Vision Quest

Lillian Lancaster arrives at her grandmother’s house in Pittsburgh — Part 2 When Lillian arrived at her grandmother’s house it was nearly eight o’clock and she was exhausted from the drive. She had been crying for nearly forty-five minutes and when her grandmother opened the door for her, she could readily see that Lillian had been crying. …

Lillian Lancaster’s Vision Quest From Mt Rushmore — PART 1 Lillian Lancaster had planned on spending three weeks on a round trip to Mount Rushmore from Baltimore while she had strength. It was her hope that she could find the camera that her parents had lost on their honeymoon, that her mother had seen as the harbinger of…

Malcolm Crawford begins his vision quest — Malcolm Crawford finished his eleven o’clock seminar on Political Movements during the French revolution at two o ‘clock, but his students almost always had questions and he was not averse to staying after sometimes even as late as two thirty answering them. …

Stephanie Lancaster struggles with an uncertain future — Stephanie was sitting in the hospital waiting room, holding the worn photograph of Liam in her left hand, because she was left-handed, contemplating everything that had happened in the last ten years and eleven months since she had last seen Liam. She had often comforted herself in those quiet moments…

Lillian Lancaster returns from visiting Jonathan in New York — Lillian was unpacking her suitcase from her trip to New York to see Jonathan when Allison came into her room to help her. “So how do you feel?” She asked her sister. “I feel great, Allison. A little tired, but great.” “So how is he, the little boy?” “He’s wonderful…

Thomas McIlhenry begins to see connections in his life — Thomas McIlhenry woke up early to prepare a brief for a client’s appeal, and he looked haggard and exhausted, surrounded by stacks of legal papers and law books scattered across the kitchen table. He was trying to handle his normal day-to-day. He still had to work on Marcus Houston’s motion…

The Lancasters and Michael Bouvier on a road trip — “Are you getting tired, Baby, it’s been four hours of driving.” Lillian’s mother asked. “I’m OK, Mommy. I got used to the driving and you remember how I was sick.” “No one suspected you were sick,” Bridget interjected. “We’re getting closer to lunchtime,” Lillian expressed. …

Malcolm Crawford begins to question everything — Malcolm Crawford rarely watched television. He found little time to keep up with the vagaries of sitcoms and formula dramas, and for the little news he considered worthy of his interest, he skimmed the front page of The Times and a couple of internet sites which he visited a couple…