Kathryn Bigelow and Janet Johnston hurried to UCLA Medical Center in downtown Santa Monica, and it was nearly twelve o'clock in the morning. Downstairs in the hospital, where the medical center's emergency area is located, several police cars and ambulances are still flashing their lights, and several private cars are parked scrambled nearby.

Too late to find a suitable parking space, Catherine parked her car in an open space downstairs from the hospital, got out of the car with Janet, and walked to a middle-aged white policeman not far away.

"Hello officer, we're friends with Simon Westeros," Catherine and Janet walked up to the middle-aged policeman, introduced themselves, and asked eagerly, "How is Simon doing now?"

When the middle-aged policeman heard Catherine's self-introduction, he looked at the two elegant women in front of him with an unexpected expression, and said, "I'm Charles Heck, two ladies, come with me first." Also, do you know the contact information of Simon Westeros' family?"

Catherine and Janet followed Charles Heck into the hospital building, and when they heard each other's questions, Catherine hesitated before saying, "Simon should be an orphan, he has no family." ”

When Catherine said this, Janet and Charles Heck were stunned.

Although Simon had revealed enough information in a few contacts, Janet still had a hard time believing that such a wonderful little boy could be an orphan, and she always felt that many of Simon's words might just be a joke.

The middle-aged policeman didn't expect this to be the case, thought about it, and began to introduce to the two women as he walked: "Here's the thing, we received a call and found him in an alley near Elmhurst Street. According to the situation at the scene, Simon Westeros should have been riding through there and was attacked by five youths. However, by the time we arrived at the scene, Simon Westeros had already fainted. So, ma'am, do you know why he rode through there alone late at night?"

On the phone not long ago, Catherine only heard a police officer say that she had seen Simon's contact information in her address book and that Simon had been admitted to the hospital for a fight.

At this time, hearing that Simon was besieged by five young people, Catherine's heart suddenly rose, but she still patiently explained: "Simon told me that he recently worked at a 24-hour convenience store. ”

When the middle-aged policeman heard this, he nodded and said, "This makes sense, the twenty-four hour convenience store will change shifts at eleven o'clock in the morning, and the time is just right." ”

"So," Catherine asked again, "Mr. Heck, what is going on with Simon?"

The middle-aged policeman shook his head and said, "When we arrived at the scene, he was in a very embarrassed state. However, the specific situation, the doctor is still examining. ”

Janet finally interjected at this time and said, "Has the murderer been caught?"

The middle-aged policeman glanced at Janet, nodded, and said with a slightly strange expression, "Caught, five people, none of them ran away." ”

With that, the three of them went to the emergency area of the medical center together.

In the hall of the emergency area, Catherine and Janet looked at the five young men on the stretcher bed lined up, all of whom were hanging their right legs and were still wailing frequently, and suddenly understood why the middle-aged policeman had that expression just now.

Catherine looked at the situation in front of her, and did not find Simon's figure left and right, and her expression became even more worried.

Janet's eyes were wide open, ignoring the doctors and nurses who were still busy in front of the stretcher bed and several middle-aged men and women who were obviously family members, smacking her lips and leaning over to look at the five hanging right legs one by one.

Noticing that the last young man was not only hanging from his legs, but one cheek was still high and swollen, and half of his lips were sunken like a toothless old lady, Janet suddenly shivered slightly.

Turning and running back to Catherine, Janet's face flushed with excitement and the words in her mouth: "It's violent, it's violent, it's violent." ”

Catherine retrieved Simon's backpack from the police, saw Janet coming over, took her hand and said, "Okay, Jenny, let's go to the CT room, Simon is there." ”

As soon as the two women were about to leave the emergency hall, several doctors and nurses pushed a stretcher bed out of the corridor next to it, and it was Simon lying on the bed.

Catherine and Janet hurriedly walked over, and just as they were about to ask the doctor about Simon's condition, several middle-aged men and women who had gathered around the five young people gathered violently.

One of the women, with tears on her face, was about to throw herself at Simon, when several policemen in the hall rushed over to see this. Not to be outdone, Janet saw the woman rushing to her side, and stretched out her hand to push the other party fiercely, and said loudly, "Hey, what are you doing?"

The woman staggered back a few steps, was supported by her husband, and saw that several policemen were already separated from the crowd, so she had to give up the intention of pounce again, but looked at Simon on the stretcher bed viciously: "Murderer, I will not let him go, I will send him to prison." ”

"Ha, murderer, are you kidding me?" Janet heard this, broke away from Catherine's hand to take her hand, and pointed to the five young men on the stretcher bed not far away: "You are the murderer, five against one, and you have broken your legs, not only the murderer, but also a bunch of waste." We'll wait and see who doesn't let go. ”

Catherine saw that Janet was getting more and more excited, so she had to step forward again and grab her, and whispered a few words of persuasion before Janet followed Catherine and left with Simon.

There was a skirmish just now, and the hospital didn't dare to put everyone together in the emergency hall anymore, so it quickly temporarily transferred the ward and placed Simon in it.

After more than two hours of various busywork, Catherine and Janet finally sat on the edge of Simon's bed.

Looking at Simon, who still hadn't woken up with a needle on the bed, Janet lay on the side of the bed with her chin propped up like a little girl, and said, "What a guy who resists fighting, there are so many injuries on his body, but there is nothing wrong with his bones." Those five wastes are all comminuted fractures, the bones are all broken, our little boy is really strong, I heard that it will take several surgeries to recover, tsk. ”

Catherine looked at Simon's sleeping face, but her heart was not as optimistic as Janet's.

It's been hours and Simon still hasn't woken up, which doesn't bode well.

Moreover, the doctor just told Catherine that although Simon's injuries were not serious on the surface, it was difficult to determine whether he would have internal bleeding symptoms because of the number of attacks he received, and he would need to be hospitalized for at least a week of observation.

Janet saw that Catherine didn't echo her, and followed her gaze to Simon's face, and then she was very glad and said, "Fortunately, it didn't hurt his face, the little boy is still so handsome." ”

With that, Janet also reached out and touched Simon's face, and then slid under the sheet: "Wow, so strong." ”

Catherine glared helplessly: "Jenny, can you stop making trouble?"

"Okay, okay. ”

Janet shrunk her neck and withdrew her hand in a wry.

After waiting for a moment, Catherine no longer stared at her, and another small hand slipped straight into the edge of the sheet.

Due to the fact that Simon was in a rather messy situation when he was taken to the hospital, all the clothes on his body had been cut open and discarded by the doctors. At this time, the boy only had a temporary pair of paper underwear on his body.

It's just that this time, Janet's little hand just touched Simon's body, and suddenly she felt a big hand tightly grip her wrist.

Janet was startled and screamed, trying to withdraw her hand, but took Simon's entire arm out.

Feeling like her wrist was being clutched tightly by a vice, as she struggled, the strength became tighter and tighter, and Janet's face soon turned red with pain: "Wow, little boy, are you awake, right? Let go of me, it hurts, let go, or I'll bite you, I'll really bite." Uh-huh, Kate, come and help me, woo-woo, it hurts!"

Catherine looked at the situation in front of her, and thought that Janet was playing a prank again, until her tears fell, and she quickly turned around from the other side of the hospital bed.

After checking Simon's hand holding Janet, Catherine also tried to break it, but found that her strength could not shake even one of Simon's fingers, so she had to turn to the boy on the hospital bed: "Simon, are you awake? Let go of Jenny, it hurts." ”

Simon on the hospital bed was unresponsive and apparently did not wake up.

With the movement here, doctors and nurses rushed over, and two policemen who were still in the hospital also appeared in the ward.

The small ward was immediately lively.

"Kate, woo, I'm probably going to die. When this little bastard wakes up, you tell him that I'll be coming and talking to him every night from now on. Woo, also, tell my family, I'm not going back to Melbourne, I'm going to be buried in Los Angeles, I love the sunshine here, woo. ”

"Doctor, can you figure it out?"

"This lady, relax, don't struggle, this is the patient's stress response, the more you struggle, the tighter he squeezes. ”

"When we found the kid, he was holding a baseball bat. It was in this way that we finally took the baseball bat off from his hand. ”

"Woo, little bastard, this is my hand, not a baseball bat. ”

After tossing and turning like this for a long time, Simon's hand holding Janet didn't let go in the slightest.

Seeing Janet's appearance of pear blossoms and rain, Catherine turned to Simon again, suddenly remembered something, raised her hand to everyone, and signaled everyone to be quiet.

Then Catherine came to the head of the bed, leaned over to Simon's ear, and whispered in a soft tone, "Simon, can you hear me? I'm Catherine, you're safe, everyone is by your side, you're fine......"

Catherine muttered all sorts of words of consolation very patiently, and everyone looked at them quietly.

After a few minutes of this, when Catherine stopped muttering and everyone came to their senses, Janet found that she had unconsciously escaped Simon's 'clutches'.

It's just that Janet's originally white wrist has turned into a carrot at this time.

After following the doctor to check it, Janet came back again with two ice packs in her hands, glared at Simon who was still asleep hatefully, and saw that Catherine was already sitting at the head of the bed casually reading a magazine, and was even more dissatisfied: "This little bastard, I should have bitten him just now, it's so hateful." ”

Catherine glanced up at her and smiled, "It's not all your fault. ”

"Wow, you're looking at him, Kate, I'm jealous. Janet complained, and seeing Catherine's unresponsive appearance, she 'provoked' again: "I think this little bastard must be a violent maniac in his bones, and we should stay away from him in the future." ”

"Not really," Catherine shook her head, looking at the boy on the bed with a gentle expression, with some pity, "he should, but he is too insecure." ”