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Uncle Billy looked at his watch. "Where the heck is Eb? We tee off in ten minutes."Hank stopped swinging his club and rested it on the ground. "Didn't you hear, Bill ... Eb's not coming ... he's got a family crisis."
"What?" said Billy.
"It's his Uncle Brad ... he had a heart attack on Sunday," said Hank.
"Uncle Brad?"
I set my coffee on top of the cart. "It's Mary's brother, Brad Marshall."
Uncle Billy looked at me. "You knew about this?"
I nodded. "Yeah ... I did."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Honestly, I thought you knew, Uncle."
Uncle Billy put his hands on his hips. "Nobody tells me squat ... what happened?"
"Evidently, Brad was on his way home from work and add the attack ... his car went into a ditch ... at a low rate of speed ... and some samaritan saw what was happening and called the police," said Hank.
Billy leaned a hand on the cart and shook his head. "Holy smoke ... what happened then?"
"Well, the police couldn't get a pulse, so they called the EMS ... after some effort, they managed to resuscitate him and get him to the hospital."
"Jeez, the poor guy ... how is he doing?"
Hank slipped his driver into the bag on the back of his cart. "Not good ... he is still in critical care ... no one knows what is going to happen."
"Man, that is tough ... how is Mary holding up?"
"She's pretty upset ... as you might imagine," said Hank.
"Yeah ... but I think Eb is taking it hard too," I added. "He was pretty close to his Uncle."
Billy looked at me. "Kinda like you'd be if something happened to me, right?"
I smiled. "Of course, Uncle."
"Well that's just terrible," said Billy.
"Yes, it is," I said. "It's a real tragedy."
Hank patted Billy on the back. "Did you know Brad?"
"No ... I mean I'm really worried for Mary and Eb ... but ..."
"But what, Uncle?"
"But I was looking forward to taking your's and Eb's money today ... now we're just a threesome."
Hank frowned, "Get in the cart, Bill."
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