Guarded Heart

Chapter 28

Ethan gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom. As he is standing there, he yells out in pain and falls to the floor. Jake quickly gets dressed, unlocks the door after getting into his chair and pushes a button for the nurse and the door opens and she walks in and calls for a doctor.

Brian runs in and gets to work on Ethan. Jake looks over Ethan to see if he can see anything wrong and he notices he was bleeding from behind.

"Brian, he's bleeding." Jake points and Brian examines him quickly.

"Book an OR, now!" He yells at the nurses and other doctors that ran into the room and they rush him up to surgery.

Brian sits with Jake in the waiting room.

"It was too much, too much strain on his body, he couldn't handle it. This is my fault. If I would have just kept my hands to myself, he would be ok. I just wanted him to feel like himself again." Jake said, sighing and running his hand through his hair.

"We don't know what happened or what will be the outcome until he's out of surgery. It isn't your fault Jake, don't blame yourself." Brian said, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Now I know why Ethan listened to music when Ryan was in surgery, to get out of his head and not think the worst possible outcomes of how bad it could be." Jake looks down and closes his eyes.

"I may have lost my leg but what he went through, I'd go through that as many times as possible to save him from that awful night."

"What happened exactly, what made him leave in the first place?"

"Me, I was arguing with his ex who is a friend of his the night he buried his parents and I guess he didn't want to hear us yelling which I understand now, he had a very hard and emotional day and I wasn't making it any better so he ran out of the house and Alex saw him I guess and attacked him. He had kicked Alex out of his house earlier in the evening and a bit later that's when Marcus showed up and Ethan sought comfort in his arms and not mine, that's what made me angry at Marcus, and Ethan ran out and right into Alex's rage. I will never forget how he looked that night, so..."

"I know, it was a horrible thing to see, after I examined him, I went to the bathroom and threw up, I was sick to my stomach after seeing him like that. I thought at first it was a gay bashing until I learned it was an ex of his, that is what made it worse."

"Yea, if I ever see him again, I swear to God I will kill the mother fucker."

"I don't blame you; I'd do the same if I were you."

"Are you really encouraging me to murder someone doc?" Jake chuckles and Brian smiles.

"I'll be your alibi." They laugh.

A few hours go by and they are getting some coffee and are walking back to the OR waiting room and see the surgeon walking out and over to them.

"Hey Mike, how is he?" Brian asked worriedly.

"Not good, his insides ripped open from a lot of strain, was he trying to remove his bowel when he fell?"

"No, he was urinating, and he fell to the ground and screamed out in pain and I noticed he was bleeding from behind." Jake said.

"What was he doing before that to cause so much strain on his body like that?" Jake cleared his throat.

"Honestly? He helped me out with my horny issue."

"He shouldn't be engaging in sexual activity while he is in recovery, he wasn't cleared for it yet. Luckily, I was able to repair the damage but now he's recovery is going to be a lot longer since there was scar tissue from the surgery a few weeks ago. His body needs time to heal, no stress, no lifting and no sexual activity of any kind."