Do Not Let Anyone Know

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Chapter Twenty-Three


Later that day, Joey said, “Seto could you please help me downstairs, I need to talk to Matthew and the others.” Seto was holding Joey in his arms and he smiled as he heard what Joey said, then he kissed him and as he got the crutches, Joey stood up and then they carefully walked downstairs.

Matthew, Daniel and James were done playing video games, Mokie had beaten all of them and well they walked back to the living room to soothe their wounded pride. When Seto and Joey walked in the room, Seto said, “Joey would like to talk to all of you.”

Seto held the crutches as Joey sat down, then he discretely left the room, Matthew walked over and sat down beside Joseph and he said, “What can we do for you?”

Daniel and James came over and sat down on the couch opposite them, and then Joseph asked them, “Have any of you ever felt like you were trapped in some sci-fi world, where everything that happens to you goes over and over and you think that it'll never stop?”

Matthew then said, “Yes, everyday, why are you asking?” Joseph then looked down at his hands and as a single tear ran down his face he looked up at them and said, “That's how I feel, it's like I'll never get my life back and I'm terrified.”

Daniel then said, “I don't know if Roland's ever mentioned to you about us or not, but we've all done things that none of us are proud of but if we hadn't done them, lots of innocent people would of paid with their lives.”

Then James said, “Listen we've all seen and like Daniel said, done things that we wished he didn't have to do, and yes we still have nightmares. However, what we do have is each other, if one of us is having a difficult day, then the other two can help make it better.

Joseph you have a very loving family who is here for you no matter what, and besides, Seto's right there beside you and he'll always be there, so if you have nightmares, just tell Seto and I know that he'll figure out a way to make them go away.”

Joseph then said, “One thing that happened after I had a horrible nightmare is I opened my eyes and Mokie was sitting beside Seto and they were both telling me that it would be alright. I guess I got embarrassed and Mokie told me, that he had been there for his brother and now he was going to be there for me.”

Matthew smiled as he heard this and then he said, “Mokuba is a very strong young boy, when Seto got hurt by that monster who was suppose to be their stepfather, it was Mokie that stepped up and held Seto until the nightmares left.

Sure, it was hard for Seto to know that his younger brother knew what happened to him, but hell their family and to Mokie nothings more important then family. Roland and Greta are more like parents to those two, they would rather die then allow anyone to ever hurt either of them and it is the same for you.

So when things get hard for you to handle, just let someone know, we're all in this family and we'll always be there, all you have to do is ask.”

Joseph then tried to stand up and if Matthew weren’t close to him, he would have fallen. Matthew put his arm around Joseph's shoulder and as Joseph looked at these men, tears filled his eyes. Joseph then said, “I want to thank each of you, if you hadn't done what you did do, I'd probably be dead now.”

So Joseph gave each of them a hug and then as Daniel handed him the crutches, Joseph asked, “Did Mokie beat you at the video games?” All three men looked at him and then they all started laughing and James said, “He kicked our asses.”

Then they all walked out of the living room and went to the kitchen where Roland, Greta, Seto and Mokie were sitting, as they all sat down, Greta said, “How about if I make my famous Peach Cobbler, it won't take that long to bake.”

That got a round of applause from all of them; she laughed and went to begin making the Cobbler. Roland looked at Joseph and he said, “How are you doing?” Joseph smiled and said, “Better then I've ever been, I'm with my family and that's one of the best feelings in the world.”

Mokie then said, “When do you go back to see Dr. Hunter about your leg?” Joey smiled at him and said, “Tomorrow, he's going to take the cast off and take an X-ray to see if it's healed, if it is then I don't need this cast.”

That evening after dinner, they were all sitting in the family room watching a movie, Seto was sitting beside Joey, Mokie was sitting between Roland and Greta and Matthew, Daniel and James were sitting on the floor. They were all eating popcorn and drinking lemonade.

They were watching “Transformers” and when the movie was over, Roland stood up and stretched and said, “I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm tired.”

Greta stood up next to Roland and she said, “Alright all of you, its bedtime, Joseph you have to get to the hospital at seven, so set your alarm.”

Seto held the crutches as Joey stood up, then Joey said, “I had a great time, thanks.” Greta walked over and gave Joey a kiss on the cheek and she said, “Your more then welcome, now all of you scoot, get to bed.” They all were laughing as they climbed the stairs.

Seto and Joey were the last to get up them and when they got to his room, Joey said, “Listen, I have to try to deal with my dreams alone, if I can't I'll call you.” Seto smiled at him and as he kissed Joey goodnight, Joey closed his door, walked over to the bed, he put his crutches near the bed, and got undressed and crawled in-between the sheets and he turned off the light and went to sleep.

Seto walked to across the hall to his room, when he went inside, he left his door open, just in case Joey might need him. After the got undressed, he turned off the lights and went to sleep.

What neither of them knew, Mokie got a pillow and blanket and after he knew that both Seto and Joey were asleep, he put the blanket and pillow on the floor outside Joey's room and went to sleep.

The next morning that's where Roland found Mokie, he smiled as he remembered how this young man use to sleep outside his brothers room when Seto was trying to deal with his dreams alone.

Roland bent down, picked up Mokie, his blanket and pillow and carried him down the hall to his room; he opened the door and gently laid Mokie on the bed and left the room. Then Roland walked back to Joseph's room and knocked on the door.

Joseph said, “Come in.” When Roland walked in he said, “I thought that you might need help taking a shower, if you want I can show you how I taught Seto when he broke his leg.”

Joey sat up and the side of the bed and he said, “Thanks I'd like that, can I ask you a question, was there someone outside my room last night?”

Roland chuckled and told Joey what Mokie did, and that he use to do that when Seto was dealing with his dreams. Joseph wiped the tears from his face and he said, “All of you have gone out of your way to make me feel like I'm part of this family, I want to thank you for that, I haven't had that feeling in a long time.”

Roland walked over and he gave Joseph a hug and said, “Come on, let me show you how to take a shower.” After Joseph took a shower, Roland helped him get changed and then as they were going downstairs for breakfast, Seto came out of his room and he smiled at both of them, “I don't know about you two, but I'm starving.” Joseph said.

Both Seto and Roland laughed as they carefully walked down the stairs and went to the kitchen. They were still laughing as they walked into the kitchen, Greta said, “Sit down, I'll have the pancakes done in a few minutes, Seto in the mean time will you please get everyone a glass of Orange Juice.”

After breakfast, Roland drove both Joseph and Seto to the hospital for Joseph's appointment with Dr. Hunter.

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