Aaron's Blood Page #3

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No, I'm just tired.

Can I go to bed?

Yeah, yeah, okay.

Hello?

Hello?

Tate?

Tate!

Tate!

Tate.

Tate.

Tate!

All right man, you're gonna

take it easy today, right?

Yeah.

All right, be careful.

Love you!

Bye.

Dude.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

You're all red.

That's quite a sunburn, Tate.

I don't think it's a sunburn.

Then what is it?

I don't know, it just happened.

Just now?

He was like, normal in science.

Why don't you go to the nurse?

Here you go, Tony.

Yeah.

Did you get in?

I did.

There's no alarm.

Are we on?

Yeah.

It's a definite go.

Okay.

Are you feeling

dizzy, lightheaded?

No.

Any chest pain?

No.

Why?

His pulse rate is 45.

Is it normally that low?

No, why?

Is there a problem?

Just out of the normal range.

Could be from the nasal surgery.

Could be medication.

I'm sure it's nothing

to worry about.

Okay.

No allergies?

No.

I'm gonna give him a

low dose antihistamine.

Not enough to affect

his platelet function.

Could be a reaction to the

antibiotics you're taking.

We sometimes see skin

allergies to the sun

with certain medications.

Okay.

Keep him out of the

sun for a few days.

Bring him back if you see

any signs of it reoccurring.

All right.

And what about his pulse?

I'm gonna check his

thyroid to rule that out.

Could be a number of things.

Perhaps lingering effects

from the sedative.

Drink lots of water, young man.

Okay.

All right, just hang tight.

The nurse will be

back for a blood draw.

We'll call you with the results.

Sounds good.

Thank you doctor.

Time to go to sleep.

Let me see your hand.

What are you doing?

Dad.

Yeah.

Why don't you call

me tater any more?

It's been forever

since I called you that.

Why'd you stop?

Well, you were

embarrassed, remember?

Oh yeah.

You got all old

and mature on me.

Why do you ask?

Well, I was thinking about mom,

and the trip we

took to lake Pahoe.

Mm.

Well.

All right, well.

Goodnight buddy.

Love you dad.

Love you too.

Tater.

That's the kid's bedroom.

Get back.

What the hell are you

doing, I said get back!

What's going on?

What do you want?

I'm not gonna ask you

again, you son of a b*tch!

Don't shoot.

What are you doing here?

You really have no idea?

Who are you?

I'm just a guy trying

to do a good thing.

Tate, are you okay?

Yeah.

Bleeding?

Not for long.

No, Tate, you keep

pressure on that.

Tate.

That's why I'm here, Mr. Diaz.

How do you know my name?

Dad!

Give me the gun.

Slowly!

All right, all right.

Mike?

You know him?

He works at my school.

What do you want from us?

I said on your knees!

Okay, just tell me what

were you doing to my son.

That thing's not your son.

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