Between the Raindrops | ✓

Ch.29 | The Gym

B E T W E E N

T H E

R A I N D R O P S

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"I told you, I'm fine." I say for the tenth time today. After I passed out yesterday, Judge Shepherd moved the rest of the trial to finish up on Monday. It's Saturday morning now and I'm lying on the couch looking up into the eyes of Shane and my dad.

My mom is still at the hospital with Jacob, since he still isn't doing very well.

They were able to give him enough medicine to counteract the poison, but the toll it took on his little body wasn't good. He's still recovering and has barley been able to eat anything. The doctors say if he doesn't start eating soon, he may be in even more danger. They are trying to feed him via liquids, and his IV is keeping him hydrated, but that can only go on for so long.

The doctor told my dad that I passed out due to lack of nutrition. My sodium levels and electrolytes were way off. I told him that I just haven't been eating as much due to stress of the trial, and he bought it. I couldn't possibly tell him that I haven't had a decent meal in a little over a week.

The doctor gave me quite a bit of different foods for the night that I ate at the hospital, and I couldn't dispose of it because my dad wouldn't leave my side the entire night.

I know I probably gained five pounds just from the night alone.

Stop it, Addilyn. Out of everything going on right now, your weight cannot be at the front of your mind.

"Well, if you need me, I'll be downstairs." My dad says while heading towards my bedroom door.

He opens the door wide and looks back over at me, so I give him a small smile.

He eyes Shane and me both before opening the door as wide as it'll go and then walking down the stairs.

He purposely didn't close the door. Typical dad.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there yesterday." Shane says.

"Don't be sorry. You have school." I smile.

"Well, I took off Monday so I can be there with you. Angie and Jax called off too. We'll all be there for you." He smiles.

"Thank you. Hopefully we can get the final verdict." I lean back against my pillow and Shane lays beside me.

"Hey Add, can I ask you something?" Shane suddenly says after a few seconds of silence.

"Anything."

"Why have you really stopped eating?"

I look over at him and the seriousness to his face tells me he must suspect something.

"It's just the trial, Shane. That's all." I shrug. "I'm fine now and I will continue to eat properly."

He eyes me as if debating whether to take my word for it.

Eventually he nods and leans back against the pillow himself.

"Besides, I'll feel much better once I know that Jared is behind bars." I say.

"You and me both." Shane replies.

I slowly turn to face him and he looks over at me. He turns his body so we are facing each other and he reaches his arms out and open. I slowly move over and into his arms as he wraps them around my body. I rest my head against his chest and sigh with content.