Chapter 20:

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by bucksgirl1917

by bucksgirl1917

"Do you want me to bring it in here?" I sit up and nod, sniffling and trying to calm my breathing. Daniel walks out of the room and comes in five minutes later with a hunk of matter that used to be my phone. I gasp again at the sight of it. He hands it to me, and I don't know what to do with it. Jonah did the deed pretty good. It was bent in a 150 degree angle. The layers of the circuit board and shattered glass was lifted up out of it. There were also dents where the hammer had hit it. As I move it around in my hand, I feel something slide across my palm, trailing behind is a large red slice. I mutter a profanity under my breath as drops of blood leave my veins. I lift up the phone carefully discovering a small shard of glass stuck in my hand.

"Daniel, where is the first aid kit?" I question, needing tweezers to remove the foreign object from my body.

"In the bathroom under the sink. Why? Are you okay?" He asks worriedly.

"Yeah. Just a little cut." I reply walking to my bathroom. I search the whole room, but I can't find it. "Are you sure it's in here?"

"Oh sorry. I meant the bathroom in the hallway." I sigh and walk to go get it. I look and it's right where it should be. As I stand up, I notice Jonah standing next to me. I give him a glare and try to pass out the door, but he blocks it.

"Move." I demand. He ignores me.

"Madi- "He tries to speak, but I don't want to listen.

"I said move! You might have something to say to me, but I don't want to hear it! I took all the precautions so I wouldn't be found. If I didn't call, then they most likely would have tracked me down and arrested you! So be glad I did! I just wanted to hear Zach's voice! He is like my brother. Only you, him, and Daniel know about my life and issues! SO MOVE!" I push him out of the way with my uninjured hand and slam my bedroom door behind me locking it. Leaving Daniel and I alone.

"I heard everything." Daniel says walking up to me and engulfing me in a gigantic hug. He pulled back to hold my shoulders and look into my eyes. It seems like he is checking for something but gets interrupted by a pounding sound on the door.

"Madison open up. I know you're in there." I don't reply, and sit down at my desk, with the aid kit and my phone laying on the cold flat surface, getting to work on fixing my wound. Daniel gets the door.

"Listen bud, she does not want to talk to you, so just leave." I hear him say. But I also hear the door bust open, leaving an imprint of the handle. Jonah walks over to me and starts to say something but stops when he sees my hand.

"Di-did I do that?" He asks me.

"No, dipshit. My phone did." I reply carefully holding the hunk of metal in the air by two fingers.

"I'm sorry." He says looking down. "I don't know what happened..." I ignore the tall figure standing over me. "Actually, I do know what happened." I look up at him, pushing him to go on. "Daniel, please go." Jonah requests.

"No way am I leaving her alone with you!" He replies.

"Dani," I breathe out. He looks over to me with a pleading look in his eyes. "I'll be alright." He sighs and leaves. "Okay. What?"

"I'm bipolar, and I-I'm afraid you're going to leave me." He muttered the last part, but I pretend not to hear it.