Dad had been talking to his father about what I’d said, and he’d set wheels in motion to find out more. Nobody doubted the truth of what I’d said, which when I thought about it, sounded really weird, but then, adults are very weird. They were looking for something across the world and decades ago in time, but didn’t pay any attention to what was right in front of their noses. If I had my way, Frederick would someday be their son-in-law. Maybe we’d even adopt a child, and Mom would get her wish that I’d someday have a child just like me. Do all mothers tell their kids that?
Finally I was sent home. And—yay—no school for two weeks! And only then after the doctor looked me over again, made sure I was no longer ‘delusional’, and that my knees were going to stay healed over. No more gym for yo
