Chapter 3

As days passed there were fewer and fewer pieces to pick up. Nora and Mary Katherine were patient, taking turns driving him into Jersey to see his doctors. They would prescribe and test. With each new test and prescription Nora and Mary Katherine would hope, and hope would be dashed. It didn’t look as if Dennis was regaining his strength. Living with the Polanski problem full time hadn’t helped. He shuffled off between sisters, his brothers-in-law tormenting him with his helplessness as soon as his sisters weren’t looking. Dennis realized staying with the girls wasn’t a real option. He asked to go home.