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Billie

I woke up in the hospital after what happened last night. I hardly remember anything from that night after they beat the shit out of me of course. I remember how scared Cassie was, I remember going in and out of consciousness, I remember coughing up blood, but lastly I remember them telling me that Raymon isn't fucking around before they ran off.

I don't even wanna know the damage, the only thing I was thinking about was how high can I get off of hospital drugs. The pain was unbearable, any slight moments I was in pain. My mom walked in to my room and I guess she wasn't expecting me to be awake because her face was filled with relief when she saw me but also worry.

"Oh my gosh you're awake," she said to me while walking over to me and gently cupped my cheeks.

"How long was I out?"

"Almost three days Billie, they had you cooped up on those drugs it was awful, but they wanted you to rest you needed it"

"Where's Cassie is she okay?"

"She's been visiting everyday, she's just fine"

"That's good"

"I don't want to bombard you with questions because I know you're in a lot of pain, but I need to know what happened"

"We didn't know those people, it was random they just walked up to us, one of the guys put his hands on me so I hit back and then they jumped me, that's all I remember," I said wincing in pain with almost every word and also trying to sit up.

"Don't try to sit up too fast Billie, take it slow and also take some deep breaths, I'll get the nurse"

"Where's Eloise mom?"

"She's okay she's with your brother they're coming by in a bit with your father"

I nodded and let her leave to get the nurse to help me out, I also really had to pee. I slowly sat up little by little feeling pain mostly in my abdomen then most. I successfully sat up on my own and took some deep breaths. The nurse came in shortly after to help me out of this damn hospital bed and into the bathroom, my legs felt like noodles, but it wasn't impossible to walk, I've just been in that bed for so long.

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Cassie

I got to the hospital in hope to see Billie awake this time. I was in the gift shop buying some flowers for Billie when I ended up running into her brother, father, and another woman holding Eloise in her arms while they were signing in. Finneas saw me and approached me with a smile on his face, it was comforting since I haven't been able to since what happened.

"Hey we were just about to head up do you want to come with us?" Finneas said.

"Of course, I picked up some flowers for Billie have you heard anything?"

"She's awake, she's just in a lot of pain unfortunately but for the most of it she's okay"

"Oh thank God"

"I appreciate you being there for my sister, I just keep thinking about what if she was alone, you saved her life"

"Thanks Finneas"