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rather die than have everybody
in town hear about this.”
    “ Okay. I’ll send her to a
good friend of mine in Dallas. He specializes in
geriatrics.”
    “ So, he’ll be able to find
out what’s wrong with her?”
    “ Yes. He’s an excellent
diagnostician. I’ll give him a call and set it up for
tomorrow.”
    “ Do you want me to drive
her over there?”
    “ No. I’ll call the limo
service. You just go along and take care of her.”
    “ Good. I will.”
    Elmo went downstairs to his study. Macy went
back into Mallie Mae’s room.
    “ He’s going to send you to
a geriatric doctor for tests.”
    “ I don’t want to go to
Coreyville or Longview. People know me there.”
    “ No. This doctor is in
Dallas.”
    “ Good. And you’re going
with me, right?”
    “ Yes, Ma’am.”
    **********
    Elmo called his old friend, Dr. John
Fransein in Dallas.
    “ Hey, Johnny. This is Elmo
Mobley.”
    “ Well, you didn’t have to
give your last name.” Johnny laughed. “How many Elmo’s do you think
I know?”
    “ Not that many, I guess.
But it’s been a long time.”
    “ It sure has. How are you
doing?”
    “ I’m fine. But I’m afraid
my mother has a problem.”
    “ What kind of
problem?”
    “ She may have
Alzheimer’s.”
    “ Oh, I’m so sorry to hear
that.”
    “ But it could be something
else. I hate to ask such a big favor, but could you run some tests
on her?”
    “ Of course. I’d be happy
to.”
    “ Tomorrow?”
    “ Uh…yeah, sure. I can work
her in. How about 2:00 PM?”
    “ That would be great,
Johnny. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this. She’ll be
coming with her personal aide. Her name is Macy.”
    “ Okay. But you know that
all I can do is rule out other things, right? There’s still no
definitive test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. But we get it
right about ninety percent of the time. Unfortunately, there is no
cure.”
    “ But there are medicines
that can help.”
    “ Yes. There are things we
can do to try to slow down the process. We just can’t stop it. What
are her symptoms?”
    “ All I can tell you is that
this morning she was trying to figure out how to brush her teeth
with a hairbrush. She knew she was doing something wrong, but she
didn’t know what.”
    “ Yeah, that’s typical for
someone with Alzheimer’s.”
    “ That’s what I
thought.”
    “ But we’ll see. I’ll do my
best to find out what’s going on with her, Elmo.”
    “ I know you
will.”
    “ And we should get together
sometime. Be sure to give me a call the next time you’re in
Dallas.”
    “ I will. And thanks again,
Johnny.”

    Chapter 6

    “ Mom decided to take me up
on my offer,” said Cynthia as she walked into the living
room.
    “ She’s moving in with you?”
Greg had figured this was coming, but he didn’t think it would be
this soon. It was Sunday night. Cynthia had just asked her mom the
day before.
    “ Yeah. And she said she’d
be ready to move next weekend. I’ll go over two or three nights
this week and help her pack.”
    “ I’ll go with
you.”
    “ Great. Thanks.”
    “ She said she would line up
a truck. Would you mind driving it?”
    “ No problem.”
    “ You’re wonderful.” She
leaned over and gave him quick kiss.
    He wanted it to be longer, but that could
wait until later.
    “ I’ll make us some
popcorn.” She walked into the kitchen.
    “ Okay, Baby. I’ll get the
movie ready.”
    Greg’s cell phone rang.
    “ Hello?”
    “ I’m glad you didn’t change
your phone number.”
    Greg wished he had. It was his ex-wife. He
had not spoken to her since right after the divorce. And they had
been divorced for over five years. Before that, he had been a
full-time minister of music. Her cheating and the subsequent
divorce had put an end to that job. Fortunately, they never had
children.
    “ Why are you calling me,
Susan?”
    “ Just wanted to see how you
were doing. And I had a dream about you the other night. It was
crazy. We were in bed together