Chapter 8

Keith

"Yo!" I shouted along with my friends as we clinked the cup against each other.

I gulped down some of the beer before looking up at Darren who was busy teasing one of the girls he recently met in the bar.

"I heard you visited Matthew." Billy started a conversation and I smiled a little. "How's he feeling now?" He asked as if concerned.

"I don't know," I replied sipping the remains of the beer in the cup.

"And if your dad asked about him?" Mark chimed in.

"I'd probably say he is still lying in the hospital and will get discharged next week," I answered.

"Whoa... You hospitalized him for that long?" Billy arched an eyebrow.

"I think it's not because I approached him," I say. "He seemed to have a health issue," I told them remembering the heart monitor in Matt's ward. "And will you guys quit asking me Matthew-related questions?" I rolled my eyes at them as Darren walked back to our table.

"How's it going guys." He sat beside m