Sex, Lies, and the Drug Game

Sex, Lies, and the Drug Game ch 13

Dalia's POV

I awoke in an uncomfortable position in an uncomfortable chair. I hadn't remembered falling asleep but I must have since I'm just know waking up. I looked around the hospital: Ben was on the bed fast asleep while Carla was in another chair asleep aswell. The white walls and the curtain pulled over the door reminded me where I was. I looked at my phone for the time, 4:15pm. I had missed the school day and knew I would have to go tomorrow.

I got up and stretched and my stomach growled. I tried to think about the last time I ate and I remembered the disgusting hospital sandwhich Carla got for me. I looked at Carla and thought about waking her, I decided not to and made my way to the door. I turned the knob and opened to door to see Sandy about to knock.

"D.." Sandy said with a faint smile. "How is.... How are you?" she asked changing her first question.

"Im fine." My voice was strained and I didn't really feel like talking.

"Good.. Um.. You were just heading out, can I join you to where ever you were about to go?"

"Yea. I'm just getting something to eat." I replied with the same hushed tone I used before.

I stepped out the room and into the long hallway. There were only two patients out in it but they seemed as if they were about to go back into there rooms.

"So, how is Ben?"

I shrugged my shoulders not really sure. When I first saw him I felt sick and didn't ask questions. Instead I went to his room bathroom and empty my stomach of the popcorn, candy, and slushy I had at the movies. He didn't even look like the same person. If the doctor hadn't have said it was him I would have guessed he was someone in need of emergent care.

Sandy and I arrived at the hospitals mess hall and I grabbed a salad and fruit while San picked up one of the disgusting burgers and some fries, she would find out soon enough. The grand total was $14.23 and San paid.

"Do you want to go back up to the rom and eat or do you want to eat down here?" Sandy asked.

I responded by finding us a table down in the mess hall. I didn't think I could hold my food down if I sat and ate infront of Ben.

I finished my salad and Sandy threw her burger away after three bites and only ate her french fries.

"The burger tasted like straight kiddy pool water."

"How is that possible?" I questioned my throught feeling better now that I was up and my stomach was full.

"I don't know but it did."

We made our way to the elevator and went up to the third floor and down to Ben's room where it looked the same as I left it, the only difference was that Carla was up now.

Sandy looked upon Ben and you could see gag reflex in action, but she held it in. "Ben?"

I shook my head up and down. I had forgotten that Sandy didn't see Ben because she went home with Kyle and Mick.

"He is doing alot better." Carla said looking at Ben. "Dr. Lee just stepped out, he'll be back in a minute but he said that Ben is doing wonderful and that he is healing pretty well."

"Ben doesn't look wonderful." Sandy said looking at my boyfriend.

"It doesn't look good right now but Dr. Lee know's what he is doing." Carla replied seeming to think about every word she was saying.

Sandy didn't reply and it remained silent until Dr. Lee came back in the room with a folder.

"So I have good news and ok new which do you want to hear first?" Dr. Lee said looking to Carla for an answer.

"Give us the ok news first."

"Ok well it seems Ben has recieved two large blows to the head, one that seemed to render him unconscious and the other I suspect to kill."

"How is that Ok news?" I asked quite confused.

"It's ok news because  he is still alive, he survived the strike. Now the good news is that when he wakes he will only have minor brain injuried that will heal over time. He may forget you all for a time period but we have predicted if he does suffer from memory lost it will only be for a short amount of time and he will gain all memory as he progresses. We also predict he will make a good recovery body wise and that he will be able to walk and see and hear just as he did before this.. incedent."

We all stood and listened as the doctor explained Ben's situation and the tension in the room began to grow calmer as Dr. Lee continued to explain.

"Now this also leads me to a problem, This boy has had four hospital visits with injuries such as a broken arm or a fractured rib these past 5 months. We notice his visits have been frequent for the past year now and social workers are wondering what is going on at home. Now Mrs. Francesca you say you are the closest thing the boy has to a mother figure can you please step outside and answer a few questions."

"Of course I have nothing to hide doctor." Carla said making her way to the door.

"Of course you don't but it is standard precedure when you have a boy with so many hospital visits.