It would be hard to take him back — it would be hard to forgive him. But I couldn’t even think about it as long as he had this sickness in him. Fi...ally the doctor came out and gave me a heads up on Charlie’s condition. He emphasized what the withdrawal process would be like and asked me to schedule an appointment to talk about his rehab. He gave me a hard look, ‘That is, Mrs. Fleming, if you want to be involved. I understand that you and Charlie are estranged?’ Wow! There it was, staring me. “Yes, Sir,” she whimpered. I watched her closely as she fought to hold the liquid inside of her. Her body started to shake and her moaning became louder and she breathlessly whimpered, “Please.” “Are you ready,” I asked her. “Oh, yes please,” she begged. “Then go,” I ordered her. Laurie quickly jumped up and ran to the bathroom and I sat down in the chair and waited for her return. When she finally returned from the bathroom her face was flushed and she had a different glow about her. “Ready. I had tried calling Joyce Sunday night, but she wouldn't take my call. After I got off the phone, I called over to Mama's and spoke to Brenda. We argued about why she should do what I wanted when I wasn't willing to do what she wanted me to do.Brenda was a consummate negotiator. In return for her spending the week over at Joyce's house, making Joyce happy, I agreed to allow her to fly down to Birmingham to be with me for the weekend.Before I agreed to doing that, I insisted that her visit had. I agreed to help him out. I got there around eight that morning, and we started working on the yard, and we cut down a couple of trees and shrubs. We then cleaned the pool and worked in the back yard working on the gutters, and the patio. We did some stonework and installed an in-counter grill for more of those great steaks. We finished up around two-ish, and we went inside to cool off. I asked if I could take a shower there, and he said, "Of course! But I may jump in at the end to save water.