Father's Day
Part Five
By: Carrie Verkman
carebear1025@juno.com

It was getting late in the ER. Kevin was still there. John decided to stay with Kevin until his father showed up. John had also called Social Services to come down and see Kevin. He didn't mind staying with him and Kevin seemed much happier with John there.  

"No, Nintendo 64 is better than Sega Genesis by far!" Kevin said. He liked talking about video games with John, because he had a lot to learn.

"I see, but I never had any of that when I was a kid. We only had Pong." John said smiling. 

"Pong? What's that?" 

John laughed. "Maybe we should talk about something else. Do you like the Bulls Kevin?"

"I love the Bulls," he replied. But before the two of them could get into detail about that, Randi interrupted them.

"Dr. Carter, Jack Roberts is on the phone." 

Kevin's eyes lit up as he heard the news. "Stay here Kevin while I talk to your dad."

John went out to the front desk. "This is Dr. Carter." 

"Uh, yeah… this is Jack Roberts. I'm calling about Kevin, is he all right?"

John felt like yelling at him. He so badly wanted to scream until his throat was raw. "Mr. Roberts, Kevin is fine. But did you know that he has been sitting here all day asking for you?"

"My secretary just gave me the message." Jack said. 

"You weren't at all curious where he was?"

"He goes to the daycare every morning before school." 

"The daycare provider brought him here. Look you need to come down here and see your son or I will have social services take him from you. I know you abuse him and I know that you have a drinking problem. Kevin shouldn't have a father like you!" John said angrily. 

"Hey! I'll come down there and show you what a damn good father I can be! Social Services my ass!" With that Jack hung up.

John picked the phone up again. "Yeah I need some security at Curtain 3 in the ER. Send Social Services down here too."

John went back to Kevin's room. "Kevin get dressed. Your father is coming."

End of Chapter Five