Chapter 7
Making a Promise
"What about Kevin?" That question rang in his head as his vision came back into focus. He didn't know who Kevin was but he guessed it could be the guy who he had jumped off the building with.
He had expected himself to be dead but instead found himself in a hospital instead with a very-very grumpy nurse. He knew that he had been the first to get up because he had asked the nurse.
Her name was Nurse Clump, but he preferred to call her Nurse Grump. She had said, very grumpily. That they were still out of consciousness and that he was the first to revive.
And then she had gone on and on about safety and how unreliable people were today. After she had gone out leaving a tray of food behind for him he looked at the two sleeping girls on his left side.
They were the same girls he had jumped off the building with. He had looked at the tray and realised the food was crap so he decided to sleep.
Now when he looked at them they were both awake and talking to a woman who hadn't been there before. With one look at her it was clear that the woman was their mother.
She had the same brunette hair and hazel brown eyes. They hadn't noticed him yet so he took this to his advantage and lay back down.
He remembered being to a hospital before. It had been when Amy had swallowed a pin and had coughed up blood because of it. It had been a horrible sight and he remembered how scared he had been and how he had prayed to God to let Amy be safe and to not die.
Thinking of Amy made his heart heavy. He remembered the days when they used to sit outside in the garden and play. When she would beg for him to buy an ice cream for her even though she wasn't aloud.
How she would always use her puppy dog face an pouts to get what she wanted and the way her eyes would light up when she was happy.
He also remembered her innocent face that would crack up with a cheeky smile when she was up to any mischief. He loved her more than anything in the world and now she was gone.
He had heard really faintly the whole story and so knew why that had happened. But he didn't blame Julie, Wendy or even Kevin for Amy's death. It was Death's fault. All Death's fault.
And it would pay.
He would get his revenge by protecting Wendy, Julie and even Kevin from any harm even if they didn't want him to. This he swore to himself.
Kevin… He had heard their mum say that he had gone into coma. He hoped Kevin was alright. He had liked the guy.
As the three ladies talked to each other and Kevin lay unconscious somewhere in this hospital, Robert made a promise to himself to take care of all of his new friends.