Jack and May rushed to the hospital the second they got the phone call that JT was in the hospital. They knew he was with Justin last so they kept calling his cell phone, but he wouldn’t answer. Anger and fear swarmed them and took control of the rest of their emotions. They were angry about Justin not answering his phone, but fearing he was hurt too. They arrived at the hospital and stormed the place looking for JT. A nurse finally took time to look it up for them and informed them that he was in the ICU, room 312. Entering the room, they were faced with JT having a tube down his throat to help inflate a collapsed lung, broken ribs, wrapped in bandages, concussion, hooked up to several machines, and in a coma. May burst into tears as soon as she laid eyes on him. Her anger was soon washed away by fear, she felt as if a ten-ton bus landed on her chest. Short of breath and unable to function properly she knelt beside the bed balling her eyes out holding one of his hands.
Justin seen the Thomas’ rush past his room and felt relief knowing they found JT and was finally by his side. He hadn’t heard the extent of JT’s injuries, but he felt horrible and blamed himself’ if it wasn’t for him JT wouldn’t be hurt. Three hours passed and Jack convinced May to go to the hospital cafeteria to eat. She was finally able to stop crying so they left the room. Tatiana glanced in each room as they passed and locked eyes with Justin. “Mom, Dad!” She called and pointed into the room where Justin lay quietly. “Oh, my goodness! This is why you haven’t answered your phone! Are you ok? What happened? No one will tell us anything!” May yammered allowing tears to flow once more. “Well, I don’t know where my phone is for one. Two, this is all my fault, I’m sorry. Calvin and his crew showed up and a fight broke out. How is JT?” Justin tried to explain through the bursts of pain shooting through his body. “He is in a coma. “Jack said. “I’m so sorry.” Justin whispered shaking his head. “After the stupid cop shot me, I practically begged him to call you so you would know where to find JT.” He continues. “Thank you! But this isn’t your fault. Calvin has always started this mess with you, so we know he started this fight too.” May said calmly fighting back her tears again and trying to shine a smile. Justin smiled for a second then immediately scrunched his face in pain and grabbed at is chest. The monitors connected to him began beeping frantically, nurses rushed in, Jack and May looked worried and confused, “What is going on? What is happening?” May yelled out across the room. Tatiana cupped her mouth with both hands as tears began to form in her eyes. “He’s crashing! We need a crash cart in here!” The head nurse yelled as more doctors flooded the room forcing the Thomas’ out.
About a week later JT woke up from his coma and immediately began frantically asking about Justin. Jack and May tried to calm him and explain that Justin was going to be fine and he was a few rooms down from him, but he wasn’t listening. He tossed and turned throwing his arms around trying to get out of the bed. Jack tried to hold him still, but it made JT more frantic and he ripped the IV out of his arm. Blood sprayed the walls of the room, May pushed the panic button on the side of JT’s bed and nurses rushed in. They managed to calm JT down after several minutes of fighting him and put a new IV in the other arm. “JT, you have to calm down, so you don’t rip your iv out again ok.” The nurse said trying to be calm. She had never dealt with this type of situation before, due to her still being new. She had only been working there for two months.
Weeks later both Justin and JT were out of the hospital and sharing a cell. JT was charged with assault which mad his bond easy to pay so it only took a few days to get him out. Justin on the other hand was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. Jack and May hired the best lawyer they could find to help Justin in court along with helping Kim pay bills until Justin got out of jail and back to work. For three months the lawyer fought for Justin in and out of court going through details of what happened that dreadful night and pulling video footage from nearby surveillance cameras to prove Justin’s case to be self-defense; if successful his twenty-five to life would be thrown out. The time spent did turn out successful and Justin was released, the judge ruled in Justin’s favor after reviewing tapes of the fight. One camera in the area caught the entire fight along with the walk proving Justin was not there to fight, nor was he aware the others were stalking his every move through the park.
Justin couldn’t find the words or actions to thank Jack and May enough for all that they have done for him, but he promised to pay back every penny they spent helping him. “Justin, there is no need for you to pay us back.” Jack said calmly smiling. “I want too.”
Instead of keeping the money Justin was giving them, they decided to put it aside for him incase of hard times, like lord forbid he get in trouble again. He made his promise and fulfilled it; it took time of course but he managed to pay back every cent.
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A Tortured Soul
Fiksi UmumFrom the very beginning, Justin Colez had a difficult life. From overcoming the obstacles of torture from the hands of his own parents to finding himself as the main target for trouble. With many charges for fighting and murder stacking up he believ...
