Day 3 - no more Robert Church

[patrick_koster]

Robbie's second visit finally had Patrick making the decision he'd been tossing around in his mind for the past few weeks. Brendan had left them alone for a few minutes to answer a call, and some - to Robbie - innocuous comments followed which had Patrick, mid-sentence, falling silent. There it was again, the sign that for some reason, Robbie

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Jason visits

[mark_kosik]

Jason had gone to all the people he knew to talk to; asking if anyone had anything against Patrick Barry, or Robert Church, and as he expected the former was an unknown and the latter was non-existent on the underworld radars. Jason was out of touch with the majority of the crime regime now and he knew it. No longer working for Caspian, or having his place in Essex he was again person non grada. Stepping away from his previous existence had brought him to this.

Loving Eddie Boone had begun him on the journey and now he was considered legitimate and damn it, he now wasJason hadn't seen Patrick since he was attacked but he had thought about him. He didn't like that someone had hurt his friend nor did he appreciate being impotent to do anything to find the filth that had beaten him. Reaching the hospital floor where Robbie had directed him Jason felt his stomach clench; he hated hospitals; the smell, the sounds, the people-it made him want to vomit. He felt caged, helpless and his brow held a fine sheen of sweat. He knew it was a

Re: Jason visits

[patrick_koster]

Patrick sighed, forcing himself to open the one eye that he could open. Whenever Brendan left the room, he made sure to let his eyes rest, the swelling of both eyelids bothering him more than he'd admit to. He glanced up and when Jason's, slightly blurred, face came into vision, he nodded curtly and muttered, "Yeah, mate. Sure."

Re: Jason visits

[mark_kosik]

Jason strode over to the bed and surveyed the damage with an accustomed eye. He had heard the medical reports from Robbie, knew enough about both giving and receiving beat downs to know how rapidly the body could heal and from what injuries, and he figured that Patrick didn't want to dwell on the clinical. There were too many others who would ask about that.

Jason instead offered Patrick a warm smile and motioned to his eyes. "Want t'close them? I don't mind. I won't touch y'unless I give fair warning."

Re: Jason visits

[patrick_koster]

Patrick frowned and shook his head slowly and, with the one arm that would move, made a dismissive gesture. "If it's all the same to you, I'd really rather not." He wasn't sure what Jason was doing here, hadn't talked to the man in months and he saw no reason, even if he'd been up to it, to try to be especially sociable. Nor did he quite understand how Jason could expect him to be comfortable enough around him to not keep the one eye wide open - or as wide as it would go.

[stormybrendan]

Brendan watched Jason leave, questions he'd had rolling around in his head for many months still unanswered, and not about to be asked in this environment anyway. Especially after the revelations Jason had made about his new 'friend'. He looked down at Patrick, his hand tightening on Patrick's as he wondered what was going on between the two men. For someone he'd been assured was going to hunt down the perpetrators, Jason didn't seem to be too worried about getting results. Not for the first time he was glad he'd agreed to Vic doing his own investigation.

"Well, that was... enlightning?"

[patrick_koster]

Patrick nodded. "He told me he weren't able to find who did this to me," he said quietly, his voice sounding resigned. "Two whole days have already passed of course." He sighed and gave a small shrug, wincing slightly as he did. "Reckon Jason has other priorities right now."

[stormybrendan]

A small nod showed Brendan's agreement with Patrick's assessment. "Did he say he's found anything at all?" he asked, wondering if Vic had had a chance to catch up with Jason. It has only been 48 hours since Vic had started to investigate, so there was a chance he hadn't yet.

He rubbed the back of his neck for a moment and rolled his head from one side to the other, releasing the tension in his neck he hadn't even realised was there.

[patrick_koster]

"No, merely said he were a bit out of touch - but that he felt he owed it to me somehow to find out. Something about a debt of gratitude, I believe." His voice still sounded resigned, he had no use for big words, especially when they weren't supported by similar actions. "I suppose I'll be putting my money on your guy, instead of Robbie's," he added after a moment's silence.