A Thorn In A Game of Roses

Chapter Six: So many questions.

(Evelynn's POV)

As we made it to the hospital and ran to the office we were told he was still in surgery, yet they wouldn't tell me a damn thing about what happened to him. Frustrated, I stood there pacing beside my sister as she sighed watching me sitting there tapping her leg.

“You keep pacing and you're gonna spike my anxiety.” Sam whispered to me looking up at me pacing back and forth as I sighed, sitting down finally beside her as I tapped my foot as well.

It felt like hours but it had been only minutes, I was getting impatient, annoyed even as I wasn't getting answers or updates. I hated hospitals to the max, ever since my mother passed and had been in and out of them. I hated the smell and hated how cold it always was.

“Evelynn?” A deep voice said walking over as I looked up and spotted Mateo who had some of his hair up in a cute blonde ponytail as he walked over to me curious to why I was here. “Is everything okay?” He asked me.

I stood up gently staring at him. “Why are you here?” I ignored his question as I didn't know how to answer it yet.

“My father is a head doctor here, I come here sometime to help if he needs it. Basically aid to some of the old people…” he said, staring at me trying to read my expression.

“M-My father, he was in an accident and I came here but no one has given me updates or anything-” I choked a sob as he reached forward to touch my cheek, I flinched away as he looked hurt but pulled his hand away.

“Let me see what I can get okay.” He said turning on his heel and leaving me there as he was at the nurses station talking to one of them while I stood there chewing on my bottom lip impatiently.

He slowly walked over to me and pulled me to the side from my sister. “He came in badly wounded, attacked by something. He is in surgery right now..that's all she told me.” He whispered, staring at me.

“Attacked.” I whispered confused knowing he was working on building houses and he was attacked?

“Attacked by someone at work?” I continued speaking as he looked at me as his eyes wanted to speak out but his lips didn't, he turned his head as the door opened and a blonde haired doctor came out looking over at us.

“Dad. This is Evelynn. Her father came in a bit ago… Do you know anything?” He asked, looking at his father who was a splitting image of him.

He gave another nod as he looked towards me. “Indeed, I was the one who did his surgery. Your father is fine and healing, surgery went well. It looked like he was attacked by an animal.” He said as his eyes looked at Mateo's for a split second before looking back at me. “You can go see him now if you want, he will be out for a while.” He told me to touch my shoulder.

I nodded my head looking to Sam who stood and followed after a nurse as I followed her in toe in the back, I gave Mateo one last look before disappearing and following the nurse down the hall and towards his room where she guided us inside, As we walked inside there my father laid unconscious and bandaged on his chest, arms and had a broken leg. I stood in shock at what I was seeing, my sister ran to his side holding his hand as she cried gently. My question was still high in the air, Attacked by what?

I walked to his other side and held his hand looking at him with a frown as I sighed and pulled up a chair sitting down beside him. I looked at his belongings as I could see his phone lightening up in the bag, I took the bag on my lap and took out his phone seeing many emails and texts from work. I unlocked the phone and opened his messages with his boss. Right in front of my face were texts between the two, My father calling out sick today. Which means he wasn't at work when this happened? Which also made me wonder where the hell was he when he got attacked? What was my father keeping from us that he had to take off work and not tell us.

My head was spinning with so many questions as I sighed, putting his phone down and picking up mine and shooting my Aunt a message about what's going on.

My father's sister was as close to a big sister as it gets. I told her he was in the hospital and she was already on her way to us, which made me feel a little better but the questions still in my head lingered to what happened today.

The door opened as Nate came inside with his father and of course Noah lingering by the door with his arms crossed.

Sam moved first and into Noah's arms as he held her, rubbing her back.

“I came as soon as you texted me…” he whispered to her as I sat there watching the two before looking away towards his dad.

“Did he tell you why he didn't come to work?” I asked him as he looked at me by my sudden question before he shook his head.

“No, he texted that he just didn't feel too good, So I told him to take the day off.” He replied simply before looking at my father.

I gave a simple nod as I already saw their messages, it seemed he didn't know either. My father was hiding something but what.

The door opened again and in came my Aunt walked inside with her black leather coat and heels clicking away as she walked past the guys and over to us. I stood and hugged her at first sighing.

“This is your Aunt?” Noah spoke up first as I looked at him, raising an eyebrow before nodding my head.

“Uh yea.” I said brushing off his weirdness as I looked to my Aunt who was smiling at us rubbing our cheeks before her eyes went to Noah and his family.

“Small world.” She said, staring at them with a smirk before looking to her brother as she walked over checking on him.

“Do you know them?” I asked her watching them share looks with each other.

“Hmm? Oh yeah. We go way back.” She shrugged before she looked at them. “Family only hmm, I got it from here.” my Aunt said, staring at them as I couldn't see the tense expression before Steven gave a small laugh nodding.

“Let me know when he wakes up. I'll be praying.” He said with a smile as he turned to leave with his sons.

The room fell silent as I stood there looking at my dad as my Aunt sighed sitting down in the chair leaning back against it.

“Well I guess I'll be here for a bit, let me take you girls home.” she said before standing up with a smile. “How about some pizza.” She smirked wrapping an arm around Sam as she walked out with her as I followed but looked back at my dad one last time before following them as we walked down the hall. My eyes went to Mateo as he was talking to his father as they turned their attention to Noah's family walking by as you could literally feel the tension in one area as they walked by each other. I stared at Mateo as he turned his eyes on me and smiled giving a small wave as I followed my Aunt to her car, even though the weight of so many questions still linger in my brain.