“From what we have gathered they were pulled over to the side of the road for some reason.” The cop seemed confused but I knew just as the rest of our crew knew they were most likely fucking because they were horn-balls both of them. “A car veered over the medium and hit them with what looks like a T-bone effect. The extent of Miss True’s injuries tells us they were in the back seat when they were hit. Mr. Beckett was conscious when we got on the scene and told us he had tried to block her body with his once he saw the headlights coming toward them. From what we gathered he rolled them and he took all the impact from behind as Miss True’s body hit the opposite door head first and broke her neck. She was DOA sir, I’m sorry.”
I felt like I would puke from the gory details. I also hoped nobody else heard them.“Have you spoken to Carrie about this yet?” I ask hoping like hell I can keep her from knowing all this. Sadly the officer shakes his head no.
“We notified her when we arrived on the scene. Mr. Beckett was ranting in shock that he needed his ‘Sissy’. We looked in his phone and saw her contact and told her where to meet us and her brother.”
I am trying to take it all in and I know I’m in shock. I watch as the room continues to feel with our TAT family. Mike and Roni are beside Chad and Carrie while Roni and Cassa try to soothe her. Our roadies are huddled in the waiting room taking up most of the space and I find myself looking for Cal.
I make my way to Chad.“Anyone call Cal?” I ask but before he responds I hear Cal yelling for me and Chad from behind the double doors. I see that bitch nurse Hatchet arguing with him that it’s too crowded and he and Tayla aren’t allowed back. Everything in me snaps seeing this bitch on a power trip. I tryto be the gentleman I know resides deep inside but right now I am in shock, sad and real fucking mad.
I make my way to the doors with Chad at my side. I can hear Cal begging her to let him back.“Look if you cant let me back there can you at least call for Chad Blake or Shamus James to come up here?”
He sounds both livid and desperate. It is Nurse Hatchets response that sends me over the edge. With a snide laugh she rolls her eyes and looks at what I assume is Cal because I cant see through the doors.“You want me to just get on the hospital intercom and ask for Chad Blake and Shamus James to come to reception? And then shall I call the police since it will cause pandemonium in my hospital? How about you have a seat and I will let you back when it clears out.” And then she dismissed him like he was a nobody. Cal fucking Dorian is our brother not a nobody.
Nurse Hatchet turned and gasped when she saw me and Chad staring her down from the other side of the glass.“Open the door.” I demand coldly.
“Are you leaving Mr. James? If so I have another friend here anxious to come back.” She doesn’t even look at me as she stares at a stack of folders as if we don’t matter. Cal hears my name and starts yelling to me and Chad.
“Hold on bud.” Chad yells and looks to the nurse with pleading eyes. “Please.” He almost whispers and the moment is deafening because Chad Blake begs no one.
“No.”
Before he started to truly beg I lost it. I stepped to the glass and slammed my fist against it causing her to jump.“Look lady. I am not asking you to understand the devastation that hit our band tonight. I'm not asking you to be our biggest fan, and I'm not asking for a favor. What I'm doing is telling you to open the fucking doors now or watch me get your job and your license.”
“You don’t have the power Mr. James.” She responds with a sneer.
“You would be amazed what kind of power I have.” My voice is laced in fire and ash of what we have lost and may lose still. “Everyone and everything can be bought. There is no question in my mind if there aren’t a dozen other applicants waiting to take your place. I suggest you pull the stick out of your ass, and open the fucking door before I show you how rich I am.”
“Are…are you threatening me?” She asks with a stutter.
“No I am promising.” She looks at me but makes no move to open the door. “Now.” I must have made my point because the doors opened and Cal and Tayla came rushing through and you can hear Tayla call the nurse a bitch under her breath. Chad guided them to the waiting room but I stayed there long enough to make sure the nurse knew I wouldn’t be intimidated any more tonight.
“Men like you are all alike. You scare women and probably beat them after using them in every city you go to.”
Wow.
“No you're wrong battle Ax. Tonight Chad married the woman he has loved for years. I went home to my high school sweetheart and Cal was most likely talking business with our manager, the sweet girl who called you a bitch just a few seconds ago. Noah proposed to the only woman he ever loved just hours before she died. You judge us because we are rock stars and you think it means we are trashy junkies and a danger to society and its youth. The only danger I pose to you is that I didn’t back down to your bullshit. I'm used to being judged by people like you and, I secretly love it. I go home happy to the woman I love and I'm surrounded by the best people I fucking know. I might be an asshole to you lady, but I lost a good friend tonight and another is fighting for his life; so my manners have escaped me. You need to check your shit though, and check it fast. Do not fuck with us anymore. We are loud, tatted, foul-mouthed rockers and we are here until we know that one of ours is OK. You don’t like it go home. Ill tell your boss I fired you and I am cocky enough to get away with it so don’t push me...” I look at the name on her badge pointedly. “Deloris.”
Her gasp was all I heard when I went back to my people to wait out the night for Noah.
So just give it one more try to a lullaby
And turn this up on the radio
If you can hear me now
I'm reaching out
To let you know that you're not alone
And if you can't tell, I'm scared as hell
'Cause I can't get you on the telephone
So just close your eyes
Oh, honey here comes a lullaby
Your very own lullaby
