ODDS OF LOVE - SEASON THIRTEEN

Episode 98

"DuBuis , with Spencer behind him in his wheelchair , approached the front door as Theodore came into the main hallway.

He demanded firmly," Where have you been at , young man? Sol said you left out of the bedroom around five AM. Your uncle and I have been worried sick about you. Where were you? "

Theodore sighed and avoided both of their concerned gazes. " Just went for a walk. Sol wasn't supposed to open his big mouth about it. "

Spencer said precisely," He didn't want to tell us but he had no choice when you didn't come down for breakfast. What kind of a walk did you go on anyway? "

Theodore ignored his uncle's question and tried to go up the staircase to his bedroom. DuBuis grabbed his arm and said," Answer Spencer. Now. "

Theodore pulled away. " I just was walking. Okay? I was walking and thinking. That's all. I didn't do anything. I walked and I texted with Alan. Now can I please go get ready for school? Or am I under house arrest? "

DuBuis narrowed his eyes at the teenaged boy. " Watch that tone , boy. Or your house arrest will be a grounding for a week and no violin for two weeks."

Theodore looked troubled in the face as he reached up to adjust his glasses. Spencer noticed that his nephew had a sharp red scratch on his cheek and quickly became alarmed. " What happened to your face, Theodore? Are you alright? "

DuBuis gently touched the boy's face but not the actual mark, his eyes peering at it carefully. " Yes. What happened? Have you been fighting with someone? "

Theodore shook his head. " It's fine. I ..... I got scratched by one of the cats earlier. It was an accident really. Plus didn't mean it. I have my tetanus shot and I washed it. I'm okay. "

DuBuis watched him silently before saying," Well , let me doctor it again. Don't want it getting infected. Cat scratches can be serious even if the cats have all their shots. "

As DuBuis and Theodore went upstairs to the bathroom Spencer called upstairs," Theodore, your grandfather just called. Dodie tried to kill herself at the jail. She's in a coma at St. Paul's. "

Theodore looked back at his uncle. His face had absolutely no expression as he murmured," Good. She deserves to suffer. Alan is. So why shouldn't she? "