Contents on him: the numbers two and three

The door opened in the room 223, Alec slowly closed the door shut as he breathed in deeply trying to calm himself down. Four days had past since Jonah's accident; according to the doctors he had not been responsive yet showed signs of improvement, several bones were broken and his face was severely bruised. Several weeks of physical therapy would be the minimum.

The social worker who had helped his friend emancipate after his parents' death had called Alec; she was in the room as he walked in. Neither one of them spoke while the back ground noise of Jonah's troubled breathing and heartbeats filled the silence. After a brief introduction, she left and handed Alec Jonah's files. While the information in the file not authorized for him to read, the social worker thought that Alec could support Jonah better once he was able to understand Jonah's past.

Documents in both English and Hindi filled the manila file labeled 'Minor:Jonah Tajmatan', a page written in English with pictures stapled in the left hand corner stood out. It was a translated police report from New Delhi, it claimed that both Hamsa and Baasim Tajmatan, age 37 and 41, were found dead in the wreckage of a bombed automobile in the city. The pictures from the scene revealed the savaged street and the innocent victims the New Delhi terrorist group had claimed, including Jonah's parents and Raja. Other documents revealed the impact of this event: their fourteen year old son, Jonah, orphaned, with the help other relatives in America he was able to be emancipated, and use the life insurance to move to America.

Alec closed the file and pulled a chair next to Jonah, he began to play Radiohead and casually discussed things that had happened in school while Jonah was gone. After 'In Rainbows' and 'Pablo Honey' both repeated twice, Jonas's eyes opened. Alec explained to him what had happened, even after Jonah denied it since he remembered walking down the streets at 6 30 and meeting Clara Kate Holloway. It was all just a dream. Feelings of rage and confusion flooded Jonah, he threw the iPod speakers on the floor and demanded to leave the hospital since he was not injured.

His friend simply picked the speakers off of the ground and sat down next to Jonah once again. After Jonah had calmed down, he inquired "Where are my parents? Did they come visit me?". Alec began to read him the manila file as Jonah began to remember the lonely apartment and the absence of his parents.