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Chapter 8 Poisoned time
Nikki's POV
We've been at the hospital now for over an hour. When we got here the doctors
Took Alex away and we've heard nothing since then. I am sitting on an uncomfortable bench with Colin on my right and Sal on my left while across from us, on a just as uncomfortable bench sits, in this order, Yumi Neville and Samson. Not surprisingly Samson and Yumi are a bit squashed as Neville takes up a bit of room by himself.
"Do you think Alex is ok?" Sal asks, wringing his hands together.
Neither I nor any of the others know how to answer that. Yes we know it was deliberate, someone had obviously spiked that coke, maybe even the others and everything else in the fridge, but with what we don't know and the doctors are not talking to us yet, they only stopped by 15 minutes after taking Alex to ask us if we knew how to get a hold of any family he may have. I know his older sister is living close to Rockport city, which is most probably why he went there in the first place, to be closer to her and his three nephews. He also has a younger brother, but he is traveling the world at the moment, to far out of reach so it was no use contacting him.
"Does he have any family?" Neville asks and I realize that the others, though they are friends, know next to nothing about Alex and his life.
"Yeah he has an older sister, Stella; she's a lawyer who lives outside
Rockport with her husband and three sons and a younger brother Michael, and
He's traveling at the moment" I say and they all nod.
"I think, once Alex is out of here, we all sit and have and get to know each
other meeting. This not knowing about each other isn't good if we're to be a
team" Samson says and I whole heartedly agree. I do confess to being curious
about the others, did Sal have a girlfriend, was Neville an uncle as well, did
Yumi have any brothers or sisters, that kind of curious. Also, I wanted to know
what Alex had been up to when he left Bayport all those years ago. I might have
been angry at him, mislead by Darius, but I do care about Alex, I mean you
don't throw a lifetime friendship away so easily, though I came pretty close
to it.
"What is taking the doctors so long? I mean I know we aren't technically
family, but I think we have a right to know what is going on with our friend"
Colin surprises us all by saying, standing up to pace.
"Maybe they just don't know what's wrong with him yet" Yumi says, we are
all watching Colin. It would be funny, all of us moving our heads back and
forth, like a bad tennis match, if the situation wasn't so serious.
"Well I am hungry; let's go get something to eat, all of us. Alex doesn't
need us at half strength because we were not taking care of ourselves" Neville
says and we all understand his words. For once he is serious and right. Starving
ourselves and worrying non-stop would do Alex no good at all. We need to be
strong for him.
"For once Neville, you are right." Sal says
"Hey, I'm always right, in my head." Neville says and we all chuckle at
that.
"I think I saw a cafeteria back down that passage. Let's get some chow and
maybe by that time the doctors will be willing to tell us something." Neville
says and we stand up and head towards where we will get some food.
We sit at a table for four with an extra chair for me to sit. We've all got a
tray with all different foods on them.
Neville's got what looks nice spaghetti with sauce.
Yumi has a simple salad, not trusting the looks of anything else.
Sal has what could be a burger, I don't know.
Samson and I got a cheese and tomato sandwich each.
To drink we all got cokes, well Neville has his diet coke. We sit in silence as
we eat. The food is not the best in the world, but it is what we need and no one
knows what to say.
After we finish our food we head back to the uncomfortable benches, but before
we can sit we are finally approached by a doctor named Dr J. Moorington.
"Are you here with Alex Messer?" he asks and we nod. I step forward.
"Yes we're here with him. I'm acting on behalf of his family who
Couldn't make it" I say and the doctor nods.
"Ok, well I'll tell you, if you will follow me, and just you" he says to
me and I nod.
"I won't be long guys" I say and they sit on the benches as I follow Dr
Moorington to his office. Once we are there he sits at his desk and offers me
the seat across from him.
"Well doc, what news do you have for me?" I ask as he picks up a file I see
with "Messer, A" written on it.
"Well miss" He starts and I realize I had not introduced myself.
"Oh, Nikki Cooper" I say and we briefly shake hands.
"Well as I was going to say Miss Cooper, The problem with Mr. Messer is"
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