My Brother's Best Friend -VS- My Abusive Ex.

Chapter Twenty-Four

I had gone into this darkness so many times recently that it wasn’t scary anymore. It was actually quite comfortable being away from everything that came with my crazy, messed up life. It was like my own little world I could escape to, though I wouldn’t recommend anyone going anywhere near it since it was pretty boring just sitting in the dark. I’d heard the stories before of people going into a coma or being knocked out and seeing angels or the gates of heaven, and learning different things about their life. They were lucky if those things actually happened to them, because I would’ve liked to have gone through that. The angels probably would’ve told me how horrible I was at picking guys for myself. Maybe they would’ve pointed me in the right direction as a favor. They were probably looking down at me shaking their heads saying something along the lines of, “That girl will never learn.”

I didn’t get pulled back immediately like the last time but was given time to sit there and wait. It was a good rest at first, but after sitting in the dark for a while with absolutely nothing to do, I got antsy. I started thinking about all the bad things that could’ve happened to the people I left in reality. Who got shot? That was the main thing running through my head. Everyone I loved had been in that room and the thought of it possibly being one of them killed me. All I could imagine was a hole in the body of one of people in that room with blood running out of it too quickly to be okay. These pictures of them plagued me and were making me feel nauseous, but I couldn’t stop picturing them. It scared me that someone I loved could’ve been dying while I was safe in my darkness. I prayed to find a way out and see everyone, even if it meant that I died. I had to make sure they were okay.

After what seemed like forever I saw the dim light calling me back to my reality, but this time I didn’t hear any of the voices, or feel the comfort of someone holding my hand. I didn’t hear or feel anything, actually, and I didn’t see anything except the slowly growing light in front of me. It scared me now; the darkness did. I didn’t want to leave it if something bad was waiting for me, but the light came anyway, slowly filling the darkness, leaving no trace of it behind. I was blinded by the light yet again as I came to. I opened my eyes slowly and squinted, trying to see past the bright light.

I heard a faint beeping noise and someone crying but I couldn’t will myself to move. I knew I was able to move because my fingers and toes moved, but I was so tired that I just didn’t want to. The beeping noise was starting to scare me and as I started to get scared it became more frequent. “Case,” I heard a familiar voice shout. “It’s okay, just calm down. Nurse,” I heard the frantic voice shout.

“What’s going on in here?”

“I don’t know. The machine just started freaking out. Help her!”

“Cassandra, I’m Nurse Roberts. If you can hear me you need to take some deep breaths and calm down. You’re okay now sweetheart, no one is going to hurt you so just relax. When you’re ready you can open your eyes and talk to us. We’ll be right here until then.” The nurse took my hand in her cold one and rubbed it trying to get me to calm down. I took a deep breath and calmed down, but I wanted to talk to someone. I needed to make sure everyone was okay.

I slowly made my voice speak through the roughness it had because it was dry. “Where is everyone?”

“A nice young man is out in the hall waiting on us to let him in. His name is Traeh, I think. Everyone else was finally dragged away by the police for questioning. They stayed by your side for a week straight but finally decided it was okay to leave if Traeh stayed with you.”

I still hadn’t opened my eyes but I knew the voice earlier hadn’t been Traeh. “Who’s in here?”

“Kim,” said the voice again. I could now distinguish the Spanish accent in her voice so I knew I was slowly coming to.