Page 62 of Girl Like Me

“As soon as we give them word that you’re stable, they will be allowed to visit.”

“Okay, I’m a bit tired. Would I be able to go back to my room and rest now?”

“Certainly, I will get someone to walk you to your room.” I nod, I can’t argue that I’m capable of walking myself. He picks up his phone and asks for someone to come to his office and collect me. We sit in silence for a few minutes until a nurse the size of a football player walks through the door.

She grabs the wheelchair and steers me back through the corridors. As we pass back through the dining room, Rory’s mum is gone and I’m starting to think that maybe it wasn’t even her. Someone drops a metal tray and I feel my vision blur, nausea washing over me as I’m thrown back into a memory.

Flash after flash starts to hit me. The same as the last one that I had, except this time when I turn my head I see who holds the gun. I try to scream but it’s no use, I’m stuck here watching as my memory switches to the night Rory and I tried to run away.

I gasp as I come back to the present as the nurse jabs me in the arm with something and my eyes start to feel heavy.

“I know who did it,” I whisper to no one in particular as everything goes dark.

JD should have been here half an hour ago, her phone keeps going to voicemail every time we try to ring her. We called Chloe to see if she stopped by to see her but she hasn’t heard from her either. Chloe is with Echo, he has offered to go see what’s happening and call us back but her house is half an hour from his.

Maximus is spiralling and Levi is trying to keep him calm as Rocky paces the room in circles.

“Maybe she was caught up at home and hasn’t left yet?” Mercer asks, offering a possible solution.

“She was supposed to be leaving almost four hours ago now. She wouldn’t not update us if she was running late. We are missing something.” Levi says and I realize he is right.

Mac walks through the front door of my house and comes to join us. “Any news yet?”

“Nope, nothing.” I murmur as my shoulders slump. We had to call him to get Chloe’s number.

“Let’s just go to her house and find her, damn it!” Mercer demands, slamming his hands on the coffee table.

“What good will that do if she’s on her way? Chloe and Echo should be at her house any minute now. We need to be patient and wait,” I say calmly, there is no point in overreacting. There will be a perfectly good reason for why she is late, there has to be.

Levi’s phone rings, the tone echoing in the room. He answers and puts it on speaker phone.

“What’s going on, is she there?” he asks.

“I...it’s.”

“Just tell us,” Mercer snaps as Chloe starts to cry; she sounds completely heartbroken.

“You best pull up bro, Chloe is doing you a favour. B has been sent back to the hospital.”

“She what?” I demand, not meaning to use that kind of tone.

“Her brother said she had another episode and that there are things you don’t know about B. Apparently she has multiple personality disorder and they found her wandering around confused about where she was.”

“That’s bullshit,” Rocky states.

“I know, her uncle would have told me. Something isn’t right. I’m going to message him and get some answers. Give me an hour.” Echo says, worry evident in his voice. They’re friends and I can see he cares for her, even if none of us get it.

“Thank you, let us know when you hear something.” Levi says ending the call.

He throws his phone on the couch and Maximus starts rocking, his breathing is erratic. Rocky races into the kitchen; we keep paper bags in the medicine cabinet. He comes back and hands it to Levi. We all stand back and let them do their thing.

I got her out of there once and I’ll find a way to do it again if I have to. Just right now I don’t know how I can make that happen.

“Don’t do anything stupid,” Mercer whispers, placing his hand on my shoulder. “We will get this straightened out. We just need to get in contact with her father...My dad, he spoke with him on the phone.”

Mercer pulls out his phone and walks away to call his dad. Lets just hope that Carson can reach him.

Levi manages to get Maximus calmed down, but he can’t stop crying.

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