Can you hear me? Please, God, let him live, please, I thought.
I saw him, stretched out on the floor, dead drunk. Please be alive. Please, I can't lose you.
I called Ben, who came just moments after me, wondering what happened.
"W-what happened?" Ben asked.
"I found Dad like this. He was doing so well...maybe he had a relapse."
"What's a relapse?"
"When someone does something again, like when someone goes into treatment, and they're clean for a while--meaning keeping away from whatever they're addicted to--and then, the process starts again. Like me, for example, when I started to not eat again. That's an example of a relapse."
"Oh. So what do we do now?" Ben's eyes grow wide with fear.
"I don't know. Let me call 911."
I picked up the phone, hands shaking furiously, fearful for answers.
"911. What's your emergency?" An operator asked.
"Hi, my name is Rose Winters, and my brother and I found our Dad passed out on the floor drunk--he's had a history of alcoholism--even before our mother died from a car accident--he's been drinking since he was thirteen. I'm really terrified. I don't want to lose another parent. Please help me." I talked so fast that I was afraid that the operator couldn't understand me. I was afraid to repeat myself, fearful of tears and memories being brought back from when Mom died. After a few minutes, the operator said, "We'll take him to Saint Clare's Hospital here in Lyla, Parkshir."
"Thank you so much, Ma'am." I turned to Steven. "Let's take Dad to the hospital."
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A/N-Long time, no write! (One of my bad jokes--no hate, please).
I finished my summer class with a D+ (super fast paced; never doing it again). I took Introduction to Linguistics (LIN 230). It was a 5-week summer course. Not my best score, I know, but, hopefully I'll be able to get it up this semester with my 3 classes.
I hope you liked this chapter. I will try to post on the weekends--every one, I will try. Remember to please vote & comment. Thank you!
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