Afraid • l.h

Chapter 34 • "Can we see her?"

Luke's POV

Lying on the floor in her own blood was my beautiful girlfriend Tilly. Before I knew it Michael was here and I had called an ambulance because I was scared for Tilly. We followed closely to the ambulance and arrive around the same time. Tilly was quickly taken off without us even seeing her.

Tilly laid unconscious in a hospital bed while I was sat worrying about her and mentally cursing at myself for not even thinking about the fact it was Father's Day. From experience of other friends I know how some people deal with these sorts of problems in their life and something told me that Tilly was in danger or pain.

"Excuse me, Sir?" The doctor approached me.

"Is she okay?" I asked.

"We're going to do some tests."

"Will she be okay?"

"We think so."

Oh god what have I done. Michael was in the chair next to me asleep and was clueless about everything. It was now two o'clock and I haven't been able to see Tilly once yet since we left the house which I suppose is a good and a bad thing. I leave Michael to sleep on the chair while I go and get a coffee.

"We get thousands like this each year on the same day." The woman behind the counter says.

"Excuse me."

"I'm just saying she'll be fine."

"Do I know you?"

"No but I do know that the girl in that room there she's gonna be fine."

"Um Thanks." I smile not really believing it.

When I return Michael is not in the chair and so I run towards the hospital room and open the door.

There was no sign of Michael that's for sure but guilt was definitely there.

"Sir you can't be in here yet." One of the doctors say.

That's when it broke me. To see Tilly like this was the most painful thing I had ever seen. The doctor eventually put me into a meeting type room and got Michael to come in with me.

"You've gotta stop blaming yourself." He says. "You wasn't to know."

"But I was."

"How?"

"It doesn't matter. I was to know that it was Father's Day and the possibility of Tilly being upset was high just like she was when she was at the beach that time."

"How do you know about the beach?"

"I was there."

"No you wasn't."

"Okay. Ashton told me."

"Oh."

"Michael?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm afraid. I don't think Tilly trusts me."