Unbreakable Bond
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Lewis asked her son. Shane only ca
aid quietly. "I just wa
ane
y mother?" Shan
's just that I know my son
regret calling you." S
ightma
ed. "You know tho
g a doctor like I've been
for a moment. "I'
sh her suggestion aside. For Shane to actually say he was going to think about it meant something must be terribly wrong, Sylvia Lewis thought tensely. But she didn't want to push her son. She knew he would tell her what the pr
oming, Mrs. Lewis," Shane said with a chuc
fe, you crazy boy. I spoke with Adele th
eady. But then, he always felt better no matter what, whe
," Sylvia
care of you
It's you I'm w
to worry about. S
do. By
ane responde
ough funds to do whatever made her happy. Sylvia Lewis deserved to be happy after all the hardships they had gone through. She lived in a big house that he'd built for
son anyway, Shane smiled. But he didn't want to take any chances. People could act crazy. His mother, bless her heart, always had people ove
problems till his eyes fell on the framed drawing of himself on his bedside table. He stared at the framed picture. Chris! Shane remembered tha
d it all...he had been very happy. If only he had kept his hands to himself, Shane thought dejectedly as he
f his nightly routine. He could remember all those times his mother had had to soothe him throughout the night. He'd had to live off-campus when he went to co
icture of himself, the bad dreams just faded away because somehow, he convinced himself that a monster wouldn't make him look so happy as he was in t
ad become even scarier. He'd woken up drenched in sweat and breathing harshly in the past two nights because in his dreams, he couldn't breathe. As if th
relationship for fear of scaring people off with his constant nightmares. How many grown men woke up to their own screams every ni
s office that afternoon. He'd never felt so much anger like he had that afternoon. The impudence! Was Chris for real? But then he'd always been daring even when they were kids. And it had been one of the m
hane. He just never wanted to ever be anywhere near Chris that was all. Shane hoped Chris wouldn't make the mistake of coming near him again because he seriously didn't w
th. This time Shane didn't reach for the framed drawing. He left his bed and went into his study t
h