Chapter Fifty-Six - Fletcher

Dad shouted and shoved at the nurses attempting to get him to lie down in the hospital bed. I could hear him shouting from the first floor of the hospital when Levi and I arrived. They wanted to start the operation within two hours of the break and they were attempting to get him ready to go back into surgery. “Dad,” I said, slicing through his hysteria. “What are you doing?” His furrowed brow made him look mean and he had a snarl on his face. “I don’t want surgery. I have things to do. I can't be down for this long. It's ridiculous." Levi scoffed beside me. “You can’t do anything with a broken hip. Let them operate, stop fussing with them and be finished with it. The sooner they operate, the sooner you can go into recovery," I said. Dad grumbled as the nurses messed with his IV. “This is ridiculous. Those steps have never been slick, not even when it rains. I should sue the shoe company. I spent over one hundred dollars on these shoes and they failed me.” Levi elbowed me. I wa