I Just Read About That…

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[READ: January 2, 2024] “Easter”

This story follows two events in Jacob’s life.

They are placed concurrently often with no discernable change in the narrative.  And that makes sense since Jacob is stoned for most of it.

Jacob had driven from Houston to Galveston to visit Stu. Stu was a college friend.  They had gotten stoned together but never just the two of them–always in a group.  So Jacob was a little nervous.

But they quickly got stoned and all was well.

The other story was a few days earlier when he flew from Harvard to Texas to be with his family for Easter break.  They were all going to stay with Jacob’s grandparents.  Jacob’s grandfather had been a doctor and often self-medicated.  He also medicated his wife.  But since he was no longer practicing, his prescriptions were not always safe.

The trip with Stu was fun, although he felt stupid among Stu’s parents.  Stu tried to take him to a party but it had fallen through, so he took him to a local stoner hangout where an old man’s face kept appearing on a building.

When he returned to his grandparents, his grandfather called him in.  But he was not lucid.  He had also prescribed pills for Jacob which he had clearly taken.