Punishment (2)

Dozens of kilometers away from the hospital room, in another the next city over.

A young man leaned over his computer screen, looking at the bottom of an article's comments section.

His fist clenched as he read over the last few messages that'd been sent there, and his lips curled into a smile.

'Now what? You mock my dad, now you're the one suffering! Your pretty little girlfriend isn't doing so well anymore, is she?!'

Josey slowly leaned back from his computer, but his eyes stayed fixed on the screen. A few other tabs sat open. SSSU school news. The hospital's website. Announcements for the singing competition.

'I wish I could see the results! Hah, he must be devastated! I wonder how badly she's injured!'

Josey's fingers slowly toyed with his computer mouse as he looked at the empty news pages.

'Should I go there? I want to see, I need to see it! Is he crying right now? Can his precious singer still perform?'