Chapter 26

“Mikey,” Angel called out. When Michael looked up, he wasn’t staring into Angel’s face, but Fitzgerald’s.

“I’ll take it from here, Carmac.”

* * * *

Two days later, Michael found himself sitting in the office of the new psychiatrist.

“Did you ever hear the term, an Eskimo relationship?”

Michael shook his head. He was staring at his hands and trying to make them stop twisting over each other like snakes.

“No,” he muttered. He couldn’t stop thinking about Angel. Thank God, he was okay. He could still hear Angel saying, “Thank you, Mikey,” as he was carried away.

“An Eskimo relationship is when one person clings to another because there is no one else to cling to. It’s cold up in your head, Michael. You have found a way to warm yourself by Bertram’s fire and maybe it was this latest incident…” She paused. “It seems your life is full of incidents,” she said and Michael couldn’t help but nod his tired agreement.