A Broken Angel - a Lisa Cimorelli story

Left to Die

LISA:

The next thing I remember was waking up in a white room with wires placed across my body, and hearing a faint beeping noise coming from the left side of my face, I then heard my brother Michael ,he ran up to my side and said "Lisa, don't worry , you're safe , you're in hospital and you're going to be fine, just listen to what the doctors have to say and you will be out here in no time", I was unaware where I actually was and what had happened to me, I tried to speak but couldn't it was like somebody had removed my voice box from my body, I wanted to move but it was painful too painful, I slowly moved my head down to my arm and saw my cuts were visible for everyone to see, I wanted them hidden, i didn't want people to think I was unstable, they would put me in a mental place. I suddenly looked up when my mom and Christina rushed into the room, Christina came over to me as I looked down at my arms and said "we are gonna get the person who did this to you" .then both her and my mom began asking me questions like " Lisa , who did this?"

" Do you know where you are?"

I suddenly burst, "STOP" I screamed, and from that they actually listened. the doctor came in and said they need to do some checks on me, I wasn't sure what checks but they had to. Everyone then left the room.

MICHAEL JR:

It was around 6 in the morning when I decided to set off for my morning run, I was just about to leave when my mom asked me " have you seen Lisa this morning, it's just because she's not in her room" i replied " don't know, she must have stayed at a friends" I then left, I was about to start my run when I spotted a body across the road lying on the ground ,I then realised it was Lisa and ran straight over to her, I called her name, but she wasn't responding, she was covered in bruises and blood and her clothes were teared. I quickly called a paramedic and stayed with Lisa until they arrived, as I waited I called my mom who was at home and told her that she needed to come outside immediately, I saw her slowly make her way down the driveway until she noticed me and Lisa,she ran straight over to us, tears took control of her and she could not stop crying, she repeatedly told Lisa to wake up, after a few minutes the paramedic arrived and she was put into the ambulance. my mom and I stayed in the ambulance as I made a call to Christina telling her what had happened, all I heard was crying.

We got to the hospital and Lisa was raced into theatre, the doctor told is that Lisa was in a bad condition and it would be a miracle if she manages to pull through this. I hugged my mom and tried to stay strong for her but I just couldn't fight back the tears, I then looked up to see Christina, she rushed over to me and hugged me begging me to tell her that Lisa will be alright, I wanted to I really did but I couldn't promise her.

After what felt like years, the doctor finally came out and said that we could see Lisa, we entered the room and saw a girl we did not recognise, she was covered in wires which disguised the bruises and cuts that were spread across her body, the doctor told us that they think Lisa may have been attacked with a blunt heavy object and that she had a lucky escape, if she had been struck across the head she would not be alive right now.

I felt like I was just punched across the face when he told us that, I then wondered to myself, if she was attacked with a blunt object then how did she get the scratches?, I didn't know what to think.

CHRISTINA:

In the days that followed after the attack, family and friends were walking in and out the hospital walls with flowers and prayers for Lisa. me , Michael and my mom were here all the time only going back home to shower and change our clothes but other than that we stayed by her side day and night.

2 weeks passed and Lisa was still in the same condition. we were sat in the room with her when Michael asked if he could just have a few minutes alone with lisa, so me and my mom left.

Around 5 minutes later we heard Michael shouting and we ran into the room, I burst into tears as Lisa was finally awake.i ran towards her, she wasn't aware of where she was and what had happened, I tried asking her some questions, but she was unable to respond, she then looked down at her arm where she had scratches across her, I looked at them as well and said "we are gonna get the person that did this to you ". me an my mom tried to ask her questions to see if she understood us when she suddenly shouted "STOP". the doctor then came in and told us that they needed to do some checks on Lisa , so we left the room.