A Novel by Kawika A. Stafford

Chapter 21

Sonny Ray was certain he had one, maybe two broken ribs. Although the blood flow had slowed he knew he was going to need some stitches to close the gash on his left eyebrow. Sonny Ray grunted as he struggled to get to his knees.

As he was about to get to his feet, something in the grass caught his attention. It was a silver bracelet. It wasn’t of significant quality this bracelet, it was the kind you bought for someone at the mall, and then had their name inscribed for an extra twenty bucks or so. Sonny Ray gently reached out to pick it up.

On the inscription it read, Officer Robert L. Fritz Antelope Springs Police Department.

Without thinking he dropped it in his pocket. He had to get the hell out of this area; but as he didn’t know the town very well he had to take the chance to continue walking alongside the freeway.

He had walked about a quarter of a mile when he heard someone blowing their horn. Sonny Ray turned gradually to see Dwayne, as he pulled onto the shoulder of the road. After putting on his emergency flashers, he jumped out of his truck to get to Sonny Ray.

Dwayne rushed Sonny Ray to the emergency room at the Antelope Springs Memorial Hospital. As soon as the emergency room personnel had placed him on a gurney, they quickly wheeled Sonny Ray to an examination room to begin assessing the extent of his injuries.

Dwayne had called home and asked Cyrus to put Nikko on the phone. After Dwayne explained what happened, he then quickly reassured Nikko that Sonny Ray was stable and would be leaving the ER shortly. Dwayne sat in the waiting room while the doctors worked on Sonny Ray.

He had called Nadia and let her know what happened to Sonny Ray.

Dwayne told Nadia he would email her all the photographs of Sonny Ray in the emergency room once he got him home to his family. The two men ended up being at the hospital for a few hours.

With the help of Nikko, Dwayne was able to get Sonny Ray into the house.

As the afternoon began to fade into evening, the black eagle continued to remain aloft over the home of Dwayne.

Round and round the black eagle dream circled above.

As Sonny Ray continued to drift in and out of consciousness,

he had the strongest sensation that he could fly.

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