1765

"His father, your grandfather, fortunately intervened. He is your mother's father, the Dutch side of your family, through whom you owe your relation to Carl.You two had always been close, with your grandmother as well, and they invited you to come live with them during your last year of high school and beyond. They shared in common with your parents a deep devotion to me, but with considerably greater maturity and common sense. Plus, your grandfather had prospered greatly in the building supplies business and was already a man of considerable wealth. So, he decided to bankroll your mental health treatment, by seeing that you had access to better care and treatment than what was then being offered by the public health system, and as well, your university tuition. Of course, there was going to be a price to his generosity: faithful and regular church attendance, no tattoos and abstinance from all manner of sexual relations. You were allowed to have one girlfriend, platonic. Knowing that your future was at stake, you swallowed the bitter pill and got to work, even if your heart still remained so very far from me..."