Love admist the legacy

back, various tubes running into his flesh, supplying bl

the room, he looked around with half-closed eyes, trying to make out

cracked out of alignment, he groaned in pain and shuddered. In his bewildered state a n

ke up quite ear

who lay numb on his back, " So tell me, how

?" Asked Auston, his question c

ought here by two people last night " She paused and jotted do

name? " She asked, " Yes

ics is good, you'd be fin

brought here by wh

n the table and adjusted the bag of blood " you were checked in with a broken nose,

ople, " was it Chris? ". He aske

the nurs

He's a storekeeper, was he t

e a little chubby fellow with stressed

Replied Auston, " Wha

ttire and a garish make-up " she paused to think, " She dropped her name actually, uhm, I

n of that name, it came in fresh as he gradually remembered all that had happe

again " Auston fearfully thought, With a sudden surge of adrenaline, he yanked out

ruggled to free himself from the bed, " No, no, no "

The metal bedframe creaked and screeched as he pulled himself up, the sound echoing

e attempted to stand, his legs buckled, the

. He stumbled forward, his legs dragging like dead weights, th

like to eat... " Said the nurse, her voice

hat always comes in handy but once outside the hospital he got confused, he hadn't been around this neighborhood before, he held his aching head and waved at a taxi and when the nurse looked o

xi driver to " gimme me a minute man; the cash is inside ", the driver scowled, " D

face, he first pointed a customer to the side an

lar, I've got a cab waiting

s wallet, " Go sit down, I'll handle this " said Chris as he went outside

d again, "Yo, Auston! What's good? I can't believe y

hris. I couldn't just stay there and wait for thos

an the thugs who jumped you? " h

round and see if they'd come back for rou

lone leaving the hospital. You're gonna be okay, though? ". Replied Chris, " But y

out of there and lay low for a bit, and I've got work to at

endanger yourself be

I'm doing " r

wallet again, counted out some cash a

ston, as turned and he