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“Let’s just take this one thing at a time, alright? You say feel guilty because you didn’t notice him feeling ill. I heard what symptoms Johnny had might have had that day, so besides a head injury, is there anything else that could explain them?”
Admitting that, yes, other things could have been going on, from not sleeping well to the start of a cold or flu, Roy added, “I know that logically in my head, it’s just that I wish I could change things.”
“Unfortunately, we can’t change the past,” Doctor Druthers said sympathetically. “You didn’t know what happening and it sounds as though Johnny wasn’t aware either. Even Captain Stanley wasn’t aware when Johnny called in sick. As far as getting hurt in the explosion, Johnny was doing his job, correct?”
“Yes,” Roy admitted reluctantly.
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He was hoping to find out more about the bonds between not only Roy and Johnny, but also the bond between the DeSoto family and Johnny from Roy’s perspective.
“It was just after he had graduated from training. I had already gone through it at a different hospital, so I didn’t need to retake any tests,” Roy explained, seeing the confusion on Karl’s face. “John had been invited before, but he kept putting it off until then. I said since he was going to be partnered up with me, he should meet my family. He was still unsure, but he came home with me. I know Joanne wasn’t too sure about him at first. Something about him being too young and she was sort of right, he was only 21, but he had almost two years of rescue under him.
“It took him a while to warm up to Jo because of her attitude, but she eventually got over it. Not sure how to this day,” Roy scratched his left ear with a puzzled look on his face. “I think the only reason he kept coming over, despite the fact of how Jo acted, was because of the kids. He fell in love with Jenny as soon as I put her in his arms even though he was scared out of his mind at the thought at