Heartaches
Chapter 63
By Kellyq
Yusei walked into the hospital the next morning to see how Martha was doing. He brought his bag that had Hakase's dairy. Yusei thought about asking Martha about the heart shaped key. He made his way down the hallway to her room, and the door was slightly ajar. Yusei walked up and pushed it open to a blonde-haired female nurse checking Martha over.
"Is Martha alright?" Yusei asked, walking to the other side of the bed.
The nurse looked up and their gazes met. The first thing Yusei noticed was angry slanted green eyes. The blonde-haired nurse wore all pink, and a white nametag bore the name, Sherry on it.
Sherry straightened up and continued to stare at Yusei. "You're Mr. Fudo's son ..." she pointed out, her thick British accent laced with disgust. All Yusei did was nod his head. "I figured as much. You are a spitting image of him." Once again, Yusei nodded his head. He felt uncomfortable under Sherry's penetrating gaze. "Martha has Shingles at the moment," Sherry started to explain, answering Yusei's question. "It will go away in four weeks."
Yusei nodded his head. "Is there anything for her, so that she'll be more comfortable?"
"Not a whole lot can be done for her," Sherry pointed out, making her way to the door.
Yusei lowered his gaze. He knew that, but he wanted to have hope that there was some way for Martha to be comfortable in the state that she was in.
"Thanks for looking after Martha!" Yusei acknowledged as he watched Sherry walk out. He pulled up a chair, sat down, reached into the bag, plucked out the dairy. He opened it and started to read. Yusei read until a rustle of the blankets reached his ears. He turned and smiled at Martha.
"Hi ... how are you feeling?" Yusei asked softly.
"Sore and tired," Martha answered truthfully.
Yusei nodded his head. "Has Doctor Smith ordered some pain medications for you?" Martha nodded her head. Yusei put the bag onto the bed and pulled out the heart shaped key. "Can you tell me anything about this – does it go to anything in particular?" Yusei asked.
Martha straightened her posture as Yusei held it up, so that she could have a better look at it. "I think your parents got that for you, if I can remember correctly," Martha answered. Yusei nodded his head and stared at the key. Martha watched him for a moment. She placed her hand on his. "Don't ever think what happened between your parents and Rudger was your fault."
"I'll try ..."
A frown made its way to Martha's face. "I should hope so. If you don't, I'll pull on that ear of yours," she threatened lightly, a hint of teasing in her voice.
Yusei only smiled and started to put his stuff in the bag. "I do need to get going and fix Jack's motorcycle."
"Be careful. The last thing I want to see you or the others get hurt," Martha advised.
Yusei nodded his head leaned over and gently hugged Martha before he walked out. He made his to the elevator, and pressed the button to go down. As Yusei waited, Sherry walked up and stood there waiting to go down.
"Thanks for looking after Martha and giving me updates," Yusei said, holding out his hand. "Sherry, right?"
The blond-haired woman gave Yusei a look before he got into the elevator. Yusei followed suit. "I don't need to shake hands with a son of a murder."
Yusei flinched and his eyes clouded with shock and disbelief. His hand dropped to his side. By this point, the elevator had stopped moving and the door opened to the lobby. Yusei snapped out of his shock when Sherry walked out. He followed her out.
"Excuse me," Yusei called out. Sherry stopped, but she kept her back turned. "What do you know about my father?" He wasn't going to let her talk like Hakase had blood on his hands, but if Sherry had information, he was going to get it.
"Enough to know that innocent lives were lost and people suffered after the lab blew up, taking half the city. My parents didn't work in the same department as your father, but when it blew my parents didn't make it– I was 3 at the time, so I didn't know what happened. My parent's faithful butler took care of me. He told me 13 years later that Yiliaster was partly responsible, but it was mainly your father's doing."
Yusei lowered his gaze. "I'm sorry to hear that, but my father didn't know how the lab blew. He wasn't even there when it happened," Yusei explained. He finally looked at the back of Sherry. "But I believe that Yiliaster was in involved with the whole thing too."
Sherry let out an irritated sigh. "Believe whatever you want."
Before Yusei could protest, a sound of familiar footsteps reached their ears. They both turned to see Akiza in her uniform, ready for her shift at work.
"Is everything alright?" she asked, feeling tension in the air and the look on Yusei's face told her that he had his first encounter with Sherry.
"Everything is fine, but I'd be careful around Yusei, Akiza." With no other words, Sherry walked away leaving the two confused.
Akiza glanced at Yusei to his head had lowered so that she couldn't see his eyes. "Are you alright?" All Yusei did was nod his head. Akiza placed her hand on his shoulder. "Don't let what Sherry said about Hakase get to you, okay?"
Again, Yiusei nodded his head and placed a reassuring hand on top of hers. "I'll be fine." He gently moved her hand away and walked out, leaving Akiza standing there with a troubled look on her face.
To Be Continued …