Chapter 9
Evan sat beside the hospital bed holding Bart’s hand, willing him to wake up. Bart lay on his back, machines hooked up to him, tubes running from his hands. Around his head was a bandage. His beautiful red hair had been shaved. In the back where Ronnie had hit him over the head with a glass lamp, they’d have to give him several stitches. They were also monitoring him to make sure his brain wouldn’t experience any swelling. So far, anyway, there hadn’t been any.
Bart had been unconscious for two days. The doctors told Julie and Evan that they hoped he would wake up soon. They thought he would.
Ronnie had been arrested. Between Evan and Julie, Bart had never been alone since being rushed to the hospital. Shayne and Desmond had been there, too. Just now Julie had gone down to
