He had heard a door shut quietly and sensed two other people in the room. He was trying to open his eyes but they weren't cooperating, he also could hear quit voices talking. "He hasn't woken up yet?" "No, not yet" "Well don't worry. He will soon." He was getting tired of them talking like he wasn't there. He slowly opened his eyes, but his eyes weren't quite focusing and then he tried his voice, but nothing came out. He swallowed and tried to speak again. "I am in room," he said as he managed to also open his eyes slightly. He saw a drink with a straw in it being brought to his mouth so he let the straw in his mouth and drank. "Thank god you woke up Randy," John said as he helped Randy with his drink. "I was worried about you." "Yes, Mr. Orton you gave us quite a scare for awhile there. You were asleep longer than I anticipated," the other man said. Randy tried to get a good look at the other man, but his eyes weren't focusing right yet. He did like his voice though, its deep tone sent shivers down his spine.
"Who are you?"Randy asked the other man. Randy's vision was getting stronger and as the man became clearer, Randy had to admit he was handsome. Randy thought the long hair pulled back in a pony tail gave him a rugged look. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Dr. Jacobs and I was your admitting physician last night. I did the surgery on you to re-inflate your lung. You also have a slight concussion, a broken arm, several broken ribs, and a bruised tail bone and are slightly malnutrition." "Umm, what about my baby?" Randy asked his voice sounding shaky. John just looked away teary eyed and Glen said, "I'm sorry Mr. Orton. You lost the baby." Tears immediately sprang to Randy's eyes as he just starred at nothing and rubbed his now empty stomach. "Mr. Orton," Glen said bringing Randy back to reality, "I had to report the abuse, so the police will probably send someone soon to take pictures and ask questions. I'm sorry." "It's ok Dr. Jacobs, but I won't be pressing charges." Randy said steely through teary eyes, "That man doesn't exist anymore. He hurt me and took something I can never replace. I will not deal with him." "Well I will leave you to have some time alone and I will be back in a couple of hours to check up on you" Glen said. Randy just nodded his head. Glen walked out of the room and learned against the door. He had never had a patient effect him this way before, but here he was starting to have feelings for the younger man. Glen couldn't stand seeing the hurt, pain and anguish he had seen in those beautiful dark blue eyes. Glen had to admire the courage of the young man even though he wished Randy would change his mind about pressing charges. Glen really needed to get some sleep so he went to the break room and lay on a cot falling asleep. Back in Randy's room, John was trying to console Randy. "John please, I love you for being here, but right now I need just a little time to myself. Not long, I want you here when the police get here, but just give me an hour to myself to process everything", Randy begged John. "No problem Ran," John said using his favorite nickname for Randy, "I'll go get you something to eat." "Thank you John," Randy said as John walked out the door. As the door shut, Randy let real tears flow and cried for what he had been through and for the baby he would never know.
When John got back with food for Randy, he had calmed down and was talking with both doctors. The police came in right after John and were talking to Randy and taking more pictures. They disappointed in Randy's stubbornness in not pressing charges, but they had the evidence they needed if Randy changed his mind. As John was giving Randy his food, Randy said, "I was just talking to..," he hesitated and looked at Glen, who nodded, "Glen and Mark about the support group meetings they hold." "And what do you think about them?" John asked tentatively. "I think they would be a good idea," Randy answered. "Well I'm surprised you agreed so fast. Now all I have to do is convince you to move into the Long Island house." John said. "Well I don't know why yet, but these two doctors seem to think I need protecting. They said that if I didn't go along with your plan that they would kidnap me and force me to go along," Randy said with a smile and a slight twinkle in his eye, "but when I was left alone I thought about it and decided it would be a good start."The doctors smiled and left the two younger to talk to each other.
Randy had been in the hospital for a little over a week and during that time him and John had started to get to know Glen and Mark. In fact Mark had gone with John to Randy's apartment to get all his stuff and take it to the house. This was because Randy didn't want to go back there. John also talked to Randy's boss who gave him a number to a restaurant that would hire Randy as head chef on Rhode Island. John and Mark were getting along so were Glen and Randy. Glen would visit with Randy as much as possible. The four of them were becoming good friends.
It was Friday morning and Randy was finally being released. John and Randy asked Glen and Mark to come by the house when their shift ended and they agreed and said their byes. John was pulling away from the hospital and never noticed that there was a black car across the street with the driver watching them. "Finally, I can now find out where he's taking Randy. I have to make Randy remember who he belongs to," the driver said. He watched John pull out of the parking lot and onto the street. He started his car up and followed at a safe distance.
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