I was out for my morning jog, I did the same run each day thru the park then the track at the school. I went early enough that I rarely saw anyone along the way. It was a Tuesday morning the sun was shining, the sky clear of any and all clouds, it promised to be a beautiful day.
I stopped to take a sip of my water when I heard a noise coming from the shrubs, I stood there for a moment to be sure I had really heard something. It was a whimper, then the sound of a man in pain, I walked towards the sound.
There was a man laid out he clearly had been beaten, his face swelled up, his body covered in blood, the man was completely naked. His lip split and his hair covered in dried blood and dirt, his eyes black and blue, I went to him and put my hand on his shoulder. He winced in pain as I touched him all over, I felt to see if he had any broken bones, we were deep in the park, it would be best for me to carry him to the entrance.
He did not have any broken bones, but he was badly beaten, bruised and seems like someone had tried to kill him. I picked him up he was a small man, maybe five foot six and maybe one hundred and ten pounds soaking wet. I carried him like the firemen do over my shoulder, he was out, he did not make a sound.
I walked quickly to the park entrance, luckily there was a man there about to do his run, he had his cell on him, so he called nine one. The cops and an ambulance soon were there, they got him loaded and asked me for a statement. I told them where I found him and how I carried him to the entrance.
I did not see anyone around, they wanted to go where I had found him to see if there were any clues as to how he ended up where he was and who may have hurt him. I showed them and they cordoned off the area so no one would go there.
They found the man's clothing his cell phone and his wallet in the bushes, his name was Elliot Fraser, he was thirty-two years old. They had his address so they would go to his home to see if they could find anything there. I asked if I could go see him in the hospital, they asked that I wait till they had a formal statement from him and I.
That afternoon I went to see how he was doing, the nurse showed me where his room was and walked in with me. He looked at me he was bandaged up he actually looked worse than when I had found him, they had kind of cleaned him up but he still had dried blood and so many bruises.
The nurse explained who I was and how I had carried him to safety, he tried to smile at me, he held out his hand I walked up and gently took his hand in my own. I asked how he was and if he was okay, realizing what a stupid question it really was.
He said he was okay, but you could see the pain in his face when he tried to move, I asked if I could get him anything? He said he was fine, and thanked me for saving him, he seemed scared nervous almost terrified all of a sudden, what I did not see was the man who had walked in the room as I had my back to the door.
I looked back and this tall well-built guy was standing close to me, he seemed to want to try to intimidate me. I stood my ground I was not about to be scared off by this jerk.
"Who the hell are you, and why are you holding my boyfriend's hand?"
Elliot tried to say something, but Jerk cut him off telling him he was asking me not him and to shut his fucking mouth and speak only when spoken too. Now I was mad, who the hell was this guy and why was he talking to Elliot this way.
"I'm the man who saved his life so if you have an issue with me holding his hand take it up with me asshole, because you don't scare me."