As soon as Nathan left, the doctor came in. "Family of Haley Scott?"
Lucas spoke up. "I'm her brother-and-law."
"Okay, well your sister is out of surgery."
"Can I see her?"
"Sure, but I have to warn you. She suffered so much trauma. She has broken her neck, he right leg and her left arm. She also has a tube to help her breathing. She's got multiple cuts and bruises all over her body. It's not a pretty sight. So I just wanted to prepare you." Lucas just nodded as he followed the doctor to Haley's room. The doctor left Lucas standing in front of the door. "I'll come back to check on her in an hour."
Lucas opened the door and gasped when he saw Haley. She has a cast on her leg and her arm. She had a tube in her mouth. He saw all the cuts and bruises on her arms, legs, and face. He walked towards Haley and sat down on the chair next to her. He grabbed her hand. "Hey Hales. You need to breath, sis." Lucas took her hand to his cheek. "You need to wake up. I need you to wake up." Lucas looked towards the door to see Haley's parents come in. "I should go." He got up to leave.
Lydia stopped him. "Lucas, you don't have to go. It's okay."
"No, Mrs. James. I have to go find Nathan anyways. It's okay, just call me if anything changes." Lydia nodded.
At Nathan's apartment, Nathan was in a drunken stupor, he had bottles of empty beer. There had to be at least twenty of them. He drank them all in about thirty minutes, desperate to numb the pain of his wife being in the hospital. He was about to grab another bottle from the fridge when he heard the door open. He turned to see his brother standing in the door way. "What is it?"
"Haley's out of surgery." Lucas looked around to see all the empty bottles. "Getting drunk?" That's not gonna help you deal with this. Nothing will. You need to go see her."
"I can't." Nathan grabbed another bottle from the fridge. "The alcohol helps with the pain." Nathan took a swig from his bottle. Lucas took it away from him. "Damn it Luke, don't be a dick. Give it back to me."
"No, if you want one, grab another one."
"That's my last one. Now give it to me!"
"Don't be a dick. Just give the damn bottle to me or we won't have a problem."
"Haley is in bad shape. She can't even breathe on her own. She needs her husband. She needs you. She wants you."
"How do you know? She can't talk. She's in a coma." Nathan was so angry, he pushed all the beer bottles off of the counter.
Lucas jumped. "Nathan? Are you okay?" Lucas looked very concerned. "Nate, you need to calm down."
Nathan looked up at Lucas. "I can't calm down knowing that some asshole tried to kill my wife!"
"Nathan, just because some idiot ran over Haley, doesn't mean that she doesn't need you. Because she does. Even though she can't speak right now, she still needs to know that you're there. She needs you. I need you to be there."
"Lucas, I can't go and see Haley until I know who did this to her. And when I do, he'll get what's coming to him."
"Let me worry about that. Okay, most likely it was someone from school. And if it was, then they probably have some scratches or something. It'll check it out tomorrow. Just, you should be with your wife."
Nathan nodded. "Thanks, can you, uh, bring me to the hospital. I shouldn't be driving. I know Haley would be very upset if I drove when she was just in a car accident."
Lucas nodded. "Let's go."
When they got to the hospital, Nathan went into Haley room. He sat down next to her and grabbed her hand. "Hey Hales. I love you. And I wanted to ask you something. Will you marry me?" He chuckled. "Even though we're already married."
NEXT CHAPTER:
LUCAS IS SUSPICOUS OF WHO RAN HALEY OVER
HALEY BREATHES ON HER OWN
PEYTON AND BROOKE TAKE CARE OF NATHAN
TIM BRINGS HIS COUSIN AS A STRIPPER FOR NATHAN