Back to Henry and Tony in BC. Hope you have recovered from that gruesome previous chapter. Please enjoy this tiny chapter, but it needs to be alone.
Chapter Seven
Vancouver, British Columbia
Tony was still passed out on the couch when Henry proceeded out of his bedroom to see if his young ward had made it off to the community college that he had personally enrolled him in.
It wasn't a good thing, but in a way it was. At least he would be able to help Nicole to leave.
"Are you sure that you are able to walk?" he asked her as she staggered out of the room toward his front door.
"Yeah," Nicole said as she held her hand over the bandaged gauze around her neck. She needed his assistance a little bit as she got near the door.
Henry was gracious and wrapped a scarf around her neck. It would hide the gauze and not draw suspicion as to why her hand covered her neck
"I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't chased off that rapist," she said to him as she tightened the red cloth around her neck. "You saved me."
"And would do it over again," he replied. "If you can think of anything, anything that reminds you of who tried to slash your throat, do not be afraid to call the police."
"It's got to be that repression thing going on," she replied. "My mind doesn't want me to remember and then again, I do not want to remember. I just hope that they find him."
"I have faith that they will. Good night Ms. Charmayne."
"Good night and thank you."
Nicole walked away and stepped on the elevator, but not before she waved to him and he returned her gesture.
Henry closed the door and walked inside, angry that he had lost control like that, but it was almost dawn and he did not want to think about it or Vicki for the rest of the time he was "awake."
"Tony," he said as he tossed a large, heavy pillow onto his abdomen. "Wake up. Time for you to go to school."
"It's too early," Tony yawned. "I don't have class until 11 AM this morning."
"It's Tuesday."
"No," Tony corrected him. "It's Wednesday and I only have Government today. Math is only on Mondays."
Henry realized that he was wrong. "I'm sorry," he replied. "But I do not want to find out that you skipped class today. You already missed one day this semester."
"That was because I was too tired from you feeding from me," Tony rebuked. "Besides, I cannot miss today. I have my first test."
Henry looked to him and then shut the doors.
"Wonder what his problem is?" Tony wondered and got up to go get clean before he had to leave for class.
Henry took off his long robe and climbed under the comforter. He wanted to get comfortable underneath the blanket so that when his sleep took him, he would not wake up in several hours with back pain.
The sun slowly rose and he pushed the buttons on the blinds to bring them down.
Slowly, he felt his breath leave him and he remembered nothing after that.
Told you it was short. If you do not review, I completely understand.
