It was 6am and Carlson entered the testing room. Jean was there and the temperature still read 32 degrees. Matthew was still calmly standing there. Carlson said, Has it been 72 hours? Jean said, Yes. And he is about to do something else. All of a sudden a door opened in the wall across from Matthew and a tread mill came out. Matthew got down from the pedestal like he had just got up there. Went over to the tread mill got on and pushed the button. He started jogging. Carlson noticed the temperature was set at 68 and was coming up. Carlson said, How long is he going to do that. Jean replied, I don’t know. The mill is set at 5 miles and hour. If he runs a marathon that would be 5 to 6 hours. I have no clue. Carlson said, I have to go to work but will come back later to see what is going on. Jean said, that’s fine I will be here. Jean had notice that Matthew’s heart rate and temperature went up a little but not much.
I woke up a little after 4am when the baby woke me. I felt fine. Great actually. I had a queen bed now and Hunter was sleeping with me. She refused to sleep in her bed and she was expressing how she didn’t like change and missed her daddy. She kept trying to climb out of her crib and screaming daddy. I got up and took care of the baby. He fell asleep after I changed his diaper but I held him and comforted him for quite awhile. I put him next to my chest hopping he could hear my heart beat. I thought it might help him from missing his dad. He always slept on Matthews chest and I believed he had separation anxiety. After a while I put him back on the bed between the pillows and laid back down. Cindy woke me and said we had to get ready for breakfast. Mom stepped in the room and checked on all of us. You could see she was happy with the way things were going.
We went to breakfast and I did better. Couldn’t eat eggs yet. Hunter insisted on having her chair next to mine. She wanted me to feed her but I told her I couldn’t until I was done eating so she let Cindy feed her some. After I finished eating she noticed right away and started refusing food from Cindy. She would push the spoon away. Cindy gave me the spoon and I feed her. I told Mom about how much better I was feeling and wanted to know if she would mind if I went to the gym in the afternoon. She said that would be fine with her. After breakfast we all decided to go for a walk around the pool. Then we set out by the pool for awhile. I was so nice out. Class started and I asked Mom if she minded if I went to class. She said, No. And that everyone was going to the family room soon and to come there when I was finished.
I went to class, its was great. Lunch was good, went to the gym. I felt fine and eat most of it.
Carlson went back to the testing room at noon. Matthew was just getting off the tread mill. He looked good. If he didn’t know Matthew had been in there since Monday he would not have believed it. A table came out of the wall. Matthew stood in front of it. A red light came on and a clock started counting. Matthew garbed the gun on the table and started field stripping it. Matthew set the gun down and the clock stopped. Two minutes. A picture was taken and another table came out. This gun was already disassembled. The red light came on and Matthew started assembling the gun as the clock counted. 2 minutes and then he loaded it. Then he turned around and shot a target dead center every time. He put the gun down and went through a door to another room you could see him on the monitor. He climbed to the top of a large tank full of water. Set on the edge. A light went on and he went in to the bottom of the tank. He sat there for 10 minutes 33 seconds. Carlson said, Is he ok? Jean said, Does he look ok? Carlson replied, He looks fine. After he came out he went and stood at a wall. Carlson was thinking if it was him he would have died. At the wall golf balls started coming at him at 100 miles an hour. He dodged and moved away from every ball. Some stuck in the wall. You could see it was easy for him. After 50 balls they stopped and Matthew went over to a small door. Open it and took out a drink. He yelled at Jean he was going to take a shower. Carlson said, He looks fine. Like it never happened. After his shower and change of clothes he came and sat down with Jean and Carlson. He got another recover drink out of a small fridge. He called and ordered a steak, smoothie and fruit for dinner. Matthew said, This isn’t really working. I need to think up better tests. Carlson just looked at him in surprised. Matthew said, I could work on staying under water longer or running faster, but I need a really good test. Something to take me to the limit and some skill I could use in the field. Jean said, I looked at everything, your time and its not bad for an old man. Mathew was rolling his tongue around in his mouth and Carlson was shocked. Jean went on. I can see what you are saying. You don’t have to work for anything. Matthew replied, Exactly. Jean said. I will study some other training methods of some groups and see if I can come up with some thing to meet your needs. You do need more work on marital arts. Matthew agreed. Jean said, I think we should cut a hole in the ceiling and get a larger water tank. I also think we should take the room next to us and change it into a marital training room. One you can train in and train people in. Matthew said, That sounds really good. Who is the worlds best? Jean said, I am not sure I will do some research and let you know. Matthew turned to Carlson and said, Do you have any ideas? Carlson said, Not right now but I will work on it. Matthew turned to Jean and said, Have you been messing with my wife while I have been busy. He was trying to get back at Jean for calling him an old man. Jean ran his hand under his chin and said, Oh, I thought about it but I was sure you would kill me so I decided not to. Matthew replied, Fuck yes, I would have skinned you alive and enjoyed it. Jean said, Mom called me the other night the other night and she was missing. I found her sleep walking around the pool. I took her back to your Mom and put an ankle bracelet on her. Matthew said, Did she complain? Jean said, No, she hasn’t complained. The doctor did some x-rays of the nose and didn’t find anything. Mom added a new room on to her room for everyone and they changed the dinner room away from the kitchen. Matthew said, Everyone is fine? Jean said yes and Angel came to class this morning. Matthew said, Ok, then I am going to dinner and you guys call me if you need something. Matthew left. Carlson said, I can’t believe how great he looks after that.
Matthew tried to sneak in but Hunter saw him and started yelling daddy, daddy. Everyone was so glad to see him. He kissed me on the cheek. and then Mom on the cheek. He said, I really missed everyone. I had seen his plate set and wondered if it was going to be him or Jean. Hunter was trying to stand up in her high chair and had her hands out wanting daddy to pick her up. He picked her up and sat down to eat. He kissed her on the cheek and said he really missed her. He said, I am so sorry I have been working on this really important project and couldn’t leave. They brought the food. I had a small steak and bake potato. Matthew had this big juicy steak, a strawberry smoothie and a bowl of fruit with grapes and other things. Hunter didn’t want to sit. She kept trying to stand on Matthew’s lap. She wanted to play with Matthew. Matthew looked really good. It was strange he looked more trim. He looked like he lost weight. He started eating his steak and Hunter wanted it. He told her daddy had to eat his food and she had to eat her food. If she didn’t she had to go in her high chair. She calmed down and ate her food. Matthew would go one bit for you and one bit for me. Everyone was really happy and Mom was telling him about the new room add on. I was happy and feeling really good. I ate all of my steak. Matthew explained he was really tired and had to go to our room and get some sleep but hope to spend most of tomorrow with us. I told him that was fine I under stood. He asked what’s with the ankle bracelet. I shook my head and said I have no idea but if it makes everyone happy I was fine with it. I said, it seems I have been sleep walking. Matthew asked, Have you ever sleep walked before? I replied, not that I know of. It seems to be something new. I am hoping it doesn’t happen again. Mom showed Matthew our new bedroom and he thought it was really nice. We moved to the family room. Matthew stayed for a least and hour. Playing patty-cake with Hunter. Holding and rocking the baby. Talking to Mom and me. It was really nice. Finally he said he had to excuse himself he had to get some rest. He kissed me good night and went off to bed. Later we turned in and I thought what a nice day.