"why did you take me in?" el couldn't help but ask, "if you hated me so fucking much then WHY!?"
"you will never ever understand," her mother said as el inhaled a shaky breath and turned them around.
el squeezed her throat tightly and screamed as she felt her blood boil, "DONT FUCKING LIE TO ME AGAIN!"
"BECAUSE YOUR GRANDFATHER LOVED YOU! HE LOVED YOU AND YOU WERE GOING TO RUIN EVERYTHING!" her mother screamed into her face as el stared at her.
el stirred and turned on the sheets, the heartbeat monitor racing and beeping loudly as eli rushed to call the nurses in.
she flipped around ten pages before her certificate even came up and of course, no photos followed.
"what a bitch," she whispered to herself as she turned the file sideways and read through her own certificate.
and her eyes slowly widened and it dropped to the floor.
eleanor ives.
mother; becky ives.
father; n/a
date of birth; february 19, 2003
time of birth; 6:37pm
eli brenner.
mother; terry ives.
father; martin brenner
date of birth; february 19, 2003
time of birth; 5:59pm
el shot awake, her heart racing as she turned and quickly grasped onto eli's arm. her chest heaved and he quickly went to shush and hold her.
"mike, i need mike," she choked out then winced at the wound in her abdomen.
"okay, okay," he nodded just as the door opened and the nurses came in.
"oh god," she breathed out as eli stood and looked out the door and called mike in.
"hey, dove," he smiled and el noticed the dry tears stained on his face.
"i remember," she quickly said as the nurses checked her, "mike, i remember."
his eyebrows furrowed as she leaned back against the pillow and winced as the nurse touched her.
"fuckin' quit it," el grumbled as mike watched her.
"you remember?" he asked in the quietest tone. "all of it?"
she nodded and he slowly smiled, "let's talk about it later, you're hurt now." he held her hand as she took a deep breath.
"um, your friend is outside," eli spoke up, "she's refusing to talk to the police without speaking to you. can i... can i let her in or is she on a no no list..?"
"please," el said, "let her in."
eli nodded and went to the door to call max in. max quickly rushed in and el gave the nurses a glare which made eli gently tell them to leave.
"i fucking hate the police," max grumbled, "they're like do i have anything to hide and i'm like—"
"what'd you say?" el quickly asked.
"i said because you are my best friend and you love your parents no matter what you do, you'll protect them. which is why i'm not talking because you wanna protect them. i'm sorry, i didn't know what to say i just—"
