My Brothers Chapter 2

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A loud banging sound makes Noah jump from his daze, the noise gets louder and Noah gets more scared.

The door bursts open, startling him. Some lights turn on. Noah thought that his parents are back and he realize that if he didn’t clean up his mess, his parents are going to be angry with him again, so he gets really scared. He closes his eyes and holds his stuff toy close.

The footsteps are slowly closing on him, Noah cried out a little and curled up trying to make himself smaller, he doesn’t want them to hit him again.

Jacob {Police officer}

Hey buddy, I’m not going to hurt you, can you look at me?

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

*eyes tightly closed*

Noah never heard this voice before, so he decided to take a small peek to see who it was.

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

*eyes widened*

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

(whisper)… Y-you a police!

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

*hides behind his stuff toy*

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

💭… mommy and daddy doesn’t like the police they told me that they were bad, but this man looks nice.

Jacob {Police officer}

(smiles)… You are right buddy, and I came here to take you somewhere safe.

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

(whisper)… M-mommy and daddy w-will be angry, not al-lowed to leave.

Jacob {Police officer}

Your mommy and daddy aren’t here okay, buddy, can you tell me your name?

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

(whisper)… M’ Noah

Jacob {Police officer}

My name is Jacob, can you tell me how old are you Noah?

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

*shrugged his shoulder a little*

Jacob {Police officer}

That’s okay if you don’t know, do you think you could come with me, I promise your mommy and daddy won’t be mad at you if you do?

Jacob {Police officer}

*raise his hand to carry Noah*

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

*fliches*

Jacob {Police officer}

💭… he is so little how can anybody hit such a small boy?

Jacob {Police officer}

I just want to help you, can I pick you up?

Jacob {Police officer}

(smiles)

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

*looks at him for a while then nods a little*

Noah kept asking if his parents aren’t going to get mad at him, then agrees.

Noah Parker [8th Brother] (10)

💭… I hope mommy and daddy won’t get mad.

Jacob {Police officer}

*slowly picks Noah up*

Noah felt pain at first and it scared him but the policeman bring Noah’s head down on his shoulder it almost got Noah to fall asleep again until it got bright all of a sudden.

The bright lights caused him to flinch, he closed his eyes and held onto Jacob tighter. The policeman kept saying that it was all going to be okay, and that was the last thing Noah remembered before he doze off.

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At Cleveland Hospital

Hunter and Atlas both got off the plane and arrived at the hospital as soon as they could. They got to the reception and find the social worker who called before.

Courtney Lin {Social worker}

You must be Mr. Parker?

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*nods*

Courtney Lin {Social worker}

Nice to meet you, Mr. Parker, I am Courtney Lin.

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*shakes her hand*

Courtney Lin {Social worker}

If you follow me, both the doctor and the police officers would like to speak with you before you can see him. He’s currently asleep, and I’ll stay with him until you’re both ready to meet him.

They both nodded and followed her into an office. She leaves and a minute later a doctor and two police officers entered the room.

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

How is he..?

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

What happened to him..?

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

Why is he in the hospital..?

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

Where did you find him..?

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*rests his arm on Atlas’s shoulder to calm him down*

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

💭… I am just as impatient as Atlas but we have to calm down.

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

Take a breath okay, just breathe.

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

*breathe then looks at the doctor and officers*

The officers told them about how and where they found him, and they arrested the people who kidnapped him.

Apparently, after interrogating them they found that the lady kidnapped Noah when she saw him in the park.

Her husband and she had tried to have kids for a very long time but after when they couldn’t she became depressed.

One day when she saw Noah, she couldn’t resist the temptation, so she took him.

At first, everything was going well her husband didn’t accept raising someone else child so he was hostile in the beginning but it didn’t go any further than that.

But after losing all his fortune he got a huge gamble debt. He started to blame her and the child for bringing bad luck and started to abuse her.

After a while, she started to blame Noah too for ruining her relationship with her husband so she blamed it all on Noah.

They have been wanted for a long time but because of the lack of evidence, the police couldn’t arrest them. So they had been on watch for x amount of time.

And recently the police obtained evidence to get a search warrant for their house, where they found Noah, he was beaten and locked in a cold dark basement with boarded-up windows.

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

*covered his mouth with his hand*

Doctor

He is stable now, but he is not in the best condition. He was covered in bruises, and small cuts, fortunately, there are no current broken bones, but the x-ray showed that he had many broken bones over the years.

Doctor

Thankfully he does not show any signs of sexual abuse. It would seem as if he hasn’t left that house or even left the basement in all these years.

Doctor

He is malnourished and much smaller than he should be. I'm afraid that even with the right treatments although he will be healthy, but his growth may still be stunted, both physically and mentally.

Doctor

He will also be needing checkups regularly, but as of right now we'd like to keep him here for a few days to monitor him and give him all the vaccine shots he has missed over the years.

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*looks at Atlas*

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

*eyes closed and tears streaming down his face*

Hunter knew that Atlas is going to break down soon so he walked over to him, and pulled him into a hug as he breaks into Hunter’s arm.

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

*crying into Hunter’s shoulder*

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*smoothed Atlas’s back to calm him*

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

(thinking about Noah’s condition)

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

(heart breaking as well)

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*clenched his jaw*

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

💭… I have to be strong I won’t leave those damn people alone I will make them suffer.

The doctor nods at Hunter, to say he'll give them a few minutes. After a couple of minutes when Hunter thought that Atlas calm down a bit Hunter pulls away from the hug.

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

It's gonna be okay, he is here and he is safe with us now, we won't let anything happen to him, I promise.

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

*nods wiping tears*

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

Let’s go, meet him.

They find the doctor just outside the room.

Doctor

I’ll take you to Noah now. He’s just woken up and is with the officer who found him and the social worker.

Hunter Parker [1st Brother] (25)

*nods and follow*

Atlas Parker [3rd Brother] (23)

*nods and follow*

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