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The suicide attempts.
It has been so long since I last saw my best friend Mat.So I decided to go visit him.His son Andrew,who was 30 years old but still jobless and staying with him was also home.Mat was so happy to see me and so we decided to go down the lake to fish as we catch up.
Mat shares with me of how he has tried his best to get Andrew to go for many job interviews he had managed to set up for him,but Andrew wouldn't go for any.He farther shares more about his predicament in his old age and like the good friend I am,I promise to have Andy under my wings.
As we continue with our stories and happy moment,we see him from far.Dragging his overweight body down the lake.He stops afew feet from us and shouts:
Andy:Hey dad, what are we having for lunch?(Mat looks at me and we erupt in loud laughter which makes Andy angry.He comes closer and repeats.)
Andy:Hey,old man didn't you hear me??Said am starving!(Another round of laughter)
Me:Well young man,we busy catching fish.Come and fish some for lunch.(He comes closer and says)
Andy:Am finally going to kill myself!Am tired of living with you.You keep mistreating me and it's not right.It is child abuse!
Mat: Alright buddy.Go ahead.Take a rope there by the boat and make it faster.(He says uninterested and again,we laugh.)Andy goes away with the rope and we continue fishing.
Thirty minutes later,we leave the lake and find Andy next to a small tree.Instead of making a noose and putting it around his neck,Andy has the rope tied on his waist.Mat goes to him,makes a perfect noose and puts it around his neck.
Mat:You have it wrong son.This goes to your neck and not waist.
Me: It's much faster from the neck.(I help Mat tie the rope on a bigger tree and leave Andy perfectly hanging on the tree.)
Not less than five minutes pass,we see Andy in the kitchen with bloodshot eyes and a runny nose but no rope.He gets farther inside and Mat asks.
Mat:Need a bottle of rat poison?
Andy:I will take the rat poison after eating and this time, I will do it personally.You wouldn't have to remind me.(He goes to sit at the table and we stop making the fish)
Together with Mat,we go to town and eat at our favorite restaurant.We take some beer and get back to Mat's where we find Andy sleeping on the couch,the kitchen in a mess and on the kitchen table lay leftovers of the fish he prepared.
© Leen Queen.
Mat shares with me of how he has tried his best to get Andrew to go for many job interviews he had managed to set up for him,but Andrew wouldn't go for any.He farther shares more about his predicament in his old age and like the good friend I am,I promise to have Andy under my wings.
As we continue with our stories and happy moment,we see him from far.Dragging his overweight body down the lake.He stops afew feet from us and shouts:
Andy:Hey dad, what are we having for lunch?(Mat looks at me and we erupt in loud laughter which makes Andy angry.He comes closer and repeats.)
Andy:Hey,old man didn't you hear me??Said am starving!(Another round of laughter)
Me:Well young man,we busy catching fish.Come and fish some for lunch.(He comes closer and says)
Andy:Am finally going to kill myself!Am tired of living with you.You keep mistreating me and it's not right.It is child abuse!
Mat: Alright buddy.Go ahead.Take a rope there by the boat and make it faster.(He says uninterested and again,we laugh.)Andy goes away with the rope and we continue fishing.
Thirty minutes later,we leave the lake and find Andy next to a small tree.Instead of making a noose and putting it around his neck,Andy has the rope tied on his waist.Mat goes to him,makes a perfect noose and puts it around his neck.
Mat:You have it wrong son.This goes to your neck and not waist.
Me: It's much faster from the neck.(I help Mat tie the rope on a bigger tree and leave Andy perfectly hanging on the tree.)
Not less than five minutes pass,we see Andy in the kitchen with bloodshot eyes and a runny nose but no rope.He gets farther inside and Mat asks.
Mat:Need a bottle of rat poison?
Andy:I will take the rat poison after eating and this time, I will do it personally.You wouldn't have to remind me.(He goes to sit at the table and we stop making the fish)
Together with Mat,we go to town and eat at our favorite restaurant.We take some beer and get back to Mat's where we find Andy sleeping on the couch,the kitchen in a mess and on the kitchen table lay leftovers of the fish he prepared.
© Leen Queen.
