Chapter 7 #3
After work, he was on his way home when he heard from Blake.
She was getting off then, and she wanted to know if he wanted to meet her in town for dinner.
It was the cook’s night off; he’d forgotten about that, and she didn’t want to have to cook and clean up.
He thought that was a wonderful idea and told her so.
She said they could just get sammiches if he wanted, and that would be fine with her.
They were going to go to the Scotties Den for dinner, and they’d enjoy their meals. He loved eating there, too.
Scotties, the local team’s mascot, was a little dog; it was a place to go after all sporting events.
They had all kinds of dogs in different media, all around the place, and articles about their little town, too.
He’d read every one of them over the years, and he was happy that the place was still standing after all these years.
They also served a great burger and fries, and he thought that their house salad was something that should be in every restaurant in the state. It was that simple, too.
They enjoyed their meal of burgers and fries and walked to the local ice cream shop for a cold treat afterwards.
As they had walked to the Dari bar, they both held hands as they walked back to their cars.
He’d gotten a malt made with chocolate ice cream, and she’d gotten a twisty cone with sprinkles.
He thought it was funny that she’d ordered something so childish, but he loved her for it.
He was finished with his by the time they were getting into their car.
Driving home, he thought of all the things that he wanted to do when he got there.
Mostly, he just wanted to lie down on the couch and take a nap, but he knew that he had things to do.
All of it was paperwork that he’d brought home yesterday to fill out.
Going to his office, he’d been there about half an hour when Blake came into his office with a phone to her ear.
She had been crying too, he noticed, and got up to go to her.
“I understand, Robin, but I want to know how you got my phone number.” He was wondering the same thing when he realized that it was Robin on the phone and not someone else.
“You’re not supposed to be making calls either.
I want you to hang up right now and not call me again.
” She tilted the phone so that he could hear as well.
“I just want you to come here and visit me. I’m depressed very badly and could use you to be here for my sounding board.
You know that you’re the only one who makes it so I’m not in a black hole.
This place is hitting all my triggers at one time, and I’m not doing well.
I’ve been here for five days, and I’ve not seen you once.
I don’t like that, Blake, and you know it.
Come to see me, or else I’ll have to do something drastic. ”
“Drastic how? You’re forever doing something that upsets me.
It’s time I take some time for myself and not just you.
” She said that they were still going to live together.
“No, we’re not. I have a life now, and it doesn’t involve you and your depression.
I need to keep away from you because you trigger my depression. ”
“You’ll never be as depressed as I am. Did I tell you that I’m taking the strongest dose there is for an anti-depression?
It’s because I have depression worse than anyone has ever had it.
I’m not well, and you’re not helping me be better because of the way that you’re acting.
” She said that she’d done nothing to her.
“No, that’s where you’re wrong. You’ve always been my trigger, and when you think to ignore me like this, things go badly.
You know that I’m sick, Blake, yet you continue to ignore my symptoms and ignore me as well.
Well, it’s not going to continue. I need you to come down here so that I can have a talk with you about the things that have been going on. ”
“I’m not doing anything until you tell me how you got my phone number.
” She said that she had money and that money could get her anything that she wanted, including things that weren’t supposed to be out there.
“You mean you paid someone a great deal of money to get my number so that you could call and harass me? That sounds like something you’d do.
I’m not going down there, Robin. I’m dealing with my own things right now, and I’m happy. As happy as I’ve ever been in my life.”
“You have no idea how it is that I suffer.” Reagan was glad when Blake didn’t say anything.
There was nothing to say to someone like her sister, and he knew that for a fact.
“I’m the worst case of depression ever heard of.
And I take the best kind of drugs from my doctor.
Did I tell you that he’s taken me back? I’ll be seeing him five times a week now, too. See that I don’t.”
“He said that it was only temporary and that he wasn’t going to be seeing you outside the hospital again.
” Robin said that she’d see about that. “He also told you that you’d need to get yourself another doctor.
It sounds to me like he wants nothing to do with you either.
You know as well as I do that he never agreed to see you every day of the work week. ”
“I’m going to make him famous because I’m depressed all the time.
He’ll be the only doctor who treats someone who is as depressed as I am all the time.
” Blake rolled her eyes, and that had him laughing.
“Is that him? That monster? You tell him that he’s on my list as well.
He’s become my worst nightmare about my depression.
I can’t sleep at night because of him, and I don’t like him. ”
“I don’t think that he likes you all that much either.” She asked her why. “What difference does it make why he doesn’t like you. I don’t much care for you either right now.”
“You’re my own sister, and you treat me like this? How could you when I’m so ill? You should be grateful that I even give you the time of day, the way that you’ve treated me.” She asked her what she’d done. “You’ve triggered me into a deep depression so badly that I’m unable to function.”
“I think you’ll live.” Robin sputtered around for a full minute as if she couldn’t find the words that told Blake how she really felt.
“Don’t call me again, Robin. I’ve had enough of you for several lifetimes, and I don’t have it in me to put up with your shit either.
Stop calling me and stop blaming me for your depression.
You’ve brought this all onto yourself, and you have no one to blame but you.
If I trigger you, then you’d be smart to stay away—”
“I’m going to get you, Blake. See that I don’t.” He could hear the nurses in the background telling her to hang up the phone then. “You’ll be sorry that you treated me this way and then—”
The line went dead, and she was no longer speaking. He took the phone from Blake and broke it in half. He’d get her a new phone when this was over. There was no reason at all for her to have a phone number that Robin had access to.
“I want to have sex with you right now.” He nodded, not sure where this was coming from. “You lock up, and I’ll meet you in your bedroom.”
He did as she said and locked up the house.
Since it was only six-thirty, he knew that they weren’t going to sleep this early.
Thinking about why she wanted to have sex right now made his mind swim, but he wasn’t going to look a gifted horse in the mouth.
He’d take what he could get and love every minute of it.