Legacy

Chapter 56

A/N - So sorry for update so late after just setting schedule. I wrote this chapter once and hated it so spent the last couple of days coming up with ideas on what to do instead. I am still not fully sure but came up with this instead. Of there are any ideas from anyone on who they want to see more of and from who's view I'm willing to add those ideas in. I do try and add anyone's idea in when writing cause love to know what you want to see. And I will try and fit it in my timeline.

The doctor had done his job the previous night and left. Since Addy has remained asleep and got the best night she had since this whole thing started. And so did Stacie. It may haven't been the most consistent as she would be woken up to check on Addy who had remained fast asleep. She managed to sleep for longer periods and for a longer time, which was much needed for everyone.

At 7 in the morning their mom walked into Stacie's room and cleared her throat, causing Stacie to open her eyes.

"I'm going to work and call me immediately if anything drastic happens. The others have gone to school and I have contacted the school about you two being off for the rest of the week. They will send over the work you're missing. I expect both of you to complete it, I will be wanting to see it. I will be home tonight, understood?" Their mother finished calmer than what Stacie thinks she ever has been.

"I understand mother." Stacie nods half asleep.

"Good." She leaves and Stacie lays back down. She looks towards her sister who is still covered in sweat but is a lot less than it was, the antibiotics must be working. It was soon that she would have to be woken to take more tablets. But right now she was asleep and Stacie didn't want to disturb that. She lay on her side and stroked Addy's hair out of her face.

Addy started to stir and Stacie rested her head on the pillow next to her head.

"How you feeling squirt?" Stacie asked as Addy starts to open her eyes.

"Hurts. Tired." Addy sleepily says.

"Feeling better than yesterday?" Addy just nodded in response and buried her head in the pillow moving the blanket up over her head more.

"You should take the medicine about now and then you can go back to sleep if you want." Again she nods still asleep or at least pretending to be. Stacie gets up and leaves the room to grab a drink of water and the tablets. Addy sits up weakly to take the drink before laying straight back down.

Silence starts to get comfortable as Stacie thinks Addy has fallen asleep, when a voice beside her speaks.

"I'm sorry. For being a dick." Stacie sighs.

"It's okay."

"No. no it's not." Stacie pauses and thinks.

"It's not something we need to discuss now."

"I was scared. I know it's not a decent excuse but I was scared. I am." Addy keeps her eyes closed while she is talking. She doesn't want to see Stacie reaction and she is so tired and her eyes so heavy she doesn't want to talk very much.

"Scared of what?"

"What do you think?" Stacie didn't need her to say it out loud. She knew the thing her sister was scared of, their mother. Again the silence spoke louder than any words could. Stacie had nothing to make her feel better. Because she was scared too.

"You don't have to be, it's okay. Like I said before you went crazy. We will help with school."

"It's not just that." Addy opened her eyes. She only prayed it could be as easy as getting help and suddenly getting better.

"I'm scared all the time. To say the wrong thing. Look the wrong way. Breathe at the wrong time. And it's not just when she is here. It's all the time. At home or school or if we just go out. I'm scared that she will find out and then I will get in trouble and she will hurt me or worse you guys. I don't know how long I can do this for? How long can I hold my breath for?" Addy says with a straight face. Addy couldn't remember the last time her heart was beating normally and not at a rapid pace.

"It's all going to be okay." Stacie said reaching out and putting her hand on Addy's arm.

"Bullshit." Addy murmured before winching and turning over, to face the other. Stacie couldn't tell her off for something that was true. She was right; she had no way of knowing how long this would last. How long till they can escape from this hell?

"You have no idea. You don't know that she will let you go to college without making you come back and put you through the same hell?" Addy was tired of this and everything else.

"I know I'm scared too. But I don't know how to stay together and get help. I can't do any of this without you."

"You could try. Try and then if it doesn't work we end up back where we started." Addy said. Stacie thinks the reason this is all coming up is because Addy is on strong medication and everything has been taken out of her from the last couple of days. Stacie wishes that hearing this made her decision any clearer. But it was still just as foggy and full of pros and cons she didn't know what to do.

"I don't know."

"Neither do I."

The room once again fell to silence but this time Addy went back to sleep. Stacie however couldn't as much as she tried and tossed and turned and she found herself staring at the ceiling thinking of what she could do. Was there anyone out there who would believe her? Anyone that would try and keep four teenage girls together? She doubted it. But Addy was right. It was tiring and scary doing this all the time. And she didn't know how long she could keep it like this.