Chapter 8
"Stop it... stop it, please! I beg of you! It's a sin! It's a sin! It's a sin, please!" Alex screamed at the top of his lungs as he heard his beautiful Ludwig soundtrack on the ultra-violence. His heart sank as he realized they were taking away everything he held dear to him.
"What's all this about sin?" Dr. Brodsky said.
"That!... Using Ludwig van like that! He did no harm to anyone. Beethoven just wrote music" Alex cried out.
"Are you referring to the background score?" he said.
"Yes!" Alex said.
"You've heard Beethoven before?" he inquired now intrigued.
"Yes!" Alex cried out. He wanted to tell them to stop, tell them that Beethoven was a saint, as pure and angelic as his Evangeline. Everything was associated with her now, the violence, the music, everything.
"So you're keen on music?" he asked more.
"Yes!" Alex said. Maybe if he showed them the joy it brought him they would at least silence the video for his sake. The music moved him too much, he saw her eyes, her hair, her pretty lips staring at him.
He heard some whispering and then another answer come to him from above "I'm sorry, Alex, this is for your own good, you'll have to bear with us for a while."
"You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me that all this ultra-violence and killing is wrong and terribly wrong. I've learned my lesson, sir. I see now what I've never seen before I'm cured, praise Bog!" he yelled at them.
"You're not cured yet, my boy" the doctor said disdainfully "You must take your chance boy. The choice has been all yours."
"But, Sir... Missus... I see that it's wrong! It's wrong because it's like against like society. It's wrong because everybody has the right to live and be happy without being tolchocked and knifed. Oh please do stop, it's reminding me so of my only salvation, my Evangeline!"
"What did he say?" the doctor whispered to his assistant.
"His salvation, he said Evangeline" she said to him.
"What do you think this means?" he said.
"He has mentioned before of a girl, he must be trying to see her again" she said softly. The boy screamed in his dreams without knowing it, always saying the exact thing over and over again. "Evangeline, Evangeline…"
Alex began screaming again as Dr. Brodsky turned back to him "No, no, boy. You really must leave it to us, but be cheerful about it. In less than a fortnight now, you'll be a free man."
Liam had dropped off Evangeline in front of the center and she hugged her bag tightly to her side. She was dressed as pretty as a flower, with a nice white sundress that accented her curved and a small daisy in her hair. She wanted to look beautiful just in case she did get to see Alex.
She walked through the doors and stepped lightly up to the receptionist desk where a boy a little older than her say filling out paperwork.
"Yes?" he said without looking up.
"Um yes, I'm here to see a patient?" she said.
"Name?" the boy said.
"Alex DeLarge" she said.
The boy now looked up at her knowing that the boy hardly ever got visitors. The girl was beautiful, with pretty bright green eyes and golden locks that shined in the morning sun. He was almost instantly smitten with her.
"Um" he said gathering his papers "Mister DeLarge hasn't had some visitors for some time now, I'll have to see if he's ready for any kind of visitation, and you might have to talk to his doctors first."
"That's alright I can wait" she said smiling at him.
Some time passed before a woman in a doctor's coat approached her in the lobby and held out her hand.
"Hello I'm Doctor Branom, I've been assisting with the treatment of young Alex" she said.
"Hello, my name is Evangeline Alexander, I'm a close friend of Alex's" she said taking the doctors hand. The woman seemed almost startled at the girl's name only having heard it from Alex's mouth not an hour ago.
"Yes" she said "He has mentioned you, although I regret to tell you he has no visitation right now and you'll have to come back a different time" she said.
"Please ma'am, I've been very sick and haven't had the chance to see him since he was taken away, might you just make this one acceptation this time?" Evangeline said in her sweetest voice. The woman almost seemed to feel for the girl and her plight.
"I've heard about you" the woman said "I was told you were beaten senseless by the police when they were interrogating about Alex."
"Yes" Evangeline said bending her head down "That is true. I've spent many months confined to my bed and have had to learn almost every basic movement, but the moment I regained back my strength, I went searching for Alex, and I won't stop now."
"I see" the doctor said "Well, I do feel for you, and for Alex. I could maybe pencil in some recreation time for him and you two could chat."
"Oh that would be wonderful doctor! Thank you so much!" Evangeline said brightening up.
"Just wait here a moment, I'll be back with an escort for you" the doctor said. The girl had such a way with people; she couldn't help granting her request.
Alex lay in his bed, exhausted from the pictures he had witnessed today. His stomach felt better but his mind felt like a winded up spring ready to pop. He wanted nothing more than to be rid of this place, to be gone from it forever.
He heard a faint knock on his door and sat up to see whoever was coming through. It was as she poked her head through the door.
"Alex" she said "there's someone here to see you."
"Who is it?" Alex said before the wind was knocked out of him completely. There standing in the doorway, was his angel.
She glowed like a fiery phoenix and her smile sent a cold shiver down his spine. She was lovely, more beautiful than he could ever imagine as she stood in her pure white dress with her hair dancing around her beautiful face. The doctor smiled at the two and quietly shut the door behind her.
Alex stood almost weak in the knees and Evangeline felt like she couldn't breathe. They stared at each other, almost in amazement that the other was actually before them.
Suddenly Alex felt weak and he wobbled a bit and hurriedly grabbed in the air for something to support him. Then like lighting she was there in his arms, holding him up, smelling his skin and drowning in his scent. She felt like a flower, beautiful and soft with hair like silk just as he remembered it.
"I thought I'd never see you again" she whispered.
"My Evangeline I've been a sodding nazz. I never meant anything to happen to you love" Alex said looking at her face "I've missed thee so much it hurts."
"I've felt the same" she said and kissed him deeply. Alex felt the fire of wanting surge through his body and he quickly drew her closer to him. He wanted to melt in her arms, just disappear in her kiss.
They tumbled like old lovers onto the bed and felt every inch of one another. Evangeline could have stayed forever with him, kissing his fingertips and smelling him all over her. Alex felt alive, she was here before him, holding him and loving as ever.
"Love we can't do this now" he whispered "The old doctors might be watching our every moves and I'd hate to ruin any chances from seeing thou again."
"Your right" she said pulling away and staring at him.
Alex smiled big and touched his angel's face. She looked so beautiful in the glow of the room, almost like a dream instead of the memory he had held in his mind.
"Did you miss me?" he said.
"More than anything" she whispered "My Da has been keeping me locked away, or else I would have seen you sooner."
"Bleeding sod" Alex said "I'm terribly sorry about your em."
"It's alright; I wasn't there for the funeral anyway. Dad made sure of that one" she said.
"How did you find me?" he said.
"I tracked you down to your house, then when they told me where you had gone, I came here" she said with a smile.
Alex could not help it; he bounced forward and kissed her lips again. She was lovely, absolutely lovely, and he was hers for the taking.
Suddenly the doctor opened the door and stood as the two pushed away from each other in embarrassment.
"It's time for Miss Evangeline to go now Alex" said.
"Will I see thee again?" Alex quickly asked as Evangeline was escorted away.
"He will be out in less than a fortnight, so yes" the doctor said. Evangeline took one last look at Alex before disappearing behind his door.