Chapter 41

“Why is your speech slurred?” Jason asked alarmed looking around for Keith.

“Greg gave me a shot to get through the service. I couldn’t stop crying. It helped. But it makes me slow. He told me I’d only get the one for today because it was the burial. He knew it was going to be hard for me.”

Jason hugged Bobby for the second time in twenty-four hours. “It was hard for me too. I felt worse about your mom and dad than I did about mine, so I can’t even comprehend what you must be feeling.”

“I’ll be all right. Greg started me on an antidepressant. He said that it would begin to work after a few days, and I won’t be so weepy or unwilling to talk and to be around people. Do you mind if I go to bed?”