✔️| 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

Chapter 11.

Nikki's P.O.V

I walk into the hospital room to see Lili is still unconscious and Tommy pacing. Tommy looks at me and relaxes. "What am I doing here?" I ask since Tommy pretty much begged me to come to the hospital.

"I need you to stay with Lili, while I go do something... more like someone," Tommy says.

"So... you're asking me to stay with Lili, your sister who is unconscious and could possibly not wake up, while you go fuck some chick?" I ask, but before I can get an answer, Tommy is gone. I roll my eyes and lean against the wall behind me. I look over at Lili and sigh, seeing her in such a fragile state.

A bandage wraps around her head, holding a gauze against the wound on her forehead, tubes come up from behind her ears and sit just under her nose to help her breathe, her bottom lip is slightly spilt, a big bruise tints her right cheek purple and blue, a heart rate monitor clips onto the end of her finger, and an IV sits in her arm to keep her hydrated while she's unconscious.

I grab the small bottle of Jack out of my pocket and chug it down. Why aren't her parents here? Shouldn't they be worried about their daughter almost dying? I break out of my thoughts when I hear the sound of someone groan. I quickly look at Lili and see her slowly sitting up, holding her head. "Lili," I say and rush to her side, sitting on the edge of her bed. "Hey, how are you feeling?" I ask as she pulls the tubes off her face and the heart rate monitor off her finger. She grabs my forearm and looks around the room with a confused look on her face.

"Where am I?" She asks. "And who are you?"

At that moment, it feels as though my heart just dropped to my fucking stomach. "Lili... y-you don't remember me?" I ask.

"N-no" she stutters, shaking her head slowly. "You are someone important?"

I take my arm out her grip and stand up, anger courses through my veins. "Fuck... FUCK!" I yell, running my hands through my hair.

"Nikki, Nikki! Calm down, I was only kidding. I remember everything" Lili says, grinning in amusement.

"Jesus fucking Christ, babe. I seriously thought you had lost your memory" I say.

"Sorry" she whispers and I can hear the guilt in her voice.

"Don't be, it was a good prank" I say.

"Come here," Lili says and pats the spot on the bed where I was sitting before. I sit down and put my hand on her cheek as she rests her forehead against mine.

"Are Vince and Razzle ok?" She asks.

"Vince is fine. He got arrested for drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter. Razzle... he's dead. He died on impact" I say and Lili looks down. She slowly lays back down and I move up the bed as she grabs my hand. "But what's most important is that you're awake and ok."

Vince was sentenced thirty days in jail but only served nineteen on the condition that he stay sober.

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