13

What was supposed to be a day where we all breathed a sigh of relief turned into a day full of fear and tears, we were in the waiting room, Aiden was pronounced dead, his wife and child were in pain,she was screaming and the child was trying to calm her down, it hurt me to see so much pain. Nevaeh was frozen, staring blankly, from time to time she kept asking the doctor how Finn was feeling. His condition worsened. He had lost a lot of blood. Lydia had the bullet removed from her calf and just has to sit with her leg in a cast and crutches for about 6 weeks because the bullet had penetrated her bone, all kinds of screams could be heard from the room she was in, I can't even imagine the pain she was going through. I was waiting patiently to hear that Finn was okay. It wasn't like that, the doctor comes out of the operating room and says. "I did everything I could but his health doesn't seem to be stabilizing, I'm afraid you'll have to prepare for anything. Nevaeh was devastated, she didn't have the energy to keep crying. She didn't seem to have any hope left, she had lost the last shred of it. She looked at me but did not emit anything, it was as if she was unable to show any emotion. I was scared, if something happens to him, I will never be able to forget what happened. Out of nowhere, Darren appears. I couldn't even look him in the eyes without wanting to burn him alive, after what he did to Finn, does he still have the guts to come to the hospital?

"Hugo..." He says as if he wants to imply that he missed me.

"What do you want? Why did you come here?"

"I came to see if Finn and Lydia are okay." "Wow Darren, how could they not be okay after they were shot? Would it be absurd not to be okay? It would be inhumane!" I say in an audibly ironic way.

He doesn't say anything and sits down next to Nevaeh, he tries to talk to her, but as I notice this I feel like a vein in my head is about to pop.

"What do you want to know about Finn? Isn't it enough for you what you did to him? That you destroyed him? If you had seen the state you left him in you would have beaten yourself. How can you even afford to think of coming here under the pretext that you want to see him, he doesn't want to see you, he doesn't want to know that you still exist." He answered irritated by what I had told him. "Hugo, calm down, I understand that he doesn't want to see me but I want to because I've been taking these dance classes for a long time, I've known him for two years, I have many memories with him and with Lydia because let's not we forget she was shot too, not just Finn. What I did to him, what I didn't do to him is nobody's business but mine and his."

Nevaeh looked at Darren in confusion. "What did you do to my brother?"

Darren refused to answer, he was ashamed of what he had done, he couldn't even maintain eye contact with Nevaeh. I speak in a tone trying not to scare Nevaeh.

"I think we should go outside to have such a discussion, there's no point in making noise inside, let's not disturb the sick who want to sit quietly."

We get out and go further away from the hospital, but not so far that it takes long to get back.

Nevaeh

We go outside, the sound of the wind was strong. I was waiting for an answer from Darren, an answer that didn't seem to be coming anytime soon at least from his mouth. Suddenly he unexpectedly opens his mouth to speak.

"Nevaeh, I know you're going to want to dig your nails into my throat and tear me to pieces. What I did to Finn is... I wanted to make someone jealous and I wanted to make that person jealous by having sex with someone that wasn't them . You know that Finn stayed at Hugo's house for a night right?"

I answer terrified of what he might say. "Yes..."

"Well he slept in the room with me, I drank a little, I gave him a drink too and I forced myself on him."

I was going to pass out, so that's why Finn wasn't wearing his binder and that's why he was so distant, now it all made sense. All I ached for now was to kill Darren but I knew that wouldn't solve anything. Instead I scream in an angry way.

"How the hell could you even think of doing that to my brother? You traumatized him! Do you know how much he cried? He was distant, my brother, the only one I could communicate with avoided everyone! Only Hugo was able to bring back a so-called good mood! God, I feel like killing you, but luckily for you I won't." We return to the hospital and wait in the waiting room. I just hoped that this torture would be over and that Finn would be okay.