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Everyone is over 18
It had been a few weeks since I last saw dad on his birthday, such a long delay was a good enough reason to go and see him. I had got him and mum an Easter card and an Easter Egg and was on my way round to see them. There was only dad's car on the drive, so I pulled up in the space next to dads. I grabbed the card and Easter Egg from the rear seat and went up and opened the door.
"Only me dad," I called as I opened the front door, nothing, no response. I knew mum was out, her car wasn't there, and I knew dad must be in because the front door was unlocked. I put the card and egg on the hallstand and wandered around downstairs, no sign. I popped upstairs and dad was asleep on his bed.
I leant across and pinged a hair on his chest. He squirmed and then opened his eyes.
"Crumbs Mica, was that you?"
"Was what me dad?"
"Hhm. I think it was you." He rubbed his chest where I had pinged the hair. Such a baby, it was only a single hair. I laughed and pinged another, he squirmed and rubbed his near fatal injury spot.
"I need a coffee dad, I am going down to put the kettle on. You probably ought to cover that up," I said pointing at his penis, "before you have someone's eye out with it."
"I'll be down in a moment baby, loo, robe, down."
"Well, just make sure you pop your monster away, what would anyone say if they came to the door and were confronted with that?"
I went down to the kitchen and put the kettle on, grabbed two mugs from the mug tree and leant back on the worksurface, waiting for the kettle to boil and for dad. I smiled at dad's reaction to my hair pulling, perhaps he should shave his chest, now that would be fun to watch.
"To what do I owe the pain, I mean pleasure?" dad asked as he entered the kitchen.
"It's Easter dad. When I saw you for your birthday, I said I would see you again at Easter."
"So you did, I have recollections of seeing you some weeks ago. It was my birthday you say?" He stood to my side and slightly in front of me.
I hated the illness; it made dad forget so many things. He seemed to always remember me, and always mum too, but events, they just seemed to dissipate into the ether from his mind. It wasn't like Dementia, the GP had said it was just Everyday Memory Loss, it happens to some people. He knew who he was, where he was, he just forgot some things.
"Where is mum?" I hoped he would remember.
"Ah yes, Eileen, yes, she has gone to see her sister and will be home to cook my tea. Look." He pointed to a note stuck to the fridge with a magnet. 'IF NEEDED AT JOANS.'
I rang Auntie Joan.