Chapter 9

We waited for about ten minutes before I heard a voice say from nearby.

" Hello Isabella, Cecelia I'm glad you could make it and I'm quite sorry you had to wait so long for me there was a mishap with one of my paients but I'm ready to take you now, I hope waiting wasn't an inconvinance ".

I felt Cece's hand on my arm before she was pulling me up off the chair and towards what was probably the room we were going to be in as she said to the doctor who I assumed was following behind us.

" Can you just check on her eyes to see if they are working because I want to get out of here and get something to eat I haven't eatten since last night ".

I sighed shaking my head " I'm sorry doctor I wish I could say she isn't always like this but I don't like to lie ".

I felt Cece glare at me in irritation but she didn't say anything.

The Doctor chuckled " its quite alright I'm use to rude family members it's more common than you think ".

I nodded but decided not to say anything as my sister drags me into one of the rooms and placed me on the hospital bed making sure I was correct;y seated so I wouldn't slip off. I perched on the end of it trying not to make it obviouse I was nervouse by stuffing my hands in my pockets to keepthem ocupied. I mean who wouldn't be nervouse to know weither they would be blind forever or not of course I didn't think I really was because of the drink Robert gave me but I won't know if the drink would work until the bandages are off.

Everything was silent for a moment before the doctor said " I'm going to remove your badiges and if you can't see don't be discouraged with the amount of damage that I saw in your eyes it might take a couple weeks to heal so I suggest you take it easy and rest up for a week or two ".

I wanted to protest that but it's not like I could tell him that a doll had given me this awful drink that is supposed to make sure I can see again. Well more like allowing me to see ghosts so I don't get blinded by those stupid glasses again but I need to see to be able to see ghosts. So if you think about it they both go hand in hand with each other since I need to be able to see in general to see ghosts.

I felt him pressing at the bandages around my eyes for a couple of seconds before he slowly started peeling them off making sure not to hurt me as he unwrapped them. I decided to keep my eyes closed so when he took off the bandegs completely then I wouldn't be blinded by any of the lights in the room. When the bandages were completely off I slowly peeled my eyes opened and I had to blink them a couple of times before looking aroung the room I was in.

My eyesight was a bit hazy probably from having those things over my eyes for all that time but I could clearly see the room around me and it is like any regular hospital room. The walls were a light blue which wasn't a color I really liked because it was Cece's favorite color and when she was a kid I hated everything she liked. You probably think that is a little much but it's just always how I felt when I was a kid and I still don't like it now, not sure if that is because of Cece or because I've always hated it that's not important though.

There was the hospital bed I was sitting on that felt just as uncomfortable when I had to stay the night in the hospital to check on my breathing. When I was a kid I couldn't breath through my nose because of something and Mimi took me to the hospital to check it out and I could barly sleep that night though I do remember leaving early in the morning. There was a sink and counter that had suplies like gloves, soap, and other stuff like that I would usually find in a doctors office.

Hanging on the walls were charts of different doctor stuff asking different things like ' on a scale from one to ten how much pain are you in '? The doctor was wearing the usual coat that you might see a mad scientist wearing, always thought it was weird that mad scientist didn't have there own getup. His stefascope was hanging on his neck and he had a clipboard in his hand writing down different notes he was taking.

He was staring at me so I just looked him in the eyes and stared back which made him frown a shocked look sweeping across his features probably because of how well I can see.

I frowned back " what's wrong "?

" Your staring right at me " he exclaimed in shock.

" Isn't that a good thing that means her eyes are healed " I heard Cece ask.

I turned to her and noticed she looked tired there were little bags under her eyes and when my eyes cought hers she forced a tight smile. There was something wrong that she hadn't tell me about yet and I had a bad feeling whatever it was I really didn't want to know. Of course it didn't matter what I wanted so I guess I was going to learn whatever it was after we leave this place.

The doctor cleared his throte " yes of course but it should be impossible with how much damage she had to her eyes ".

Cece shrugged " guess whatever you did worked doc, can we go now "?

Her voice didn't sound as irritated as it did earlier but I still glared in her direction and mouth ' be quiet and let me talk ' before I turned to the doctor.

" I'm so sorry about my sister she is quite the handful but I am wondering the same thing ".

He nodded still looking slightly shocked" umm yes just let me get some glasses for your eyes to protect them from the sun and then you can go ".

He walked out the door and I rounded on Cece " mind to tell me what happened "?

She looked shocked for a second before she sighed " Mimi's birthday is tomorrow and I guess that has just got me thinking ".

I blinked in surprise " oh yeah I completely forgot it was around christmas time much less her birthday, how did you remember "?

" The one that took her texted me saying I hope you got a gift for your Grandmother, of course if she ends up dying I guess she wouldn't need it ".

She was looking pale and I know that her and Mimi weren't always getting along neither had me and Mimi I mean no one's perfect but we both love her equally. I had a feeling that there was something more that she wasn't saying and opened my mouth to say something when the doctor walked in.

He handed me a pair of tinted glasses " you should wear these for a couple of days just in case and you should also get some rest as I said ".

I nodded " alright thanks doc can we leave now or do you nrre "?

He hesitated for a second before saying " yes of course ".

In an instant Cece was besides me grabbing my arm " alright lets go I'm starving ".

She dragged me out of the room and to the entrance to the hospital, I barly had any time to put on the glasses the doctor gave me before we were outside. Thankfully she let me go so I bent down catching my breath for a second before I righted myself and glared at her.

" What the hell is wrong with you and don't tell me it's nothing "?

She didn't even notice I said anything as she looked through her phone for a cab so I walked right up to her and snatched it away from her. That most deffently caught her attention she turned her full on glare at me but I just glared right back at her and said.

" Cecelia White we are going to find a bench to sit down at and then you are going to tell me what the hell is going on with you ".

She opened her mouth to argue with me but before she could say anything I had already spun around and stalked off in search of a bench we could sit on. I heard her sigh in defeat before I heard her footsteps following after me until she placed herself besides me and we were thar cj

" What if I don't want to talk about it "?

I turned and glared at her " well then your out of luck because were talking about it I don't care if you want to or not ".

She rolled her eyes at me but decided not to say anything as I searched for a bench for us to sit on, once I found one I sat down on it and patted the seat next to me.

" What's wrong Cece "?

She sighed and sat down next to me " I guess I'm just worried I mean aren't you "?

She looked at me expectantly wonder what I was going to say.

I shrugged " yeah sure but what's the use to worry when its not going to help, that's the one thing I learned while living with mama I mean if you think about if I worried about everything that happened those years she had us I would have been a mess. We moved from different places living with different people and I had to go to two elementary schools and four middle schools not only that but I didn't have a phone back then so I didn't get to keep in contact with the people I became friends with. Then there was always the possability we would have to move and the time we ended up homeless for a couple of months. It might of looked like I never worried and I didn't do a lot of worrying it was easier to just sit down and read a good book to get my mind off worrying or tell the different stories to myself that were in my head. So here's what I think you can worry about everything and anything that is happening to Mimi or you can use everything we are doing to find her to distract you from worring because that's not going to help anyone. What both of us need to do is keep our mind on finding Mimi and once we get her back we could worry about what happened to her ".

She nodded looking quite surpised " yeah I guess your right when did you grow up "?

I grinned at her " of course I'm right and I've always had an old soul you just never bothered to get to knowknow me ".

She rolled her eyes but I could see her smiling but it didn't take her long for her to start frowning.

" Hey Bella I'm wondering how is your eyes completely healed "?

I suppressed a wince before shrugging " I don't know maybe one of the ghosts I was with did something or maybe it was the glasses I don't know ".

She frowned at me " uhu what aren't you telling me, tell me it's your turn to spill your guts "?

I snorted " I spilled more of my guts than you did Cece ".

She just glared at me until I finally told her what was on my mind

" Robert may have or may not have something to do with that ".

She frowned again " I'm not sure how I feel about that but I don't think it's a good thing ".

I shrugged " probably but all he wanted to know was about our investigation and I don't think there could be any harm in that is there "?

" Alright what did he give you to make sure your eyes were fine "?

My nose wrinkled in disgust " it was a drink that tasted almost as bad as it smelled ".

She laughed causing me to frown " what's so funny "?

She grinned at me " you won't drink alcohol but you will drink a drink given to you by a doll "?

I shrugged again " it's not like I really had a choice if I had not taken that drink it would have took much longer to heal and if I put those glasses on I will most likely become blind again and you and I both know I need to see so we can find Mimi so I really have no choice ".

She let out a breath of air " true ".

We were both quiet for a second before Cece broke it " I know you said we should probably go to that museum but I think we should just focus on the clue ".

I though about it for a second before I agreed " alright why don't we go get something to eat and bring it back to my hotel room so we can discuss the clue "?

She nodded and we both stood up as she got out her phone and ordered a cab it was starting to be a little bit cold and I didn't want to look around to see if it was the weather or not. I had a feeling that the cold was not the weather but the ghosts that were staying around this hospital and I really didn't want to find out because a lot of those ghosts would probably look like the way they died. If not then they would take up my time and I don't want to waste any of my time talking to ghosts when I could be searching for Mimi.

We both got into the cab she had ordered for us and I was very happy that I was able to get into the cab by myself and not need Cece's help to get in. I didn't really care for what the inside of the cab looked like because the back of the seats in front of us was covered in brown stains that was making me think of dried blood. Of course that could be because I've been around so many things to do with ghosts so it's probably just my imagination running wild.

Even so I was afraid to look at the seats we were sitting on because I didn't want to see how filthy they were but I did anyway and I didn't like what I saw. It looked like I was literally sitting in a pile of blood but when I touched it all I could feel was the seat. I was not sure what was happening but I had a feeling it had to do with a ghost because though I couldn't feel blood I felt a coldness around there.

I didn't have my phone to play games on nor my purse so I just tried to stay in my thoughts and lot look around the cab but of course my life couldn't be that simple. I felt a coldness next to me before a cold hand wrapped around my arm and a voice asked in my ear.

" So are you just going to pretend you don't see the blood on the seats "?

I whispered back trying to make sure Cece and the driver didn't hear me " what do you want "?

The voice sighed " someone who I can talk to I guess ".

" How did you know I would be able to talk to you before you started talking to me "?

The voice was quiet for a second before it said " once you drink that drink you attract all ghosts that are in a couple of miles of you ".

I let out a bitter laugh that Cece must have heard because she asked " Bella are you ok "?

I nodded " yeah just thought of something funny ".

Even without looking at her I could tell she didn't believe me but I just decided to speak to the ghost " Robert didn't mention that ".

" Of course he didn't Robert never bothers to tell you everything just enough to make you interested nothing else ".

I nodded " I guess its better than being blinded by those stupid glasses again anyways what happened to you "?

They hummed " not sure I agree but it's your choice, I was killed in the back of this cab quite a lot of years ago I'm not even sure the company that owns the cab knows about since back then they didn't bother to keep records, they scrubbed it as much as they could but you can't scrub away a ghost no matter how much you try they even replaced some of the parts of the cab but since they didn't replace the body I'm stuck here with no one to talk to ".

" Well I guess I can talk to you as long as I am in the cab if you want ".

" Thank you and be careful that drink can draw in ghosts good and bad and I doubt you want to meet a bad ghost ".

" Really have you ever met a bad ghost "?

" Nope but I heard that they could end upmaking the people they haunt insane or killing the people ".

I whinced " that's horrible I wouldn't want to meet something like that ".

" No one would they are more frightening than Robert and that's saying something since every ghost in Key West is afraid of him ".

" Yeah " I frowned " I still don't see how it's possible for him to be able to have everyone afraid of him ".

" Anyone will do anything for someone if they fear them enough and they defently fear Robert enough to not risk the conciquence of going against him ".

I shook my head " still I think there should be at least someone that is not afraid of him ".