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Chapter 16

Monday, April 1, 2019

Connor POV

These last two days for me had been both physically and emotionally draining. I wasn't getting any sleep, I was barely eating and I had been keeping myself pretty much isolated from everyone.

The main thing on my mind, the main person, was Terrance. I decided to give him a little time, not because I didn't want to speak to him, but because I knew that he probably needed and wanted his space.

As far as WT, I called the hospital to check on him and they said that he'd been placed in a coma so that they could perform the surgery and that he should be up today.

Even thought it was April Fools' day, today felt like the perfect time to try and get everything in order. I was going to attempt to reach out to Terrance, go by the hospital to see if WT was doing any better and try to get my life back on track again.

I was no longer gonna allow myself to be or feel defeated. The first step for me was getting out of bed.

I rolled over miserably and threw myself out of bed in one motion. If I didn't do it that way, chances are that I would have prolonged the time that it took me to up.

I dragged my body to the bathroom and stripped myself of all of my clothes before hopping into the shower.

I didn't really care to wait until the water had gotten warm or to play music while I was in there. I was more so focused on getting myself back into routine. The one day I spent dwelling was a rough one and believe it or not, threw me off a lot, especially considering what had happened to get me there.

My shower was a quick one; there was no music playing and I didn't really have the energy to wash up more than once. I grabbed my towel from the back of the bathroom door and headed into my room.

The first thing I did was walk over to my phone. I opened the messages app and scrolled through the dozens of messages I had from SB and everyone else down at the warehouse asking what to do. As long as they had cleaned up everything, I didn't care what they did and trusted that they could figure it out.

I scrolled until I got to Terrance's contact. I was very hesitant to click the name. I didn't know how he'd react to hearing from me or if he'd even want to.

I decided to just take the risk. I quickly typed and sent my message without thinking twice about it and risking any chance of me changing my mind.

I locked my phone and sat it next to me, waiting for his response. I began to wander off into my thoughts and eventually I was starting to drift off to sleep. Right before I could fall deep into my slumber, my phone vibrated. And again.

I was nervous grabbing my phone. I couldn't understand how a college freshman had a college grad so worked up, but I wasn't one to try and let my adult pride stop me from doing anything I felt like I had to do.

I was actually shocked by the response that I got.

I immediately began thinking about what I would say when I saw him. I needed to get the right words out, which as much as I hated to think, probably consisted of just telling the truth.

Eventually I'd have to be honest so I guess it was better to get it out the way now and let him decide if he'd wanna stick around.

Since he told me to come over later, I decided I'd go to the hospital and check on WT beforehand to see how he was doing. The last time I saw him, he was being carried out of my backseat, damn near bleeding to death.

I finished getting ready and called my lyft so I could head to the hospital. I hadn't gotten around to cleaning my backseat so for that reason, I didn't want to drive my car.

Thankfully, my lyft was only 2 minutes away so I didn't have to sit around waiting. Unfortunately, I was sharing my ride with some girl named Adeline.

I grabbed my jacket and took my time going downstairs so that by the time that I got outside, the lyft would be here.

I got in the front seat because I really wasn't in the mood to sit next to anyone. I greeted the driver and Adeline with my head in my phone. I looked up briefly to see what she looked like, but I didn't get a good look because she was staring back so I quickly turned my head away.

The rest of the ride was pretty much silent aside from the faint sound of the radio playing in the background.

"Thank you" I heard Adeline speak as we approached the hospital. She must be getting out here as well. Her vice sounded

"I'm getting out here as well" I spoke, making sure to check my pockets and the seats to see that I had everything before I got out.

The driver smiled and nodded. I walked into the hospital and to the front desk.

"I'm here to see WT" I said forgetting where I was at. The lady raised her eyebrows at me. "William Thomas, I'm sorry."

She nodded and began to type on her computer. "What is your relation to the patient?"

"I'm his boss. He got hurt on the job. I just want to see if he's okay."

She gave me a sketchy look. "Elevator's down the hall to your right. Room 323." I nodded before dashing off.

As I was approaching the elevator, the door was closing. "Hold that door!" I yelled to the woman inside, but it was too late. Looked like the same lady from the lyft.

It felt like I was waiting for a long time before one of the elevators finally arrived. There wasn't anyone in it, so I was able to go straight to the third floor.

I got off the elevator and looked both ways to see which way I should be headed. When I figured out which way the room was, I began walking in that direction.

The last time that I saw WT was a mess and I knew that it'd be better this time, but I was still frightened. This had happened before, but not with a worker that I was actually close to.

When I got to the room, I placed my hand on the knob and stood there for a second. I think that I was more focused on not wanting WT to hate me because part of me felt like this was my fault.

Had I been there faster and not been sleep with Terrance, he may have been safe. But it wasn't Terrance's fault either. I was so conflicted.

I took a deep breath before open the door and I was in even more shock than when I first saw that he had gotten shot.

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I tried my hardest to make sure that I got this chapter out today. I was trying to do a chapter for a day for a week and this completes it. I figured I'd leave off with a cliff hanger for now because why not?