Hospital Visit


    The two men finally arrived at a car that had been waiting for them. Luka opened the door and got in


    with Hayden. He wanted to say something to Hayden, but he wasn’t sure if he should; however, it


    wasn’t like he had anything to lose…


    “Hayden boy, I don’t think what happened was your fault…” Luka whispered, his words were for


    Hayden’s ears only.


    “Thanks…but it was my fault…” Hayden whispered back without hesitation before he smiled a little


    sadly at Luka.


    Their conversation died there with Luka unable toe back with a reply to convince Hayden


    otherwise. The old man sighed once again, leaned his head back and closed his eyes. This job was


    getting to be too much for his aging mind.


    …


    The ride to the hospital was silent as I sat in the backseat of arge limousine with two men in ck on


    either side of me. I felt like a prisoner being delivered to court to go on trial. They treated me like I was


    going to run away any moment now; I guess since I did just try to run away from Hayden, what they


    were doing wasn’tpletely crazy nuts.


    As expected, no matter how many times I asked about Hayden and where he was headed, the men


    never answered my questions at all. Finally, I just gave up and sat there in the car and began anxiously


    ying with a strand of my hair. Checking the time on my phone, I guessed it was about half an hour


    before we arrived at a hospital.


    “You know…I’m fine, I don’t need to go to a hospital,” I said honestly. I wasn’t trying to be stubborn or


    anything, I just had a few scratches here and there. None of them were seriously hurting because the


    scratches were so shallow. There was nothing on my body that simple antiseptic and bandages


    couldn’t fix.


    “Young boss wanted us to take you to a hospital so that is exactly what we are doing,” one of the men


    replied without even looking my way.


    So, they’ll take someone who doesn’t need medical attention to a hospital because they were ordered


    to, but they won’t take Hayden, who is in clear need of medical attention to a hospital…


    Oh…what the hell am I dealing with…


    When we arrived at the hospital, I was taken by the men straight to the ER like I had some serious


    condition. The doctors were clearly confused but didn’t want to get involved with the men in ck and


    began inspecting my wounds right away.


    “The scratches are minor. I will get a nurse to help sterilize and apply some medicine and bandages.


    Then everything should be ok,” the doctor said what I had been trying to tell the men in the car. I red


    at them trying to say ‘see? I told you so!’


    “Not good enough, doctor. I want her whole body scanned, x-rayed or whatever. Please check for any


    damages internally or to her bones. Anything…” one of the men said insistently.


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    “That’s not necessary. I’m fine!” I protested loudly.


    This is all getting out of hand. The doctor looked at me and then the men in ck in shock as he


    seemed hesitant about what to do next.


    “This is private hospital, isn’t it? You should offer all the services that we asked for because you’ll make


    more money that way, right?” the man said, his voice getting louder and more intimidating.


    I saw the doctor struggling to control the situation and I couldn’t help but pity the man. With a sigh, I


    told the doctor to just do whatever the gang wanted. For the next hour, I was wheeled around in a


    wheelchair from one room to another to get unnecessary checks for my body. Then I waited some


    more while they analyzed the results.


    In the end, just as I had expected, everything proved to be aplete waste of time and money. My


    body waspletely fine but the whole tiresome process almost left me insane at the end of it. I sat


    with one of the men in ck as we waited for the limousine toe pick us up in front of the hospital


    lobby.


    Suddenly, the man’s phone began ringing. In one swift motion, he answered the call and ced his


    phone next to his ear.


    “Yes, sir…” I heard the man say.


    Without thinking and without having any options left. I screamed as loud as I could to make sure that


    whoever was on the other side of the line could hear me.


    “Where is Hayden! He’s hurt! He should be in the hospital!!!”


    The man turned to me in shock and for a moment, I was convinced that he was going to kill me. His


    eyes were round and wide as he stared at me. I guess this is the time when my life was supposed to


    sh in front of my eyes…


    The loud sound ofughter from the other end of the line broke the tense atmosphere around us. The


    man bit his lower lip in annoyance as he ced the phone back to the side of his face.


    “Yes, Boss…” the man said before the line disconnected.


    “That was the boss, right? Is Hayden…with him?” I asked in a hurry.


    “Let’s go. The car’s here…” the man said without replying to my question.


    I hated being ignored and I was being ignored so much by these mentely. However, this time, I had a


    sense that I was right. Hayden was with the boss and if my hunch is correct, I’m on my way to see


    them right now…


    …


    “Boss, Hayden is here…” a man announced as he opened the door to the room.


    “Drag him in…” the boss said, his brows in a knot.


    The man bowed low, sensing that his boss wasn’t in the best of moods. Hayden walked in with two


    men escorting him and the boss eyes narrowed into thin slits as he eyed his son. With the dismissive


    wave of his hand, the two men exited the room, closing the door behind them and locking it.


    --To be continued…