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A picture came up on the screen of Kelly standing in the garden with
Aida, with a spoken description. The broadcast cut back to a studio shot of
the two anchors saying that the family was a victim of what appeared to be
drug-related murders. A family portrait appeared on the screen.
"Kevin Brown was a member of the Drug Enforcement Administration ..."
The anchors expanded the piece into a discussion about the drug problem
in the D.C. area.
There was no sound of splashing water from the bathroom.
Kelly would be out again any minute. I started flicking channels.
Nothing more on the murders. I switched back to children's TV and went into
the bathroom.
I hadn't heard any splashing because Kelly wasn't washing.
She was on the floor, under the sink, in the same fetal position I'd
found her in at Kev's, hands over her ears to block out the news she'd just
heard on the TV.
I wanted to pick her up and comfort her. The only thing was, I didn't
know how. I decided to appear unaffected by her condition.
"Hello, Kelly." I smiled.
"What are you doing down there?"
Her eyes were shut so tight I could see the creases in her face. I
picked her up in my arms and started to walk back into the bedroom.
"Hey, you look sleepy. Do you want to watch TV or just go to bed?" It
sounded like crap to me but I just didn't know what else to say or do. Best
pretend it hadn't happened.
I took the towel off to get her dressed.
"Come on, let's get some clothes on and your hair combed." I was really
fighting for words now.
She just sat there. Then, as I started to pull her shirt on, she said
quietly, "Mommy and Daddy are dead, aren't they?"
Getting her arms into the shirt suddenly became very interesting
"What makes you say that? I told you, I'm just looking after you for a
while."
"So I'm going to see Mommy and Daddy again?"
I didn't have the words to use, or the guts to tell her.
"Yes, of course you will. It's just that they had to go away really
quickly. I told you, it was too late to pick you up, but they asked me to
look after you. As soon as they come back I'll take you to Mommy and Daddy
and Aida. I didn't know it was going to take this long; I thought it was
going to be only a couple of hours. But they will be back soon."
There was a slight pause as she worked through it all. I got her
panties and placed her feet in them and pulled them up.
"Why didn't they want to take me. Nick?" She sounded sad at the
thought.
I moved over to the chair and picked up her jeans. I didn't want her to
see my eyes.
"It isn't that they didn't want to take you, but there was a mistake
made, and that's why they asked me to look after you."
"Just like Home Alone I turned around and saw that she was smiling. I
had to think about that one.
"Yeah, that's right, just like Home Alone. They left you by mistake!" I