Before He Wakes
“He thinks we’re his family. Isn’t that a riot? He seemed to think of Linda as his wife and me as his daughter. Earlier, when he brought you in, he knocked on the door of my cell and said, ‘It’s a boy! Congratulations, you have a new brother.’”
Patrick placed both hands on the wall, his head still leaning against the plaster. “Who is this guy, Clare? Do you have any idea?”
“No. I’d never seen him before that night in the park, and I have no idea what his name is. He told me and Linda to call him Big Daddy. Like in that stupid old play we read in English class, something about a cat on a roof. You know the one I’m talking about?”
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams,” Patrick said, th
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