Time Is Not On Our Side - Bradley Simpson

Chapter 16: Lily, it hurts...

Lily's POV:

"- I don't know Lily ... He answered me

- What do you mean by you don't know? I asked him. How many people were there?

- Just one, he was a man and he was wearing a mask so I didn't see him

- It's okay. I reassured him. We are going to go look at your surveillance cameras and we will show all this to the police, okay?

- I don't have surveillance cameras. He replied by lowering his head

- What do you mean? Brad you are famous! You need to have surveillance cameras!

- I know...

- We need to call an ambulance. I told him when I got up but he grabs my wrist

- No ... Please ... He begged me

- But Brad! You are suffering horribly! Someone should check if you're okay ...

- Please Lily ... I just want to rest ...

- Okay ... but I want you to go to the hospital later ok ...? I gave in

- Okay...

- Where's your phone? Tristan must be warned.

- It's on the piece of furniture in the hall. He answered

- No, it's not there. I said as I approach the furniture

- I'm sure I left it there. He said, turning his head weakly to look at me

- Brad, I swear it's not here, and nowhere else. I said after searching everywhere around us.

- Fuck ... He murmured

- Come on, you're bloodstained, we're going to clean this up. I held out my hand to him "

He took my hand to try to get up but moaned in pain. So I approached him before I helped him. We took a few steps and I saw him wince every time we took a step. We were almost in the bathroom, we only had a few more meters to go and Brad stopped

"- Ok stop, I can't do it anymore ... He told me and I quickly understood that he was talking about his pain

- It's going to be okay B, there are only a few meters left ... I told him, pained to see him in this state

- Please Lily ... He looked up at me and I saw tears in the corner of his eyes. To see someone cry in sadness is one thing, but to see their best friend cry in pain was heartbreaking

- I know it hurts but you only have a few steps left. I put my hand on his cheek to force him to look at me. I will help you. I said to him and he nodded gently before advancing with difficulty "

He was so vulnerable, I had never seen him like that. I felt like my simple touch could break it. He was in a really bad state and I felt helpless, I had to take him to the hospital but he is adamant about it.

Brad found it difficult to sit on one of the bathroom furnitures while I was looking for cotton and disinfectant in a drawer.

My best friend was still shirtless and I could see the upper part of his body, which was covered in bruises. My hands instinctively landed on his bruises and my fingers gently glided over his skin. He shivered at my touch so I removed my hands before grabbing a cream and spreading it over his wounds.