Wrath, relieved she didn't have to go, worked on cleaning up the floor.
Patrick felt like an idiot as people fussed around him, attaching things to him and poking different parts of his body. He hated going to the hospital, though it was because he associated it with shame. He had visited the Emergency Room a lot over the past two decades and always because he had gotten himself into a fight and had ended up getting beaten.
Upset and a little frightened, Patrick reached out for George's hand.
The ride was short and he was unloaded. When they tried to wheel Patrick away from George, Patrick didn't want to let go. "George, I don't want to go," he said, feeling like a ridiculous child.