Ohani Franklin
Ohani grabbed her bunny and held her up as she smiled. Ohani pulled her back down and ohanis smile dropped.
"Sit." Ohani spoke and the bunny glanced at her before hopping away. She sighed. "Ok nap Time." She spoke and picked the bunny up. She walked to the cage and slipped him inside.
She shut and locked it before shutting her door but leaving it cracked.
She slid her sleeve up and grabbed some scissors. She sighed bringing the blade up to her neck. It was such a weird spot to cut but it always made her feel a little better.
She pressed the blade down a bit hard and the scab from the cut she left there peeled open causing blood to fall.
She lowered the blade and tossed it in her drawer. Blood began to cover her shirt top part.
She looked at the cuts on her arm and dug her finger deep into one. She winced a little and then bit her lip.
Ohani watched as the red thick blood oozed out of her skin. She had cut too deep and it actually wouldn't stop bleeding but she would pass out before she told her parents.
She sometimes cut by her neck because it made all anger leave and it hurt the most. Nobody usually noticed because her neck was usually covered.
She was actually starting to feel lightheaded and she felt her consciousness slowly leaving her body. Before it went completely away she managed to scream as loud as she could in the moment but even she knew it wasn't loud enough. She didn't have enough strength.
Ohani laid on her bed passed out as time went by. As the sun set her room door was opened by knigt. He seen her and walked over. He sniffed her for a few seconds and then barked at her body.
He barked continuously until it drew mahzis attention. "The hell you on about..."
He seen his daughter and walked over. "Ohani get...get up." He paused seeing how awkward she looked.
That's when he seen the blood running down her neck and more running down her arm.
The dog continued to bark as he panicked. "DESTINY." he shouted. He rushed out of the room and to grab his phone. He quickly dialed 911 as his wife made her way to him.
"What's wrong?"
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Ohani looked around the room and realized she was in bed. She furrowed her eyebrows. Her parents surrounded her and paramedics as well.
She felt stinging on her arm and she looked down. It all closed her memory at once. She realized her arm was now wrapped and the paramedic began speaking.
"Hi I'm John and I'm here to help you. Can you tell me your name?" He asked. "Ohani." She spoke dryly.
"And what about your state? Where do you live?" He asked. "California. Beverly hills." She explained.
"Good." He nodded. "Age?" He questioned. "16." She replied.
"Okay. Good good. How many fingers am I holding up?" He questioned. "5."
He nodded his head. "Just making sure you didn't loose any blood to your brain. Do you know what happened?" He asked.
"Mm...I passed out?" She questioned. "Yes." He nodded gathering his things.
"She should be fine but if any symptoms of brain damage start to show do give us a call. These signs can include loss of coordination, problems with speaking or processing what other say and confusion." He explained.
"I would suggest getting her into therapy because these wounds look self inflicted and in other words , they are a result of either a suicide attempt or just non suicidal self harm." He explained.
Her mother slowly nodded. "Thank you man." Her father began to walk the paramedic out as Ohani stared towards the window.
"Ohani look at me." Her mother spoke.
Ohani looked at her mother with a unreadable expression. "Have you been hurting yourself?" She questioned.
"No." Ohani lied as if her mother didn't have cold hard proof. "Then how did this happen Ohani?" She sat down on her bed.
"Um...i-i don't know." She shrugged.
Mahzi came back upstairs and shut the bedroom door.
"So you wanna take yo life ohani? HUH? Cuz I worked so hard to provide for you and give you the life you want. I'll spend my last dime on you and your siblings and you know that. I'll die to save y'all. I'm a great father to you. I'm trying Ohani. I take you on dates every week , I spend time with you , I listen to you. What is it? What is it that I'm not doing? Cuz i-" she cut him off seeing how upset he got.
He almost looked like he would cry so she cut him off before he could. "Daddy it's not you. You are really good to me. You and mama. It's no one , but me. That's why I need a counselor. There's something wrong with ME." She explained.
Destiny and Mahzi shared a look. "You know that shit is genetic right?" Mahzi mugged looking at destiny.
Destiny furrowed her eyebrows. "You done gave that shit to my daughter destiny." He shouted as he walked towards the door.
He walked out of the room and destiny was so upset by what he just said but she focused on her daughter.
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