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Chapter 2: Not A Good Day…
"Where's my wife! Where's Trudy!" Adrian was trying to scream as Stottlemeyer escorted him down the hospital hallway. All he could get out was a whisper. Stottlemeyer did not stop Adrian's babbling. He hardly even heard him because he was scared himself. The two men stopped in front of a closed door numbered 312. Adrian snatched the paper that as hanging up next to the door. He read it over quickly and placed it back into its box. He glanced at Leland and then to the doorknob.
"Would you open the door please?" He asked.
Leland took hold of the knob and slowly opened the door. Adrian immediately stumbled inside and ran over to Trudy. She was awake. She had a large, deep gash on her forehead that was covered with a clean gauze pad. Her nose was broken, but at least she could still smile. Adrian's eyes filled up with hot tears as he looked at his hurt wife, but he smiled back.
"Come on in, Leland." Trudy whispered. Leland thanked her and sat down in an uncomfortable looking chair.
"The nurses thought I wasn't going to make it because I lost too much blood." Trudy whimpered. Adrian placed a shaking hand on top of her hand.
"But your okay now. That's all that matters," Adrian tried to say encouragingly, holding back the tears threatening to spill out. "I'm so happy you are okay. I couldn't live without you, you know that." He choked.
Trudy smiled and squeezed his hand. "Well I should be out of here in no time. Then we can catch up on anything that we lost out on." She smiled.
A young looking nurse walked in the room and smiled at the couple. "I need to do a checkup." She said, too cheerfully.
"How long will Trudy be in this hospital?" Adrian asked. The nurse looked at her watch.
"Well, today is Friday. She could be out of here Sunday afternoon," She walked up to Trudy. "Now, excuse me, checkup time."
Adrian went to sit down next to Stottlemeyer, He put a caring hand on his shoulder, and Adrian did not object.
He stared at his wife with hot tears stinging in his eyes. He blinked, and the imprisoned tears traveled slowly down his face. He watched as the nurse gave Trudy a quick action sleeping pill. She fell asleep just as the nurse left.
Stottlemeyer stood up, facing his hurt, scared friend. "Don't worry, Adrian. We will catch the bastard who did this," Adrian nodded, still staring at his beloved wife. "Come on, Adrian. I'll take you home." Adrian took one last look at Trudy and slowly followed Stottlemeyer out the door.
When they were in the car on the way to Adrian's house, he turned and Leland and asked him a rather odd question, in Leland's opinion.
"Will you stay with me tonight?"
Stottlemeyer smiled and looked at Adrian. How could he refuse the poor man? "Sure, Adrian. I'll just drop you off at your house then I will go get some stuff I need from mine."
"Thank you."
"No problem."
Stottlemeyer stopped the car in front of Adrian's house. He got out and watched Stottlemeyer drive away. Adrian unlocked his door and went inside, collapsing onto his couch. He was too devastated to think about anything but his Trudy.
He brought his hands to his face and stared at them. Suddenly, his fear of germs amplified. He cringed and felt as though he could not breath. He jumped up from his couch and ran into the kitchen holding his hands out in front of him. He turned the hot water on and put soap on his hands. And without turning any of the cold water on, he thrust his hands under the steaming water. Adrian screamed in pain. How long Adrian stood there scrubbing at his hands, he did not know. He was no longer even screaming. His skin had gotten used to the scolding water. But by the time Stottlemeyer knocked on the door, the water going down the drain was bright red from his blood. Adrian seemed not to notice.
"Come in!" Adrian called. He heard Stottlemeyer enter the house and stop in the kitchen doorway.
"What are you doing, Monk?"
"Oh, just washing my hands. I will be done in a minute. You can put your stuff in the guest bedroom."
"Thanks." He left. A few minutes later, he came back downstairs, and stopped in the doorway again. "Still washing?"
Adrian nodded, beginning to get nervous and scared.
"I think they are clean now." He said as he began to walk into the kitchen.
"No! Don't come any closer! I said I'm almost done. I'm just washing my hands! Just washing…" Adrian yelled.
Stottlemeyer, sensing there was something wrong, ran up to him. He gasped and cursed when he saw Adrian's bloody hands.
"Jesus!" He screamed, snatching Adrian's hands away from the water. He turned the faucet off. "Are you crazy?" He grabbed a towel, and wrapped Adrian's hands in them. He led a crying Adrian to his couch and sat down. Adrian stared off in space.
"Adrian, I need to know where the First Aid Kit is,"
Adrian didn't answer. He was still staring. "Adrian!" He yelled. Adrian's eyes snapped to Stottlemeyer's. "I know you don't want blood all over your couch. Pay attention. Tell me where your First Aid Kits are."
"They're under the sink, why?" Adrian asked casually.
Stottlemeyer didn't answer. Instead, he leapt off the couch and dove into the kitchen to the First Aid Kits. He grabbed the biggest on out of the ten that were there, and ran back to Adrian.
After wiping the majority of the blood off his scaled hands, and putting burn ointment on, Stottlemeyer wrapped the hands in Ace Bandages. Only then, did Adrian seem to notice his situation. He stared at his hands and began to scream loudly. Stottlemeyer, who was taken by surprise, fell off the couch. He was too startled to jump back up to stop Adrian from screaming. As suddenly as he started though, he stopped. He stared off in space again, in great sadness. Then he slowly turned to Leland.
"Is Trudy going to die?" Adrian asked like a helpless child. Stottlemeyer lifted himself up from the floor and sat next to Adrian.
"No, Adrian. She is not going to die. But you can't loose it like this, Adrian. You have to wait for her."
Adrian closed his eyes and sighed. "Do you promise?"
Stottlemeyer knew that inside, making such a promise would not be a good idea, in case something happened. However, he nodded. "Yes, Monk. I promise."
For the first time in almost a week, Adrian actually smiled a real smile. Sensing the Adrian was tired, Stottlemeyer stood up off the couch. Adrian, who never slept on couches, yawned and flopped over and almost instantly fell asleep. Stottlemeyer went upstairs and seized Adrian's blanket. He took it back downstairs and placed it on his sleeping friend.
He searched for the nightlight and turned it on. Then he turned off the rest of the lights, and went upstairs to watch TV in the guest room.
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