Good Girlz in the Hood : The Chronicles of Ciara

Chapter 89 - Can't Believe

I remember being in an ambulance, hearing the sirens and noise from machines, and having my chest pounded.

I remember the flashing lights once we reached the hospital, the lighting strips on the ceiling flashed past as they rushed me into a room.

I had an oxygen mask over my face and could hear voices. One of them said, "she's lucky to be alive. The paramedics managed to restart her heart but I think we got her in the nick of time. "

I blacked out again after that.

The next time I came around, I was laying flat on my back. I still had an oxygen mask over my face and I had wires stuck to my chest, monitoring my heart beat.

The inside of my mouth wasvery dry, yet it felt raw and swollen. My lips felt swollen, too.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw a nurse standing over me.

It was still dark outside, so I assumed it was still night time.

"You're very lucky to be alive, missy. Your friends are outside waiting for you but the doctor wants to speak to you first." She left and came back in with a tall, slim white guy.

"Miss Clarke, do you know about the dangers of cocaine?"

When he asked me that, I didn't understand why he was talking to me about coke.

"Yes, I do but how is that relevant to me?" I asked.

The nurse and doctor looked at each other in a confused way, then looked back at me.

"You had enough cocaine in your system to keep you on a high for at least a month! Miss Clarke, this is a serious matter. You nearly died because you took a dangerous amount of drugs."

I sat up and tried to get out of the bed.

"Listen to me!" I screamed at him, "I do not take drugs. I do not do drugs, I am a mother, my child would have no-one if I died from taking drugs, I would never be stupid enough to take drugs! Someone must've drugged me somehow."

They looked at each other again.

"How would someone force you to snort cocaine without your knowledge?" She spoke quietly, as if she felt like I was in denial of my drug habit.

"I don't know! I was at home all day, then I went to a bar. I didn't touch any drugs at home, there wouldn't even be drugs in my house, and I certainly didn't do drugs while I was out."

"Well, it got into your system somehow, whether you want to admit it or not."

I shook my head and started crying, why didn't they believe me? I had never, ever touched cocaine in my life and even if Kel had some in the house, there's no way he would've given me it somehow.

This made no sense at all.

Jordaine and Tatiana walked in and sat on the bed.

"I called Kelvin off of your phone, he said he's on his way. I told him to bring you some clothes, too," Tatiana said, handing me my bag.

I was still wearing my dress but I stank, coz of the pee that had soaked into it.

This was so embarrassing.

"What happened, Ciara? Since when do you do coke?" Jordaine asked, staring at me.

I put my hand up to forehead and screamed quietly.

"I don't! I don't know what happened but someone must've drugged me, I don't know how and I don't know-" I spoke and then it hit me.

"It must've been the bartender" I said. He had taken ages to make my drink both timea and he seemed a little odd, very shifty.