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Chapter 9 – Wounds

Roger stood from his seat beside Mello in the waiting room when he saw the doctor walking towards them. Roger's heart nearly stopped beating at the look on the mans face. He looked grim. The doctor stopped in front of him and held out his hand for Roger to shake.

"I am Dr. Smith. Are you the guardian of the boy brought in earlier, Near?"

"My name is Roger. How is Near?"

"He is stable for now. He has some very serious injuries though. May I ask what happened?"

"He was in a fight with another of the residents."

The doctor nodded and ran his fingers through his hair. "His right hand has several broken bones. They were all clean breaks and we were able to set them easily and splint his hand. His right arm was broken above the wrist. We set the bones and cast his arm. The serious injuries were cause by the broken mirror. He has dozens of small lacerations that didn't require stitches and several larger ones that did. In total he took about 60 stitches on his chest and abdomen alone. One larger piece of the glass went in deep in his abdomen, puncturing his small intestine. He preformed surgery and had to remove a small section of his intestine. It should heal fine if he can stave off infection. The head injury is what has us worried. The laceration to his scalp took 25 stitches to close. But that alone isn't to bad. He has a skull fracture and a rather severe concussion. We will watch him closely for the next few days for brain injury or swelling. Right now he is still unconscious and receiving a blood transfusion as well as high grade antibiotics. He isn't out of the woods yet, but like I said, he is currently stable."

Roger nodded. He knew it would be bad, but how bad had surprised him. "Can we see him?"

The doctor frowned. "Could I speak with you alone for a moment?"

"Of course. Mello, stay here. I will be back in a moment." He put his hand on Mello's shoulder briefly, causing him to look up at him with haunted eyes. He gave Mello's shoulder a reassuring squeeze and followed the doctor a short way down the hallway where Mello wouldn't hear them.

"During his examination, we found signs of recent sexual activity. Were you aware of this?"

"I was informed of it today. I run a boys home, as I'm sure you have been informed. It happens sometimes that the boys will begin a sexual relationship with one another. I assure you, doctor, when I hear about these situations I put an immediate stop to it."

"The boy there, Mello you called him, is he the injured boys lover?"

"Yes. They have both been in the house since they were very young. You may disapprove of my bringing him here, but he is feeling extremely guilty about what has happened to Near. The boy who attacked him is Mello best friend. He became jealous of the relationship between the two boys and wanted to stop it. I thought bringing Mello here would show him the consequences of having such relationships at their age." Roger knew what he said was a lie. But he wasn't about to tell the doctor the truth. He would probably be arrested and charged with something. If not that, he would surely he forced from his place as Head of Whammy House.

"I see a lot of things working in this hospital. It isn't rare for teenage boys to have sex. But according to my information, Near is only 12 years old. I had to ask if you knew, just making sure it wasn't some form of abuse by an adult close to him."

"I assure you doctor that the adults at Whammy House have all had through background checks. If I had even the slightest evidence that one of them was abusing one of the boys I would have them arrested. Mello has admitted to me that he and Near had sex. I believe him. He isn't one to admit anything about himself unless it was important."

"How old it he?"

"He is 14. He cares deeply for Near. Nothing between them was forced."

"I didn't suggest it was. It was merely my curiosity. You may both see Near now. You cannot stay long though."

"Just seeing him will be enough for me. But Mello needs to be reassured that Near is okay. He wont be satisfied until he can talk to him. When do you think he will be awake?"

"I don't expect him to wake up until tomorrow at the soonest. You can come back tomorrow during visiting hours and spend the day with him. For now I can only offer you a brief visit."

Roger nodded and shook the doctors hand again. "Thank you, doctor."

"I will show you to his room." The doctor walked back toward Mello and lead the two of them down the hall towards Near's room.