A Little Bit Stronger

Chapter Sixteen

   When I awoke I was alone in the same hospital bed I woke up in the day before. I had gotten used to being alone from the past few years of my life but this was a completely different type of torture. My whole life it was my choice to be alone, but now, all I really wanted was for someone to hold me and tell me everything was going  to be okay. I still had no idea what was going to happen to me now. No one tells teenagers anything. Maybe they would send me  to one of those homes that kids with broken families stay in, or put me in foster care, or make me live alone with Martin. The last option was the worst of all.

     It was Sunday. That much I knew. I had to go to school tomorrow or someone would know there was something going on. After what felt like an eternity, Melody came in and said she needed to talk to me. Her warm smile from the night before had returned now that she had gotten some sleep. She was cheery and ready to take on whatever was coming her way.

     "Good morning, Lacey" She said quietly. I groaned in response. I didn't feel like talking, but I also didn't feel like spending anymore time in this stupid hospital. 

     "When can I go home?" I asked finally. "I have school tomorrow, I have to go back."

     " Sometime today, Hun. The doctors cleared you to leave. We just have to set a time" Melody told me with a small smile.

     "What about my mom?" That made her smile disappear.

     "Well, she's gonna have to stay for a few more days. To be frank, I don't know when she will be getting home. What's important is that you get to go home." She laid a hand on my arm in a weak attempt to be comforting.  

     I didn't want to think about my mom. She had nothing to offer me anymore. She could rot in here for all I cared at this point. I had to focus on me now. I had to go to school and get out of her house. I hated her. It was time for me to move on from the delusion that my mother gave a shit about me. I had to get away.