A Question of Manhood (2010)
“Somehow it was less obvious, when everyone wasn’t together, that the best part of the family wasn’t part of the family anymore. I kind of expected that Mom and Dad would pull together, would help each other out. And I tried to convince myself that was happening, because otherwise I was gonna have to do something. I was gonna have to do what Chris would’ve done. And I didn’t have a clue what that was.
So as long as I was in my room I didn’t have to see that Dad was just plopped in front of the T...V all night, sometimes well past midnight, or that Mom was on yet another cleaning frenzy. The only times she wasn’t attacking any dirt that might be cringing in odd corners or polishing the silver candlesticks and candy dishes, she was in Chris’s room.
The first time I saw her in there, I’d been in my room, door shut, supposedly doing homework. At one point I had to take a leak, and as I stepped into the hallway I realized the light on Chris’s bedside table was on. With only socks on my feet I moved silently toward the door, which was almost but not quite closed.MoreLess
So as long as I was in my room I didn’t have to see that Dad was just plopped in front of the T...V all night, sometimes well past midnight, or that Mom was on yet another cleaning frenzy. The only times she wasn’t attacking any dirt that might be cringing in odd corners or polishing the silver candlesticks and candy dishes, she was in Chris’s room.
The first time I saw her in there, I’d been in my room, door shut, supposedly doing homework. At one point I had to take a leak, and as I stepped into the hallway I realized the light on Chris’s bedside table was on. With only socks on my feet I moved silently toward the door, which was almost but not quite closed.MoreLess
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