Leu An's mother tossed her hands in the air and walked to the sink.
This is where we are now. Papa's in prison and me and you are
still broke that we're jumping for joy because you're mentally challenged sons making sounds that
sound like they could be English. He's not just my son, Ruth,
leu Ann snarled, knowing that using her mother's name would get her attention more
than using any particular word. He's your grandchild. You ever think of that?
Leu Anne stood beside her son for a few minutes before she returned to
the kitchen table and began to scroll on her phone. An hour passed this
way until leu Anne rose and placed her hand on Darren's shoulder, as she
always did, to indicate that he needed to begin getting ready for bed.
He brushed his teeth and slowly removed all of his clothes but his underwear,
and climbed into bed. Leu Ane checked on him as she always did when
he kissed. Leu Ane checked on him as she always did, but when
she kissed his forehead, she noticed that his eyes were wide open. She
placed her face in front of his and in the dim light that leaked into
the room from the main section of the trailer. She shut her eyes to
display for him that he'd needn't leu Ane stood beside her son for a few
minutes before she returned to the kitchen table and began to scroll on her phone.
And I passed this way into leu Anne rose and placed her hand on
Darren's shoulder as she always did, to indicate that he needed to begin getting
ready for bed. He brushed his teeth and slowly removed all of his clothes
but his underwear climbed into bed. Leu Ane checked on him as she always
did, but when she kissed his forehead, she noticed that his eyes were
wide open. She placed her face in front of his, and, in
the dim light that leaped into the room from the main section of the trailer,
she show her eyes to display for him that he had reached bedtime.
When he didn't close his eyes, she told him to do so, honey,
it's bedtime, she said, but he remained wide eyed. Luanne kissed
his cheek, shut his door, and sat again at the table, silently
scrolling through her phone. In the morning, Luanne dropped a fork onto the
kitchen table in the morning. In the morning, leu Anne dropped a fork
onder the kitchen floor, and her mother, who had fallen asleep on the
couch, bolted her head off the couch arm. The patting had grown thin
and thorny sprew all right, give me pauls. In the morning, leu
Anne dropped a fork under the kitchen floor, and her mother, who had
fallen asleep on the couch, bolted her head off the couch arm. The
patting had grown thin and thorny, springs and staplest to the couch. The
right arm bore only one spot free of sharp metal, and Ruth turned her
head quickly to ensure she wasn't about to impale herself on these Sorry about that,
the Anne told her, I'm making breakfast. She walked to the couch
and placed a plate on the top of an empty five gallon bucket of paint,
eggs and toasted. She said, smiled, let's not fight today.
She placed eggs and toasts on a second plate and knocked on the door of
the back room. Sweetheart, I'm not trying to be mean, but sometimes
he hears things and sometimes he doesn't. And a lot of the time when
he hears something he doesn't know what it means when leu Anne when he didn't
open the door after repeated knocking, leu Anne opened the door and screamed to
Ruth, Mama, he's gone. End of chapter three.