Bye, I Guess... (Sequel and Third Book Included!)

Trienta-Dos

Charlie's POV

We all woke up to the sound of the door creaking open. Two sleeves of ritz crackers were thrown into the room, along with a two liter bottle of water. We all crawled over to the food and we were about to dig in when I thought of a logical way to make sure the portions are fair.

"Hey guys! Why don't we split the sleeve into sevenths so we each get the same amount?" I suggested.

"Good idea!" Skai said.

So we each got six crackers, then put four back so we would end up having two for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Once we were done with breakfast, Annie started to put the sling on Allie when Allie stopped her.

"Don't put the sling on me yet! Daddy usually comes a little bit after breakfast," She said.

"Oh. Well, let's play a game then," Annie said.

"Yeah. What do you usually do?" Ginger asked Allie.

"I try to remember my bedtime stories mommy used to tell me, or I make up my own stories," Allie said.

"That's an idea! Let's play the game where we sit in a circle and each say a sentence and create a story that way," Annie said.

"Yay!" Allie said.

We moved into a circle, Allie sitting on Annie's lap, and then Hayley started.

"Once upon a time, there was a cat named Bird."

"And bird loved to play with birds."

"He even acted like a bird."

"He ate worms, built a nest, and tried to fly."

"One day, the other cats in the forest talked to Bird."

"'You are not a bird! You must act like a cat.' They said."

"'But I want to be a bird!' Bird said."

"Then-"

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU TO STOP TALKING YESTERDAY, DO I HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN?!" The man came into the room, interrupting the game.

When my stress level raises too quickly, I black out. I didn't know what happened after that, but once my senses came back, the door slammed shut, and Ginger was laying on her side near the wall, crying in pain.

Annie's POV

After the incident happened, I took care of Allie and the others tended to Ginger, who was surprisingly crying more than Allie was. I put the sling around Allie again.

"Annie, when will daddy stop?" She asked, her little eyes filled with fear.

"He'll hopefully stop soon, but I'm sure my mommy and daddy are looking for us," I said, hoping to calm her down with the last part.

"Oh my gosh! This is bad, this is bad, this is really bad!" I heard from the other side of the room.

I looked over to see a crowd around a crying Ginger-May, and Skai had a stressed look on her face.

"How bad is it?" I asked, going over with Allie following me.

"So, um, Ginger had a heart attack when we were younger, and she has a cardiac pacemaker to help make sure she doesn't get another one. The man kicked her right where it was, and, well, just look," Skai said.

I went closer, and saw the horror for myself. Ginger's chest near her heart was really red, swollen, and bruised. The worst part was that you could clearly see the gray pacemaker through her skin.

"Oh God. This is worse than I thought," I said, my eyes widening.

"Yeah. When I saw it, that definitely explained to me why she was in so much pain," Madison said.

"Can I see?" Allie asked.

"Nope, sorry," I said.

"Aww." Allie sighed in disappointment.

"WHAT'S ALL THE CRYING FROM?!" The man yelled, peeking his head into the room.

Ginger started crying even harder, still sitting in a curled-up ball.

"Oh please. All I did was kick her, she shouldn't be crying that much. She's crying more than Allie ever does," He said, rolling his eyes.

"You broke her pacemaker! She could get a heart attack any second now because of you!" Skai said angrily.

"Watch your tone with me girl," The man scolded Skai.

He left, and we all comforted Ginger.

"Guys, I don't know if I will be able to make it out of here," Ginger said. "It hurts too much."

"We'll help. Try laying down on your back. Does it hurt less?" Annie said, easing her down.

"Yeah," She said.

"Good," Annie said.