While Mae was at our school's library working on a group project, Jerome and I headed over to the hospital to visit Nolan. Jerome still didn't have a car and he wouldn't stop asking me if I could take him there. I was planning on visiting Nolan anyway.

When we got to the hospital, we went straight to Nolan's hospital room. Nolan was flipping through the channels on the TV and when he saw us, he smiled. Mainly to Jerome, but it was nice to see him smile.

He had a lot of bruises on his body and when I first saw him, it made me sick to my stomach....