Love Will Tell 2 ✔ (Wattys2017)

Part 7

Riley walks downstairs, trying to be quiet as its 1030 at night. She walks through the dining room and into the kitchen. She goes through the fridge pulling orange juice, and left over Chicken Cordon bleu that Mary put aside for her earlier in the night. She puts the chicken on a plate and in the microwave and pours herself a glass of juice. When the microwave beeps the kitchen doors open, jace walks in then stops, noticing Riley. Riley grabs a fork and knife before grabbing her plate and drink. She walks around him, not saying a word, and takes a seat at the table. After a few minutes Jace exits the kitchen, glass in hand. He heads to the stairs but stops and turns to Riley. "Do they haunt you too?" Jace asks. "The memoris.."

Riley sets down her fork and knife, letting her head hang low. "All the time.." Her voice cracks. "No matter where i go. The hospital, Rome, Paris, to mo's, everywhere." Riley gets up from her seat. "I just want them to go away." She runs up to the bathroom on the her floor and locks the door. She turns the shower on, takes off her bandages, and sits on the shower floor, fully clothed, not wanting to be so exsposed. She her her tears mix with the shower water she pulls her knees to her chest.