Late night drives

XLVI : Safe

I try to catch up with Kim who is rushing down the hallway of the hospital. I don't even wonder how we got there so fast, he was driving at breakneck speed. He didn't even hesitate to run red lights or even stop at a stop sign, he could have put the lives of many people in danger, including his own. Nonetheless it was an emergency. Time was running out. It was a real race against time. He arrived all out of breath at the counter. A young nurse was talking on the phone a smile plastered on her lips she was giggling and squirming I doubt it was really a business call. Annoyed he tapped his hands nervously on the counter she didn't flinch she seemed to be completely ignoring us. He turned around abruptly and started to walk towards the emergency rooms two other nurses helped by a security guard stopped us saying that he had no right to enter without an authorization pass. I say we didn't receive however they wouldn't even let us explain and pushed us away. Kim was finding it increasingly difficult to contain his anger. He was wasting our time. I approached to explain the situation to them when I heard a male voice reminding them to order she was firm and full of authority. They left us immediately and then excused themselves. I turn around to thank whoever came to our aid. He was a nurse, however he looked younger, however. Thus to their reaction, he surely had a significant hierarchical superiority. I lingered on his face. I have a vague feeling that I've seen it somewhere before. Despite all my attempts to remember where I can't. Kim explains to him that we have come urgently for Silver, he quickly walks up to us, staring at the lazy nurse who was now pretending to be interested in his job. He handed us the cards, mentioning our respective first names.

" And you are..?" I ask out of curiosity.

" You can call me Sacha."

"That's a pretty name."

I commented. He smiles then nods his head thanking me for the compliment. Kim cleared his throat which cleared my head. now Silver had to be found. Sacha took the lead, inviting us to follow him. We walk in the long empty corridors of the hospital. A feeling of discomfort weighs down my heels, I no longer advance at the same speed as the others and find myself quite quickly at a very great distance from the other two. I hate hospitals they make me nauseous.

" If you plan to slow us down you should go home." Kim rasped.

Perhaps he is right. I might have returned home if it was for him.

" I am here for Silver."

" Do as you please. But I don't want to see you here when I come back. "

He is doing it on purpose,isn't he? How can his behavior radically change in just a few minutes? I need to know how did he know? Was it a text? A call? Whatever it was. I will not allow him to treat me that Harsh without any explanation. Doesn't he care about
the scope of his words? How does he want me to believe all the things he said ? Everything just a lie again. I was wrong about him once more. Despite two facets, I believe his true and authentic self remains, so which one is real?

A quarter of an hour later Silver is taken back to his room. Since his state was unstabld an emergency operation was needed. We had only been able to see him for a very short time. No sooner had I entered the room than the nurses escorted him to the operating room. As for now I wandered the hallway looking for Kim. He had left the room at the same time as I entered it. eg since we have not crossed paths. I've been looking for him for more than ten minutes. It doesn't seem like anyone else has seen it. He couldn't blend into the walls, someone would surely have seen him go by and go somewhere. No one gave me a positive answer. To believe that he had really vanished. I sighed of exasperation. I wonder why I even bother finding him. Yet he made it clear that he didn't want to see me here. If it wasn't for Silver's life I wouldn't even have come. In the meantime i contacted Joshua in case my mother would call i was surprised when he told me he was not home. Joshua was far from a homebody but this time I have the feeling that he is running away from home these days probably to avoid his father. I was even more surprised when he asked me to join me. The situation was more serious than I imagined.