The Unhidden

Chapter 15

"..." I start to cry Harold tries to hold me but I refuse "you knew! You knew this whole time and just now told me!"
"No Caroliena, I didn't we just got a call. Justin is our number one suspect, he wasn't there to apprehend, he fled. We don't know when. Caroliena I swear I just found out today. They want me to come in and work overtime. I have to go, I wanted to tell you before I went in."
"Can I go and see her?"
"Carr I don't think that's a good idea. Lauren in a coma she won't wake up soon. They want tests, and a lot of them. The doctors said no visiters whatsoever."
"Not even family?"
"None."
I cry harder and Harold takes me back to his room. I don't resist all I do is lean on his chest. We get to his room and I scream as loud as I can. When I finish I hold on to Harold and sob.
"Harry I don't know what to do now."
"I know you don't, but look. It'll be ok. I can't tell you that your sister will be ok because I don't really know. But I can tell you to have faith. Carr I know even though you and Lauren fight, I do know you care a lot about each other. I know you don't want anything to happen to her, but you do have to prepare if anything does."
"I know but I don't want to lose someone that shares mom and dads DNA. It's just not fair. Mom, dad, Lauren and I, when Lauren and I was younger we planned this vacation to Europe. Like we all planned it and everything but we never went. My mom gotten sick and it was bad."
"Carr you can still go. If Lauren can't ask Mikey or me I'll go."
"Really?"
"Yea we can both visit France together, England, Greece, anywhere you want, we'll go. It'll be fun."
"I'd love that" I start to smile. We both hear a knock at the front door and go down to see who it is. Since we're here alone, Harold walks in front of me, protecting me.
"Where is she!?" I hear Justin's voice through the door and I immediately get scared "Caroliena! Let's go."
I whisper to Harold "that's him." He sees the fear in my eyes and rushes me back up the stairs, puts me in his closet and hands me his phone and dads knife.
"Listen, Carr when I leave lock this door ok. If I don't come back up in five minutes call my dad. Don't open this door, I have a key" We hear a bang and yelling "lock it now!" I do and he leaves. I start shaking, I go to the back of the closet and call Chad.
He answers "hello Harold?"
I whisper "no its Carr and Justin's here I'm scared. Harry went after him."
"Carr, where are you I'm sending a team there with me." I hear the bedroom door open and I go silent "Carr are you ok?" I don't answer "Carr!?" I still don't answer. The closet door knob shakes. "Caroliena I know you're here, we have to go."
"Carr press a button if you can't talk" I press a number shakily.
"Caroliena we have to go open this damn door" the door shakes.
"Don't open that door we're in the front."
"Caroliena, Lauren is hurt she fell down the stairs."
I continue to be scared and shake violently, I start to tear up. Justin is still at the door, next thing I know is that the door bursts open and I see Justin's face, I scream so loud and drop the phone, and knife. Justin picks me up and carries me to the front door, I look for Harry and don't see him "where's Harry?"
He must've opened the door to see police everywhere. He throws me down and slams the door "you. Little. Slut. You. Called. The. Cops." He hits me between every word. I cry more.
"Open the door and walk out with your hands in the air Justin!" We hear over the megaphone. "We have the house surrounded." Justin goes in his back pocket and pulls out a gun. My eyes get so wide. He pushes me out in front of him. "Walk!" He opens the door for me and holds my shoulder tight as if saying run and die. I comply. Tears are now running down my face. I look around for Harold but I can't find him. I hope he's alive. I can't say goodbye to him.
"Justin let her go and we can talk."
He doesn't listen "Justin Bright let her go."
"No" he puts the gun to my head "I want to talk to my sister away alone. That's it."
"Put the gun away and put your hands in the air. Let her go and the boy."
"You mean the tall boy on the floor bleeding from his gut."
"No!!! Harry" I lose it and fight against Justin. He shoots me in the foot and I scream.
"Let her go. Or we'll be forced to shoot."
"No" Justin grabs my hair and uses me as a shield. My foot hurts so much and I hear a shot ring then blood all around me. I scream and fall to the ground crying. Chad runs to me "go to Harry" I tell him and he runs in the house. I look at Justin's gun and then his body. I feel releaved that he's dead. Wilkins police chief William walks over to me.
"I want to shoot him so many times for hurting me so many times, for hurting my sister, for maybe setting that fire that killed my parents; but the odd thing is that I don't. I hate him and wished that he died so many times at the hands of me. But the truth is that I forgive him. He hurt so many people who mean the world to me but I would never do the things to me and Lauren that he has done to me."
"That's good that you forgive him but it takes time to heal all wounds, remember that."
He helps me into the ambulance and I lay on the bed. They take over and it's finally over.