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                                             Chapter Five Dealing with Family

They had both showered and changed when Ophelia came out she was wearing the thigh high boots, leather pants and a spaghetti strap top.  It was all Caleb could do not to jump her right there; but he was probably already going to hear it from his mom not for just jumping in the car right after they got it unpacked.

Jayne Memorial Hospital was the newest hospital to be built, his mother had been a huge supporter of it and when it came down to who to name it after the Hospital had offered to name it after his sister, though why he had no idea; after all his sister had been murdered it would have been sensible if she died of say, cancer but a murder victim?  Caleb was sure that had something to do with the fact the donations his family made to the hospital.  It sickened him somehow but what was he to do?
The hospital itself was very beautiful and efficiently ran, you had doctors from all over coming here.  It wasn't uncommon to see some doctors that spent a long time at the Mayo Clinic here every now and again.  They went up to the front desk and the nurse didn't even have to look up "Delucian Brown is in room 67 stable condition you can go see him Caleb'

The nurse did look up however at Ophelia and gave her a look, one that he recognized as disdain and yet curiosity at the same time.  Caleb was used to this look and put her arm around her saying

"You look so pretty even the nurses are looking at you" joking to ease his own pain.
As they reached the room his dad was sitting up when they entered he nearly gave a wolf whistle, "I think this one's a keeper son"

Caleb was too used to his dad's sense of humor that id didn't faze him in the least.  Though Ophelia blushed when she heard this Caleb leaned over and whispered in her ear, "he's an old pervert but he's good people, my mom is a different story."

He looked him over; his dad seemed to be fine now though this had been the third brush with a stroke in his life.  The old man was stubborn as fuck he was now fifty years old, had salt and pepper hair and brown eyes that seemed to glow from experience and regret.  Caleb loved him, as he was the only one in his immediate family that actually cared about him; after Jayne had died his dad was the only one to console him, he was also the only one to really help him along a year after he moved out at 20.  Caleb was now twenty-two and had stayed in contact with his dad constantly

"I thought mom said you were in critical condition" was the first thing he said as his mom wasn't there and that was the only time they could speak freely, also why dad told him that Ophelia was a looker.

"Your mom always blows things out of proportions; soon after they rolled me in here she said something about leaving; though at the time I didn't know she was going to come to you.  That must have been something, your mother in the Den of all places"
Caleb laughed and said "she looked like she couldn't believe that it almost looked normal"

"'Course she can't son, you know your mother once we hit it big before you were born she couldn't wait to get out of the supposed hell hole we were in"

"Yeah as you've told me before", Caleb smiled and looked over at Ophelia, "Dad, Ophelia, Ophelia, my nutball of a father"

"Shakespeare never thought Ophelia would be this beautiful son"

They all laughed as mom entered the room "so you finally showed up'
It was like all the fun had been sucked out of the room with those few words.  Caleb sat on edge ready to stop a fight if need be; he knew she wasn't going to be happy but hell it was his father's hospital room he thought for a little bit it would be safe. Of course he knew he shouldn't be surprised; this woman never accepted anything he had done, the least of which was choosing to hang around the people of downtown.

The silence seemed to stretch when a doctor finally came in

"Mrs. Brown Mr Brown, son and…"

"Yes yes just get to the chase already, I'm ready to get out of here you've already held me up for three hours" that was his mom, always worried about her job

"The doctor said you could leave whenever you wanted darling.  You don't have to stay especially not now that our son is here"

His mom seemed annoyed and turned on her heal before the doctor could tell her what had happened, he turned to caleb and said

"Well your father suffered another minor stroke", he looked to make sure that his mom was out of ear shot, "I think it has something to do with her Delucian why the hell did you marry her"
That was Dr Young; an old friend of his dad, Caleb used to see him back when he was a family practicer now he was a heart surgeon and in charge of his dad's case. He was glad that it was him and not some young hot shot doctor, they all seemed to side with his mom.  Dr Young on the other hand knew very well that part of the whole thing was his moms stress on the man.  She was always wanting to go out with him to 'social events' of course she meant being able to chitchat with the higher of the high.  Martha always wanted to be the social elite which was why she was ashamed that Caleb wanted to live in the Den

"To have a so live in that hell hole, that that is an abomination' she told him one day while Caleb was talking about the prospects in the den, he had never wanted to stay in Pleasantville because of the fact that they might seem to be perfect but the families lied.  Yeah sure, the den was run down but it's people were pretty much honest they didn't care about class or personality or if you had money the only worried about if you were messing with them, or you were going to leave them out in the cold neither of which Caleb did, he had enough money that all he had to do was live in comfort but he gave a good chunk of what he had each month plus what he made at the tattoo parlor to charity and spent the rest on bills, well except this month.  He looked over to Ophelia with a smile.

For the next two hours after the doctor left Caleb, Ophelia, and his father just sat back and continued to talk about; everything really. They soon got around to Sage, Angela and a few other of Caleb's friends when they looked up at the door and low and behold it was a girl Caleb had seen at the club but never learned the name of, she seemed to carry herself with a elegance that Caleb had never seen before; even as a mistress as he knew she was; she smiled at his dad then looked at Caleb and there was a brief moment of recognition

"Delucian, is this man bothering you I can have him…"

"Demeter, sweetie, he's my done Caleb I told you about him the last time I had to stay overnight in the hospital a month ago."

She blushed, "Oh yes, of course" she smiled at Caleb and said "Well I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to.."

"It's alright I know why you did' he said with a wink

"Oh and why is that?"

"Because you wanted to get me alone"

"Why I never…"

She marched out of the room and his father was laughing after her, "Sweetie it's my son he was only kidding"

Caleb said joking still, "You might wanna watch her she might actually give you trouble"

"Oh why is that"

"She's a mistress…' Caleb felt eyes on him and looked over to see Ophelia staring daggers at him. he was going to have to talk to her when they got home; it wouldn't be a punishment because he thought it was only because he flirted with Demeter he shrugged and made a motion that said, 'later' to her.

"Oh is she" his father tried to look after the girl but failed.  He rested back "You know Caleb you can take her out on the town" he said motioning to Ophelia; who smiled "I'm going to be ok, Craig said so and you know you can trust his judgment"

"I know dad, but mom would probably kill me", Caleb said not really wanting to leave his dad but at the same time knew he was probably right, Ophelia shouldn't have to sit here with them all the time.

"Mom Sch-mom, go I'll be alright"

Caleb smiled and got up motioning to Ophelia to join him; he hugged his dad and grabbed Ophelia's hand leaving out the door with her. Knowing they had to talk but happy that Ophelia was there

"So where are we going now Caleb?"

"To meet the Sage one"

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                                             Chapter Five Dealing with Family

They had both showered and changed when Ophelia came out she was wearing the thigh high boots, leather pants and a spaghetti strap top.  It was all Caleb could do not to jump her right there; but he was probably already going to hear it from his mom not for just jumping in the car right after they got it unpacked.

Jayne Memorial Hospital was the newest hospital to be built, his mother had been a huge supporter of it and when it came down to who to name it after the Hospital had offered to name it after his sister, though why he had no idea; after all his sister had been murdered it would have been sensible if she died of say, cancer but a murder victim?  Caleb was sure that had something to do with the fact the donations his family made to the hospital.  It sickened him somehow but what was he to do?
The hospital itself was very beautiful and efficiently ran, you had doctors from all over coming here.  It wasn't uncommon to see some doctors that spent a long time at the Mayo Clinic here every now and again.  They went up to the front desk and the nurse didn't even have to look up "Delucian Brown is in room 67 stable condition you can go see him Caleb'

The nurse did look up however at Ophelia and gave her a look, one that he recognized as disdain and yet curiosity at the same time.  Caleb was used to this look and put her arm around her saying

"You look so pretty even the nurses are looking at you" joking to ease his own pain.
As they reached the room his dad was sitting up when they entered he nearly gave a wolf whistle, "I think this one's a keeper son"

Caleb was too used to his dad's sense of humor that id didn't faze him in the least.  Though Ophelia blushed when she heard this Caleb leaned over and whispered in her ear, "he's an old pervert but he's good people, my mom is a different story."

He looked him over; his dad seemed to be fine now though this had been the third brush with a stroke in his life.  The old man was stubborn as fuck he was now fifty years old, had salt and pepper hair and brown eyes that seemed to glow from experience and regret.  Caleb loved him, as he was the only one in his immediate family that actually cared about him; after Jayne had died his dad was the only one to console him, he was also the only one to really help him along a year after he moved out at 20.  Caleb was now twenty-two and had stayed in contact with his dad constantly

"I thought mom said you were in critical condition" was the first thing he said as his mom wasn't there and that was the only time they could speak freely, also why dad told him that Ophelia was a looker.

"Your mom always blows things out of proportions; soon after they rolled me in here she said something about leaving; though at the time I didn't know she was going to come to you.  That must have been something, your mother in the Den of all places"
Caleb laughed and said "she looked like she couldn't believe that it almost looked normal"

"'Course she can't son, you know your mother once we hit it big before you were born she couldn't wait to get out of the supposed hell hole we were in"

"Yeah as you've told me before", Caleb smiled and looked over at Ophelia, "Dad, Ophelia, Ophelia, my nutball of a father"

"Shakespeare never thought Ophelia would be this beautiful son"

They all laughed as mom entered the room "so you finally showed up'
It was like all the fun had been sucked out of the room with those few words.  Caleb sat on edge ready to stop a fight if need be; he knew she wasn't going to be happy but hell it was his father's hospital room he thought for a little bit it would be safe. Of course he knew he shouldn't be surprised; this woman never accepted anything he had done, the least of which was choosing to hang around the people of downtown.

The silence seemed to stretch when a doctor finally came in

"Mrs. Brown Mr Brown, son and…"

"Yes yes just get to the chase already, I'm ready to get out of here you've already held me up for three hours" that was his mom, always worried about her job

"The doctor said you could leave whenever you wanted darling.  You don't have to stay especially not now that our son is here"

His mom seemed annoyed and turned on her heal before the doctor could tell her what had happened, he turned to caleb and said

"Well your father suffered another minor stroke", he looked to make sure that his mom was out of ear shot, "I think it has something to do with her Delucian why the hell did you marry her"
That was Dr Young; an old friend of his dad, Caleb used to see him back when he was a family practicer now he was a heart surgeon and in charge of his dad's case. He was glad that it was him and not some young hot shot doctor, they all seemed to side with his mom.  Dr Young on the other hand knew very well that part of the whole thing was his moms stress on the man.  She was always wanting to go out with him to 'social events' of course she meant being able to chitchat with the higher of the high.  Martha always wanted to be the social elite which was why she was ashamed that Caleb wanted to live in the Den

"To have a so live in that hell hole, that that is an abomination' she told him one day while Caleb was talking about the prospects in the den, he had never wanted to stay in Pleasantville because of the fact that they might seem to be perfect but the families lied.  Yeah sure, the den was run down but it's people were pretty much honest they didn't care about class or personality or if you had money the only worried about if you were messing with them, or you were going to leave them out in the cold neither of which Caleb did, he had enough money that all he had to do was live in comfort but he gave a good chunk of what he had each month plus what he made at the tattoo parlor to charity and spent the rest on bills, well except this month.  He looked over to Ophelia with a smile.

For the next two hours after the doctor left Caleb, Ophelia, and his father just sat back and continued to talk about; everything really. They soon got around to Sage, Angela and a few other of Caleb's friends when they looked up at the door and low and behold it was a girl Caleb had seen at the club but never learned the name of, she seemed to carry herself with a elegance that Caleb had never seen before; even as a mistress as he knew she was; she smiled at his dad then looked at Caleb and there was a brief moment of recognition

"Delucian, is this man bothering you I can have him…"

"Demeter, sweetie, he's my done Caleb I told you about him the last time I had to stay overnight in the hospital a month ago."

She blushed, "Oh yes, of course" she smiled at Caleb and said "Well I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to.."

"It's alright I know why you did' he said with a wink

"Oh and why is that?"

"Because you wanted to get me alone"

"Why I never…"

She marched out of the room and his father was laughing after her, "Sweetie it's my son he was only kidding"

Caleb said joking still, "You might wanna watch her she might actually give you trouble"

"Oh why is that"

"She's a mistress…' Caleb felt eyes on him and looked over to see Ophelia staring daggers at him. he was going to have to talk to her when they got home; it wouldn't be a punishment because he thought it was only because he flirted with Demeter he shrugged and made a motion that said, 'later' to her.

"Oh is she" his father tried to look after the girl but failed.  He rested back "You know Caleb you can take her out on the town" he said motioning to Ophelia; who smiled "I'm going to be ok, Craig said so and you know you can trust his judgment"

"I know dad, but mom would probably kill me", Caleb said not really wanting to leave his dad but at the same time knew he was probably right, Ophelia shouldn't have to sit here with them all the time.

"Mom Sch-mom, go I'll be alright"

Caleb smiled and got up motioning to Ophelia to join him; he hugged his dad and grabbed Ophelia's hand leaving out the door with her. Knowing they had to talk but happy that Ophelia was there

"So where are we going now Caleb?"

"To meet the Sage one"