Summertime Sadness

9. Air Back to Lungs

Songlist: Gods and Monsters - Lana del Rey, Last Dance - Dua Lipa. 🎶

June 22nd 1966, Beverly Hills.

''Yes Hello..?'' Richard answered his house phone.

''Richard! it's me, Jaime, I need you to call for an ambulance right away, it's Lana... my friend, she's got a deep cut in her head and I already cleaned it and put a bandage on it but the bleeding won't stop and she is very weak, please! I need your help Rich!'' Jaime said with a shaky and desperate voice.

''Jaime, calm down, everything is going to be fine, I'll call for an ambulance right away, where are you?!''

''6011 Wilshire boulevard in Beverly Hills, please hurry!''

''I'll be there in a few minutes, keep putting pressure on the bandage.''

Jaime hanged up the phone and turned to Lana. She kept pressuring the bandage that was slowly staining with blood while grabbing her hand. The singer felt unconscious again and her chest was rising and fallin slowly from her weak breathing.

"Lana, please babe hold on, the ambulance is coming and you're going to get so much better, please stay strong... I need you here with me."

It took about 25 minutes for the ambulance to get to the mansion and the paramedics to get Lana inside the vehicle. Richard came along with them and took Jaime's car to follow the ambulance to the hospital, taking with them all of Lana's belongings to make sure she wouldn't have to go back to Jim's Mansion.

The adrenaline Jaime felt from what just happened was making her breathing erratic, so Richard tried calming her down as they approached a red light on the boulevard following the ambulance.

''Darling she's going to be okay, the paramedics are already taking care of her as we drive to the hospital. Have faith.'' Richard said rubbing Jaime's hand to comfort her.

Jaime just nodded trying to make sense of the whole situation.

''What exactly happened?'' Richard asked worried.

Thats when Jaime's eyes slowly filled with tears again.
''I... am not really sure... Lana asked me for a ride a few hours ago, she was going to leave her boyfriend. But when I got to the mansion, I found her unconscious on the floor, the mirror in the wall was cracked and the shards were everywhere. Thats when I saw the cut in her head and I just...'' Jaime sobbed.

''Oh darling... please don't be afraid, the worst is over and she will be good in no time.'' Richard said and hugged her tight before the light turned green again.

Once they got the hospital Lana was sent to the emergency room immediately, Jaime and Richard followed up to the E.R. waiting room and waited for what Jaime felt like the longest hour of her life. After that, Jaime noticed the nurses taking Lana's bed and moving it out of her room.

''Wait, where are you taking her?'' Jaime asked agitated walking towards the nurses.

A doctor approached her.
"Hello, you must be Miss Grant's friend. We need to make sure she doesn't have any sort of brain damage, the cut she has on her head looks very deep. She might need to be in observation for a couple of days just to discard that possibility.

"Okay, I'm going with her." Jaime said taking a step forward. The doctor stopped her.

"I'm sorry Miss...?"

''King.'' Jaime said impatiently.

I'm sorry Miss King, but no one is allowed inside observation, only family members are welcomed to stay in the waiting room.