Catherine Bigelow and Janet Johnston hurriedly rushed to the UCLA Medical Center in downtown Santa Monica, which was close to 12 o'clock in the morning. Downstairs of the hospital where the emergency area of the medical center is located, several police cars and ambulances are still flashing lights, and several private cars are parked randomly next to them.
Before she could find a suitable parking space, Catherine also parked her car in an open space downstairs from the hospital, got out of the car with Janet, and walked to a middle-aged white policeman not far away.
"Hello police officer, we are friends of Simon Westeros," Catherine and Janet walked to the middle-aged policeman, introduced themselves, and asked eagerly: "How is Simon now?"
When the middle-aged policeman heard Catherine's introduction, he looked at the two elegant women in front of him with an unexpected expression, and said: "I'm Charles Heck, two ladies, come with me first. Also, you know Simon Is the contact information of the Westeros family?"
Catherine and Janet walked into the hospital building with Charles Heck. When they heard each other's question, Catherine hesitated before saying: "Simon should be an orphan. He has no family."
When Catherine said so, Janet and Charles Heck were both taken aback.
Although in several contacts, Simon has revealed enough information, it is still difficult for Janet to believe that such an outstanding little boy will be an orphan. She always felt that many things Simon had said might be just joking.
The middle-aged policeman did not expect this to be the case. After thinking about it, he started to introduce to the two women as he walked: "This is the way it is. We received the call. It was in an alley near Elmhurst Street. He was found. According to the situation at the scene, Simon Westero should have passed by by bike and was attacked by five youths. However, when we arrived at the scene, Simon Westero had passed out. So, ma'am, do you know why he rides by alone late at night?"
On the phone not long ago, Catherine only heard a police officer say that she saw her contact information in Simon's address book, and Simon was sent to the hospital because of a fight.
At this time, hearing that Simon was besieged by five youths, Catherine's heart suddenly lifted, but she still patiently explained: "Simon told me that he recently worked in a 24-hour convenience store."
The middle-aged policeman heard the words and nodded and said, "This makes sense. A 24-hour convenience store will change shifts at 11 o'clock in the morning, and the time is just right."
"So," Catherine asked again, "Mr. Huck, how is Simon?"
The middle-aged policeman shook his head and said, "When we arrived at the scene, he was in a very embarrassed state. However, the doctor is still checking the specific situation."
Janet finally interjected at this moment: "Did the murderer catch it?"
The middle-aged policeman glanced at Janet and nodded. His expression was obviously a little weird. He said, "I caught it, and none of the five people ran away."
With that said, the three came to the emergency area of the medical center together.
In the lobby of the emergency department, Catherine and Janet looked at the five young people on the stretcher bed lined up with their right legs still wailing. They suddenly understood why the middle-aged policeman had that expression just now.
Catherine looked at the situation in front of her, but she could not find Simon on the left and right, her expression became more worried.
Janet opened her eyes wide, ignoring the busy doctors and nurses in front of the stretcher bed, and several middle-aged men and women who should obviously be family members. She smacked her mouth and leaned forward to look at the five suspended right. leg.
Noting that the last young man not only dangled his legs, one cheek was also swollen high, and half of his lips sank like a toothless old lady, Janet suddenly gave a small cold war.
Turning around and running back to Catherine, Janet was flushed with excitement on her face, and she was still muttering words: "Too violent, too violent, too violent."
Catherine took back Simon's backpack from the police, and saw Janet coming over and took her hand and said: "Okay, Jenny, let's go to the CT room, Simon is there."
When the two women were about to leave the emergency room, a few doctors and nurses pushed a stretcher bed out of the corridor. Simon was lying on the bed.
Catherine and Janet hurriedly walked over, just about to ask the doctor about Simon's condition, when the middle-aged men and women who had gathered around the five young men gathered together aggressively.
One of the women with tears on her face yelled and cursed and was about to pounce on Simon. Several policemen guarding the hall rushed over upon seeing this. Seeing the woman rushing to her side, Janet was unwilling to show her weakness. She stretched out her hand and pushed **** the other person, and said loudly, "Hey, what are you doing?"
The woman staggered back a few steps, was supported by her husband, and saw that a few policemen had been separated from the crowd, she had to give up her plan to pounce again, but viciously looked at Simon on the stretcher bed and said: "Murder, I I won't let him go, I will send him to prison."
"Ha, murderer? Are you kidding me?" When Janet heard these words, she pulled her hand away from Catherine and pointed to five young people on the stretcher bed not far away: "You are the murderers, five Dealing with one, the leg was broken, not only the murderer, but also a bunch of trash. Don't let it go, right? Let's wait and see, and see who doesn't let it go."
Catherine saw Janet's expression getting more and more excited, so she had to step forward to hold her again and whispered a few words of persuasion before Janet followed Catherine and left with Simon's stretcher bed.
There was a skirmish just now, and the hospital didn't dare to put everyone in the emergency room anymore. It quickly deployed the ward and put Simon in.
After another two hours of busy work, Catherine and Janet finally sat on the side of Simon's bed.
Seeing Simon, who was still not awake with a needle on the bed, the little girl Janet lay on the side of the bed with her chin on her head, saying: "It's really a fight-resistant guy, with so many injuries on his body, but no bones at all. That's it. The five wastes are all comminuted fractures. The bones are all broken. Our little boy is so strong. I heard that it will take several operations to recover. Tsk."
Catherine looked at Simon's sleeping profile, but she was not as optimistic as Janet.
It had been several hours and Simon still hadn't woken up, which was not a good sign.
Moreover, the doctor just told Catherine that although Simon's apparent injuries were not serious, it was difficult to determine whether there would be internal bleeding symptoms due to the number of attacks, and that he would need to be hospitalized for observation for at least one week.
Seeing that Catherine didn't agree with her, Janet followed her gaze and looked at Simon's face. Then she was very thankful and said, "Fortunately, the little boy is still so handsome without hurting her face."
With that said, Janet stretched out her hand, touched Simon's face, and then slid under the sheet: "Wow, so strong."
Catherine glared helplessly: "Jenny, can you stop making trouble?"
"Alright alright."
Janet shrank her neck and retracted her hand in a weird manner.
After waiting for a while, seeing Catherine no longer staring at herself, another small hand went directly in from the edge of the sheet.
As Simon was taken to the hospital in an embarrassing situation, his clothes had been cut directly by the doctor and discarded. At this time, the boy only had a pair of temporary paper underwear under his body.
However, this time Janet had just touched Simon with her little hand, and suddenly she felt a big hand gripping her wrist tightly.
Janet was taken aback and screamed, trying to withdraw her hand, but brought Simon's entire arm directly.
Feeling like her wrist was held tightly by a vise, as she struggled and her strength became tighter, Janet quickly turned red with pain: "Wow, little boy, you wake up. Right? Let go of me, it hurts, let go, or I will bite you, I will really bite people. Uh-huh, Kate, come and help me, ooh, it hurts!"
Catherine looked at the situation in front of her, originally thinking that Janet was playing a prank again, until her tears fell, she quickly turned from the other side of the bed.
After checking the hand that Simon was holding Janet, Catherine tried to break it, but found that her strength couldn't shake Simon even with one finger, so she turned to the boy on the hospital bed: "Simon, you wake up. Is it? Let go of Jenny, it hurts."
Simon on the hospital bed didn't respond, apparently he didn't wake up.
Following the movement here, doctors and nurses rushed over, and two policemen who were still guarding the hospital also appeared in the ward.
The small ward suddenly became lively.
"Kate, oooo, I might be dying. After this little **** wakes up, you tell him that I will come to talk to him every night from now on. Ooo, and tell my family that I will not return to Melbourne, I To be buried in Los Angeles, I like the sun here, ooh."
"Doctor, can you figure out a solution?"
"Lady, relax and don't struggle. This is the patient's stress response. The more you struggle, the tighter he grips."
"When we found this kid, he was holding a baseball bat. Just like this, we finally took the baseball bat from his hand."
"Woo, bastard, this is my hand, not a baseball bat."
After tossing like this for a long time, Simon didn't even loosen the hand that was holding Janet.
Seeing Janet's appearance of pear blossoms with rain, Catherine turned to Simon again. Suddenly remembering something, she raised her hand to everyone to signal everyone to be quiet.
Afterwards, Catherine came to the head of the bed, leaned over to Simon's ear, and whispered softly: "Simon, can you hear me? I am Catherine. You are safe. Everyone is by your side. It is all right... "
Catherine was very patiently muttering various words of comfort, and everyone looked over quietly.
After several minutes of this, when Catherine stopped whispering, everyone came back to their senses, and Janet found that she had unknowingly got rid of Simon's'devil's claws.
However, Janet's originally white wrist has now become a carrot.
Ran to the doctor for an examination. Janet came back again with two ice packs in her hands, staring bitterly at Simon, who was still sleeping, and seeing Catherine sitting on the bedside looking through a magazine casually, she was even more dissatisfied. : "This little bastard, I should just bite him, it's horrible."
Catherine raised her head and glanced at her, then smiled and said, "You still don't blame yourself."
"Wow, you turned to him, Kate, I'm jealous." Janet complained, seeing Catherine's unresponsive appearance, and'provoking': "I think this little **** must be a violent maniac in his bones, we You should stay away from him in the future."
"No," Catherine shook her head, looked at the boy on the bed with a gentle expression, and said with some pity: "He should, but it's too insecure."