I still don't understand what happened. I was sleeping and then I heard Vin screaming:
《CHRIS CALL 911》
I woke up quickly and runned to him, I found all the guys in Maria's room with her on the ground.
The guys will call her name, shake her.
She wasn't responding.
I dialled 911 on my phone.
《911, what's your emergency?》
We've spent a sleepless night at the hospital. At least, Vin and I.
The others fell asleep in the waiting room of the hospital.
《Chris, you should sleep a bit, you are tired》
《I can't》
《They will wake her up, I promise you》
《What if I loose her too?》
《You won't, it's not her time》
《What do you think happened?》
《I think she might have an eating disorder》
I stayed silent. Eating disorder?
She couldn't have one.
Or maybe she did...
If I think well, she does eat in a weird way...
When Vin made her eat the pizza then she didn't spoke to anyone for the rest of the evening.
When I made her eggs she was chewing a lot and drinking her coffee between her miniscule bites.
She also didn't touch any chicken wig on her first night at the band house.
I have already found food in the bin.
I have heard someone puke late at night.
I've found a scale under bed once.
I've been such terrible father...
How could I not notice that.
A nurse came to me.
《Mr Cerulli?》
《It's me》
《Your daughter has woken up, she wants to see you and her brother》
《Brother...》 I looked at Vin and he looked at me
《Yes, let's go Vincenzo》I continued
We followed the doctor trough the hospital.
《Your daughter has passed out due to a lack of nutrients. We are feeding her with a nose tube. Tomorrow she will pass a test with a psychiatrist to see if she has an eating disorder》
How could I let that happen?
What kind of father am I?
We walked into a room a d we've seen her.
She was on the hospital bed with a tube going up her nose and another one in her arm. Her boney arm, she was so skinny.
Dead-skinny.
It just hurted me to see her like this.
I walked by her and touched her hand.
She was cold.
Her eyes were full of emptyness and she was paler than usual.
Vin came next to me.
I took her hand in mine.
《I'm glad you are okay now》
《Please, dad...remove that tube》 she looked terrified by that tube.
Vinny wrapped his hand around her wrist and looked at her in the eye.
《Maria, you've been with us for a month now. I've seen you dropping weight really fast but everytime I tried to help I was blocked. You're like a younger sister to me, like the one I had. My sister has died at fourteen from anorexia and bulimia, she couldn't recover because we reacted too late. Now please, I don't want you to die from this shit. Beat the disorder's ass.
I'm sorry if I forced you to eat sometimes.
I behaved in the wrong way, but I wanted to react because I didn't with my sister》.
That night in the hospital broke my heart.
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