Shatter Me (Editing & updating)

Chapter 3: Need Me

Can I be, was I there

Felt so crystal in the air

I still want to drown whenever you leave

Please teach me gently, how to breathe

"My client, Evony Preston Scott, declines your deal" my dad/lawyer says, "look, we can avoid all of this if she would just tell us where the bodies are" the detective says, "my client has no clue as to the whereabouts of any bodies" my dad says. "Come on, we're going home" he tells me, he helps me up, and we walk to his truck, "where are the bodies, Evie?" he asks me, "seriously, you too, dad? I don't know!" I say, "okay, let's go home" he says opening my door for me, I get in and put my seatbelt on.

I fall asleep and when I wake up I'm in my bed, everything is the same as it was when I was 12, except the bed is bigger. I go to my window and look outside, it's morning and the female detective from yesterday is outside in a police car, she looks directly at me, I sigh and go downstairs, the room smells like pancakes, I can't even remember the last time I had pancakes. I put a few on a plate and take them outside to the detective, "hey" she says, "hey" I say handing her the pancakes, "my mom says you've been here all night" I say, "I figured you should eat something", "can I come inside?" she asks smiling, "if you must" I say trying not to laugh. My mom looks at me like I'm insane for inviting her inside our home, "what are you doing?" she whispers to me, "Hi, Kelly Dunn" she says shaking my dads hand, "Jake Scott, Evie's dad" he says, "Rebecca Scott, Evie's mom" my mom says folding her arms, "can I talk to Evie, alone?" Kelly asks, "sure, you two can go upstairs to her room" dad says, "can I take the plate?" she asks, "of course, I bring food up there all the time" I say smiling.

As soon as we get to my room she says "I watched the interrogation", "all of it?" I say sitting on my bed and I just stare at the floor, "all of it" she says, "oh" I say, she sits next to me, "what are you going to name her?" she asks almost touching my stomach, but stopping and moving away, "Alessa" I say, trying not to cry, "how many did you have?" she asks, "two, before this one" I say, "what happened?" she asks, holding my hand, "they were twins, I could barely tell them apart" I laughed, she wiped the tears from my cheek, "on their 2nd birthday, Matt went into a rage, he said he couldn't have daughters, but he never said why, I know why now.. that's why I never told him the gender" I say, she rubs my back, "he put them in the car, said he was taking them to get pizza and cake for their birthday, they never came home" I said, "I asked him where they were, he wouldn't tell me, he kept walking away, but he had mud and dirt all over him, so I knew, I screamed and hit him over and over and over, and then cried until I passed out" I sighed, "when I woke up I called their names, but I didn't hear them laugh like I did every morning, that's when I really knew what he'd done to our babies, he'd murdered them" I said crying and shaking, she hugged me, "did you help him bury those girls?" she asked, "no" I said simply, "then why wouldn't you just say that?" she asked, "because, they would've asked about Lily and Hannah, my parents don't even know yet" I said, "I'm so sorry" she said, I just looked at her, "I deserve it" I said, "it might feel like it's your fault, or that you didn't do enough, but it's not your fault, Evie" she says, "how can you say that? He killed my babies and I did nothing to stop him!" I screamed, "you didn't know what he was going to do" she says, "that's not true" I say, "what do you mean?" she asks, "I knew what he was capable of after he killed our daughters, I didn't stop him from hurting those other girls" I said crying, "he could've hurt you, too" she said hugging me again, "he has hurt me, he may not have hit me or anything like that, but he killed our girls, and that hurts" I say, "I know.." she says, rubbing my back.

"I have to go" she says, "please don't.." I say, "I can't stay" she says hugging me again, "oh....." I whisper, "I'll come back tomorrow, if you want" she says smiling, "okay" I smile back. She goes out to her car, she looks up at me, smiles and waves, I smile and wave back. "You have to eat something" my mom says setting a plate of eggs and bacon in front of me, the smell makes me gag, "I'm not hungry" I say laying down, I hug my pillow, "go away" I say handing her the plate, "you haven't eaten in 2 days, eat" she says, "no, I said I'm not hungry" I say turning over, "if you don't eat I'm not letting that woman back in this house" she says, I shrug, "you don't have to let her in, I'll go outside" I say smirking a little, and then stopping because Matt did that, she curses under her breath and then starts walking out, "got damn stubborn brat" she whispers, "I heard that" I say throwing a pillow at her as she leaves, it hits her in the butt, I laugh and then she does, too, "are you going to eat later?" she asks throwing the pillow back onto the bed, "if I'm hungry, I will" I say shrugging, "ugh" she says walking away.