Chapter 10: Jordan

Not being able to sleep, I step out of bed naked and feel for the light switch.  Last night, I almost fled with Connie and the kids to another country.  Or at least I wished I did.  George is getting more and more violent, and it is really making me wonder why I don't just have some of my buddies beat the ever-loving crap out of him.

Running my fingers over my neck and then scratching my head, I throw on my shorts before heading to the bathroom.  Feeling the overwhelming need to pee, I open the door and find my mom laying on the floor just outside my bedroom.  She looks up drunk, "Hey, son."

"What in the hell are you doing back here?"  I ask her, before I run to the bathroom and relieve myself.

Every time I turn around my mom is either coming or going and with Lillian's problems, my world is becoming ever increasingly complicated.  Something must give, or my business will suffer.  Making up my mind, first thing in the m