Him (A "Larry" Short Story)

five

-jay-

it was horrible, the day i found louis, after he tried to commit suicide shortly after bailey was born. i had walked in the door, after i had gotten off of work, and i could hear bailey screaming from his crib, only two weeks old. it wasn't a small cry. it sounded as if he had been crying for a while and was screaming for attention. i wondered why louis wasn't attending to his son. so i went off in a search for him. i eventually found him, lying on the bathroom floor, pale as ever, with a bottle of sleeping pills of to his side. i could still see the rise and fall of his chest, so i knew he was still alive. i whipped out my phone and dialed 911, explaining what happened. when the call was over, i left louis in the bathroom to go attend to bailey, his screams getting louder.