assault and displayed the two of them side by side. One pictured showing an obvious break, the other showing a perfectly complete bone. "Puzzling," he said, "I can't see any sign of the healing. I'd almost suspect they'd X-rayed the wrong arm, but I can see it's the right one. Let's examine your arm."
The doctor proceeded to poke and prod. Even with my limited medical experience, I already knew that doctors love to poke and prod. "Great muscle tone. Even better than mine."
He made me arm wrestle with him. Not exactly like that, but he pulled my arm around and made me resist and pull back.
"Have you been exercising it?"
#4:
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I looked down at Prof's legs, but they were hidden under the bubbles.
Prof saw me looking, and said to me, "You look puzzled, Mark. I guess Julia's never told you?"
She'd never told me anything about Prof's legs, so I said, "No. I don't think so."
Julia said, "It never came up."
Prof leaned back and stuck his right leg up out of the water. Most of it anyway, as it ended in a stump just below the knee. Or since he was pointing his leg upward, maybe "just above the knee" would be better English. It's a confusing language, so you'll have to work out for yourself whether it was his lower- or upper-leg that was missing.
"Gosh." I don't think I've ever said "gosh" before in my life, but this seemed like an appropriate time to start.
"Seen enough?"
"Umm, yes, thank you."
Prof laughed as he dropped it back into the water. "I lost it in a car accident many years ago. Get Julia to tell you the story sometime."
Julia said, "Mom tells the story FAR better than I do. She should tell it."
Vanessa said, "I'd be happy to. Not now as I told it to Felicity and Steven not long ago and it'd be boring for them to sit through it twice."
I asked a really intelligent question, "But I've seen you wear two shoes?"
Prof said, "Yes. I have a prosthetic lower-leg and foot. I leave it wrapped in a towel in one of the cubbyholes when I take it off to have a soak in this tub, as the steam rusts the buckles too fast if I leave it uncovered."
"Oh. You move well though. I've never seen you stumble or anything. I thought you had two legs." Somewhat inane, but the best I could do at the time.
Prof said, "I've had years of practice and it's quite easy if the amputation is below the knee. Trouser legs disguise it perfectly so most people have no idea, just like you."
I thought it best to say nothing now. Vanessa leaned over and kissed Prof's cheek. "My Hero."
He kissed her back, "My Cheap Deal."
Mom laughed, and said, "You didn't call her that last time."
Prof said, "I like to vary it a bit."
Mom, "But what does it mean? It's not exactly romantic, is it?"
Julia recited, "Dad would've paid an arm and a leg to have Mom as his wife. It only cost him half a leg, so he got a cheap deal." Obviously Julia had heard the expression explained many times.
Mom and Dad laughed. I did too, a little, although I wasn't exactly sure why. Mom said, "I was wrong. It IS romantic."
Vanessa said, "Especially considering what it nearly cost him."
I could see that Mom and Dad understood, but I was confused again. Julia said, "Wait till Mom tells you the story." Julia was wearing a swimsuit, but I also have a policy of doing what nearly naked, beautiful wives tell me, so I started waiting.
Julia said, "We were talking about the fear of being raped. Mom said 'all too often'. What about you, Felicity?"
Mom said, "Of course. 'All too often' for me too, even though Steven is a big guy. There have still been plenty of times that I've been alone and scared. Like every single time I'm parked in a dark parking lot or hear footsteps behind me at night and can't see where they're coming from, or plenty of other times. Unfortunately, at those times, wishing Steven was with me doesn't make him appear."
I noticed both men had their arms around their wives. Neither looked shocked at the conversation, so it was something they were aware of.
Julia said, "The reason I asked is because, since then, I've woken up a couple of times realizing that I was having a dream about being raped. I should have said 'nightmare', except that I was aroused. I'm confused by that. Is having such dreams normal?"
Now the guys looked uncomfortable. And I'm including myself in the "guy" category, in case you're not following the story closely enough to have picked up on that nuance of my character.
Vanessa said, "Yeah, I think it probably is normal. I can't say I've discussed it much, but I have experienced it, and I can work out the psychology of it quite easily. I think having those thoughts from time-to-time is natural. Not too often - that could be a sign of an imbalance - but sometimes is almost certainly normal. Felicity?"
"Yes, same here. I've had them, and even enjoyed them, but I haven't enjoyed the fact that I enjoyed them. Sometimes I'll have a momentary flash which is exciting, but I'd much rather I didn't. Some women enjoy that fantasy more than others. I'm in the 'others' camp."
Vanessa said, "Julia, you said you'd had them a couple of times. That's getting excessive in just one week. If you have another one let me know and we might have to get you some counseling."
Julia said, "Don't worry about it, Mom. They were both the same night, one after the other, and I haven't had it since. I'm sure it was nothing."
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Julia had a new topic all ready to go. She said, "I'd like to start researching what we're calling 'mansions' to get an idea of price and suitability. I'd like to visit a few, but no realtor is going to take a little girl like me around to look at million dollar homes. I can call up and make appointments and arrange all the details by pretending to be a secretary, but I'll need to go with either Mom or Felicity. We probably won't be ready to buy for a few weeks, but I'd like to get some initial impressions now in case we find out something that changes our plans. Also, some of the houses we look at might still be on the market when we've got the money so that'll save us time later. What do you two think of my making some appointments for Sunday afternoon. Can either of you take me with you then?"
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