Chapter 61

The trip to the hospital felt like forever. Richie looked at his friend. Jon loves this girl, he actually loves her, but does he realise it yet? I hope that poor girl is going to be ok, I am going to rip his throat out.

They reached the hospital and found Stacey and Wayne in the corridor of the ward. Stacey’s eyes were swollen and she was holding onto Wayne. Wayne was the first to see them.

Jon and Richie walked towards them. They shook hands and Jon took Stacey into his arms. The girl’s sobs shook her whole body and Jon felt himself starting to shake too.
Richie looked so hopeless standing there.

“Where is she? I need to see her.”

Wayne touched Jon’s arm to draw his attention.

“Jon, I want you to be prepared. Cheyenne looks horrible. She got hurt really bad, and she hasn’t regained consciousness yet. Uumm and I …”

Stacey saw Wayne’s inability to find the words and she braced herself…

“Jon ,Cheyenne has been raped.”

Jon’s face lost colour and Richie stepped forward and grabbed his friends shoulders. Jon was shaking and his eyes were huge dark pools in his pale face. Richie felt nauseous but held on to Jon’s shoulders, not sure if he held onto Jon for Jon’s sake or his own .

“Can I see her?”

The doctor walked out of the room. Jon stepped forward and blocked his way.

Recognition dawned in the doctor’s eyes .

“Dr. I’m..”

“Jon Bon Jovi. Nice to meet you. How can I help?” The Dr. acknowledged Richie’s presence.

“I’m here to see Cheyenne Roberts. Tell me what is her condition?”

“Why don’t we step into the room?”

They walked in. Richie and Jon’s gasps sounded harsh in the small room.

Jon rushed to her side and took her hand in his. His beautiful Cheyenne, all bruised and battered. Jon felt the tears welling up.

Richie was standing on her other side. A disbelieving look on his face.

“How the fuck can a man do this to a woman?”

“We see a lot of these sad cases daily. Miss. Roberts is quite lucky. Some women don’t even make it to the emergency room.”

“Will she recover fully?”

“Well, she took quite a beating. Her wrist is broken. She has 2 broken ribs on the left and 3 cracked ribs on the right. Her stomach area is badly bruised. Her throat is bruised as well, I think this made her lose consciousness, she hit her head against the wall and has a nasty concussion.”

The doctor’s face looked a bit uneasy..

“Ok, doc what is it you’re not telling us?”

“This is a bit personal, I don’t th…”

“Listen I want to know whatever it is, I want to know now.”

Jon’s face took on an ugly appearance. Richie knew that look and he hoped to God the doctor would heed the warning.

“Miss Roberts was raped. She is torn quite heavily. She could have problems conceiving in the future. But it’s too early to tell. She lost quite a bit of blood that’s why we are giving her a transfusion at the moment. We had to operate to stop the bleeding. Her uterus is very swollen and it could cause her some pain in the future, She’ll have to go to a gynaecologist regularly to have a check up, and to determine if she would need future surgeries.”

Jon felt nauseous , turn around and walked out the hospital. He needed some fresh air and time to pull himself together before he collapsed in front of everyone. He took a cigarette with a shaky hand. A flame lit up in his face and Richie’s features flickered in the small light.

“Are you ok? She will be ok, Jon. We will take her to Jersey and we will look after her. This will never happen to her again.”

“I know this will never happen cause I’m going to kill the bastard with my own hands. Cheyenne is coming home with us as soon as possible. And Richie thanx for coming with me.”

“No problem, my man. You know I’ll always be there for you.”

They hugged each other and walked back inside.

“Dr. please tell me when will she be ready to travel? I’m taking her home with me.”

“It’s to soon to tell. Let’s see when she wakes up, ok?”