The Doctors Hidden Past: A Descent into Isolation and Obsession CHAPTER 7 DOC GOES HOME The doctor made it up the silo and shut and locked the door. He knew no one could get thru the Iron door. This was an old missile silo and now it belongs to him and him alone. He starts his truck and walked over to the generator to check the fuel. It has not been turned on for years and he actually never even tried it. He opened the gas can and it was over half full. He was satisfied it was ok and finished scraping off the snow from his truck. He had his mother in his mind as he drove to see her. He thought he would make it in about two days when his sister said she had talked a turn for the worse. His father died a few years back and his mother was all he had besides his sister. They never got along. He drove as fast as he could in the snow and did not stop till he got to see her. It was Christmas Eve when she died. They had her cremated right away. His sister asked him to stay and read the will but he told her he had to get back to his work right away. He spends the next morning making arrangement for the ashes then hit the road. The doc's mother and father wanted him to walk in his old mans footsteps as Medical doctor. …and then things took a turn
