Philip paced around in the waiting room. Why did it always take so long? He
was very worried about his young friend. He knew how Nick was when he was
really seventeen. A walking time bomb, that's what he was. Angry at the
whole world, angry at Philip for not helping him with
the home situation. But the truth was that Philip couldn't help him. Nobody knew about the situation at the Boyle mansion. The social workers accepted the explanation for the many accidents that was told
to them. Nick was an accident prone boy. Wild, busy and almost criminal, that's what his father said. And Nick was too scared to say other wise, afraid that his father would kill his mother. So he just
nodded and went home. And that's why Philip never did a thing, because nobody believed him. He tried to protect Nick from his father, but that was hard. Major Boyle was very protective about his
family.
The doctor's voice shook his thoughts away. "I understand you two are related to Nick Boyle?"
Rachel looked up at the young doctor in front of them and nodded. "We're his friends. How is he?"
The doctor gave her a disapproving look and gave Philip a mere glare. "He's pretty shaken up and is suffering from a broken jaw and a concussion."
Rachel was surprised, not understanding the way that man eyed her. Why did the doctor look at her like that? Did he think she did it? "Can he come home with us?"
"I'm afraid not, he has to stay for observation and then he will be transferred to social care." He almost looked satisfied when he gave the two in front of him that message, He hated people who thought they could get away with this.
Philip was angry. "Why? He needs us; you can't take him away from us."
The doctor ignored him. "He has a history of abuse in his file. And we can't ignore it any longer. And we have noticed the fact his parents died and he has now legal guardian at this time. He will be
placed in a foster family, and the police will be notified of the child abuse. I suggest you and your partners find a very good lawyer."
Rachel nodded. How awful it was, the doctor was right. Nick had no legal guardian and therefore she had no authority. "Can we see him, at least?"
"No, you can't. I'm sorry, but it's in the best interest for the boy right now."
With those words he turned around and left. Leaving behind a shocked
Rachel and a very angry priest. "How can they do this? He's our friend! How can they just take him away from us?"
Rachel hugged him to calm him a little. "Somehow his medical files were changed to, convincing the doctors he's only seventeen years old and in the hospital for God knows how many times. He probably thinks we, or one of us is abusing him, and how awful it may sounds, those are the charges we'll have to confront."
Philip just nodded, not knowing how else to react. He would kill the person who did this to Nick, because it looked like they were going to lose him because of it. Damn, how would Derek take this? And more important, how were they going to get Nick back?
the home situation. But the truth was that Philip couldn't help him. Nobody knew about the situation at the Boyle mansion. The social workers accepted the explanation for the many accidents that was told
to them. Nick was an accident prone boy. Wild, busy and almost criminal, that's what his father said. And Nick was too scared to say other wise, afraid that his father would kill his mother. So he just
nodded and went home. And that's why Philip never did a thing, because nobody believed him. He tried to protect Nick from his father, but that was hard. Major Boyle was very protective about his
family.
The doctor's voice shook his thoughts away. "I understand you two are related to Nick Boyle?"
Rachel looked up at the young doctor in front of them and nodded. "We're his friends. How is he?"
The doctor gave her a disapproving look and gave Philip a mere glare. "He's pretty shaken up and is suffering from a broken jaw and a concussion."
Rachel was surprised, not understanding the way that man eyed her. Why did the doctor look at her like that? Did he think she did it? "Can he come home with us?"
"I'm afraid not, he has to stay for observation and then he will be transferred to social care." He almost looked satisfied when he gave the two in front of him that message, He hated people who thought they could get away with this.
Philip was angry. "Why? He needs us; you can't take him away from us."
The doctor ignored him. "He has a history of abuse in his file. And we can't ignore it any longer. And we have noticed the fact his parents died and he has now legal guardian at this time. He will be
placed in a foster family, and the police will be notified of the child abuse. I suggest you and your partners find a very good lawyer."
Rachel nodded. How awful it was, the doctor was right. Nick had no legal guardian and therefore she had no authority. "Can we see him, at least?"
"No, you can't. I'm sorry, but it's in the best interest for the boy right now."
With those words he turned around and left. Leaving behind a shocked
Rachel and a very angry priest. "How can they do this? He's our friend! How can they just take him away from us?"
Rachel hugged him to calm him a little. "Somehow his medical files were changed to, convincing the doctors he's only seventeen years old and in the hospital for God knows how many times. He probably thinks we, or one of us is abusing him, and how awful it may sounds, those are the charges we'll have to confront."
Philip just nodded, not knowing how else to react. He would kill the person who did this to Nick, because it looked like they were going to lose him because of it. Damn, how would Derek take this? And more important, how were they going to get Nick back?