“Max? Max? Max, sweetie, are you okay?”117Please respect copyright.PENANAKOiBwa4TOg
No… no I’m not okay. Who would ask me such a dumbass question? Don’t they know where I’ve been? Don’t they know what I’ve gone through?117Please respect copyright.PENANAI3Do48ks5o
“Why isn’t he responding?”117Please respect copyright.PENANAwB6Fr3oSNw
“I’m not really sure, ma’am. He’s probably still in shock. It might take him a good nap and a warm bed to get him back to semi-normal. I’ll please allow us to take him.”117Please respect copyright.PENANA1npvFY8Qmn
I felt myself being transferred to someone else’s arms and I panicked. The arms holding me were arms I knew. They were comfort, they were home. Whoever this other person was was not going to get me to go anywhere!117Please respect copyright.PENANATD3f4AzWBC
“Mr. Taylor…”117Please respect copyright.PENANAeLu9MXHK93
“I’m not trying to make this difficult, I swear. He’s got a grip on me and won’t let go.”117Please respect copyright.PENANAsAGmZnBG7i
Nope. I’m never letting this go.117Please respect copyright.PENANACeiitIM9f7
“Max, sweetheart, you have to let go of our father.”117Please respect copyright.PENANApPlAoxf6QO
Mom? Why would she suggest such a thing? Whose side is she on?!117Please respect copyright.PENANAhUTOj7eA4E
I felt the hands of the lady again but I hung on for dear life. If nothing else, I gained arm strength from where I was and eventually, they always gave up. If I wasn’t going to leave then they would have to sedate me to do it, which I learned to avoid that too.117Please respect copyright.PENANAsGan6tw3CR
“Mr. Taylor, please help us get your son off of you.”117Please respect copyright.PENANA4eo2oP8rLM
“Maybe I should just take him where you want to take him. He’s not going to let go, Nurse.”117Please respect copyright.PENANAkNlO5WeQlt
Nurse? Where was I?117Please respect copyright.PENANAG3bTYhau3L
There was silence and then I felt us walking and I loosened my grip as Dad’s got a little tighter.117Please respect copyright.PENANAAy3KtJf2Lp
“Max, when we get to where we’re going, you’re going to have to let go of me. We can’t get a good look at you if you’re clung to me. I’ll be right there with you and so will your mother.”117Please respect copyright.PENANA39XVvXyOfX
“We’re here for you, honey. We’re with you every step of the way.”117Please respect copyright.PENANAMkiX9OsVyh
I felt my body relax and for once since I had been abducted, I trusted something. It was my parents… my real parents; not some horrible shoddy version of them like they used to do… no… these arms were my father’s, the lilting soft voice was my mother’s… I was home… I was finally home… 117Please respect copyright.PENANA72wAJomVVg