yesterday i saw robert reich (my CPA neighbor) pass my store to enter the building to go up to his office. he had his head down. but i saw he was very upset and he had a black eye. i knew what had happened. he had been beaten again by his son. robert reich and his wife sylvia had adopted a child many years after they had married when they knew they were never going to have any children of their own. the little cute child that once was has now grown into a three hundred pound six foot tall man with semi mongoloid features who i am certain is completely mad. i have heard him enter robert’s office and shout and scream at him demanding money and then he would threaten him if he refused to pay up or pay him less than what he had demanded. i have heard robert plead with him in high pitched crying tones to leave him alone and the son would just laugh at him and demand more. once sylvia told me that she wished she had never adopted him. sylvia has cancer and is losing weight fast. i am worried about her and robert. i have hinted to robert that me and my greek friend chatalas can teach his son in fifteen minutes how to respect his parents but robert is too scared that he will hurt him even more. i know it is a noble thing to adopt a child. but there is always the danger of things going wrong since you do not know the genetical history of the child you are adopting.
