Chapter Eleven
When the two visitors were sure that their young charge was peacefully asleep, they began to discuss the recent revelations.
"So Dad, how exactly are we going to sort this one out?" Steve asked his dad quietly.
"Well it's going to be tough, Jesse's mom isn't a fool" Mark pondered out loud. "Steve, are you okay to wait here with Jesse, whilst I go and find Amanda?" he asked a second later.
"Yeah I guess so, but what are you up to dad?" he asked, but Mark just grinned over his shoulder as he walked out of the room. Steve shook his head; it always made him nervous when his father got that look in his eye. He chuckled to himself; whatever he was up to Jesse's mom didn't stand a chance, not when she was messing with one of Mark's boys.
Steve was still pondering on his father's plan when he was disturbed by Jesse calling to him.
"Steve, where's Mark?" Jesse asked when he had got the older man's attention.
"He's just gone to speak to Amanda" Steve replied, deliberately not elaborating.
"Do ya know what he's gonna do about my mom?" Jesse asked.
"No, to be honest I have no idea, and I'm not sure if I wanna know" Steve replied, Jesse grinned weakly in response. Steve turned back to look at his friend and was concerned when he saw blood streaming from Jesse's nose.
"Jess your nose is bleeding" he told his friend and was amazed by how calm he sounded.
"Just get some tissue or something, its cos of the drugs" Jesse responded, seemingly unconcerned. Steve did as the doctor requested and held the tissue against his friend's nose.
"Should I go and get Dr Scott?" he asked. Jesse shook his head.
"See if the bleeding stops first" he responded nasally. Steve sat there for five minutes, and the bleeding hadn't even slowed down.
"Right that's it Jess, I'm gonna go and get some help, before ya bleed to death" Steve told his friend, hoping that he was joking. Jesse just nodded; resigned to the fact that he was gonna need some help. Luckily just as Steve opened the door the young female doctor was just about to enter for her morning check on her patient.
"Thank god you are here." Steve greeted her
"What's up?" she asked the detective "Never mind I see" she continued whilst walking over to her patient. She gently pulled the blood-soaked tissue away from his face. "How long has it been bleeding?" she asked.
"About five minutes" Steve replied for Jesse.
"I think we are going to need to reduce the dose of the anti-coagulants" she told her patient. Jesse nodded he understood that it was the medication that was making his nose bleed.
"Why? What's going on?" Steve asked, unable to hide his concern. Jesse just rolled his eyes, knowing that his friend was over-reacting, but he could understand why. He knew that his friend hadn't had the medical training, other than the snippets he had picked up from his father, so he didn't understand that the heavy bleeding from his nose was no real need for concern.
"Detective, calm down. It is nothing to worry about. The bleeding is simply a result of the medication that Dr Travis is currently on. It seems that the dose maybe too strong at the moment, so all we need do is to lower the dosage and hope that this doesn't happen again" she told him, trying to calm him. She was concerned that he was going to agitate her patient, but when she looked back at Jesse, he looked fine, just understanding at Steve thirst for knowledge. Steve looked slightly embarrassed at his over- reaction, so Dr Scott was quick to console him "Honestly detective, there is no need to look so embarrassed, it is good to see that you care so deeply for Dr Travis" she told him and gently squeezed his arm as she walked past out of the room.
When the two visitors were sure that their young charge was peacefully asleep, they began to discuss the recent revelations.
"So Dad, how exactly are we going to sort this one out?" Steve asked his dad quietly.
"Well it's going to be tough, Jesse's mom isn't a fool" Mark pondered out loud. "Steve, are you okay to wait here with Jesse, whilst I go and find Amanda?" he asked a second later.
"Yeah I guess so, but what are you up to dad?" he asked, but Mark just grinned over his shoulder as he walked out of the room. Steve shook his head; it always made him nervous when his father got that look in his eye. He chuckled to himself; whatever he was up to Jesse's mom didn't stand a chance, not when she was messing with one of Mark's boys.
Steve was still pondering on his father's plan when he was disturbed by Jesse calling to him.
"Steve, where's Mark?" Jesse asked when he had got the older man's attention.
"He's just gone to speak to Amanda" Steve replied, deliberately not elaborating.
"Do ya know what he's gonna do about my mom?" Jesse asked.
"No, to be honest I have no idea, and I'm not sure if I wanna know" Steve replied, Jesse grinned weakly in response. Steve turned back to look at his friend and was concerned when he saw blood streaming from Jesse's nose.
"Jess your nose is bleeding" he told his friend and was amazed by how calm he sounded.
"Just get some tissue or something, its cos of the drugs" Jesse responded, seemingly unconcerned. Steve did as the doctor requested and held the tissue against his friend's nose.
"Should I go and get Dr Scott?" he asked. Jesse shook his head.
"See if the bleeding stops first" he responded nasally. Steve sat there for five minutes, and the bleeding hadn't even slowed down.
"Right that's it Jess, I'm gonna go and get some help, before ya bleed to death" Steve told his friend, hoping that he was joking. Jesse just nodded; resigned to the fact that he was gonna need some help. Luckily just as Steve opened the door the young female doctor was just about to enter for her morning check on her patient.
"Thank god you are here." Steve greeted her
"What's up?" she asked the detective "Never mind I see" she continued whilst walking over to her patient. She gently pulled the blood-soaked tissue away from his face. "How long has it been bleeding?" she asked.
"About five minutes" Steve replied for Jesse.
"I think we are going to need to reduce the dose of the anti-coagulants" she told her patient. Jesse nodded he understood that it was the medication that was making his nose bleed.
"Why? What's going on?" Steve asked, unable to hide his concern. Jesse just rolled his eyes, knowing that his friend was over-reacting, but he could understand why. He knew that his friend hadn't had the medical training, other than the snippets he had picked up from his father, so he didn't understand that the heavy bleeding from his nose was no real need for concern.
"Detective, calm down. It is nothing to worry about. The bleeding is simply a result of the medication that Dr Travis is currently on. It seems that the dose maybe too strong at the moment, so all we need do is to lower the dosage and hope that this doesn't happen again" she told him, trying to calm him. She was concerned that he was going to agitate her patient, but when she looked back at Jesse, he looked fine, just understanding at Steve thirst for knowledge. Steve looked slightly embarrassed at his over- reaction, so Dr Scott was quick to console him "Honestly detective, there is no need to look so embarrassed, it is good to see that you care so deeply for Dr Travis" she told him and gently squeezed his arm as she walked past out of the room.