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Chapter 26 - MARCUS BECOMES A GRANDFATHER

Marcus was sixty when Elsie had her first child.

A boy named Noah.

At two, Noah was late to speak.

Marcus panicked privately.

Then remembered.

He called Elsie.

“Do you want me to come to the evaluation?”

“No.”

“Okay.”

No offense.

No unsolicited theory.

No family committee.

Later she invited him to a speech-therapy appointment.

He sat quietly.

At the end the therapist asked if he had questions.

Marcus said:

“Only what his parents want me to know.”

I was proud of him.

May you like

Did not say it.

Eventually I did.

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