who framed me

chapter nine

There were so many things that I missed growing up without a dad in my life and I wanted to spend more time with him, but my dad told me he was leaving today. I didn't want him to leave for the first time in the space of 4 weeks my life was beginning to feel normal, well presides from being held responsible for my best friend death. I was just getting to know my dad also, as I hugged my dad for the finale time. My dad whispered in my ear words that I don't know what he meant by them.

"Keep your enemies close and your friends closer to you Annabel." My dad whispered in my ear as he pulled away.

As my dad got into the taxi I was watching from inside the hotel because the paparazzi were outside waiting to catch glimpse of me so I had to keep it all together for the camera's that were flashing at the window that I was stood at. I couldn't help but feel like I was being watched by someone as I stood at the table.

I arrived at my suite it was 9 in the morning and I hadn't slept yet so I entered the hotel room and closed the door behind me and I collapsed on the bed and my eyes shut as my face hit the pillow.

I was woken up by Giles banging on my door it was 6 pm at night and I rose from my slumber like a vampire and yes I described myself as a vampire. I'm not myself when I wake up but then again is anyone themselves when they wake up. So, I walked over to the door, I open the door and sigh deeply as Giles pushes past me and I shake my head at him and close the door and I sit down on my bed.

"What's wrong Giles." I ask as Giles sits down in a chair and gives me a look and I look at him blankly and blink my eyes.

"You have an interview with the investigator to do with your best friends' case and as your lawyer I'm going to be there." Giles stopped talking and sighed deeply. "The interview is 50 minutes and I tried to ring you but you weren't answering your phone." Giles added.

"I was sleeping Giles." I said calmly as I rose up and walked over to wardrobe and I grabbed some clothes and headed into the bathroom and I got changed in the bathroom.

"Make sure you look decent looking Amber." Giles said with a chuckle and I rolled my eyes and stepped out of the bathroom.

I had a grey pencil skirt on that came to the knees and I had a white shirt tucked into the skirt with a grey blazer over the white shirt and my hair was neatly tied up in a ponytail and I slipped my black kitten heels on with clear tights on already on and I looked at Giles who was astonished that I could look decent enough and I shook my head at him.

"I'm ready." I said as I put on a brave face by this point we were already in the elevator heading down to the main lobby. I was nervous and tense and what I needed right now was my dad but he was already on his way to somewhere else and I had Giles next to me as the doors opened and we walked through the lobby I could see glimpses of lights flashing from outside the hotel.

I gave Giles a look as the doors were opened to the outside world, and I held my head down. There was a mixture of emotions going through me I couldn't put it down to one thing because there were three emotions nerves and anxious and a little a bit of guilt which is something I'd not felt in a while and I could hear the paparazzi trying to get my attention.

"Amber." One of the paparazzi shouted at me as I got into the car with Giles and I sighed deeply.

"Your doing amazing Amber." Giles said as I took a deep breath before getting into the car.

I got into the car and sighed deeply as my thoughts were all over the place was I deceiving myself that some part of me didn't want to kill Elise. I mean I've only just found out she was sleeping with my dad and her older sister charlotte was in Paris. There was something I couldn't shake if I'd known Elise was seeing my dad before he flew over here to see me for the first time in a long time.

I felt like everything was speeding past me and the interview went really quickly well it felt like that. I got back into my hotel room, slid off the skirt off and pulled my heels off and I fell on my bed and I closed my eyes and fell to sleep.

The next day I awoke to the sound of Giles banging on my door and I groaned and stood up from my bed nearly falling over on my way to the door and I was rubbing my eyes when I opened the door.

"Can I help you Giles." I said as Giles stormed into the hotel room and he had a nasty frown on his face and I closed the door and turned around to him.

"What is this?" Giles said as he pushes a newspaper article in my face and I grab the newspaper and read the article.

My eyes widen in shock as the article was with my dad and he sold a story to the press about how I killed our neighbours' dog when I was nine years old which wasn't true at all but still. My own dad was selling stories about me the newspapers. There were so many questions rushing around in my head then the room started to spin around me.

"Giles I can't see properly." I said panicky.

Giles rushed over to me as I fell on the bed and started to have fits and I blacked out...The next thing I'm waking up in a hospital bed and I'm slowly coming to when I hear Giles and Matt's voice in the room.

"Water." I said quietly and breathlessness.

Mathew rushed over to me with a glass of water, I drank the water and tried to sit up.

"Amber you're in the hospital you collapsed from exhaustion and dealing with a loss Elise." Giles said as I was still drinking my cup of water.

I looked around the white empty room, I could hear birds twirping in the trees and I hear a monitor beeping and monitoring my heart rate as I looked around the room to see Mathew and Giles staring at me. I didn't know how I got here or where I was.

"How did I get here?" I asked as both Giles and Mathew looked at each other. I bet they were trying to guess who would tell me how I got here and what happened to me.

"You collapsed Amber." A dark-haired tall male doctor came into the room, and he spoke with gentle voice as he set his clipboard down and he looked at me with his brown chocolate eyes like he was studying me.

Another doctor came into the room. This time the doctor was a woman who looked like she was in charge of the hospital she had blonde hair and green eyes.

"Your safe Amber. You're at the hospital." The female doctor said as I nodded my head.

I nodded my head, but I couldn't remember what happened to me, everything was blur. Giles and Mathew were talking to me, but I couldn't hear them at all. I was in hospital for a couple of weeks or what seemed like that...I lost count of the days. I didn't know what was going on outside of the hospital for all I know we could've ended up in a zombie apocalypse or the world is ending. I didn't know what was going on outside my room in the hospital. I mean it's not like Giles or Mathew told me what was going on outside the hospital.

"Is everything okay Giles." I asked Giles on the day it was Giles turn to spend time with me after Mathew had been here for 3 weeks while I was in a coma and Giles told Mathew to go and sleep and shower and eat something.

"Everything is fine Amber...How are you feeling today?" Giles asked changing the subject like he normally does when I ask him something recently.

It's like they are stalling to tell me something maybe they've figured out who killed Elisa. I chuckled to myself that would be the end of the world if Mathew and Giles worked together on trying to find out who killed Elisa.

Giles looked at me strangely like I was going mad because he hadn't said anything funny in the three minutes since we last spoke to each other which in all fairness was his fault because he's not much of a conversationalist as Giles makes himself out to be.

"When can I leave this place?" I asked as both Mathew and Giles looked at each other and I rolled my eyes as I rose out of the bed but the minute my feet hit the floor. My knees started to giveaway and I felt like I was paralysed and I fell to the floor like the ground wanted to swallow me up.