Angel Wings {2}

Chapter 27

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After usual visitation hours, only one person could stay in Gemma's hospital room.

Evanee couldn't stand an entire night of the steady beats of a monitor or seeing her aunt in such a state. She insisted that Drew stay with her, which he greatly appreciated. She'd be staying at Gemma's house.

The drive there was reminiscent. Evanee was even further buried in the constant dread that she felt when she passed her old high school. They hadn't made any new renovations so it looked exactly how it had when she had come there as a freshman.

Evanee had also passed the ice skating rink from New Year's Day so many years ago. It was no longer lit up and she was sad to see that it was shutting down. Her drive also showed the park she and David had hung out at when they were younger. A small smile crossed her lips to see the swings were still intact, lit up by the dim streetlight.

How much she wished that those times were still here. Even if it wasn't perfect, being a teenager again was a better option than being here as an adult.

She finally pulled into the driveway and stared at the house. It didn't look that different. Gemma had put up a few new decorations by the door, but other than that, it was still home.

With the keys that Drew gave her, she opened the front door. Gemma hadn't changed it. She didn't change the color of the walls, the piano, the bean bags. Everything was still here. Evanee locked the door and brought her bags upstairs, into her old bedroom.

Though, it wasn't exactly hers. It was a guest bedroom now. Gemma had kept the white painted walls, but had replaced her bed with something smaller and instead of her desk against the wall, there was a white cabinet. It was empty when she checked it, so she unpacked all of her clothing and other belongings into there.

Before she did anything else, she called her boss, informing her of Evanee's latest whereabouts. The head nurse was very kind so she sent her deepest gratitude and would find someone to cover for Evanee.

She had no other texts or calls and truthfully, she didn't want to talk to anyone right now. The young woman was too busy wallowing in sadness.

She abandoned her aunt when she went to college. She abandoned her aunt when she tried to kill herself. She abandoned her aunt when she moved to LA and rarely talked to her.

After all these years of Gemma taking care of her and loving her, Evanee repaid her by abandoning her.

It was safe to say she hated herself right now. She despised everything she had done in the past few months and wished that she could have spent more time with Gemma.

In a single second, Evanee's fist collided with the wall. All the sadness she felt had converted into anger and that anger was solely directed towards herself.

Thankfully her hand wasn't bleeding, but there was a dent in the wall and she had a barely noticeable bruise on her knuckles. It would most likely become a lot more visible later on.

Gemma would've been a ball of fiery rage right now if she had walked in, but there was no chance of that happening. Evanee wished for that to happen.