Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:44:45 -0500
From: Mike <woody757@comcast.net>
Subject: Why Me ? 2

From the last chapter: Sleep was coming over me again for some unknown
reason, but I felt safe when ever I was asleep, so I let it take over me
for an unknown amount of time again.  The only thing that I knew was that
I wanted to be home in my bed on Thanksgiving Day since I really did not
have anything to be thankful for that year.

I was discharged from the hospital the day before Thanksgiving, with an
eye patch covering my one eye and four prescriptions to take for pain,
sleep, and anxiety.   Why did I sleep so long after getting home, after
my pop had told me that he was pissed that I had messed up his chance to
be rich.  How was he going to become rich? Since I was the one who had
been drafted by a Major League Baseball team during both my junior and
senior years.  But now that dream has gone down the drain after that
freak football accident that took my sight in one eye, and most of the
sight in the other.  If it had not been for Dr. McWilliams, a handsome
sounding resident at the hospital I would have tried to kill myself
because my father is going to freak when I tell him that his only son is
not only blind but is also gay.

Thanksgiving dinner was a total disaster especially after my mother
whispered in my ear that she suspects that I maybe gay, and I have not
had the nerve to tell anyone in my family as of yet.   Mom brought in a
piece of pumpkin pie for me, when my father started to blast me with
questions after he told me," You losing your eye sight is a sign from God
that you have the demon seed boy and you have also cost me a couple of
million dollars by not signing that contract last year when you got
drafted in the amateur draft".  I decided that since he was blaming me
for everything I may as well give him a heart attack, so I said," Dad I
want you to know that I am gay and it comes from the fathers genes".
Bingo that was all that it took.  He kicked me out of the house, with
just the clothes that I had on at the time.

I pulled out Dr. Williams business card, and made my way to the nearest
pay phone at the local 7-11.  The clerk felt bad for me and gave me a cup
of coffee and than helped me make a call to Dr. McWilliams, who said,"
Stay where you are as I am on my way over to pick you up, and you can
stay with me for as long as you want".  He arrived in about 30 mins. and
I told him what had happened while we where in his car heading toward his
family's house.  After I finished telling him that I was gay and that my
dad had kicked me out because of that  along with the fact that I did not
sign a major league baseball contract after my junior year in high
school.  Dr. McWilliams told me that he also was gay and that he thought
that I was a very handsome young man for my age( 18 years old).

Was he telling me something that I was hoping for?

TBC..... Hopefully in the next couple of weeks if not during the
Christmas break