Believing Lies by Elizabeth Anne

Author:Elizabeth Anne [Anne, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-12T22:00:00+00:00

14

Day Twenty-Two

I went to see Mark in the morning, just like I told the nurse. Mom dropped me off on her way to work. She kept talking about how she hated the place I brought Mark to. At first, I thought she was angry at me for taking him there. But when I asked her, she denied it.

“Of course not, sweetie. I think you were smart about it. Considering it was the closest place, but I just hate that he can’t speak any more. Poor boy.”

We arrived at the hospital, and it didn’t seem busy at all. At Mom’s hospital, there are people all over the place. Even in the morning, doctors running, nurses searching for things, patients groaning. At least in the emergency room. This place seemed as if they had no patients. I walked inside, and everything was a lot different in the morning than at night. Nurses weren’t sharing videos, they were drinking coffee and typing on their computers.

“Excuse me,” I said to the lady behind the counter.

She looked up at me and said, “Mmm.” But her fingers were still typing

“Um…” I struggled. “Where is the children’s unit?”

She pointed in the direction of two big doors. “Down that hallway, then take a right and through another set of doors.”

Anyone can just walk in here and go where the sick children are?

That’s not safe.

I followed the lady’s directions and found the animal wallpaper. I was walking past the counter when someone stopped me.

“Sir, who are you here to see?”

I turned to face a guy who was holding a clipboard. Either he thought I was lost, or I looked suspicious.

“Mark Evans,” I informed him. “He was brought here last night.”

His eyes lit up, and he grinned at me. “Are you the kid that found him?”

What the hell?

Am I some heroic news story here?

“Dude, you are amazing!” he sang. “I’ll bring you right to him.”

I thanked him in the nicest way I could and followed him down the hallways. I couldn’t believe what he said. Did everyone here know what happened to Mark? And what I did? I didn’t even do anything.

While we were walking, the guy told me about Mark’s recovery. “He has made amazing progress this morning. He woke up, and he can make grunts and noises, he just can’t form words. But he is fully able to comprehend what you are saying, and it seems like he has movement in his body. Lucky kid.”

Lucky?

Mark’s lucky?

He was beaten and can’t speak.

We turned the corner, and Mark was sitting up in his bed. His head was still wrapped in a bandage. A nurse was speaking to him. She pointed down the hallway at me, which made Mark turn and look. I waved, hoping he won’t be mad.

Please don’t hate me for coming here.

Then Mark did something I haven’t seen him do in a long time. Unless it caused trouble.

He smiled.

He actually smiled at me.

I walked into the room, and his smile was still very present. The nurse told me that she explained to him what happened, so he was fully aware of his condition.

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