"Well first of all I need painkiller. A lot of them" Alex told him and Joe's eyes widened.
"Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"No, I am trying to stop hurting so I can stand because we won't make it through the door the way I am. Please" he begged and the boy with a sigh disappeared into the house bringing a small white bottle filled with pills.
Alex threw three onto his hand and looked at the calculating if he could chug them down in one go without drowning. It was possible he thought and stuffed them in his mouth, swallowing with difficulty. There was no time though for him to be picky.
"Now, do you have a car?"
"Yeah."
"You will take me to the compound"
"But I don't know where it is."