Somehow things were going better, if not for both brothers, at least for Jay.

It had been three days since he first woke up.

He had alternated brief moments of lucidity with longer moments of unconsciousness.

Gradually he was managing to keep his eyes open longer, but he still felt broken. It was as if he had ended up under a truck, he felt like he was emptied. Something was wrong.

He missed his brother, he had never seen each other since he was there, he had never visited him, which was strange considering that every time he ended up in the hospital the doctor did not leave him even for a second becoming a scrupulous doctor and mother hen at the same time.

That morning he felt a little more awake, he was alone in the room, his body was in pain, he had been motionless for many days and it was not easy to regain mobility.

Antonio had gone out for coffee and business phone calls, Hayley was stuck in the office and wouldn't be there for a while.

Detective Halstead was deep in his thoughts, longing to see his brother. Turning his head towards the bedside table he noticed that his cell phone was resting on top of him and he was trying in every way to move to get it when he awkwardly hit the furniture making what was on it fall with a great noise.

A nurse comes running.

- What's going on here? - she said

- Excuse me, I wanted to move a bit on the bed and I hit the bedside table trying to take the phone. - said Detective Halstead

- He could call I would have helped him - replied the nurse.

Yes, Jay could have pushed the button to call her if he didn't hate being dependent on others, he preferred to do it all by himself.

The nurse arranged the raised bed and the pillow under his head and then left the room when Dr. Rhodes was about to arrive to check on his patient and in the meantime Antonio was also crossing the long corridor to return to his colleague's room. .

- So how's it going today? said the doctor, checking the monitors.

- Well - Jay replied without looking up, he could tell he was lying.

He was very low, sad, empty. Yes he felt alone. He was beginning to believe that his brother had abandoned him. Yes, his colleagues were by his side and never left him alone, but it wasn't the same thing. They belonged to a step family, not one of blood like Will.

- I'd like to talk to you for a while," Rhodes said.

- Okay,- Jay said reluctantly, he didn't feel very talkative.

Meanwhile, even Dr. Charles peeped out the door, he wanted to be there in case of need.

- Do you remember what happened? - Rhodes asked.

- No not much. - Halstead replied, while Antonio was back and positioned himself next to him.

With him close, he felt a little calmer. But he wasn't Will. Jay hated being in the hospital and the absence of his brother made him go into the ball even more.

Yes, he was closed in a hedgehog, he did not look at anyone in the face and merely answered the bare minimum.

- I think I drank a little boast - he began to say - then in the evening I took a sleeping pill because I wanted to get some sleep.

- Are you sure it was only one? - asked Dr. Charles.

- I believe. I slept for a couple of hours until Will woke me up. - Jay continued.

- What happened then? - asked the psychiatrist without explaining that what the young detective was telling was not well framed in time.

- I got mad at him, I didn't want to. I told him to go away, in the middle of the night.- Halstead said sadly - I stayed in bed for a while then when I went to apologize he was already out and left me a letter on his bed. I sent him a message where I told him to forgive me, but I don't remember if he answered me. -

Jay was now a river in flood telling the story of him.

- What do you remember then? - asked Charles again

- Not much. I got ready to go to the district and we had office work. Then I don't remember anything. I was going to put some folders in the archive and then total darkness. - Jay concluded more and more confused.

- Ok I understand - said Charles who was interrupted by the detective who was panicking.

- Where is Will? - Jay asked, he was clearly going into the ball.

- Will unfortunately can't be here - Rhodes replied.

- What happened to him? Where is my brother? - by Jay was beginning to not understand anything, he was terrified.

- He is busy with a difficult case - Antonio replied.

Nobody wanted to tell Jay the truth.

Meanwhile Hayley had almost come close to her partner's room and she was feeling a lot of excitement and her colleague screaming in terror.

- No it's not possible, Will would never leave me alone tell me where he is. What is happening? - said the detective

Tears streamed down from Jay's eyes, monitor values skyrocketed. The heart rate was too high and the blood pressure was also rising. The detective was panting.

Hayley entered the room could not understand what was happening, then she approached her colleague, who as soon as he saw her turned around and looked him straight in her eyes.

She held him tightly to her for an endless time until he more or less began to calm down. It was time to tell him the truth.