Primary Suspect
We’ve been here almost one week, and mother and I are bumping into one another. We are both temperamental. My mother has always been difficult. She can’t help it. She’s just complicated as all get out, and high maintenance, plus, plus. She and Granddad never got a long. In fact, she cleaned out his studio - the bolted and locked “Sanctuary” in the Orchard Hill Farm attic - in the late 1990’s. Granddad had retired from the farm and moved to Pine Needle Retirement Home at the time. Mother said she was just making the farm ready for her own family, but she gave all his paraphernalia and artworks away. I don’t think Granddad has ever forgiven her.* I think she’s feeling guilty now, and that fuels her anxiety and temper. I have no excuse for my irritability.
The state police told Peter not to leave the county the other day, and he still isn’t speaking to us. I drove over to his place yesterday afternoon, but he refused to let me in, saying, “just go!”
“I know you didn’t do anything to Granddad, Peter.”
“That’s not what your mother and the police think.”
“Mother is a mess, and the police are being ridiculous.”
“I don’t want you here, Adam.”
“I had hoped you would help.”
“With what? Apparently I’m the primary suspect. The police have made all kinds of disgusting innuendos about my relationship with Isaac, and they told me not to leave the area. I feel as though I’m stuck in some horrible piece of trashy fiction.”
“Won’t you let me in?”
“Adam, No!” He shut the door and I heard the dead bolt turn, then silence. I knew there was no point. I’ve called repeatedly, but I get his machine. I worry because Peter is actually acting guilty, and I wonder, could the police be right? Did Peter have something to do with Granddad’s disappearance?
*See Granddad’s journal 2003 and 2004 entries for details concerning the Sanctuary debacle.
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The state police told Peter not to leave the county the other day, and he still isn’t speaking to us. I drove over to his place yesterday afternoon, but he refused to let me in, saying, “just go!”
“I know you didn’t do anything to Granddad, Peter.”
“That’s not what your mother and the police think.”
“Mother is a mess, and the police are being ridiculous.”
“I don’t want you here, Adam.”
“I had hoped you would help.”
“With what? Apparently I’m the primary suspect. The police have made all kinds of disgusting innuendos about my relationship with Isaac, and they told me not to leave the area. I feel as though I’m stuck in some horrible piece of trashy fiction.”
“Won’t you let me in?”
“Adam, No!” He shut the door and I heard the dead bolt turn, then silence. I knew there was no point. I’ve called repeatedly, but I get his machine. I worry because Peter is actually acting guilty, and I wonder, could the police be right? Did Peter have something to do with Granddad’s disappearance?
*See Granddad’s journal 2003 and 2004 entries for details concerning the Sanctuary debacle.
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posted by Isaac at 8/19/2007 09:49:00 AM
2 Comments:
I remember all of his work being taken away by a professor and then he had to make an appointment to see his own work!
I don't think Peter is involved. Read what your grandfather wrote about him again.
Thanks for keeping us updated, I'm continuing hoping.
Hi, Anji,
Yes, Mother made the arrangements for a professor who specializes in outsider art to take all Granddad's work from his studio to Pittsburgh.
Adam
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