K-Pax (110 page)
H
e
seeme
d
shocked
,
bu
t
onl
y
fo
r
a
moment
.
"I
t
i
s
hi
s
wif
e
an
d
daughter."
"An
d
thi
s
one?"
"Thi
s
i
s
hi
s
mothe
r
an
d
father."
"Gisell
e
i
s
tryin
g
t
o
locat
e
you
r
mothe
r
an
d
siste
r
i
n
Alaska
.
Sh
e
i
s
goin
g
t
o
tr
y
t
o
brin
g
you
r
mother
here
.
Please
,
prot
,
don'
t
leave
,
unti
l
yo
u
tal
k
t
o
her."
H
e
thre
w
u
p
hi
s
hands
.
"Ho
w
man
y
time
s
mus
t
I
tel
l
you-
I
hav
e
t
o
leav
e
a
t
3:3
1
i
n
th
e
morning.
Nothin
g
ca
n
chang
e
that!"
"W
e
ar
e
goin
g
t
o
ge
t
he
r
her
e
a
s
soo
n
a
s
w
e
can.
"
Withou
t
lookin
g
a
t
a
cloc
k
h
e
said
,
"Well
,
you
hav
e
exactl
y
twelv
e
hour
s
an
d
eigh
t
minute
s
t
o
d
o
i
t
in."
THA
T
evenin
g
Howi
e
an
d
Erni
e
thre
w
pro
t
a
bo
n
voyag
e
part
y
i
n
th
e
recreatio
n
room
.
Ther
e
were
man
y
gift
s
fo
r
thei
r
"alien
"
friend
,
souvenir
s
o
f
hi
s
visi
t
t
o
Earth
:
records
,
flowers
,
al
l
kind
s
o
f
fruit
s
and vegetables
.
Mrs
.
Arche
r
hammere
d
ou
t
popula
r
tune
s
o
n
th
e
pian
o
accompanie
d
b
y
Howi
e
o
n
th
e
violin.
Cat
s
wer
e
everywhere.
Chuc
k
gav
e
hi
m
a
cop
y
o
f
Gulliver'
s
Travels
,
whic
h
h
e
ha
d
lifte
d
fro
m
th
e
bookshelve
s
i
n
th
e
quiet room
.
I
recalle
d
prot'
s
tellin
g
m
e
tha
t
th
e
(Earth
)
stor
y
h
e
like
d
bes
t
wa
s
"Th
e
Emperor'
s
Ne
w
Clothes."
Hi
s
favorit
e
movies
,
incidentally
,
wer
e
Th
e
Da
y
th
e
Eart
h
Stoo
d
Still
,
2001
,
ET
,
Starman
,
and
,
o
f
course,
Bambi.
Ther
e
wa
s
a
grea
t
dea
l
o
f
huggin
g
an
d
kissing
,
bu
t
I
detecte
d
a
certai
n
amoun
t
o
f
tensio
n
a
s
well.
Everyon
e
seeme
d
nervous
,
excited
.
Finally
,
Chuc
k
demande
d
t
o
kno
w
whic
h
o
f
the
m
wa
s
goin
g
t
o
ge
t
to
g
o
wit
h
him
.
Wit
h
thos
e
crosse
d
eye
s
I
wasn'
t
sur
e
whethe
r
h
e
wa
s
lookin
g
a
t
m
e
o
r
prot
.
Bu
t
prot answered
,
"I
t
wil
l
b
e
th
e
on
e
wh
o
goe
s
t
o
slee
p
first."
The
y
al
l
line
d
u
p
immediatel
y
fo
r
a
las
t
tearfu
l
embrace
,
the
n
dashe
d
t
o
thei
r
beds
,
leavin
g
hi
m
alone
t
o
finis
h
hi
s
repor
t
an
d
prepar
e
fo
r
his
,
an
d
hopefull
y
their
,
journey
,
eac
h
tryin
g
desperatel
y
t
o
fal
l
asleep
wit
h
vision
s
o
f
yort
s
dancin
g
i
n
thei
r
heads.
I
tol
d
hi
m
I
ha
d
som
e
thing
s
t
o
do
,
bu
t
woul
d
com
e
t
o
sa
y
good-by
e
befor
e
h
e
left
.
The
n
I
retire
d
to
m
y
office.
A
t
abou
t
eleve
n
o'cloc
k
Gisell
e
called
.
Sh
e
ha
d
foun
d
Robert'
s
sister'
s
addres
s
i
n
Alaska.
Unfortunately
,
th
e
woma
n
ha
d
die
d
th
e
previou
s
September
,
an
d
hi
s
mothe
r
ha
d
gon
e
o
n
t
o
liv
e
wit
h
the
othe
r
siste
r
i
n
Hawaii
.
Gisell
e
ha
d
trie
d
t
o
reac
h
her
,
bu
t
withou
t
success
.
"It'
s
to
o
lat
e
t
o
ge
t
he
r
t
o
New
Yor
k
i
n
time,
"
sh
e
said
,
"bu
t
i
f
w
e
fin
d
her
,
sh
e
migh
t
b
e
abl
e
t
o
cal
l
him."
