A week had passed and Daniel was about ready to go out of his mind. He had reopened his practice, just to give him something to do. To keep his mind busy. So he was sitting in his office when the call came in.

"Dr. Pierce?" his young secretary poked her head in. "There's a phone call for you on line one. Long distance."

"Thanks." Daniel told her and picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Dad?"Daniel froze. It couldn't be… That was Hawkeye's voice!

"Dad? You there?" That was definitely his son's voice! Bu he was dead…

"Hawkeye? Is that really you?

"Yeah, it's me. I've been trying to reach you for days!"

"They told me you were dead! They told me you'd been killed!" Daniel said, trying to grasp the fact that his son was still alive.

"I know. I'm really sorry Dad. Some clerk down the line switched my name with someone else's."

"Oh my god… Hawkeye…" Daniel started sobbing tears of joy. "I thought you were dead. I… gave away some of your things even and…" Daniel broke down, unable to go on.

"Quit crying dad! It's OK!" Hawkeye told him. "Really! I needed a new set of clubs anyways!" Finally Daniel calmed down enough to answer him.

"But what about the Army? Did they fix the paperwork?"

"No, I'm still dead as far as the Army is concerned, but they're working on it." Hawkeye told him. "Listen, Dad, can I ask you a favor?"

"Anything." Daniel immediately replied. His son was alive and that was all that mattered.

"You think you could start sending me my allowance again?" Hawkeye asked. "Just for a little while. I'll let you know how much." Daniel laughed.

"Sure." He said. "It's so good to hear your voice again Hawkeye."

"What?" Hawkeye asked. The connection had a lot of static.

"It's good to hear your voice again Hawkeye!" Daniel repeated, a bit louder this time. He heard Hawkeye say something, but he didn't quite catch it. "What?"

"It's good to hear your voice too!" Hawkeye repeated. "What else is new?"

"Ummmm…" Daniel said, not sure what to say.

"How's Orville's pitching?" Hawkeye asked.

"Great! He's being recruited!" Daniel reported. Hawkeye laughed.

"You're kidding!"

"No! Last season, he threw a no-hitter!"

"A no-hitter?" Hawkeye repeated. "And everyone always said that Orville was all thumbs." Daniel laughed.

"Yeah." He agreed.

"What else?" Hawkeye asked.

"Well, Jenny asked about you."

"She did? Well, tell her I said hello." Hawkeye laughed.

"I will." Daniel assured him, but the only answer he got was static. "Hawkeye?" he called. "You there?" Nothing. The connection had been lost. Daniel smiled at the phone in his hand. It didn't matter. All that mattered was that Hawkeye was still alive. His son was alive!

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