looked around. He couldn’t see anyone. He moved slowly around the car, holding the hammer tightly in his right hand. He noticed that there was another door at the back, thinking that it might lead to a closet. He approached it carefully. He placed his hand on the handle while gripping the hammer as tight as he could. He felt a sharp blow to the back of his head that stunned him. Before the second blow arrived knocking him out he dropped the hammer and turned around. He saw Frank.
Frank was in the garage looking for a shovel. He had gotten carried away with Anne like he did Darla and decided to take care of the body, still thinking he had time before Lilah would come around. He was looking through some tools and found a shovel. He started back outside when he saw a car. ‘Speak of the devil’ Frank said aloud as he saw Lilah. He started towards her but then stopped at she spotted him and screamed. Damn bitch he thought and quickly ran back in to the garage. He was looking took out the keys for the Volkswagen beetle from his pocket and climbed inside the car. He dropped the keys as he tried to put them in the ignition. He found them just under the seat and grabbed them. At that moment he heard the garage door open. Oh has Lilah come to confront me he thought to himself and grinned. He slowly and carefully raised his head and saw that it was not Lilah but some strange man. Oh another friend of hers, not that she deserves them he thought. He watched the man move to the back of the garage. Frank quietly got out of the car and picked up the shovel again. He crept up slowly behind the man. Interfering prick, you’ll get what’s coming to you he thought and then hit the man on the back of the head with the shovel. The man staggered for a second and turned around. Frank hit him right in the face as hard as he could. Knocked the bastard out good he thought and then turned around to face the front of the garage. ‘Now to take care of you’ he said and started for the garage door.
Lilah watched as Wesley entered the garage and began to panic. Why didn’t I try to stop him? She thought to herself then began to cry. It just keeps getting worse she thought. She heard the garage door open again and looked up in that direction, expecting to see Wesley. She saw Frank coming towards her holding a shovel which appeared to have blood on it. Oh god he killed him too she thought and began to scream. She saw the look on Frank’s face as she did; he appeared to be enjoying it. He was only a few feet away from the car now. He could see him grinning like the Cheshire cat. She watched him raise the shovel, about to break the car window when she heard sirens approaching. Oh god thank you she thought to herself. She turned back to Frank and saw the rage on his face, he had been expecting to finish her in a few moments but now his chance was gone. He dropped the shovel and ran in the opposite direction of the sirens. Lilah sat there crying and saw a police car pull up in front of the car. Two officers got out, one hurried into the house the other came to the car and knocked on the window gently. ‘ma’am, were you the one who made the call?’ the officer asked. Lilah opened the door and got out then fell to her knees as she fainted.
Wesley awoke to a strange room. He didn’t know where he was it first. He left and felt a sharp pain run through his head like lightning. He cursed under his breath then noticed a heart rate monitor beside him. So I’m in hospital... how did I get here he thought to himself and turned his head back up to face then ceiling and grimaced at the pain. What happened the last thing I remember was that I was in a garage because Lilah said... He bolted up right and his head felt another thunderbolt. Fuck I remember now that bastard Frank snuck up behind me somehow then knocked me out... but what happened to Lilah? He slowly turned his head and saw that the room was empty. Shit I hope she’s ok he thought as he began to get out of bed. At that moment a doctor came in to the room. He looked at Wesley for a second and sighed. ‘I knew when you first got here that you’d be troublesome’ the doctor said and came over to the beds side. ‘Stay put, you’ll be alright, and you just received a bad knock on the head’ the doctor said as he checked his clipboard. ‘I have to find Lilah’ Wesley said quietly, it hurt just to talk. ‘She’s alright, she’s waiting outside for you, and I told her she couldn’t come in though you have to rest’ the doctor said without looking at Wesley. Wesley thought the doctor seemed pre-occupied with something else on his mind.
‘Doctor?’
‘My name’s Tiberius Chan, but most people call me TC’
‘Well TC can I see Lilah for a moment? It’s very important’
‘I figured as much the police want to talk to you as well about what happened but in your condition...’
‘I thought you aid I’d be fine’
‘Well yeah but if you were to see someone I’d have to stay here and watch that you don’t strain yourself, which would be troublesome’
‘Look just send Lilah in and tell the police officer that I’ll see him after please’
‘Hmmm alright just stay put, but if you strain yourself and ‘cause more pain that means I have more overtime which I don’t want’ TC said and turned to leave the room. ‘Thank you’ Wesley said. TC waved his hand disregarding Wesley’s thanks. What a strange person Wesley thought to himself. TC came back in to the room and Lilah followed. She saw him and gasped. ‘Glad to see you’re ok’ Wesley said and smiled but it hurt. TC seemed to notice the small gesture and scowled at him. Lilah walked over to Wesley’s bed and put her hand on his. ‘The doctor said you’re going to be fine, you’ll have to spend the night in though’ Lilah said and looked troubled. The doctor began to walk to the window and looked outside.
‘I’ll be fine anyway; I don’t go down so easy’
‘Good, I thought Frank had killed you as well’
‘Almost did I guess, what happened to him? Are you alright?
‘Yeah I’m alright, after you went in to the garage he came out holding a shovel and approached the car, luckily the police came just in time.... but Frank ran off before they could get him’
‘Ahh I see, I take it the police are hunting for him now then?’
‘Yeah, I answered their questions and told them what had happened; they want to talk to you as well though’
‘Yeah TC told me’
They were both silent for a moment. TC was still looking out the window, as if he really didn’t want to be here, which by Wesley’s guess was probably true. ‘I’m sorry about Anne’ Wesley said, finally breaking the silence. Lilah didn’t say anything, only looked down at her hand on Wesley’s. ‘They found Darla as well... and her kid, he killed them both’ Lilah said and began to cry.
‘It’s my entire fault!’
‘No it’s not’
‘It is, he came looking for me and killed them because of me’
‘Lilah you can’t blame yourself for what he did, if you want to blame someone blame him’
Lilah looked up at him; an expression of realisation was on her face. She nodded. ‘I already do, I may have been able to forgive him for hurting me but for what he did to them and you... I hate him’ she said and squeezed his hand tightly.
‘Time’s up’ TC said and approached the bed. Wesley saw that he looked exhausted, and was probably right anyway, the pain was starting to grow and he’d need something to take it away. ‘Alright but Lilah I want you to stay at my place, Frank doesn’t know where I live so you’ll be safe, and I need you to take care of Illyria for me’ Wesley said. Lilah nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes. ‘Alright, I’ll let the police know as well just in case’ she said then kissed him. The kiss seemed to take all of Wesley’s pain away and he felt love for Lilah. ‘You can come by tomorrow morning and take him off my hands’ TC said to Lilah and gave her a tired smile. ‘I will doc’ Lilah said and gave him a thumbs up then left the room. TC cocked his head then looked at Wesley, ‘Nice girl, sorry I couldn’t help but over hear your conversation, I wish you 2 the best luck, sorry if I seem a little moody, just been one of those days you know’ TC said and popped a pill in to Wesley’s mouth then gave him a sip of water. ‘Well I’m out of here, I’ll be back to check on you in the morning, if you need anything or start hurting again just push the button next to your bed and a nurse will come to give you whatever you want, well except sex of course, a patient tried that once and ended up needing to spend more time in here because of it if you get what I mean’ TC said then gave Wesley a genuine smile. Wesley chuckled, ‘Alright TC’ he said then began to drift off in to sleep.
Wesley awoke the next morning to the sound of TC clattering around the room. He sat up, the pain now down to a dull throb thankfully, and looked at him. TC noticed Wesley then smiled. ‘Sorry to wake you, I lost my lighter in here last night was looking for it’ he said then stood up straight. ‘How are you feeling today anyway?’ he asked as he looked around the room.
‘Head hurts a little but feels a lot better.’
‘That’s good, well it’s only seven in the morning, and your girl ain’t here yet’
‘Yeah I hope she’s alright’
‘I’m sure she’s fine, most people don’t come to pick anyone up till nine’
‘Really?’
‘Yeah, god knows why though, anyway don’t suppose you’ve seen my lighter anywhere?’
‘Well I’ve been a sleep so nope’
‘How troublesome, ah well I’m sure it’ll turn up eventually’
‘Probably, or you’ll just have to by a new one’
TC stared at Wesley for a moment then shook his head. ‘Can’t do that, sentimental value you know, don’t know what I’d do if I lost it for good’ TC said then began looking under the table beside the bed. ‘I know what you mean’ Wesley said. ‘Gotcha’ TC said and reached under the table and grabbed his lighter. He showed it to Wesley. ‘Nice Zippo, looks better than mine’ he said and chuckled. ‘Ta, anyway I got to be off, got more patients to check up on, I’ll be back around 9 to see if you’ve checked out then’ TC said and left the room.
Strange doc Wesley thought then drifted back in to sleep.
He awoke a couple of hours later to find Lilah standing over him. ‘Wakey wakey’ she said and smiled. Wesley sat up and looked at her; she looked like she hadn’t gotten much sleep, not surprising he thought. ‘How you feeling?’Lilah asked and watched him carefully to see if he was in pain. ‘Just a bit of a sore head but that’s it’ he said and gave her a smile. She kissed him then lifted up a bag, ‘I brought you some clothes, figured you wouldn’t want to go home in a hospital gown’ she said and placed the bag on the bed. ‘Thanks how were you last night?’ Wesley asked but already knowing the answer anyway. ‘I didn’t sleep much to be honest, apart from that I’m fine... oh and Illyria misses you, she was wandering around the house looking for you Lilah said and got up to leave the room. ‘Ah well we’ll talk about it more when we get home, I mean my place, and I know it’s not your home... Although you are welcome to stay and make it yours till this blows over’ Wesley said and began going through the clothes. Lilah nodded then left the room. She’s acting strong but she’s
Wesley thought then got dressed.
Wesley checked out half an hour later. He was glad to be outside; although it was only one night in hospital he didn’t like it much. He fumbled through his pockets and realised he had no cigarettes or his lighter. ‘Shit’ he muttered under his breath. ‘Don’t worry’ Lilah said and took out a pack of Marlboro from her pocket and Wesley’s Zippo. ‘You’re a god send’ he said and kissed her. He watched Lilah blush and thought how cute she looked. He lit himself a cigarette, and inhaled deeply. Lilah lit her own, she preferred menthols. They were walking to Wesley’s car when they heard a voice from behind. ‘Yo Wesley’ TC said and ran towards them. He reached them and appeared to be out of breath. ‘I thought doctors were supposed to be healthy’ Wesley said and stared at him.
‘Yeah well I’m also a heavy smoker’
‘Don’t doctors condone smoking?’
‘Yeah but I figured since I’m helping save people’s lives god will cut me some slack and now allow me to get cancer’
‘Interesting theory’ Wesley said and chuckled. ‘Anyway I just wanted to give you this’ TC said and handed Wesley a small paper bag.
‘What is it?’
‘It’s a sedative’
‘I thought I was fine?’
‘You are but take it just in case, shouldn’t really be doing this though’
‘Well I don’t want to get you in to trouble’
‘Nah it’s no trouble, everyone steals from hospitals, this stuffs still going to someone who needs it’
‘Well thank you’ Wesley said and shook TC’s hand. ‘Well I gotta get back to work, some asshole decided to stick his dick in a toaster and got it stuck’ TC said then sped off back to the hospital. ‘What an odd man’ Lilah said and watched him run. ‘You can say that again, but he’s a good man’ Wesley said then got in to the car. ‘So we’re going straight back to yours?’ Lilah asked. ‘Not yet I want to stop off somewhere first’ Wesley said and started the car engine then drove off.
Wesley parked the car outside of a small house in the west end area. ‘What are we doing here?’ Lilah asked as she stared at the house. ‘Have to see a friend, come on it won’t take long’ Wesley said and got out the car. They walked up to the porch and Wesley rang the door bell. ‘What friend?’ Lilah asked as they waited.
‘His name’s Rooker, we go way back’
‘Alright but why are we here?’
‘He owes me a favour’
‘Hmmm?’
‘You’ll see’ Wesley said as the door opened. ‘Wesley you bloody poof what you doing here? And what happened to your head?’ Rooker asked as he saw the bandage on Wesley’s head. ‘Long story, can we come in?’ Wesley said and smiled. ‘Alright come on in, just don’t steal anything’ Rooker said and laughed. Wesley and Lilah entered the house and Rooker showed them to the living room where they sat. ‘Can I get you a drink Wesley and?’ Rooker asked. ‘My name’s Lilah’ Lilah replied, ‘And no thanks I’m fine’ she continued. ‘I’m fine as well’ Wesley said and took out his Marlboro’s and lit one.
‘Alright then what do you want?’
‘I have a job for you?’
‘Oh?’
‘Need some security installed’
‘From the look of your head I’ll say that’s about right’
‘So can you help me out?’