Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Part 2 Chapter 29 Family

Chapter 29 Family

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving morning Logan awoke in pain, he was lying in a hospital bed in the orthopedic wing in Hartford General Hospital. He met with Honor and his doctor, Seth McConnell a friend and former classmate from Yale, Wednesday afternoon to discuss his surgery. He was glad that someone he knew was going to be operating on him. Seth was honest with Logan. His injury was severe, and it will take at least eight to sixteen weeks of recovery and physical therapy. He will need to go to an orthopedic rehabilitation center for as long as it will take him to recover. Logan gritted his teeth, he needed something for the pain. He pushed the button for the nurse. The hospital staff had been treating him with benzodiazepines since he had arrived. His blood alcohol was dangerously high at the time of the accident, that they needed to bring it to normal levels in order for them to operate. . An attractive nurse name Kristen, came him a shot in his IV to help with the pain. He was just dozing off when Honor arrived with Josh and their two boys.

"Uncle Logan, are you hurt? What's on your arm?" Connor asked him and went running towards the bed..

"Uncle Ogan," Nathan began to cry, "When are you coming home?"

Logan gave the boys a weak smile and answered, "Hey buddy, I don't know." He reached out his hand to touch his nephew.

Josh picked up Nathan and held him, while Connor stood beside his uncle's bed and gently squeezing his hand he asked, "Will you be ok? Can I touch your arm?"

Logan could see the concern in his nephews eyes, and he felt the tears begin to swell in his own eyes.

"Listen, Connor, Nathan, I have to have an operation, but I promise I will get better. The doctor told me that I will be walking around again in no time," Logan said gripping the little boy's hand. Honor moved over and kissed her brother's cheek. She pulled up a chair next to his bed and sat down and noticed that his eyes were becoming glassy from his unshed tears.

"Logan, are you okay? I don't want you to worry about anything, we are having Thanksgiving dinner here with you today. Tomorrow you will have the operation but don't worry, Josh and I will be here along with your friends. Mother has gone to a spa and I have no idea where our father is"

Just then there was a knock on his door. Robert and his girlfriend Olivia walked in with balloons and a chocolate turkey.

Logan smiled when he saw them walk in. "Logan you are looking better than you did a few days ago," Robert said.

"Thanks," he grimaced as he tried to get comfortable. The little boys were getting restless, so Honor took them out of the room now that Robert and Olivia were there.

They sat and talked about the gallery and how Robert and Olivia had been doing. They avoided talking about the accident. Suddenly Logan looked at Josh and Robert. "Have you seen them?"

"Who?" Robert asked.

"Finn and Rory. I was hoping that I could tell them that I didn't know. I had no idea what she was doing. I need to talk to Finn."

"Logan, I will talk to Finn." Robert replied looking at Josh and Olivia.

Olivia looked over at Logan and squeezed Roberts hand. Logan closed his eyes and began to fall asleep. Robert decided it was a good time for them to leave, as they walked out of the room Robert kissed Olivia on the cheek and asked if she would wait by the elevator because he wanted to talk to Josh. Josh stepped out of Logan's room with Robert.

"Josh, what was Logan talking about? " Robert asked him.

"It was Sloane; she was the one sending the videos to Rory. I was working with Tristan to investigate the videos. The night of the party, she left her computer on sending another video thinking that no one would know. Tristan pinged it and had me go look for it since I was at the house. Logan was with Honor and me when we traced the signal and found the computer. Sloane was using his bedroom and he had no idea she was staying there instead of the guest room; because Logan was staying at our house instead of the family's home. Logan was furious and he told his father to get rid of her and when Mitchum confronted Sloane, she tried to deny it."