Chapter 2
Six Hours Later, 3am
Glen arrived at Mark's house a little after 3 am, he wasn't sure what he was walking into all he knew was that Mark needed him even if Mark didn't know it yet himself. Glen took a deep breath before he opened the door to Mark's house, as he opened the door to the house the most horrible smelled filled his nose. He covered his nose and looked around for the source of the horrible smell; Glen first went into the kitchen and saw that it hadn't been touched in weeks. Dust covered the counters and the appliances, Glen then went into the living room only to find it too had a light covering of dust. Glen went upstairs and checked every room still Mark was nowhere to be found, he was starting to panic Glen ran back downstairs to check Mark's office. He wasn't there either, there was only one place left to check the den that was the one place Glen hadn't checked yet. He made his way to the back of the house the smell was getting stronger as Glen got closer and closer to the den; he covered his nose as reached for the door to push it open.
When Glen opened the door to the den he saw nothing but beer cans all over the floor and the furniture, Mark had been living on nothing but beer for the last four weeks. It would be a miracle if Mark was still alive and not dead from alcohol poisoning or starvation, Glen made his way over to the lazy boy that Mark was sitting in. He feared that he would be dead, but as he made his way over Glen saw Mark left his arm to take a drink of his beer. When Mark saw that it was empty he simply threw it away from him and grabbed another one from the six pack that was sitting next to him on the floor. Glen was happy that his friend was still alive but also upset that Michelle had put him through this much hell. She was the one to blame for Mark being like this, she was his last hope of being happy, Michelle was his one last chance of finding true love for the rest of his days. But she threw that all away when she cheated on him with another man, Mark gave her everything, he gave her his heart, his soul, everything and she just stepped all over it like they were nothing. Glen was going to make sure she would pay for this in due time but right now Glen had to look after his friend and get him healthy again at least physically anyway, mentally that was a whole other problem. He would have to call in help for Mark's mental health, first he would get Mark cleaned up and then make a call to Simone to see if she was willing to help get Mark better again. If there was anyone he could trust to help him it was her but first Glen needed to get Mark cleaned up and to the hospital who knows what sitting in human feces and urine for four weeks has done to him.
Glen helped mark stand to his feet but it was obvious that Mark hadn't moved from that chair in four weeks when he fell right out of Glen's arms and unto the floor. Glen had no other choice then to throw Mark over his shoulder and carry him upstairs to the bathroom to give Mark a bath. Once in the bathroom Glen turned on the water and poured some soap into the tub, next he undressed Mark and set him in the tub for the bath. Glen grabbed some wash clothes from the cabinet and proceeded to bathe Mark, Mark just sat there not really paying attention to what was going on. It was like he was lost in his own mind, there but not really there; it was his way of dealing with the pain and hurt of what had happened to him. Glen felt for bad for his best friend and wished he could take all the pain away for him, he just hoped that his friend would be able to recover from this somehow.
Glen then washed Mark's hair and decided to trim his overgrown goatee, it had grown a lot in the last four weeks, Glen was amazed at how quickly Mark's hair grew. With Mark's hair washed and his goatee trimmed he decided that Mark was clean enough to get out of the tub and get dressed to go to the hospital. Glen grabbed the biggest towel he could find in the cabinet and placed it on the sink while he helped Mark out of the tub. With Mark hanging onto his shoulders Glen quickly grabbed the towel and placed around Mark's waist and then carried him into the bedroom to get him dressed. He gently place Mark on the bed and went to his dresser to find Mark some clothes, he grabbed the first thing he could find. A pair of sweat pants and an old work out t-shirt along with some underwear and a pair of socks, Glen then quickly dried Mark off and got him dressed. Which was kind of easy even though Mark was unresponsive and a giant baby practically; with Mark dressed Glen went looking for Mark's keys to the truck. He found then next to the door in a little glass bowel that just for keys, with the keys to the truck in his pocket Glen went back upstairs and gently picked up Mark and carried him to the truck. With Mark safely in the truck and buckled in he went back inside to get Mark's wallet and any other information he might need to give the hospital. Once he found what he was looking for Glen went back to the truck and drove to the hospital to get Mark checked out to make sure he was ok.
