Remission and revelation

Lavender's viewpoint

"We searched for you," I slowly opened my eyes and turned my head to look at him. He was leaning forward, his elbows against his upper knees and the two drinks in his hands, which were draping down between his widely open legs.

"Huh?"

"The guys and I, we searched for you. We knew it would happen, we waited for it to happen, so we could get you away from him. I don't know how we didn't see it on time, but by the time we did, it was too late; you were gone. We searched for you, we looked everywhere until we found out you killed yourself because you had no one. It hurts us so much that we couldn't get to you on time to protect you. Lavender, I'm sorry, I'm sorry we failed you…"