An Illicit Gentleman II

                                       Chapter Thirty-Four

Later that night the Doctor had come in and told her that AJ had a concussion and needed to stay over night for observation.  The next day Eve woke up in the chair beside his bed and to her surprise he was already awake. She said good morning to him but he said nothing, gave her no reaction and she tried to get him to talk but he wouldn’t, it was like he had completely shut the world out.  So she sat quietly beside him and waited until he was ready to talk.

“Mrs. Mclean?” A nurse said as she poked her head into the room. Eve looked up at the woman.  “There are a bunch of people in the waiting room because of what happened last night we couldn’t let anyone else in to see him.”

“Ok” Eve said as she sat up and pulled back her hair.  The nurse left and Eve looked over at AJ.  His eyes were closed and she wondered if he was sleeping or shutting everything out still.  “Alex? Are you awake?”  He said nothing and she frowned, still unsure. 

Standing up Eve headed out of the room lightly closing the door behind her.  She walked down the hall fixing her clothes and hair that were messed up from the tossing and turning last night.  When she walked into the waiting room she was surrounded by a horde of people, all of them AJ’s family wanting to know what was going on.  It was a bit over whelming as they asked questions but didn’t wait for an answer before asking their next question.  The overwhelming feeling started to make her cry and shake a little and she thought she was about to have a panic attack.

“Quiet!” Denise shouted and everyone shut up. “Eve sit down and tell us what happened sweetheart.” AJ’s Mom said as she walked Eve over to a chair.

Eve took a deep breath and wiped her eyes.  “I went to the store to pick up a couple of things, I came back and I saw Mats on top of AJ in the living room and it looked like they had been fighting but Mats must of heard me come in, I tried to take off but the front door was locked.  I ran into another room and he grabbed me, he had me pinned against the desk so I grabbed something and hit him in the head, he fell back and I hit him again.  That’s when he fell to the floor.” She then looked at Kevin.  “I am so sorry about what happened…”

“Eve it’s ok.” Kevin replied.

            “What’s wrong with Alex? Why couldn’t we see him?” Denise asked and Eve took her hand.

“Apparently Mats and Thomas recorded that night in the van.” Eve said as she looked down, almost embarrassed.  “When I went to check on Alex after I had…” She stopped.  “After I hit Mats I saw it playing on the TV, I don’t know what happened between them, I wasn’t there and he’s not talking.”

“Not talking about it or not talking.” Kevin asked.

“Not talking, last night he was out of control, angry, he ripped everything off trying to get out of here.” Eve told them.

“Where was he going?” Denise asked.

“Home, he wanted to go home.” She told her.  “They sedated him and he finally fell asleep.  When I woke up this morning he was awake, I tried talking to him but he didn’t give me a response.”

“What do the Doctors say?” AJ’s Mom asked.

“It’s some sort of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he just doesn’t want to deal right now so he’s shutting everything out.” Eve told her.

“Can I see him?” Denise asked.

“Yes, of course, I’ll take you there.” Eve said as she stood up.

“Do you need anything? Or need anything from the house?” Kevin asked.

“No I’m ok.” Eve told him as she started to leave and then she stopped.  “Wait I might need my Ativan, it’s in my bag in the bedroom.”

“Ok” Kevin nodded and then she left the room.

“How are you doing?” Denise asked as the two walked down the hall.

“I’m ok.” Eve replied with a light nod.  “I mean I know I should be freaking out right now or passed out on some chairs because of my pills but I can’t.”

“Can’t?” Denise asked when they stopped at his door.

“I know what he saw, what he heard on the video, and I know how much it can change someone.  The only reason I’m here today is because of him and it scares me to think what might happened to him, what he might do.” Eve confessed to Denise as she started to cry.  “I need to be strong for him, like he was for me.” She was a little shocked when Denise took her into her arms and hugged her.

“I hope you can get him to talk.” Eve told her as the two pulled away.

“I’ll try my best but we both know how stubborn he can be.” Denise replied with a light smile and it brought a small smile to Eve’s lips.  She waited until the door had closed behind Denise and then headed back to the waiting room.

“I don’t care I want to see him.” A voice shouted from the room as Eve walked in.

“Dude just wait until Denise comes out.” Howie said.

“Brian’s here.” Nick whispered beside her.

“I noticed.” Eve replied as she stared at Kevin’s cousin. 

“Well I bet you’re just freaking happy aren’t you?” Brian snapped at her.

“Totally.” Eve replied as she rolled her eyes and walked over to a chair.  “I’m ecstatic.”

“Don’t be startin on her.” Nick snapped as he grabbed Brian’s arm. 

“It’s fine Nick, he can’t say anything he hasn’t said eighty million times before.” Eve sighed as she sat down.  “If you want to go see him, go see him I’m not stopping you.”

“Whatever” Brian scoffed as he left the room.

Eve rolled her eyes with a light moan at Brian’s attitude.  She looked over at Nick as he sat across from her.  “Hey Nick?”

“Yeah?” He replied.

“Did AJ ever know anyone named Lily?”

“Lily? Nope.” He replied shaking his head.  “Why?” He asked tilting his head.

“Last night he…” Eve was interrupted by the commotion outside the waiting room.

“It’s thirteen B again.” The nurse said to the Doctor as they headed down the hall.

“Isn’t that?” Nick started to say but Eve answered before he finished the question.

“Yes” She replied standing up and then headed towards the entrance.

Eve and everyone else in the room hurried down the hallway and as she got closer to his room she could hear him yelling.  As she and the others approached the door both Brian and Denise came out of the room.

“What’s going on?” Eve asked.

“He just started freaking out.” Brian said breathless.

“What did you say?” Eve asked him angrily.

“Nothing Eve I didn’t say anything.” Brian replied.

“Bullshit, you always have something to say to him.” Eve snapped.

“No Eve it’s true, Brian came in and as soon as Alex saw him he just snapped.” Denise told her.

Eve ran her fingers through her hair and took a deep breath.  She turned around and headed down to the waiting room.  There were too many people around and she just needed to get away.  When she sat down she put her head in her hands and started to cry.

“Eve?” Kevin said and she looked up.  “Everything ok?”

“No” Eve sighed sitting back.  “Brian showed up and went to see Alex and I guess Alex spazzed out again.”

“What did he say?” Kevin asked as he sat down beside her.

Eve lightly laughed.  “Nothing, even Denise said Brian said nothing, he walked in and when AJ saw him he snapped.” The two sat quietly for a moment and then Eve spoke up.  “Do you know who Lily is?”

“Lily?” Kevin asked confused.

“Last night Alex kept talking about a Lily and how he missed her.” Eve said almost not wanting to know the answer.  “I asked Nick if he knew who she was but he didn’t, maybe you do?”

“He never knew a Lily I’m positive.” Kevin told her and then his head snapped up at the same time he snapped his fingers.  “The little girl from his dreams.”

“What?” Eve replied confused.

“After the kidnappings, Alex started having these dreams.  He said he would wake up in bed as this little girl would come running in, she’d climb up onto the bed like she was running away from something.” He explained.  “Then you would come in after her.  At first they ended pretty quickly but then he said they started getting longer and in different places.”

“So the little girl was?”

“Was yours and his, when he first told me about them he said he saw a wall of pictures and amongst them was the adoption certificate.” He told her.

“He never told me about them.” Eve said quietly.

“Well he knows the subject is still pretty sensitive to you so, maybe he didn’t want to just yet.” Kevin said and Eve nodded lightly, agreeing. “Oh here are your pills.” He said as he leaned forward and handed them too her.

“Thanks” She replied as she looked at the bottle and took it from him. “I’m going to go check on Alex; I guess everyone else must still be down there.”

“I’ll go with you.” Kevin said as they both stood up.

The two walked down the hall and saw everyone but Brian and Denise standing in the hallway.  “Did Brian go back in there?” Eve asked.

“No” Nick replied. “He left after Denise chewed him out.”

“She’s with Alex now.” Howie said.

“Wait Denise yelled at Brian?” Kevin asked.

“Oh did she ever.” Nick smiled.  “We don’t know what she said cause she took him down the hall a little but the body language said I’m pissed.”

Just then the room door opened and Denise came out.  “I was just coming to get you.” She said looking at Eve.  “He wants to go and the Doctors said he could leave so.”

“Ok” Eve replied.

“But he wants to see you.” Denise told her.  “I’m going to go get you guys a room at the hotel I’m at.”

“Ok” Eve replied again with a light nod.

When Eve walked into the room she saw AJ sitting up in the bed, picking at his nails.  He looked a little better than last night; most of his colour had come back.  She walked over to his bed side and sat down in the chair.

“Hey” She said when he didn’t say anything.  “You ok?” She asked.

“Now that he’s gone.” AJ replied.  “He didn’t start anything with you did he?”

“No, I barely saw him he stormed in said he wanted to see you and then came here.” Eve told him.

“How long does it take to get my fucking papers!?” AJ snapped.

“I’ll go check with your Mom.” Eve said standing up.  Truth be told she just wanted to get out of there, she didn’t like him acting like this but she knew it wasn’t his fault. She left the room and walked up to Denise.

“How long will it take to discharge him?” Eve asked.

“Couple of more minutes why?” Denise asked.

“He’s just really antsy.” Eve replied.  “What are the reporters like?”

“It’s a herd down there.” Kevin spoke up from behind her.  “But the hospital has the back blocked off so you can go out that way.”

“How did he know where you were?” Nick asked.

“Who, Mats?” Eve asked as she turned to look at him.

“Yeah, how did he know where you guys were and he showed up like a half hour after you guys arrived.” Nick said.

“I don’t know, still waiting for the police report.” Eve replied.

The line of questioning got Eve thinking, if he wasn’t responsible for the break out, he must have known about it because he made plans so there must have been someone else involved.  Eve took a deep breath and sighed, she held hope since she got to the hospital that all of this would be over but there was still Thomas, sitting in a jail somewhere and now this new person.

 Her hand started shaking and she was finding it hard to breath.  Putting her hand on the wall she held herself up but her breathing was becoming short and quick.  She closed her eyes trying to calm herself but now she was starting to feel dizzy and she started to panic that she was going to pass out which made what was happening worse.

“Eve?” She heard Denise say as her body began to shake harder.

“Can’t…breath.” She gasped out as she started slipping to the floor.