Chapter 13
Morning came all too soon for Nick. He wasn’t ready to go face the
reality of his situation. His nurse walked in with a cheery smile on her face
and a tray of food in her hands. Nick groaned, not wanting to eat the nasty
hospital food. “Morning.”
“Morning…”
Nick pushed his tray aside and began thinking about what would
happen when they were released from the hospital. Would they be back to finish
the job? Nick shook the thought off, taking in a shaky breath. “Mr. Carter are
you okay you look sorta pale?”
“Yeah, fine.”
The nurse gave him a questioning look and walked off.
Nick was surprised to see Brian wheeled in. He looked rather
apprehensive to Nick, and this scared him.
“Hey,” Brian greeted Nick
with a weak smile.
“What’s wrong?” Brian asked.
“Nothin…I was just thinkin
about what you said last night.”
Brian gave Nick a look of confusion. “Oh yeah…. Well Nick I didn’t
mean to scare you…. I just wanted to know.”
“Well yeah, but they haven’t been found. What if they come back!?”
“I dunno…. it isn’t
something I have given much thought Nick.”
“Well we should Bri it’s a
big possibility!”
“Sorry I just don’t wanna worry about it right now.”
Nick turned his head away and frowned, suddenly tired. “Rok, I
wanna get some sleep.”
“Sure Nick lemme get my
nurse…”
“When do you get to start
walking?”
“My doctor says he wants to
start this afternoon.”
“Oh alright, maybe I will come see you later.”
Brian didn’t respond, instead let his nurse take him back to his
room. First he turned his TV on, but then rested his head onto his soft fluffy
pillow and shut his eyes.
Howie and AJ sat in Howie’s room talking. The high pitched ring of
the phone drew their attention to the nightstand. “Hello,” Howie asked
non-chalantly. At first there was breathing, loud breathing. Howie bit his lip,
his face paling the same shade as his blanket. “Hello?” he asked, his tone
rising a notch in frustration.
“It ain’t over boys. I’ll be back, I can promise you that!”
It only took a second for Howie to recognize the eerie voice. He
dropped the phone; his breath coming in short gasps.
“Howie, man you okay? Who
was it?” AJ asked urgently, the concern evident in his shaky voice. Howie drew
a trembling hand to his mouth. “Rob…oh God AJ they’re back!”
AJ sat stunned for a few moments, taking it all in. His mouth
agape and his face paling. “Are—are…uh, are you sure it wasn’t some prank?”
“No.” Howie stated without
hesitation. “I know his voice. It was Rob….what’re we gonna do?”
AJ slapped the nurse call button and waited impatiently for the
nurse to arrive.
“Yes boys?”
“We need to speak with the police, now!”
“Excuse me? Very well, I’ll
be right back.”
“D? Will you be okay alone?
I wanna go check on the guys.”
“Yeah. Hurry back though.
Okay?”
“Sure.”
AJ walked off towards Kevin’s room. He slowly opened the door and
crept in. Kevin was asleep. He then headed towards Nick’s room and silently
walked in. He inspected Nick then walked to Brian’s room. AJ opened the door
and peered in. Brian was asleep, but the TV was on. He shut it off and made
sure Brian was okay before going back to Howie’s room.
“They’re on their way,”
Howie informed AJ.
“Everyone okay?”
“Yeah, they’re all asleep.”
“Good.”
A few minutes’ later two police walked in. they sat and talked
with AJ and Howie. Howie explained what Rob had said on the phone. Guards were
being hired to stand in front of each one of their doors. Once the police left
Kevin walked in. “What’s going on? Did something happen?”
Howie and AJ exchanged looks. “Kev…they’re back.”
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