NOBODY

Chapter 5

Chance and Austin look at each other before they both grab for the old Bible.

Sure enough, there were papers stuck in different sections. They quickly work at going through the papers.

"Whoah. Wait a minute. I think I have something." Austin says as he looks over the piece of paper in his hand.

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"There. Finished." Olena says as she steps back to see if she had missed anything.

"That looks great, Olena." Adam says as he runs a hand through Tim's hair.

"He's got beautiful hair, considering what it's been through." She smiles slightly. "It's so healthy."

"You wanna see how handsome you are?" Adam smiles as he reaches for a mirror. "This is a mirror. You can see yourself in it."

"This is gonna be interesting." Olena smiles at Adam.

Adam chuckles as he holds the mirror down in front of Nobody.

Nobody lets out a small gasp and leans away from the mirror.

"Don't be scared. It's not gonna hurt you." Adam says in a soft voice.

Nobody glances at him quickly then back at the mirror. He slowly reaches out and touches the smooth glass.

He raises a brow when the man he was looking at did the same thing. Cautiously, he leans over to look behind the mirror causing Olena to giggle.

"Bless his heart, he just doesn't understand." She smiles.

Adam stoops down beside Nobody so that he would be in the mirror also.

Nobody inhales quickly as he stares at Adam's reflection. He looks at Adam then back at the reflection in the mirror.

"A..Dam." He says as he starts to point to Adam in the mirror but jerks his hand back as the other guy starts to point too.

Adam chuckles as he lays the mirror aside.

"We need to get him some clothes. But I don't know what size." Adam says. "That's my shirt he has on. It fits him pretty well."

"That shouldn't be a problem to figure out. Do you have a measuring tape, like from a sewing kit?" Olena asks.

"Yea, I think so. I'll go find it." Adam says as he goes to the other room.

Olena and Nobody sit quietly for a few moments.

"O..Le..Na?" Nobody says to her.

"Yea, Sweetie?" She smiles.

"Food?" He asks pointing to his mouth.

"HEY ADAM?" She calls out. "HE'S HUNGRY. HE'S ASKING FOR FOOD."

"Oh sh*t." Adam says coming back into the room. "I was supposed to give him something to eat after I cleaned him up."

"I can just call in some pizzas." Olena suggests.

"That sounds good." Adam says.

"Peesta?" Nobody asks.

"Pizza." Olena repeats.

"Pizza? Food?" He asks looking up at her.

"Yes, and it's really good. Ummmm." She says while rubbing her belly.

Adam laughs at the unsure look that Olena receives from Nobody.

Olena calls in a couple of pizzas and then begins to measure Nobody in order to get his pants size.

"HEY GUYS!!" Chance and Austin yells full of excitement as they run into the house.

"AHHHHHH!!" Nobody screams out and runs to a corner of the room and hunkers down covering his head.

They all stand in shock for a few seconds at his actions.

Adam slaps Chance on the arm. "What the hell do you think you're doing scaring him like that?"

"We didn't know he'd be so jumpy." Austin says.

"Ugh, well what did you expect." Adam says as he walks over to the frightened man and slowly stoops down in front of him.

"Hey." He says softly. "It's alright. Ain't no one gonna hurt you." He slowly pulls down Nobody's arms that were over his head. "It's okay." Adam whispers.

"O...Okay?" Nobody says with fear filled eyes.

Adam smiles and nods. "Yes. It's Okay."

He brushes back Nobody's hair and kisses him on the forehead.

Nobody suddenly reaches out and hugs Adam.

"A...Dam. It's... It's okay." He says softly.

Adam smiles and rubs Nobody on the back of the head.

"Uh, you guys interested in what we found?" Chance asks, interrupting the tender moment.

Adam leads Nobody back over to the kitchen table where everyone was seated.

"Mr. Nobody, here, has a name." Chance smiles as he hands Adam a Birth Certificate.

Adam quickly opens the certificate and smiles as he reads the name.

"Timothy Regan Foust. Born, July 19, 1981, to the parents of Regan and Dena Foust."

"So that makes him, 35." Olena says.

"Do you think he's been in that basement for 35 years?" Austin asks.

"Maybe not as an infant cause I think he would have died. It was so cold and damp down there." Chance says.

"Oh God, this is just so unbelievable. I mean, you hear of things like this happening but not right next door to you." Olena says as she stares at the man in front of her.

"Hey." Adam says as he takes Nobody by the hand. "Your name is Tim. Tim" He says slowly.

Nobody stares at him for a minute and then nods. "No."

"Nobody." He says pointing to himself.

Adam reaches up, placing a hand on each side of Nobody's head and moves it gently back and forth. "No." He then moves it up and down. "Yes."

"Your name is Tim." Adam tries again.

"Name Tim?" Tim asks with furrowed brow.

"I know it has to be so hard for you to understand, Sweetheart." Adam says as he pushes some of Tim's hair behind his ear.

"Mmmm Man" Tim says pointing in the direction of the neighboring house. "Name (pointing to himself) Stu... Stupid Nobody."

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