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at around 9am today (i was still half sleeping) we get a knock at the door. it's richie's sisters amy and andrea, and they say they have bad news. their father is dead. he died of a heart attack. at first they didn't say exactly how, but then they went on to tell richie that it was drug related, and almost certainly on purpose. then they all left together to get their sister sarah from school, she didn't know yet.
richie doesn't know how to feel. on the one hand, his father hasn't been a good dad to him or his sisters in a very long time. all the shit he put them through as kids being a drug addict. and even recently he's always been very flaky and unreliable. but he is still their dad, the only dad they had, and there's still a love for him deep down, and richie has always wished that he could repair their relationship. he certainly has tried. there was always this false hope that it was going in the right direction and then his dad would always do something to piss him off. in fact the last time he saw him/talked to him his father offered to help him replace his tire on his car, it was a friday and he was supposed to help him that saturday first thing in the morning. richie called him saturday morning and his dad flaked out, saying he couldn't do it because he didn't get enough sleep. he never called him back to say he could do it later that day or anything. i just hope richie doesn't feel guilty about not having a good relationship with him, or that the last conversation they had he was mad at him. he did all he could, and you can't help someone who doesn't want to help himself.
richie just called me and asked me to come to his mom's house to be with them.
richie doesn't know how to feel. on the one hand, his father hasn't been a good dad to him or his sisters in a very long time. all the shit he put them through as kids being a drug addict. and even recently he's always been very flaky and unreliable. but he is still their dad, the only dad they had, and there's still a love for him deep down, and richie has always wished that he could repair their relationship. he certainly has tried. there was always this false hope that it was going in the right direction and then his dad would always do something to piss him off. in fact the last time he saw him/talked to him his father offered to help him replace his tire on his car, it was a friday and he was supposed to help him that saturday first thing in the morning. richie called him saturday morning and his dad flaked out, saying he couldn't do it because he didn't get enough sleep. he never called him back to say he could do it later that day or anything. i just hope richie doesn't feel guilty about not having a good relationship with him, or that the last conversation they had he was mad at him. he did all he could, and you can't help someone who doesn't want to help himself.
richie just called me and asked me to come to his mom's house to be with them.