Who Is It? 1

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Chapter Sixteen


Today Joey has an appointment to see Dr. Wagner; she’s going to check to see exactly how Joey’s fingers are healing. “Alright, I want you to try to squeeze this ball as hard as you can.” The doctor said.

Joey did as she asked, and the doctor was happy with his progress, “ Good, you’re able to almost close your fingers around that ball, it’s a great improvement for when I first met you.

Now I want you to lie down, now grasp that bar and pull yourself up, I want to see if you’re grip has changed.” Dr. Wagner said.

Joey did as she asked and she was even more impressed with how he was able to pull himself up without much pain. Then she said, “I want you to keep exercising, because you’re almost back to normal as far as the strength or your hand and fingers, I’m going to have the nurse come in and put on a light bandage on your fingers, I want to see you in two months, unless you need to see me before.”

Joey asked her, “I have a question, my friends are having a party, and well there will be swimming and I want to know if I can do some swimming without it hurting my fingers.”

Dr. Wagner nodded her head and then she said, “Sure I don’t see why not, but I want you to use these, they are a new kind of gloves, they fit your hands like a second skin, they’ll keep the chlorine drying out your fingers. I’ll have the nurse show you how to use them.”

Joey then thanked her again, and she said, “Your welcome, but you know you are the one who did all the work, who survived all the pain so that you could get your fingers to work, but I’ll accept some of the credit.”

When the doctor left, the came in and she started putting on a light bandage on each finger, then she said, “These are the gloves that the doctor told you about, before you go swimming, you’ll need to put them on, now you might need some help. Then after you’re done swimming, take them off, and put some of this ointment on your fingers and redo the light bandages.”

Joey thanked her, and as he went out to make the next appointment, he looked up and there sat Roland. He smiled and got up and walked over to Joseph and he asked, “Well want did the doctor say?”

As they walked out of the Office, Joseph told him, and Roland put his arm around Joseph’s shoulder and said, “I’m so damn proud of you, you’ve come a long way and you haven’t let anything stand in your way, I’m also glad that you’re becoming part of our family.”

Joseph blushed when Roland was praising him, Joseph thanked him, then they got into the car, Roland drove home and as they got out of the car, Joseph said, “Tomorrow I want to go talk to Shadow, if you don’t take me I’ll call Yami and he will. I have to get this over with and the sooner the better.”

Roland watched as he walked inside and he knew that this day was coming, and he was going to be the one to take Joseph there, he just prayed that he was strong enough physically as well as mentally to be able to face his past and come out a winner.

Roland parked the car, and as he walked inside, he went to the kitchen and as he sat down a the table, Helga said, “How did it go at the doctor?”

Roland told her and then he said, “Joseph wants to go talk to that young lady, the one who caused him to deal with all that hell, I just hope that he can deal with what she is going to throw at him.”

Helga went over, put her arm around Roland, and said, “They all have to grow up someday, all we can do is be there for them if they stumble and fall, but we have to let them try to walk alone.”

He looked up at her and then he said, “How’d you get so smart?” She hit him with the towel she had on her shoulder and she said, “Well I guess I got it the same place you did, from dad.”

Joey had gone upstairs to his room and as he laid down, he was thinking what he would say to Shadow when he saw her. She was so mixed up thinking that he was the one, he was so sure that it had to be Gunner. Oh, well he would cross that bridge tomorrow. Joey got up, took a shower and went downstairs to see if Seto was home.

When Joey got to the living room, Mokuba was the only one there, “Where’s Seto?” Joey asked him. Mokuba turned off the television and said, “He had some business meeting, I guess it’s taking longer then he thought, hey want to play a video game with me?”

Joey went over and he sat down, and said, “Sure, what do you want to play.” Mokuba showed him and Joey said, “Well get it ready, and you better watch out, I beat Tristan and Duke playing it.”

As Mokie turned on the game, he laughed and said, “Heck, a monkey could beat those two.” Joey laughed and said, “You know you’re right, now lets play.”

They were still playing when Helga came to tell them, “Dinner is ready.” Mokie said, “Alright, we’ll be right there.”

Joey put the controller down and he said, “I wonder when Seto will get back?” Mokie then said, “If you want I can call his secretary and ask.”

Joey didn’t want to be a bother so he said, “That’s alright, I don’t want to cause any problems.”

Mokuba said, “Hey, I always call, it’s alright.”

As Joey got up, Mokie was talking to Vivian, and she said, “Your brother is still in the meeting, I’ll tell him that you called.” Mokie thanked her, then he told Joey what he found out, then they walked to the dining room and as they sat down, they began to eat.

Roland knew that something was bothering Joseph, then it became clear, he wanted Seto to be here, so Roland said, “Seto called, this business meeting isn’t going the way he thought, he’ll be here as soon as it’s over.”

Joseph looked up at Roland, he smiled and then Joseph stood up and said, “I want to thank all of you, for what you’ve done, you’ve all allowed me to live here and made me feel like I belonged to this family.” Tears were running down his face as he told them, then he heard Seto say, “You are part of this family.”

Joey turned around and there stood the one person who really changed his life, Seto gave him a reason to want to go on, to live, to belong somewhere.

Seto came over to Joey, he took him into his arms and as they stood there looking into each other’s eyes, Seto said, “When the right time comes, I’m going to ask you a very special question, and I hope that the answer you give me is the one I want to hear.”

Mokuba looked from his dad to Helga and they both gave him the look as if to say, don’t you dare say a word, or else. So instead he said, “Seto, come on, let’s eat before it gets cold.”

Seto and Joey both chuckled as they sat down and then Helga said, “Mokie please say the grace.”

Mokuba bowed his head and he said, “Please bless this delicious food we are about to eat, and bless everyone one sitting at this table, thanks for helping make Joey better.”

When he was done, Joey reached out his hand and as Mokie gently took it, Joey squeezed his hand and he said, “Thanks bro, you and everyone else in my life helped too.”

After they had eaten, and when Seto and Joey went outside, Joey said, “Tomorrow I’m going to go talk to Shadow.” Seto stopped and he asked, “Did you tell dad, and what did he say?”

Joey reached up and touched Seto’s face and he said, “I didn’t give him any chance to say a word, Seto I have to talk to her sometime and well the sooner the better. If I don’t face my past then I’ll never be able to find my future with you.”

Seto held Joey in his arms and he said, “Well you’re not going to talk to her alone, I’m coming and you can’t stop me.” Joey kissed him and he said, “Thanks, I was kind of afraid to go alone.”

Mokuba snuck out to listen to what they were saying, when he heard Joey tell his brother about going to talk to Shadow, he gasped.

Seto and Joey turned around to find Mokie standing there with tears running down his face and he said, “No Joey don’t go, what if she hurts you again.”

Seto held out his arms and Mokie ran over and as Seto and Joey’s arms engulfed him Joey said, “I’ll be alright, your brother and dad are going to be with me, please stop crying, if you don’t you’ll get me started and then we’ll cry so much we could flood the yard, what would the gardeners say then.”

They all started to laugh, then Seto looked down at his brother, and he said, “Joey’s right, dad and I will be there, nothing is going to happen to him.”

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Chapter Seventeen Coming Up..