Chapter 18 Home It had been another week before the boys were released from the hospital. Mrs. Hutcherson was almost healed from the removal of a serious tumor and would be in town to pick up Josh from the Dawsons home in a few days. - Nick stood in the middle of his room. Everything was the same. The bed in the same place, his dirty clothes in the same pile, his baseball cards piled on his dresser. He walked further into his room and pushed mattress over. Wedged between the box springs and mattress were Nicks clothes he wore the night he was attacked, the night that started it all. Joe: Hey Nick mom wants to know if Joe stopped talking when he noticed what Nick had done. Joe walked further in the room and looked at his brother standing frozen staring at a t-shirt and pair of blood stained jeans and boxers. He rested his hand on Nicks shoulder. Nick: No! Stop it! Nick pulled away and threw himself on the floor. Joe stood shocked, he didnt know what to do. Soon His mother and Kevin ran into the room. Mrs. Jonas: What happened? Joe pointed at the bed and Mrs. Jonas got up and walked over and picked up the clothes. Joe could see the tears in her eyes as she held them up. Mrs. Jonas: Where did these come from? Joe: Nick? Nick looked up from the floor and then at his mom and then brothers. Shame filled his cheeks with a sickening yellow. Then Joe remember that he had never told his parents about the first time before Nick had been taken. Joe: Those are from the first time Nick ...
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