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would go to see her godson fighting for his life. He wondered if she would eventually say something. It wasn’t like her to not show emotion.
     
     
    They exited the elevator and walked to Lucian’s room. When they walked in Luke noticed nothing had changed, he still lay there completely still, which was the opposite of the young man he knew so well. Ever since he’d known Lucian, he’d been an active, careful boy. In his adulthood those traits had been carefully preserved as he went through life with ease and confidence. Seeing him laying here with tubes assisting his breathing was no different than seeing his son in the morgue. It was an unbelievable feeling that crept over him. These young men shouldn’t be in this situation. They had done everything that they were supposed to do to make sure they were never in this type of situation. They stayed in church and hung out with the right crowd of people. They stayed active in the local youth community and worked hard in their fields of choice. Yet here they both were in the same hospital, one laying lifeless on a metal slab and one laying close to death on a bed only a floor above the man he lovingly called brother.
     
     
    As they entered the room they noticed that Tami and Lee Lee weren’t there. They didn’t have to wait long to find out why. Lee Lee
     
     
    walked in shortly afterward carrying a cup of water and graham crackers with peanut butter. Tami followed, still wiping her hands with the paper towel she used after washing her hands. Seeing Lela they immediately went to her and they all embraced lovingly. To Tami, Lela was like her sister, her best friend for over thirty years. To Lee Lee, Lela was another mother. And she knew that if she was here then she had already been told what happened and had already been down to view LJ. They could tell from the look in her eyes that she was fighting to control her emotions, the same emotions that she usually let flow so freely. This was a situation that none of them were prepared for and none of them knew how they should be feeling or how they should respond. They all had the same thoughts about what had happened and for most of them wondered what really happened and who was responsible; all except for Lelone.
     
     
    Yes, she wondered why it happened. Yes, she wondered why they had to be placed in this situation. But she wasn’t feeling the loss quite yet, she was feeling rage toward the act that caused this. She wasn’t wondering who was responsible because she knew and they would soon know just how much rage she felt. But now was not the time. She had waited around knowing that LJ’s parents would be there soon to sit with her mother as they always had. Lela was always there when they needed her, as if it were her personal duty to do so. She came and never faltered on anything that they may have needed. And even in this situation it was no different. Here she was holding in her tears so that she could try to be strong for Tami and Lelone in their time of need. Here she was standing with them as her son lay dead just one floor below.
     
     
    As they hugged each other Luke went and got more chairs from the waiting room so that they all would be able to sit down. Lelone refused because she wouldn’t be staying long. She had some research that she needed to do. She had only waited at the hospital long enough to see Lela and let her know that she was there for her
     
     
    and that she would be there until those revenge was done. She said none of this, of course, but her presence was enough to make that known. Everyone in that room knew that Lelone standing there meant that she wouldn’t be going home anytime soon.
     
     
    Lela and Tami sat side by side next to the bed, holding each other’s hand, neither wanted to break contact because they didn’t know how much more they would be able to handle separately. They sat there silently for a long while. Both thinking about their situation and all that would have