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Post by dante on Jun 4, 2008 16:26:00 GMT -6
Grio furrowed his brow in worry. The more Kevin told him, the more he suspected something was wrong with little Nikolai. But what could he do? Thinking it over, he remembered that Marco was her pediatrician. He decided to speak with him about it.
His thoughts were interrupted by an annoyed, sensual voice coming from his right: "Grio, I am astounded by your idiocy. Even you should know that children aren't allowed to be loitering in the halls."
The squat man turned to face Eltana. "You know that he's that boy's - "
"Spare me the excuses," Eltana snapped at him acerbically, venom dripping from his voice. "Take him down to sit with his parents in the waiting room. If his brother comes to or kicks the bucket, we'll let him know. Now get to it!"
Grio shot the man a hateful glare, then conceded with a sigh. "Let's go, then."
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 4, 2008 16:28:42 GMT -6
Kevin narrowed his azure eyes at the she-male, but followed Grio to the elevator. "You know....you're pretty good with kids. Why do you work with jerkwads like him? Is it cause you don't have a girlfriend?" he asked, tilting his head in curiousity.
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Post by dante on Jun 4, 2008 16:44:30 GMT -6
Grio chuckled as he pressed the button for the lobby. "None of the women working here would ever consider dating me, believe me. And everyone around here is pretty nice, actually. But there's always one prick who ruins it all - in our case, it's Eltana."
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 4, 2008 16:47:20 GMT -6
Kevin nodded slightly. "That's how it is for me and Kyle. We usually get ignored at home, so we go over to Poke's house. I usually play with Poke, cause that's what you do with a girlfriend right? Make her laugh? And Kyle...well, I dunno what he does. But we have a better time there then at home, cause Mom and Dad are always busy". He frowned slightly, as though he was getting upset at the memory.
In Kyle's room, Dr. Rafe-Kenist had lifted off Kyle's bloody sweater and shirt and was now frowning at the large bruises that covered his chest and stomach.
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Post by dante on Jun 4, 2008 16:56:43 GMT -6
Grio nodded lightly as he spoke. He could tell that Kevin was getting upset from talking about his family, so he decided to steer clear of that. Thinking for a moment, he looked over at Kevin. "Wait, did you say Poke's your girlfriend?"
Oscar, meanwhile, was heading back to Kyle's room. Walking inside, he widened his eyes at the large welts and bruises that covered the boy's body. "Jeez!" he exclaimed. "That lady didn't mention that when she called us."
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 4, 2008 17:00:02 GMT -6
"Yeah" Kevin smiled proudly, stuffing his fist into his pocket. He paused and looked at Grio confusedly. "What's wrong with that?"
"It's possible she didn't know. That sweater was very big on the kid....I just want to know how he got them. Those aren't bruises from falling off the swings, I know that much" Dr. Rafe-Kenist said, rubbing lotion on a large bruise covering the left area of Kyle's ribs.
The small boy shuddered slightly and muttered, "Papa"
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Post by dante on Jun 4, 2008 17:07:41 GMT -6
"Nothing, nothing," Grio shook his head, chuckling lightly.
"You think it's abuse?" Oscar frowned as he walked over to the injured child. He looked over his bruises, wondering how anyone could do such a thing to a little boy. Hearing Kyle call out, he raised an eyebrow curiously.
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 4, 2008 17:12:52 GMT -6
"You know, a lot of people think it's wrong that me and Poke like each other. I guess it's cause she's a baby and I'm 5...actually I'm turning six next month" Kevin said, shuffling his feet slightly. "So" he said, looking at Grio, "You really think somethin's wrong with Nikolai?"
Dr. Rafe-Kenist nodded grimly. "The question is, who was abusing him? I doubt it was his mother, based on what I saw, she was a nervous wreck when her son was brought in".
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Post by dante on Jun 4, 2008 18:07:12 GMT -6
"I can't say for sure," he answered. "But it would be in his best interests if Martel brought him down for a check-up."
"I don't think it was his father, either. He seemed concerned, too," Oscar added. After dwelling on it a little longer, he remembered what Dante had told him. "Oh! The woman who called us said that she had reason to believe this boy's dad isn't his biological father. Maybe his real father did this."
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 4, 2008 18:08:44 GMT -6
"Miss Martel's been to the hospital a lot cause of Poke and her brother" Kevin muttered, rolling his eyes. "She's gonna be angry if she has to come again".
Dr. Rafe-Kenist nodded. "The question is, who is his real father?"
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Post by dante on Jun 4, 2008 18:19:52 GMT -6
"She has been down here a lot because of them," Grio nodded in agreement. "But they're premature, so it's to be expected that they'd need a lot of medical attention."
Oscar shrugged. "We'd have to ask his parents."
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 4, 2008 18:23:54 GMT -6
"But, I thought there was nothing wrong with em" Kevin wondered, tilting his head slightly" You gonna call her?"
"Call up his mother" Rafe-Kenist ordered Oscar. "And find Eltana while you're at it. I don't like him wandering around".
Back at the house, Martel was attempting to give Nikolai his bottle, with no luck. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get the baby to wake up and eat. This was the fourth time this week that this had happened. Arden was playing with a pack of playing cards, which basically meant she was throwing them in the air, laughing as they drifted to the ground.
Finally giving up, Martel put Nikolai back into the crib. She gave Bandit a gentle nudge with her foot and the pup went over to Hayate, yipping happily and wagging her tail.
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Post by fabiolamustang on Jun 5, 2008 14:09:56 GMT -6
Black Hayate rested his head over Bandit's body and closed his eyes while waving his tail.
Riza was knocking almost everybody's door. "Black Hayate-gou!!!" she was yelling in every room. Damn dog, where did he go now?. Riza stood in front of Martel's door and knocked.
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 5, 2008 14:12:01 GMT -6
Hearing Riza knock, Martel openned the door. "Riza? What are you yelling for?" she asked, looking at the other occupants. Bandit was staring curiously at Riza. Arden smiled and held out a card- Ace of Diamonds- to her. And Nikolai, of course, was still asleep.
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Post by fabiolamustang on Jun 5, 2008 14:17:39 GMT -6
Riza's voice sounded worried. "I haven't seen Black..." she sighed when she saw the dog laying with Bandit and stared at him with challenging eyes.
Black Hayate whimpered when seeing his master and ran to hide behind Arden.
"I was worried about him..." she sighed again in relief. "I should have known he would come here..." she said and took the card Arden was giving her. Hayate wento to hide under the bed.
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 5, 2008 14:21:15 GMT -6
The moment Riza took the card, Arden screeched loudly before apparently finding interest in trying to grab her Manic plush, which she had thrown over the bars, from the ground. When she couldn't reach, she began to cry.
"I think I'm going to take Nikolai to the doctors soon" Martel told Riza as she gently ran her fingertips over her son's chest.
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Post by fabiolamustang on Jun 5, 2008 14:26:50 GMT -6
"Why?, what's wrong with him?" Riza said while reaching her dog from under the bed and taking him in her arms like a small baby.
"Is it because of sleeping to much?" She asked concerned.
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 5, 2008 14:29:29 GMT -6
"Yeah. Well, it's more of the fact that sometimes he won't wake up long enough to even eat. And when he does eat, he doesn't eat that much" Martel said, taking Nikolai out of the crib. She smirked slightly. "I'm just lucky that I have health insurance for these two, otherwise I'd be broke".
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Post by fabiolamustang on Jun 5, 2008 14:38:14 GMT -6
"Yeah.... babies at that age need to eat good..." Riza started to play with Black Hayate's nose. "Health insurance? What the hell? do you need of those? How do you get them?, I don't know anything about this world..."
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Post by silverviper2134 on Jun 5, 2008 14:40:09 GMT -6
Martel shrugged. "Usually, when you sign up for a job, you get health insurance for yourself and your kids if you have any. You may also get dental. I got mine for working at the Wal-Mart....It's actually a pretty nice place to hang out". She frowned when she looked at Nikolai, who was still fast asleep. "I just hope there's nothing too wrong with him. Though, if there is, there's two things I can blame it on".
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