“Max? Max? Max, sweetie, are you okay?”333Please respect copyright.PENANAEOrPFcrx2c
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?333Please respect copyright.PENANA98EvTMmtIr
“Why isn’t he responding?”333Please respect copyright.PENANAmAMKeRVNWQ
“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.”333Please respect copyright.PENANA095RMvlnyz
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!333Please respect copyright.PENANAH4VJlGqJKl
“Mr. Taylor…”333Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ95srsB8f
“I’m not trying to make this difficult, I swear. He’s got a grip on me and won’t let go.”333Please respect copyright.PENANAaaTShq7sWp
Nope. I’m never letting this go.333Please respect copyright.PENANAAAYjXYhySL
“Max, sweetheart, you have to let go of our father.”333Please respect copyright.PENANApn9kZlfKcW
Mom? Why would she suggest such a thing? Whose side is she on?!333Please respect copyright.PENANAL1OrrExaKc
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.333Please respect copyright.PENANATKHm8OsHuZ
“Mr. Taylor, please help us get your son off of you.”333Please respect copyright.PENANAyuRSx9leuo
“Maybe I should just take him where you want to take him. He’s not going to let go, Nurse.”333Please respect copyright.PENANAkoCB0ka7WP
Nurse? Where was I?333Please respect copyright.PENANAUCPiy4lBjL
There was silence and then I felt us walking and I loosened my grip as Dad’s got a little tighter.333Please respect copyright.PENANAh9erd89Mox
“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.”333Please respect copyright.PENANAdDX8de81bq
“We’re here for you, honey. We’re with you every step of the way.”333Please respect copyright.PENANAoIXEFJ2zFj
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… 333Please respect copyright.PENANA8n83tMptTf