Heartaches

Chapter 48

By KellyQ

The next day Yusei made his way to the third floor toward Rudger's room. He walked past a heavyset police officer that was two feet taller than him. He had a full beard, mustache, and dark skin. He went by the name of Armstrong. The other officer (that was standing on Armstrong's left) was a few centimeters taller than Yusei.

"Hold it, schoolgirl!" Armstrong called out.

Yusei lowered his gaze and continued to walk. The policeman turned and whacked Yusei on the back of the head. A moan escaped the back of Yusei's throat as he landed on the cold floor. The strap to Martha's duffel bag slid off his shoulders, and it landed a few feet away.

"I told you to stop, and I expect to be obeyed, schoolgirl!"

Armstrong's henchmen stepped up and grabbed the bag. Yusei growled and reached for the items, but Armstrong twisted Yusei's arm back and pulled him so that he was standing . Yusei was slammed against the wall, and he moaned in pain. A thin line of blood trickled from the scratches on his forehead, down his face and into his eye. A thin line of blood also came down his nose.

"It's just an old diary, sir," Armstrong's henchmen said, holding it up to show the two pictures.

Armstrong glanced at the book and laughed. "Godwin told me to watch out for you …," he said, leaning in.

Yusei grunted in disgust when he felt Armstrong's large hand stroke in between Yusei's inner legs seductively, digging his nails through his jeans. Yusei winced and held his breath, this guy is worse than Trudge! He thought, knowing where this situation was heading.

"Armstrong!" Came Godwin's voice.

They turned their heads to see him walk up. Armstrong straightened up pulled Yusei away from the wall, and pushed him toward Godwin's direction, spanking Yusei hard enough across the butt, making him land on the floor. Armstrong's henchmen walked up and handed the diary over to Godwin.

"I'll take things from here, Armstrong," Godwin said, not sounding thrilled.

"Sir …?"

"It's obvious that you haven't eaten yet," Godwin cut in. "Now go."

Armstrong grumbled out of disappointment. He and his henchmen turned and walked down the hallway. "I'll be watching you, schoolgirl."

By this point, Yusei had slowly mange to stand, rubbing his sore arm. He gave Godwin a glare, as he wiped the blood off his lip and cheek.

"Don't give me that," Godwin said to Yusei in a sharp tone. "I just saved you from getting hurt ..."

Rape is more like it, Yusei thought. "I need to talk to Rudger."

Godwin held Hakase's diary up and glanced at it before he looked at Yusei. Godwin sighed knowing that there was no way to get around this one now that everything was in the open.

"Get cleaned up. You can see my brother tomorrow," Godwin said walking up, thrusting the diary back to Yusei.

"What happened?" Yusei asked, stepping off to the side, so that the older man could walk ahead of him.

Godwin took a few steps and stopped. "How my brother ended up with a stroke? Or how my brother took Hakase?"

The thought still made Yusei sick. "No. It's with the choice you made not getting your brother help at the time."

Godwin closed his eyes for a moment, trying to suppress the feeling in his heart. "All I did was support my brother when he needed it."

Yusei lowered his gaze, knowing that it was pointless to get the truth. It shouldn't really matter. It happened 20 years ago, Yusei thought, clutching the only thing that had answers.

"But I will say this: Hakase was Rudger's first and only love," Godwin pointed out, before he continued to walk away.

Yusei flinched in shock and dropped the book, before he glanced at the older man. Yusei lowered his gaze again. "I'm sorry," he apologized in a quiet tone.

Godwin stopped and looked over his shoulder to see Yusei standing there, clutching Hakase's diary. His head was lowered so that Godwin couldn't see his eyes. The sight was rather pitiful.

"Just get cleaned up," Godwin grumbled, knowing that he was going to hear Yusei's mine - no one's aloud to touch him, but me! lecture when Jack would see the scratches on Yusei's face.

Yusei quietly walked over to Martha's bag, picked it up and followed Godwin to the elevator. Once they got to the main floor, Carly was just walking toward them. She raised her eyebrow at the sight of Yusei.

"Miss Carbine, help clean Yusei up before he goes," Godwin spoke up, getting her attention.

Carly flinched. "I don't think ..."

"It's fine, Carly," Yusei cut in quietly. "I don't mind."

"Wha -?" Carly was shocked. Jack would kill me if I lay one finger on him!

By this point, Godwin had walked out of the hospital.

"Uh ... I'll be happy to show you where the nurse's office is, and they'll help you out," Carly offered. She didn't want to get yelled at. But wait, she thought. Maybe I can get Yusei to tell me about Jack! "Follow me. I'll get you cleaned up."

"Thanks."

The two walked into a spacious room. There was a chair in the center, a sink on one side, and a flat computer screen on the other. Yusei walked to the sink. He took off his gloves, turned the tap on. Yusei waited for a moment to stick his finger, feeling the water was nice and warm.

Carly walked over to the cabinet, and pulled out the first aid kit. She turned to see Yusei put his glove in and started to wash the blood off.

"Uh ... shouldn't we take care of your face first? I mean ... Jack's not going to to be happy that you ended up in a fight with Godwin."

Yusei sighed, turned the tap off, walked over to the chair, and sat down. He closed his eyes allowing Carly to start cleaning the scratches on his forehead.

"What happened?" Carly asked, making light conversation.

Yusei winced when she rubbed on the scratches with alcohol. "Nothing. Godwin has someone looking out for his brother ..."

"What did you do to get the person to hit you?" Carly asked.

"Like I said, it was nothing. The new guard likes to be a little personal," Yusei explained.

Carly remained quiet as she continued to clean the scrapes.

To Be Continued ...