I sit on the sofa, and she moves her tiny legs so I have plenty of room to sit with her. “I’m not going to be late. I have a little time before I have to go.”
“It’s good to have you home with us. It’s where you belong. That’s much better isn’t it?”
“Yes, much better.”
“I know, and I’m happy you are home again.” She’s silent for a second, and she says to me, “I want Rudy home too.”
“I don’t think so. But he’s wanted by the police.”
“The police want everyone nowadays, but they don’t need our Rudy.”
“I don’t know.”
“Yes, I want Rudy to come home, and I want you to fix it so he can come back to my house…so he can live under my roof again. He needs your guidance, and he needs his family,” she says. When she’s finished speaking, she closes her eyes. “Please turn off the TV when you leave.”
I get up, walk over to her, bend down, and kiss her on the cheek. “I love you, grandmother.”
“And you’ll do what I ask?”
“Yes…yes, I will,” I say, and I take the blanket and cover her.
She smiles, and shuts her eyes, “Don’t forget the television.”
“I won’t.” I walk over to the TV and hit the button to turn it off. The room is dark. I say one more thing to her before I go to my job. “Grandmother, you know I will bring him back. I want him to come home as much as you do.”
“I know you will. You’re a good boy.”
My cell phone rings. It’s the Corps. There will be a memorial service for Hippie, but it’s too soon to know when it will be. I also found out the Beat and the Black Shirt were waiting in jail, and waiting for a court date in front of a judge. I end the call, and I know a great hero has died in our city.
There is nothing else I can do. I must leave for another patrol with my dog at my side. But I have been given a new mission by my grandmother. It’s more important to me, and I won’t place the Auxiliary Hero Corps above my family ever again.
I will bring Rudy back home.
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