The tears began to flow for Jackie while Jackie's Father, Lior had held her. The EMT began to do compressions while the ambulance rocked. Lior watched the EMT cut Chase's shirt off and shave his chest before applying shock pads. "Clear!", the EMT spoke.
After one shock, his body rocked with still no pulse, the EMT continued compressions. As time went on it felt as if in two minutes the situation had gotten dire. Lior wiped his tears as they fell watching as they shocked his body for the last time. Lior closed his eyes while hugging Jackie letting his tears fall until he heard a gasp. He thought he had imagined it or heard Jackie. He looked over "We have a pulse!", the EMT sighed of relief.
Chase had opened his eyes and glanced over at his hand.
"Chase", Lior spoke.
Chase glanced over at Lior "Are we getting married now?". Chase spoke deliriously.
Lior chuckled slightly "Only if you hang on until we get to the hospital."
"Can do", Chase began to gag. The EMT grabbed a bag and handed it to him.
They reached the hospital as they loaded him off the stretcher.
Jackie and her father followed. They finally put him in a hospital bed as doctors came to take blood samples to possible flush the drugs out of his system. After a long day of testing he had finally fell asleep.
Jackie began to apologize profusely while her father patted her on the back and told her to let him rest.
They had stayed in his hospital room all day, eager for him to wake up. A doctor had walked in and spoke with a solemn tone "Are you his guardian?"
"I'm his husband ", Lior lied.
"It looks like Chase will need his stomach pumped,it is rare that we do this for overdoses. This procedure does come with risks, he could vomit during this procedure causing it to reach his lungs or receive a tear in the throat . A tube will go down his throat and will slowly go down to his stomach then we'll apply suction to remove everything. He will be monitored overnight and also sent for a psychiatric evaluation-"
"And what happens if we don't do it?"
"He will die. To be honest this was the first time in my career that I've see someone awake after flatlining given the contents in his stomach."
"Okay.. okay… I'll consent to treatment."
"Alright, I will be back, and we'll get started immediately."
Lior glanced over at Chase as he lay unconscious.
The Doctor had left and Jackie had left to get snacks.
"I'm your husband?", Chase lightly chuckled.
Lior's eyes widened "I didn't think you heard all of that."
Chase sat up "Yeah. I never meant to drag you through this all over again."
Lior grabbed his hand "I pushed you to your breaking point didn't I? "
Chase remained silent before speaking once more "It was everything, I didn't know how to handle anything anymore."
Lior grabbed Chase's face and kissed him, he then pulled back.
Jackie had walked in without knocking, Lior had pulled away immediately.
"Dad it's okay, I'm fine with it, if it means he can be happy go for it."
Jackie had immediately left again. Lior had gone after her and grabbed her by her arm.
Jackie had wiped the tears from her face instantly "I still love him", Jackie pulled her arm away.
"And it hurts that he loves you but it isn't his fault nor is it yours", she continued.
"And I'm so sorry I called you the F word it just came out when I was mad... I'm so sorry Dad."
Lior had hugged Jackie "It's a word your mother has used since you were little, it's only natural that you might of picked up on it or used it in anger. It's fine really it is."
"You love him and he loves you so be with him, find the happiness with him that you never found with mom", Jackie wiped her tears.
"If I keep holding on to him I'll become just as bad as mom, really dad it's okay", Jackie continued.
Lior hugged Jackie "I love you."
"I love you too dad. I'll sit outside for a bit, but you should go the nurses are heading towards his room."
Jackie walked towards the lobby while Lior walked towards his room with urgency. The nurses smiled when they saw Lior "We were waiting on you! You can just take a seat next to the hospital bed if you want to hold his hand. We're going to take take this device and gently put it through his nose down his throat through his stomach to suction out the contents before that we'll numb his throat. He may gag, and it can be slightly painful, so again you're welcome to hold his hand."
Chase grabbed Lior's hand immediately. The nurse asked if Chase was ready "Yeah", he spoke.
"Relax your throat the nurse spoke", The nurse had numbed his throat.
She put a tube down his nose and started the procedure. His eyes teared up as he squeezed Lior's hand tightly. "Alright, applying suction", the nurse spoke.
The gagging had finally stopped, they pumped for three minutes before removing the tube from his nose and throat. They gave him charcoal to drink and bag to vomit in.
"All right we should be good, we'll keep him overnight, it's 2 o' clock, visiting hours are until 9pm, feel free to let us know if you need anything using the call button", the nurse spoke.
She closed the door.
Lior glanced at Chase "You need to go to rehab."
Chase nodded "I don't want to. I'll be fine."
Lior glared at him "I will pay for the best rehab facilities in the country for you. Just go. "
"I'm begging you", his voice cracked.
Chase had a look of shock on his face feeling guilt "Okay, I'll go."
Lior looked away to avoid Chase watching him tear up "Really?", he asked in shock?
"Yeah, I'll go, stop asking me or I'll change my mind", Lior hugged Chase and kissed him on the forehead.
Chase took a pack of gum from him pocket, he chewed it and immediately spit it out "bitter", he muttered.
As soon as he looked back at Lior, he kissed him "Don't move too much you're still connected to the IV."
Lior climbed into the hospital bed as Chase embraced it. Chase pulled away "Your Wife.. Jackie, what about them?"
"What do you mean?", Lior spoke.
"I see no reason why you can't be Mr. Chase Mayes", Lior continued.
Chase's face has turned bright red "Don't say shit like that.. damn."
"I want to marry you, I hope that doesn't scare you, not now but soon", Lior spoke.
They proceeded to get intimate on the hospital bed , after Lior had looked at his watch "I'll see you in a few weeks, I called them and they'll pick you up tomorrow. I love you."
Visiting hours were up, Chase squeezed Lior tightly "I don't want you to leave again", he sniffled.
Lior stayed strong " I don't want to leave again but after you're out I'll make sure to give you the best life possible, I'll visit and try to call you every day."
Lior finally left the hospital room, he spotted Jackie looking frantic "Darling, are you okay?"
Her eyes widened as she walked towards the exit and as soon as they left through the hospital door she turned around to face her father "So, Mom called me! Mom knows! She- She fucking knows about Chase. She's has cameras, she's going to send me to an all girls school, she fucking knows dad!", tears streamed down her face as she sobbed.