Chapter 6 - CURTIS'S FIRST GOOD DAY
Hospital labs showed:
mild dehydration,
elevated glucose,
no stroke,
no infection,
no obvious head bleed.
Medication interaction and dosing error remained likely contributors.
The next morning Curtis was clearer.
He remembered:
Rachel,
Maisy,
Theo.
He remembered chasing them only in fragments.
He cried.
“I scared her.”
Rachel said nothing for a moment.
Then:
“Yes.”
Curtis covered his face.
“Did I hurt them?”
“No serious injury.”
That was not the same as no harm.
Then Rachel asked:
“Dad, did you sign something with Nathan about the back land?”
Curtis frowned.
“Maybe.”
“What?”
“He said it was to see what it was worth.”
Rachel looked at Nathan.
Nathan interrupted:
“That’s not fair. We went over it.”
Curtis snapped:
“Stop talking.”
Good.
Then:
“Did I sell it?”
Rachel answered:
“You signed an option.”
Curtis looked confused again.
“What option?”
Nathan’s face tightened.
Rachel saw it.
The question was no longer just:
Was Curtis confused today?
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It was:
How clear was he when he signed?
