Page 29: Ted Finds Joe
May 15, 2012 1 Comment
Ted was almost to Elsmore, and he saw Joe standing in the ditch, just standing there. He slammed on his brakes, pulled over to the right side of the road, and rolled down the passenger window. “Joe, what the hell ya doin’?”
Joe looked at Ted and the car with a puzzled look on his face. “I don’t know where I am.”
“Get in the car, jackass,” Ted teased. “You got your whole family worried about you. Let’s get you home.”
Joe went up to the car, opened the door and got in the car.
“How’s it goin’, big guy?” Ted asked as he socked Joe in the arm.
“Not good,” Joe said solemnly as he looked straight ahead out the window.
“Too tough for ya?” Ted asked in reference to his punch.
Joe turned his head and looked at Ted, but didn’t say anything.
For someone who has supposedly lost his memory, he sure is acting like he knows who I am, Ted thought. “Hey, how about we go into Rochester and hit McDonald’s. Let’s see if you can still eat 10 Big Macs in one sitting.”
Joe didn’t know who he was in the car with or what this person was talking about, but Joe figured he must know him because he was friendly enough. Joe picked up on the word “eat,” so he responded to Ted, “Sure.”
Dang, thought Ted, he hasn’t lost his memory. He still knows what a Big Mac is!
Ted turned the car around and headed toward Rochester, stopping at the Aden farm to tell Christa and Sharon that he and Joe were going to McDonald’s.
“I don’t think that’s such a good idea, Ted,” Christa said. “He’s not going to know what to order to eat.”
“Aw, he’ll be fine. He’s in good hands with me, Mrs. Aden.”
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