Theo doesn't really understand what she's talking about. He doesn't think any of that makes sense for him. He doesn't need to talk to anybody or remember anything, because he's really happy where he is.
“Dad makes me happy,” Theo says. “And Eddie and Chris and my Aunt Maddie and my Uncle Harry and…”
He goes on and on until he's listed everybody he knows and loves.
“It's so great that you have such a big, beautiful family,” Dr Valcourt tells him after a moment.
Theo nods. He has the best family in the world.
“Can you tell them when you're feeling sad about your mom and dad? When you miss them, do you feel like you have people to talk to?” She asks.
Why is she doing this? He doesn't get it. Everyone wants to talk about his other family. Theo doesn't want to do that. That's the whole problem. He's only upset because that's what people want to do.
“I don't need to,” Theo says.
“Well, okay,” Dr. Valcourt says. “But what if you did? If you did need to talk about your mom and dad, who would you go to?”
“I don't want to,” Theo says angrily. “I don't miss them. I don't even remember them, really.”
Dr. Valcourt looks surprised for just a second, before she gets her regular doctor face back on.
“Does talking about them make you upset?” She asks.
“My only parents are Dad and Eddie,” Theo insists.
“No,” Shane insists. “Of course not.”
It’s only ten percent a lie. During his hockey career if he was done puking and could skate, he’d have been on the ice. Sometimes he forgets that’s not normal. That’s how injuries go ignored and lead to early retirement.
Lauren looks like she’s reading his mind. “I love sports. You know I love sports.”
She is a sports journalist.
“My kid isn’t killing herself for them, though,” Lauren says.
Shane nods again. “Understood. And, uh, I agree.”
“Good,” Lauren says. “Now, maybe you can talk to her. I think she likes you better right now.”
“I’m sure that’s not true,” Shane says.
The moment Nina spots Shane she is bemoaning how horrible her experience has been this weekend.
“Mom’s chicken made me sick and now I can’t skate and now I’m going to waste the entry and it’s expensive and I am supposed to win and it’s not fair,” she sobs to him.
“Whoa, hey,” Shane tries to console her. “It’s not a waste. People get sick and need a break. And you don’t need to worry about the cost, okay? We aren’t. Who told you it’s expensive?”
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