So last night at around 11 while me and the wife were watching Netflix and my cellphone rings. I didn't make it in time and saw it was my mother who never speaks to me. I decided to call back fearing something happened with my dad. At the same moment my house phone rings, so I am definitely expecting the worst with this level of urgency on her part. I wait a couple of minutes and then call her back on my cell.
She doesn't say "hi" or greet me any anyway, just frantically says "when is this nonsense with you and Satan's world going to stop? It has been far too long..." etc etc etc. I am thinking to myself what the hell is going on. She is literally yelling for close to 30 seconds and she blurts out "do you not remember the promise you made to one of Christ's brothers to always stay close to Jehovah??!?! You are acting like that means nothing! Are you willing to face the consequences for that?"
It was at this point that I recalled when I was in high-school and my brother was in bethel. Fred Franz was in the Bethel infirmary and my brother called us on Thursday night and asked my mother if we wanted to see Freddy in the Infirmary. I guess he felt he had some connections. At the time I had no clue who he really was, but there were about 8 of us in his room and he was undercover laying flat on his back but talking. Everyone's eyes were focused on him like it was Jesus himself and he was saying stuff... i don't even remember because I was a teenager and I was more occupied with the fine black nurse that ushered us to his room.
At some point in the conversation he asked me how old I was, what my goals were, etc.. it freaked me out because he was fucking blind and not looking directly at me. Shit was weird. Anyway he said promise me young man you will always keep Jehovah in your heart and never stray from him. Of course I was like yeah and like 10 minutes later he left.
Anyhow, my mother kept referring to how I will have such a serious price to pay for lying to one of Christ's Brothers... she was literally yelling. She says how she sometimes wishes I would never have gone that day because I made such a huge promise that I had no intention of fulfilling etc...
Then she abruptly hangs up the phone. I called back, no answer. Then this morning I get a call from my loser brother who says, "I think it would be best if you cease talking to mom because you are making her and dad's health worse", then he hangs up. It seems like it is time to change my phone number AGAIN...
