John was still pacing when one of the doctors that had taken Randy into the OR walked through the doors. "Excuse me, are you the one who brought Mr. Orton in?" the doctor asked. John looked at him and said "Yes, I brought him in. What's going on? Is he ok?" John was extremely worried. That was his best friend in there and John needed to know what was going on. "I'm Dr. Calloway. I was helping Dr. Jacobs who actually did the operation. He asked me to come out here to talk to you." Dr. Calloway said extending his hand. "I'm John," John said shaking the man's hand. "That's my best friend in there. Please tell me what's going on." "Well he made it through surgery just fine. In fact, we already have him in his room. Dr. Jacobs is checking on him. I'll take you to his room when I'm done talking." Dr. Calloway said and continued."Besides for having to re-inflate his lung, he has a slight concussion, a broken arm, multiple ribs broken, a bruised tail bone, slightly malnutritioned, and multiple bruises all over his body, and there's one more thing," the Dr. hesitantly said. "What?" John asked. "You might want to sit down." "Please just tell me." "Ok, did you know he was pregnant?"Dr. Calloway asked. "Pregnant? I had no idea. Wait a minute, what do you mean was?" John asked worriedly. "Yes, was pregnant. Unfortunately he lost the baby, I'm sorry," Dr. Calloway said. All John could reply was "Fuck".
As John followed the doctor to Randy's room, he couldn't stop worrying. He knew in his heart who had done this to Randy but he couldn't report it. If he did he knew Randy would deny it and refuse to press charges. They got to the room and walked in. They saw the other doctor looking over Randy's charts and checking his vitals."Hello, I'm Dr. Jacobs. I was the one that performed the surgery." The doctor said holding his hand out. "John, I'm his best friend," John said taking the offered hand."Do you know who did this to him?" "Yes, I do. I believe it was his boyfriend," John said. "Well, under the law I have to report this," Dr. Jacobs informed John. "Yeah, I know. For all the good it will do. He'll just deny it and refuse to press charges." "Well I'm still going to report it." Dr. Jacobs said. "Yes and thank you doctors for everything." John said. The doctors were going to walk out when Dr. Calloway put a hand on Dr. Jacobs shoulder and said, "Glen, aren't you going to tell him?" "Oh yeah," Glen said as he reached in his pocket and brought out a business card and handed it to John. "My brother and I host a support group for the abused every week at our Long Island home. If you're still around when Mr. Orton is released then you should come to a meeting. We have licensed psychiatrists there to talk to if needed otherwise it's just a meeting to talk to other people and get help if needed." Glen explained. John took the card and said, "I'll try."
John sat next to Randy's bed and watched him sleep. He sat there thinking of what he could do. All of the sudden it came to him. He knew that Randy couldn't stay by himself after he got out of the hospital and he knew he could use his parent's summer home on Rhode Island. So he got up and walked out of the room to make a few phone calls. First he called his parents and talked to his dad. "Hi son. How's the land hunting going?" his dad asked. "I haven't done it yet, dad," John said and then he told his dad everything that had happened and his plan. "So, you want to live in the summer house." His dad stated more than questioned. "Yes dad," John said. "That should be no problem, son. Go ahead with your plans. You better call his parents; they'll want to come and see him. Your mom will too, you know we love Randy like another son." His dad said. "I know dad, but give me through the weekend. I have to get him out of the hospital and then convince his stubborn ass to go along with me. I'll convince his parents to wait also. Then you all can come out next week, ok?" John asked. His dad agreed to everything and hung up with him. John then called Randy's parents and convinced them that it was best not to hop onto the first plane and come there. They finally agreed to his plan even though they weren't happy about it. So when John finally got off the phone, he was exhausted. He went back to the room hoping to God that Randy was still sleeping. When he walked in he was pleasantly surprised to see Randy still sleeping. He walked over to the bed and sat in the chair. He reached over and lightly took Randy's hand, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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