Stay Down

Chapter|15

Amir

Upon opening my eyes all I saw was white. Where the fuck was I? I looked around and immediately knew I was in the hospital. Then it all came back to me. Sehven, the car crash, Dinko. How did I get here? I tried to move my legs in a attempt to get up but to my dismay I couldn't move. What the fuck? I looked over and saw a red nurse's button and tried to reach out for it but to no avail.

"Ay, can I get some help in here! I hollard out. A few minutes later a nurse walked in.

"You're finally awake!" She exclaimed. I could tell that she was one of those overly excited type of people.

"Man what the fuck going on with me? Am I paralyzed or some shit?"

"Yes and no," she said smiling, you are temporarily paralyzed due-"

I tuned her out after hearing I was paralyzed. I couldn't be confined to this bed especially not with Dinko gunning for Marri. "My family know I'm here?" I asked in the middle of her sentence.

"As a matter of fact they do. Your mom and dad and I'm guessing your wife just left to go to the cafeteria."

There were so many things I needed to do and so many people I needed to talk to but I couldn't at the moment and the shit was pissing me off. I could almost feel the steam coming out of my ears as I felt the room start spinning. it was spinning so fast that I couldn't take it and started screaming. "Fuuucckkk!!!!"

"Wake up big head." It was barely over a whisper but I heard Mona as she sat next to my bed.

"What's up big sis." My voice was groggy.

"How you feeling? The nurse told us you woke up earlier and had a nervous breakdown."

"Man I don't know what the fuck happened. I woke up and couldn't move...like now..what the fuck man?"

"Just calm down, it's just temporary."

"Yea but how long is temporary?" How the fuck am I supposed to do simple shit like eat, piss, and shit? I'm fucked up off this mayne. Where the doctor at?"

"I'll see if I can find him." She said getting up. I could see the tears and the pain in her eyes but it looked to be deeper. As I wallowed in my self pity, I thought about Marri.Where was she at and why was she not here with me. I hated to think about it this way but she been acting real distant lately. We ain't been hanging out like we used to and to be honest that shit bothered me. I can't even begin to think about who or whats been occupying her time but it damn sho ain't been me.

I looked around to see if I could spot a phone... none. What the hell kind of hospital is this that don't have no phone? And ain't no telling where my phone at. I closed my eyes because I felt myself about to lose it again when Mona walked back into the room.

"Hey, the nurse just paged him. She said give him about thirty minutes and he'll be here." She said closing the room door.

"Aight, let me see your phone sis." After she handed it to me I quickly dialed Marri's number. She answered on the second ring.

"Mona! Have you heard anything from Amir? I don't know what's going on but Sehven called me saying-"

"Calm down girl it's me." She was talking a mile a minute and barely let me get a word in edgewise.

"OMG! Mir! Where are you!?"

"Damn good question, ay sis, what hospital I'm in?"

In the background she answered,"William Baptist, room 4309." I gave Marri the info and we hung up.

About twenty minutes later, Marri and Sehven walked through the door. They briefly spoke to Mona before they came over and hovered over my bed.

"Dammit man! What happened?" She asked

I filled her in on all the details of what happens. I concluded with,"So where the fuck you been?" I didn't expect for it to come out with as much venom as it did but truth be told I was on fire. She had been out of pocket for too long and if it hadn't been for Sehven she probably would still be out of pocket. Just as she was about to answer, Bone and A'akia bust through the door.

"Thank God, you're ok. I've been worried ever since you didn't show up last night." A'akia professed, moving Marri out the way to get a better look at me. If looks could kill she would've been dead twice already from both Marri and Sehven.

"Yall let the man breathe." Bone said. And once again I had to give him the run down on everything that had happened. Sehven gave him the info that I had her remember and he called in a favor down at the police station. Up until this very moment I had no idea that he had damn near half of Memphis PD on his pay roll. No wonder his operation ran flawlessly and no wonder the tape disappeared without any questions.

"Hey big head, Ma just called and they're on their way back up here." Mona said. Someone knocked on the door and soon after it opened.

"Ah, Mr. Bridges, you finally decided to join us I see." He said, walking over towards me. Everybody walked outside the room except Mona.

"I wish it could've been under better circumstances."

"No worries, you will be back to normal in no time. Lets see, you have a condition called temporary paralysis. When you were in that car accident you damaged the lower part of your spine." He continued to talk while I just shook my head. Shit sounded fucked up and right now I couldn't see how I was gone make it. "In your case, Mr. Bridges, your spine isn't all that damaged but it did cause you to be temporarily paralyzed. This can last anywhere from 24 hours up to a couple of months. Only time will tell but as the days go by you will eventually start getting some feeling back and at that point you may need to learn how to walk again." I took everything he was saying in but at the same time I was thinking of revenge. Dinko and whoever was with him that night got it coming. They got me fucked all the way up. Got a real nigga laying up in a hospital bed...shit wasn't cool and can't wait to get my hands on both of them niggas. They some dead men walking and they don't even know it.