Chapter 42

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They arrive at the hospital in an ambulance and my body is placed on a stroller and pushed into the large building with my friends right behind me.

A nurse stops them at a point and pushes me into a room and the door shuts.

"Dad I need you here now, I'm at the town's main hospital. It's serious" he speaks with tears in his eyes, he wipes them off and takes a deep breath,

"She'll be fine, Eris is a fighter" Bryan is trying his hardest not to break down and Debbie is motionless on a bench, she wasn't moving or blinking, just crying.

"But who would do this?! Why??!" Daylon bites his lips trying to suppress the tears but they still poured forth anyway,

"I don't know and I don't understand it myself" Bryan looks at Debbie, she's clutching the necklace I bought her years back and staring into the wall, she couldn't get the image out of her head, it is imprinted in her memory for eternity.

He sits next to her and wipes her tears, she turns her eyes to him and embraces him tightly,

"It shouldn't be her" she sobs, "why is she always the one to get hurt? From the day I met her it's always one thing or the other, why?!" She screams into his body and he holds her tighter,

"God this isn't right," Daylon says to the heavens, "why did you let this happen?" He gets no reply and smashes his fist against the wall repeatedly until he begins to bleed,

"Daylon stop!!" Bryan holds him back before he completely breaks his fingers,

"Why should I?!" He pushes Bryan away, "what kind of a friend am I? This is nothing compared to the pain she just experienced! Nothing!" He goes for the wall again but Bryan stops him,

"You know she wouldn't want this" and he stops immediately, he sinks to the floor in tears,

"Eris," he says my name in between sobs, images of a dark angel flashes before his very eyes, those red eyes, her laugh, "Eris" he whispers my name and buries his head in his legs.

Aaron arrives after 30 minutes and heads straight to his son,

"Kid, what happened?" He's panicking and Daylon hugs him to find comfort,

"Eris dad, she was—"

"Mr. Evans?" The doctor approaches them,

"Yes ma'am, I'm Mr. Evans" Aaron shakes hands with the doctor, "how is she? What happened?"

"She was drugged and raped" Daylon almost collapses but he keeps his stance with an emotional knife in his heart, "the drug used is Fentanyl, she was given an overdose. I suggest you should file a case"

"Doctor is she going to be okay??" Debbie is shaking visibly,

"We can't say for sure, she was given a lot. But we're doing our best" and with that she leaves,

"Eris no" Debbie falls to her knees with Bryan holding her,

"I'll take Debbie home" Bryan suggests as her mental health continued to deteriorate,

"I'm not going anywhere! I want to stay here with Eris" she pleads with him but he doesn't give in,

"Debbie we need to go home" he drags her by the hand and she refuses to go with him,

"Debbie I'll take care of everything here" Daylon reassures her, "you need to rest so that you'll have enough strength when Eris comes around" he manages to convince her and she leaves with Bryan,

"Call us when things get better" he bids farewell and takes his girlfriend home.

Daylon drops on the chair deep in thought, he could feel the pain in her but he had to be strong so she doesn't lose hope of a happy ending.

He just wanted to see me, to talk to me and say sorry. He wanted to hear my voice, to hear me call him Mr. Evans again. He bleeds more tears and his dad pulls him into an embrace, he hugs back and sobs in his body.

Hours pass and he's fallen asleep, the sun is almost down and the stars begin to sparkle. He breathes in and out audibly as his head rests on his dad's shoulders. The day has been rough for him and he was exhausted.

"Mr. Evans?" Daylon jolts up hoping to see me with a sweet smile but it isn't so as the doctor approaches them once more,

"How is she?" Daylon says weakly with bags already forming under his eyes but hope and eagerness were present in his voice,

"There's good and bad news" she begins and takes a heavy sigh, "we did our best and fortunately for all of us she's alive"

Daylon feels a huge rush of relief flood him but his heart quickly sinks once more,

"What's the bad news?" His lips were trembling and her eyes droop,

"She's in a coma"

His heart shatters into irreparable pieces, what is he going to tell Debbie? Or Bryan? Or my aunt? What is he going to do?

"Doctor, Chances of waking up would be?" Aaron asks hoping to get something good out of it,

"A miracle" she sighs, "file a case Mr. Evans, things like this shouldn't go unpunished. We have a semen sample from the rapist, it's good evidence. She can hear you if you talk to her, she just can't respond" she shows them my room number and leaves.

Daylon rushes into the room and his eyes land on my motionless body. His eyes swell with tears as he approaches my bed,

"Eris?" He calls out and the room remains silent, "Eris I'm sorry" his tears flow, "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. I'm sure you must've called me, I'm sorry you had to go through all this" he squeezes my hand tightly.

But there is no response.

"Eris please" he begs for a sign of life, a finger twitch, anything. But nothing happens. And he breaks down.

Aaron moves closer to my body and traces my cheeks, he looks at his son and then back at me,

"Eris, I'm Aaron, Daylon's dad. Kid needs you to come back as soon as you can" he swallows his tears, "we're waiting for you" he holds my hand tight and sighs,

"Dad I don't want to leave" he answers his question before he even asks, "I couldn't be with her then so at least let me stay now" he wipes his tears, "she might wake up any moment and I don't want her to be alone when she does" he gives a trembling smile trying to keep the flames of his hope alive,

"Okay kid, what do you want me to get you?" He knew he was going to sleep at the hospital,

"Some clothes, charger and my card" his eyes don't shift from me,

"Food?" His dad is worried,

"There's a hotel close by, I'll get everything else from there. I can't leave her, not now" he strokes my hair,

"Take care of her and yourself" his heart sinks and he leaves his son to fend for both of us.

His emerald eyes bleed tears once more but he stops himself knowing fully well I wouldn't want that so he smiles hoping that God intervenes.

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