Chapter 5
Harvey was pacing in the waiting room when Donna and Rachel arrived. He had called Donna as soon as he had finished the paperwork for Mike.
"How is he, Harvey?" Donna asked briskly, walking over to him, with Rachel not too far behind.
"He's in surgery getting one of his lungs repaired. It had been punctured by a broken rib."
"What happened to him? Was he in an accident?" Rachel asked worriedly. Harvey snorted in anger and disgust.
"His soon to be ex-boyfriend beat him up pretty good last night. He stayed at my place for the night. When he had a hard time moving around this morning I brought him in and got him looked at. They took him into surgery a few minutes ago. Apparently, one of his ribs was broken enough to pierce his right lung while he was sleeping. They're fixing it now." He explained. Donna took one look at Harvey and knew that there was more that he wanted to say to her, just not in front of her girlfriend.
"Rachel, honey, why don't you go and get us some coffee and muffins." Donna asked, looking over at her. Rachel nodded and left the two friends alone. Donna then, turned back to face Harvey expectantly.
"I almost lost him, Donna, and he never would have known how I feel about him." Harvey whispered, looking down at her with a tormented expression. "I knew, I knew I should have brought him in last night." He said, looking up at his best friend slash personal assistant with brown eyes shimmering with tears that refuse to be shed.
"If I had, he wouldn't be in surgery now."
"Well, you didn't and he is." She replied not unkindly. "So, what do you want to do about the piece of shit that put him here?" Then he face hardened into resolve.
"I want to nail his ass to the god-damn wall." Harvey replied in a hard tone, with an expression on his face that he reserved only for people who got on his bad side.
"Do you want the cops involved?" She asked seriously. He hummed thoughtfully and then shook his head.
"No. Not yet. We'll see if he stays away from Mike on his own. If not, then we'll involve the police." He replied. Now that he had a definite plan in mind he was feeling a little more settled.
Several hours later, the doctor came out and told them that all went with the surgery and he was in recovery with plans to move him to a private room in a little bit. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief and Donna went to let Jessica know what was going on. Rachel accompanied her and Harvey asked if he could stay with Mike once he was moved to his room.
"Please, Doctor. I'm his boyfriend and I love him. Please let me stay with him at least until he wakes up." Harvey pleaded.
"Very well. I'll send a nurse to you when we've got him settled in his room." The doctor replied with a slightly disapproving tone.
"Thank you." He replied, with a completely non-noticeable fake smile.