3 GUYS, A GIRL, AND A ROSE
Chapter Twenty-Two
"You bastard!" Tommy yelled. He
handed Fabrizio the cups of coffee. "You are the reason why she
fell!"
"I know, Tommy! I am sorry! If I could
take it back, I would, and it would have been me falling down those steps."
"Asshole! Running around with that
slut!" Rose heard him, and her face red grew with shock.
"Tommy, calm down. Rose had nothing to
do with this!" Jack yelled back. Tommy's face was red.
"You're right! It was both of you!"
Tommy punched Jack right in his eye. Jack fell back onto the floor. Fabrizio
handed the coffee to Rose, who was shocked by what had happened.
"Tommy, relax. It's gonna be okay.
Christina will pull through." Fabrizio pulled Tommy away from Jack, who
was holding his eye. Tommy picked up Christina's purse that he spotted on the
floor.
"Yeah, whatever! I'll see if she has
anything in here to help me fill out the rest of the paperwork." Tommy
went up to the desk and asked for the papers he filled out for Christina
before. He looked through her purse and saw everything he needed to know to
fill the papers out. Her medical insurance card, social security, everything.
He sat down a bit on the other side of the
waiting room, wanting to be as far away from Jack as possible.
*****
Two hours later, they still sat in the
waiting room. Tommy couldn't believe the indecency Jack had to bring Rose here.
In his opinion, it was their fault.
"Why don't you go talk to Jack?"
Fabrizio asked. He was the only one remaining neutral. "He didn't mean
anything by it."
"Why should I? That asshole! Lucky I
came when I did. How could he even bring Rose here?"
"Rose is here because she cares."
"Whatever. She knows that Christina
despises her." Just then Doctor Spencer came in, the same doctor who had
first helped Tommy with Christina.
"Mr. Ryan, I'll speak to you now."
Tommy got out of his seat, Jack watching them.
"How's she holding up?"
"She is fine. Lost some blood. She'll
live. Nothing serious. She has a cut on her forehead, bandaged it up. We had to
give her five stitches. We are going to keep her here overnight. You'll be able
to pick her up, I assume."
"Yeah, of course. When will I be able to
see her?"
"You can go see her now. She is in room
314."
"Thank you doctor." Doctor Spencer
nodded and retreated.
"What did he say?" Fabrizio asked.
"Cut on her forehead, five stitches to
the back of the head. She'll be out tomorrow. I will pick her up."
"Will we be able to see her?"
Fabrizio asked.
"Yeah, I'm going up there now."
"I'll go with you," Fabrizio said.
Tommy had the purse in his hand still. He caught the elevator with Fabrizio.
They went into her room. She lay on the
hospital bed with her eyes still closed. Her forehead had a small white bandage
on it.
Tommy sat on the chair next to her bed.
Fabrizio stood there. They waited for her to open her eyes.