Back Bone

P.T.S.D

We walked up to the house and went in after a long day. Kate led me to the kitchen to attend to my hands. she pulled out a chair and her personal first aid kit.

"Ok sit down and let me patch up those knuckles of yours." She said guiding me to sit on a kitchen chair "You're lucky Lilly didn't pick up on that obvious lie of yours. What did happen by the way."

"I found Lily's dad" I said. Kate looked up, her gaze meeting mine

"What happened?" She asked. going back to cleaning the wound with alcohol. Boy does this hurt.

"He tried playing stupi- OUCH" I squealed as the alcohol set in. "He lied blatantly to my face, so i hit him."

"Damn, you broke your knuckles." She said brushing her hair out of her face. Thank god Kate is a Doctor in training. Even when we were kids she was a great doctor. Hell we even played Doctor. Of course i never had a turn to be Doctor. I was always the Patient. " Good thing those heal Danial. God you need to be more careful." she grabbed bandages and started to wrap my hand.

"I know" I said before i got serious "The bastard played stupid until i hit him. He said they would have killed her if him and his wife didn't leave her at the park."

"Who?

"Loan sharks im guessing."

"Well than i'm just glad that YOU found her and not some horny creep. she is pretty after all"

"I wouldn't have just left her behind. I couldn't sleep well if i left her oh hey also, could you watch lily for a little" I say Glancing at the clock "Lily's father invited me to dinner tomorrow for a talk."

"Why?"

"He wants to answer most if not all of my questions." i said when Katie gave a gentle 'i'm done' tap on my hand "thank you. I'll go check on Lilly before i go talk to Doc. Be right back."

"Okay." she said as i got up.

I climbed up the stairs and looked at the narrow walls. There are still pictures of me and my family. I glanced at the first photo. This was taken at my 15th birthday right before the accident. I looked so happy as my dad to my right gave the camera a thumbs up with a huge smile. Uncle Tom was to my left looking at me with yet another one of those heart warming smile. Tom was always a caring man. He took the news of my father's death the worst. He recruited me into Asylum when i turned 18 i was on same terms with Al. I glanced closer to the picture to see the piece of the picture i ripped out was glued to the corner. It was my mother, drunk, and passed out at my birthday. What happened to her. All i know about her past was that she was born Julie Anne Roberts but dad always called her by her middle name. That name fit her after all. She was saved from a slum in the Ukraine as a child. She was taken to the US, taken into a foster home and got her diploma. Soon after she married my dad Jay Charles Betton. Soon enough they had 2 children. Me and... and... Who. i continued down the hall to see 3 empty picture frames. There was a picture next to one of them. This was the picture of Dad, Mom, And Tom. they were standing in front of a boat at Krystal Lake. they all were so young. Dad was holding a fish, Mom was just standing there being the stunner that she was, and Tom was of to the side being the silly uncle Tom that i used to love. He was kneeling to the side flexing like he was some sort of body builder. I passed some other pictures as i got to lily's room which is my parents old room. I gently knocked on her door not to hurt my already damaged hands.

"Come in" I heard Lilly sing

"Hey Lilly i have to go, an old friend wants to have a chat with me." I said to a tired Lilly "Kate is going to watch you. She's good people."

"Ok be safe Danny." She said going back to whatever she was doing.

I walked back down the stairs to say bye to Kate who is currently cleaning up the kitchen from her makeshift infirmary.