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 Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:29 pm
"Stop it, love. All that matters is we're alright. Together." Cody wouldn't have Dari blaming himself! Secret agent or not, he was only human!
There was a knock, then a breathless Hannah walked in. "Dari?" she called, looking around. She'd sped the whole way, and then run to the hospital entrance. She'd only stopped to get the room number where her son was from the receptionist before heading towards it.
Cody looked up. "Mom?"
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:36 pm
Dari nodded and offered Cody a smile and stroked his hand with a thumb. He perked when he heard his name.
"Right here!" he said, leaning out toward the doorway, then he turned to Cody. "Well you told me to call her..." Had Cody really been that drugged at the time?
"Hello, ma'am," Toby said quickly, standing out of politeness. "You're Cody's mother, I presume?" He didn't expect anything but a 'yes' or 'no' at this point. Proper introductions could come later.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:46 pm
"Oh. Right," Cody remembered that. He smiled at Dari. "I love you," he said.
Hannah made her way in, and gave Toby a brief smile. "Yes," she said. "And you must be Dari's older brother. You look just like him." And so polite! But her attention was on Dari then, and she walked over to him. She knelt down next to his chair and cupped his cheek in her hand. She didn't say anything for a long moment, then, "Thank you." She hugged him.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:10 pm
"Yes, ma'am," Toby said.
Dari smiled to Hannah and then stood to greet her. He had been expecting a handshake, but she went straight for the hug. She didn't seem to realize he was hurt all around and he gave a soft whimper. When the hug broke soon after he shook his head. "Sorry." She hadn't hurt him. Those assholes had.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:14 pm
"You're hurt," more than the obvious places like the gash on his forehead. She narrowed her eyes at him. "What are you doing out of bed? You were attacked by those monsters only a bit ago! Who let you out of bed, anyway?" Cody, who recognized this as his mother's concerned lecture tone, looked to Toby and shook his head slightly.
Dari was doomed.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:22 pm
"I--!" Fell over top Cody when he passed out, but no, Mama Bear had taken over. He smiled and shook his head. "I'm fine. Nothing's broken. Not even my teeth." He pulled down his lower lip with a finger to show he wasn't lying. "I'm on painkillers, I'm fine."
"He's on Advil. I bet he fought them about the bed," Toby commented.
Dari gave him a look. Dadmode and Mommode. God help him.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:27 pm
"You're going to bed, young man," Hannah scolded Dari. "You're hurting, and you ought to be taking something stronger--" she leaned up to study the gash on Dari's forehead. "What caused this?" she asked.
"They had a crowbar, mom," Cody chimed in.
Hannah stared. "...Well." As if that settled it. "I'm sure I can convince a nurse to bring a second bed in here."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:32 pm
Dari motioned to the other bed in the room.
"That's mine. I told them I didn't need it but they insisted," he said.
"Right," Toby said, "Because you were only beaten with a crowbar."
"It hurts to lay down anyway," Dari defended.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:37 pm
"They didn't give you vicidin?" Hannah frowned. He needed something, the poor guy was suffering. "Or something topical, so you can sleep, anyway?"
Cody was amused. Toby and his mom were on the same side; they were parentmoding together. "Don't worry mom. I'll make sure he rests."
Hannah turned to face him. "And you! What have I told you about going to rough areas?"
Cody made a face.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:40 pm
"It wasn't a rough area, ma'am," Dari said, "It was downtown. I'm surprised those kind of people were there, though. I guess they're a little bit of everywhere. It was the alcohol, I think..." Not that that excused them.
"People against homosexuality tend to be very against it..." Toby mused with full knowledge of what Cody's mother and father had done.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:45 pm
"Like my husband," Hannah muttered, making a sour face. Something about the way she said that spoke volumes. She wasn't happy with him.
"When will you be released? I'd like you two to come over, we can bake."
Cody groaned. "Mom..."
"You don't get any if you don't help, Cody."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 5:48 pm
Toby looked to Cody. What was it he'd said about his mother and baking growing up? He smirked.
"The best answer we've gotten is 'a couple days,'" Dari said with a little sigh, "I don't think they're absolutely sure yet. We're still waiting for some test results."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:10 pm
Cody saw Toby's look and sighed. He mouthed 'told you!'.
"A couple days?" Hannah echoed. "Cody, if you write class plans I'll deliver them." She reached over and fluffed his hair, looking for a wound. She found a bump instead, and frowned. "Did they check for concussion? They aren't letting him sleep?"
Maia looked up from the magazine she'd been studying then. "Actually, the no sleeping when you're concussed is a myth. If you sleep, you'll heal faster. You just need to be checked often."
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:21 pm
"That's why I'm here," Dari said with a little smile, as if they'd just let him leave otherwise. "Me and the nurses. I won't leave his side. They checked for concussion and brain damage, broken bones, hemorrhaging, so on and so forth. They went all out." He would be paying the medical bills himself.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 6:35 pm
"No, you're here because you're just as bad as he is," Hannah corrected. "I want you to rest. Please." She looked at Cody. "You too."
"I'll rest," Cody promised. "And if Dari doesn't, he'll get the silent treatment."
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