Just Hit 'Send' By Grasshopper

Just Hit 'Send' - The Interim Years by Grasshopper Ch. 8

Danny didn't want to go to see Dr. Meadows the following Tuesday after Jordan left. Easy hadn't been able to get him to go to physical therapy on Monday. He'd tried yelling, teasing, threatening, even carrying him but when he saw the look in Danny's eyes, he gave over.

"Dan?"

Danny let out a soft "Hmm?", his head down.

"Dan, will you at least tell me what's goin' on so I can help?"

"I can't."

"Why can't you? There's nothin' about you two that I don't already know."

Danny sat very still, tears falling softly down his cheeks.

"Jordy left me. He doesn't trust me. He says I... .I lied to him."

"Did you?"

Danny nodded his bowed head.

Easy was totally confused. One minute his friends were fine; the next minute, the world as they all knew it, had ended. They all lived in a continuous chapter of some way dumb soap opera and Easy rolled his eyes in frustration. He sighed and tried again.

"Dan? Is it something Terry said? I'll kill the jerk."

"No, not Terry."

Ahhh, but somebody. Somebody said something. Easy's mind slid over the only people that could hurt Danny and Jordan. There was only one person but that hadn't happened, had it?

"Dan, have you talked to Jordan's father lately?"

Danny's body stiffened and he shuddered, "No."

'Okay, that answers that question,' Easy groaned to himself, 'But when the hell did that man get close to Dan?' Easy thought back to the last time they had all been together. Tallahassee. He knelt down by the wheelchair and lifted Danny's chin.

"Dan, I'm gonna ask that again. When we were in Tallahassee for Jordan's graduation, did Jordan's father talk to you?"

Danny's frightened eyes widened. "No, Ez, No!"

Easy stared at Danny. "I'll take that as a loud Yes." He shook his head and started again. "Dan. Can you tell me what he said?"

"No!"

'Damn, I'm good,' Easy almost smiled.

"Does Jord know his father said something?"

"No... and don't you dare tell him. Easy! Promise me! Swear you won't say anything to Jordan. Swear! Swear!"

"Shhh, Lil Dude. Calm down. I won't tell Jord that his father is a damn screwed up religious psychopathic loon. I promise. Now calm down."

Easy's mind was whirling. He saw how upset Danny was but he'd seen the same look on Jordan's face as he left him at the airport. He knew he'd find a way to say something. What, he wasn't sure yet. He just knew he wasn't leaving that pompous son of a pitbull to get away with this again.

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Daniel Trainor Pre Session 6

Check on Dan's progress yesterday in therapy and his general attitude after the weekend with Jordan.

Big question? Why is he in Portland when his life support lives in North Carolina?

A very quiet, shuttered Danny wheeled into Dr. Meadows office on Tuesday morning. A very different Danny from last Friday when he had been so wrapped up in Jordan Lawrence. The doctor looked at Easy, trying to read something desperate in his eyes. 'What happened?' Dr. Meadows wondered, as he watched Danny wheel over to sit staring at the painting.