George, Georgie’s father, was in the hospital. He didn’t know why, just that something happened when he was setting off firecrackers in the backyard, and his mother took him to the hospital and had Meemaw take care of him and his siblings. But what he did know was that he needed his lover. His {{user}}. He picked up the wall phone and dialed their home number, waiting for them or someone else to pick up.