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was nothing warm about
    her. She hadn’t been happy to learn what had happened to
    Max and she had felt compelled to show undeniable disgust

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    when Jaylin had to confirm for her that yes, he and Max
    were lovers and yes, what had happened to them had been a
    calculated hate crime.
    “How am I going to explain this to my husband? He’s
    away on business and I have to call him and tell him what?
    That his son is a fag and he got the shit beat out of him because of it?”
    Despite his own anger and pain and fear, Jaylin had
    pulled his mother away from Maryann, before she could tell
    the blonde exactly what she thought.
    He tried not to think about what would happen when
    Max’s father showed up. He knew the man was a jerk and he
    would be pissed. But Jaylin didn’t care about Chad Sydney
    or his wife; Max was the only one he cared about and in the three hours since they had arrived at the hospital, Jaylin
    had waited to hear something, but so far, no doctor had
    emerged with information.
    Is that good or bad? Maybe it’s good. If they haven’t told us anything yet, that means he’s still alive, at least.
    Closing his eyes again, he sat there, trying to pray,
    trying to understand. He couldn’t fully believe that the past few hours were real. How could this happen? How could
    anyone be as vicious or as brutal as Greg and Trent? Max
    hadn’t deserved what they had done to him. He had suffered
    and endured so much while both Greg and Trent laughed
    and Jaylin begged them to stop, but they only laughed at his pleas.

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    Feeling a hand on his back, he opened his eyes and
    looked at his mother, seeing her concern for him, the horror she felt. And she only knew vague details; she didn’t know
    everything that had happened, and Jaylin didn’t want her to know more.
    “I’m scared, Mom. I’m so scared….”
    She pulled him close and he rested his head against her
    shoulder, crying softly, needing to release some of the pain and fear, but mostly, more than anything, he wanted to see
    Max. He needed to see him, touch him, tell him that he loved him and it would all be okay. Max just needed to get better and everything would be fine. Jaylin would do everything he could to help him heal and cope with what had happened
    and then they could run away together.
    No one will hurt us again. We’ll go far, far away. And
    Trent and Greg can rot in jail.
    Hearing someone come into the room, Jaylin jumped up
    when he realized it was the doctor from the emergency room.
    He half-raced to the man, while Maryann stood calmly and
    followed, not looking overly interested in hearing any word about her stepson’s condition. Jaylin truly hated her, but
    she was the least of his concerns at the moment. The doctor looked at him before turning his attention to Maryann.
    “Are you Max Sydney’s mother?”
    “Stepmother.”
    The doctor nodded. “Of course. I’m Dr. Roger Cameron.”

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    “How is he, Doctor? Is he….” Jaylin couldn’t bring
    himself to say the actual words.
    “He lost a great deal of blood. He actually required a
    transfusion and around three hundred stitches on his back
    alone.”
    Jaylin’s mother slipped an arm around his waist and he
    was grateful for it, because his knees felt weak and his
    stomach burned.
    “His right leg is broken in three places and his left ankle is broken as well. He has three ribs that are broken and four more that are cracked.” The doctor paused for a moment and
    Jaylin easily sensed he was uncomfortable. “He had some
    internal bleeding, which we repaired and he…well, he has
    some serious rectal trauma as a result of the assault, and we repaired that as well. He will survive, but there is a long physical recovery ahead of him and preparations for that will need to be made.”
    The doctor looked at Maryann, but she sighed and
    shook her head. “That will fall to my husband to