I ran into my baby brother on monday, bruised and gushing blood, and puking his guts into a sewer downtown. I thought his nose was broken. I thought he was dying. I thought maybe he'd really done it this time... so I called my mom and we took him to the hospital. For an hour after it (what ever it was) happened, he couldn't remember, could barely keep his eyes open, and didn't say much. After hours at the hospital, talking to the cops, we came up with a vague story, mostly involving some punk that's been bullying him and a pair of brass knuckles. they sent us home with some advil and told him to see a specialist, which he is doing as we speak.
then at ten thirty monday night, the cops called back. It turns out there was a whole half an hour after the fight that bill doesn't remember at all, where the store clerks came out and gave witness statements, the cops were crawling all over downtown, and the ambulance came and baby brother dearest refused treatment. like i said, he has absolutely no memory of this to this day. but anyway, they can find the kid and throw him away as long as he hasn't already skipped the state.
so little bro has a moderate TBI (concussion) and a fractured eye-socket bone, a hell of a spectacular brass-knuckle black eye, and a light footprint on his chest. and me? i have nightmares. "The horror... the horror..." you can't possibly imagine my surprise when i ran into my brother, and was happily going to hang out with him for a few minutes, maybe catch the same bus... and then he turns the other side of his face to me, and i can see the damage. Then, wordlessly, he holds out his hand as if to say, "hold on a second," and lets loose with this foul stream of bodily fluids, right into the rain grate.
okay, so i'm obviously not as bad off as him, but i'm still pretty rattled. and since everything worked out, i should really be feeling better than I am... maybe just getting this out there and off my chest will help. anyway, i have to go get my laundry, so i'm gonna just end it here. updates to come as they are available.
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