DAY 53
We were just finishing breakfast out at the pool. Everyone was there and it was really nice outside when Scott got a phone call from Carlson. Carlson said, he had his man in China on the phone who had info for everyone. Scott said, great. He put the phone on speaker and sat it in front of him so everyone could hear. Scott said, Hello. The voice said, Hi I am — and I have been working for Carlson in China. Scott said, I am Scott and I am here with Matthew’s mother and wife. Also here is Jean’s wife and we are are interested in what you found. The voice said, I went to the Temple where Matthew and Jean spent two weeks. When they left they did not go out the helicopter door other wise there would be a record. Also people there said they went out the front. They said the two looked good and were in good spirits. If you go out the front door there are a lot of ways you can go and lot of places you can go. I checked out a few and found nothing. The next week I got a team of 6 men and split them into groups of 2. We came up with a plan to cover the most area and set out to find them. We didn’t find them but what we found out was they told people they were searching for a Shaolin Monk. Scott said, they sent a note that they were going to train with another Monk for a couple of weeks. Did you find that Monk? The voice said, no because the Monk we were told they were looking for is a Monk that is only located in a legend. A story from folklore. Scott said, I know Matthew and Jean and they would not go looking for a mystical Monk. The voice said, we showed people their pictures and believe the information they gave us to be true. We didn’t find Matthew and Jean but the good new is, this is common for people to do this. When people who go looking for this Shaolin Monk Master get tired of looking they usually give up after awhile and go home. So we have put the word out that if anyone sees the two, to contact us and let us know. Scott said, thankyou for the information. We will look forward to good new from you soon. The voice said, Bye. Scott looked at Mom and said, I don’t believe they were talking about Matthew and Jean. The message said, we are going to train with another Monk. That sounded like they had already talked to this Monk and made the arrangements to go train with someone. Mom agreed and so did everyone else at the table. Scott said, they could have gone anywhere even Japan. Mom said, I don’t think we should worry. I think they will show up soon. I was hopping for good news. Like they knew where they went. Everyone started to leave the table. I leaned over and said to Scott, do you think I am eating too much? Scott said, why do you say that? I said, because I am getting so big and am only in my 5 months. At night my calves and knees hurt so much I can’t sleep. Scott put his hand on my stomach and felt it. He said, your stomach seems to be shaped correctly. The harness I am wearing is already too small and I just got it. Scott said, do you want to go to the doctor? I thought about it and said, yes. Scott called the doctor on his phone. When he hung up he said, the doctor said to come over Monday with Serena. I said, ok. A couple hours later Mom received a package. She called me over. I was another harness but this one was more adjustable. She took the old one off and put the new one on. We studied how to adjust it. It felt better. It also was not pushing the baby against my stomach. Mom suggested if I need to go anywhere to use the wheel chair. I agreed with her. I ask her if she had see a woman this big in her fifth month. Mom said, I don’t know. I told her Scott was taking me over to see the doctor Monday. Maybe this is just going to be a big guy. Scott was listening. He leaned over and said, maybe he will pop out, run and make himself a peanut butter sandwich. We all kind of laughed. I started using the wheel chair and it really helped.
When I went to bed I kept thinking what am I going to do if Matthew doesn’t come back? Can I raise the kids alone? What if they are jumpers? I bet a lot of single moms think the same thing and they don’t have Mom and Scott. Would Scott be a good father figure? Hunter is already calling him uncle. How would he deal with jumpers? He is strict but if they are jumpers maybe he would need to be strict. I fell asleep.