“I thought he was locked up.”
Those places don’t keep ’em
forever. Not cost effective.
Like it’s cheaper in the long
run to turn them loose and
deal with the mayhem later.
You’d think they’d learn.
Ron has caused more than
his fair share of mayhem, mostly
when he’s off his meds and
the voices only he can hear
whisper evil in his ear. “Uh …
is Kristina going to be okay?”
She has a couple of broken
ribs, and I guess he smashed
her face pretty good. They’re
taking her in for X-rays and
an MRI…. He pauses. Tsks.
She’ll never be okay.
Sadness peppers his voice.
Usually when he talks about
her, it’s with anger. It hits me
like an unexpected wind
that he cares about her. In
fact, he might even love her.
THE REVELATION
Throws me, but I’m not
sure why. Dad came into
Kristina’s life when she
was only five. It was he