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A/N: I would like to start by saying I'm really sorry for taking so long with this new chapter. But I was having trouble with this one. Things started to happen in the real world but enough about me. Back to the story. If anyone has any ideas they want to throw in or something that they want to see happen.. PM me and let me know…
A/N2: I hope that everyone likes this chapter and sorry for any mistakes in advance… ENJOY!
The original direction of the chapter was changed at the last minute due to a change of heart. So if this isn't what you were expecting sorry…
"We found something."
"You found something? What is that supposed to mean?" Colby asked.
Don peaked his head in to make sure that his brother was still resting since he didn't want to wake him and he needed all the rest that he could get.
"Well when he was first admitted we were only concerned with making sure that he was okay after the gun shot. We only did what we had to do to stop the bleeding and only the bleeding." the doctor said as he closed the folder on the clipboard.
"And?" Colby said.
"With your consent Mr. Eppes we can go ahead and get started on surgery or we can wait until he wakes up. " the doctor said.
"Uh yeah of course. Do whatever you have to do just make sure that my brother will be fine and that you can get rid of it." Don said rubbing his hands through his hair.
"It's nothing that we can't fix. It was a mistake on our part and I'm truly sorry. We had one of our surgical assistants in the room with us while we were performing the surgery. I'm not trying to make excuses for the individual but something was left inside of him.
"What?" Colby said as veins began to show up on the side of his neck.
"Calm down Colby" Don said putting his hand on the agents' shoulder.
"How do you expect me to be calm when they just told us that some incompetent assistant left something in Charlie. You remember him right? He's your brother and he's laying in there and he has to have surgery again." Colby said.
"I truly am sorry but I have to go so we can get started right away." the doctor said before turning around and beginning to walk away.
"Hey" Don said getting the doctor's attention once more.
"You never told us what was left inside my brother." Don said.
"Oh I'm sorry. It was a retractor." the doctor said before turning back around and walking down the hall.
Don turned around to see his father walking behind him with four cups. He turned back around hoping that the doctor would be out of sight before their dad made it to where they were standing.
"What's going on? Is everything okay?" Alan asked as he walked up to his son.
Don stood there quickly sorting through his thoughts. How was he suppose to tell his dad that Charlie needed to have surgery again. He rubbed his hand over his face before he began to talk.
"Dad it's Charlie." Don began to say.
"What's going on with Charlie?" Alan said pushing pass Don and opening the door.
Alan walked through into the room and the worst came to mind when he saw Colby. Charlie was still asleep but Colby was talking to him and holding Charlie's hands inside of his.
"Hey Alan." Colby said standing up.
"What happened? Alan asked.
"It's nothing bad dad. He just has to have a minor surgery to fix something that happened during the first surgery." Don said.
"Surgery? Why is he going back into surgery?" Alan asked walking over to his son's bed.
"The doctor said that there just a small complication with his surgery and that they want to go ahead and take care of it now." Don said walking over to his dad.
The room fell silent for a couple of minutes and all you could hear was the noise for outside of the room. Don looked out the window and began blaming himself for calling Charlie for help that very first time. Colby just stared at his resting boyfriend as he wished he was there to protect him. Alan just watched paced back and forth from corner to corner until the room door slowly opened.
"I'm here for Charles."
Once again I'm sorry that this chapter came so late and I hoped everybody liked it.
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