CHAPTER 17: Bothell
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We meet John and experience the challenges of someone soft-spoken like Edie attempting to converse with him in person. Jeremy awakens Sunday morning to Edie's sobbing, prompted by the terror of John’s nightmares, as shared in dozens of his emails. One day before bringing him to meet her adopted aunt (Doc O'Neal's widowed sister) and cousins in the Seattle area, Edie freaks out, worried her father might ensnare someone into a conversation and take them down to one of his many dark places. After initially agreeing with Justin that perhaps John should stay behind Monday, a wave of guilt immediately results in Edie’s about-face.
The Memorial Day gathering with Edie’s namesake and her area family goes beautifully; John even gives the elder Edris Ann an impromptu massage for her eighty-seventh birthday. Two days later, Justin drives the two of us to the airport for a reluctant departure early Wednesday morning. After taking a break from the yet-unsolved maternal puzzle, though, Edie’s ready to chase down John’s latest leads.
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Audio editing and production by Michael Thibodeaux and the Rep Cap team
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