Once Dan was more or less on his feet, Garrett tried to give him some space. He spent a lot of time out in the side of the garage which had been his dad’s workshop. His first task was to spread out all the parts of the shattered motorcycle and see which ones looked like they might be salvageable. Then late at night he went online and searched eBay for sources of parts to replace those that were not. He was able to get quite a few of them, just going ahead and paying the “buy now” price to get them on their way.
They still took meals together, and Dan no longer had his off a tray in the bedroom. They usually ate with little conversation, both of them nursing unasked questions they really didn’t want to have answered. Garrett knew Dan puttered around, used Garrett’s exercise equipment in th
