Give Me Your Love

Interrogation

We go into a room and we also find two policemen, a man and a woman, I try to stay calm and take deep breaths, I sit down and put my bag down

Policewoman: listen Grace, where were you around 6:30 in the morning?
Grace: at my house taking a shower
Policewoman: was anyone in your family already out of the house at that time?
Grace: no one, me, my mom and my brother were all inside
Policewoman: ok

My hands start shaking and tears fall by themselves, I start to feel pain in my legs and I try to look at a random spot, they get up to help me immediately and the policewoman asks for some medicine for me, while the other one tries to do something holding my hands

Policeman: look me in the eyes

I do as he asks and I start to shake all over, he helps me take a pill and then he drinks the water in small sips, an hour passes and let's say I calm down, I'm left with a policeman and the woman is outside talking to a doctor

Policeman: is this the first time you find yourself in a situation like this?
Grace: yes
Policeman: I already understood... I'm Sam, in addition to being a policeman I'm also a psychologist

Grace: oh, ok
Sam: how do you feel now Grace?
Grace: calm down, I think, but I'm not used to strong emotions
Sam: like?
Grace: when I get angry, after a while, let's say I calm down, I go and throw up or I pass out
Sam: do you feel weak
Grace: yes, but when I have panic attacks they calm me down by taking pills or I end up straight in the hospital
Sam: I'm sorry
Grace: unfortunately this is life and unfortunately I have to say that I've gotten used to going into this place, but not for the same reason as today
Sam: sure. Would you like to go past your friend's room?
Grace: yes

We leave the room and pass in front of Anthony's, I look at him and see the doctor, they let me in and I'm left alone with him

Anthony: Grace
Grace: hey, how do you feel?
Anthony: light as a feather
Grace: I guess

I start to hold back the tears but I can't, so they fall by themselves

Anthony: were you scared?
Grace: yes, I was scared that you would die?
Anthony: how cute you are

I start to smile and in the meantime I let myself go in silence, I take a handkerchief and dry my face

Anthony: why didn't you go to school?
Grace: if it had happened the other way around, so I would be the one on the bed, would you have gone to school?
Anthony: no
Grace: huh
Anthony: you're right
Grace: did you cut yourself anyway?
Anthony: no, some guy tried to kill me
Grace: I swear that if I catch the asshole I'll kill him with my own hands
Anthony: would you really do something like that for a person who hates you?
Grace: even people who hate each other get along, rarely

We laugh and then I continue to cry, he holds my hand and I look into his eyes

Anthony: I'm here now, you don't have to worry
Grace: is it a problem if I come back tomorrow?
Anthony: but you're skipping school again, and I don't think your mother will let you
Grace: just in case I'll try to convince her
Anthony: anyway about the book, bring the second one
Grace: are you sure?
Anthony: yes, in the meantime my mother should be here soon

A beautiful woman comes in and approaches Anthony giving him a kiss on the forehead

Anna: hi, I'm Anthony's mother, Anna
Grace: Grace
Anna: are you okay?
Grace: yes, thanks for the thought
Anna: you're welcome

I take the book from my backpack and then I go over to him, we say goodbye with a handshake and I leave the room with tears on my face, his mother comes to hug me and wipes the tears from my face

Anna: thank you for saving my son
Grace: you're welcome
Anna: please call me informally... Get over it too, darling
Grace: thank you so much

I turn to Sam and notice that he was watching us with a lighter in his hand, I go over and he looks at me

Sam: do you need a ride home?
Grace: if you don't mind, yes
Sam: the bike that's downstairs is yours, right?
Grace: yes
Sam: ok...