Family Means Everything (Book 3)

Chapter 13

Katherine's POV

My little sister just attempted suicide. I'm really freaking out, what will happen to her?! She has to be okay! This family loves her and needs her!!

Lauren and Dani are hugging each other and crying just as Lisa and Amy are. I can't stop staring at all the blood. Bella cut herself real bad.

I suddenly remember what Christina told me which was to meet her at the hospital.

"Let's go," I whisper and my sisters follow behind me to the car like lost puppies. Normally Christina or Lisa drives but Chris is already at the hospital and Lisa's bawling.

I pull into the hospital parking lot and we get out, slowly walking into the ER. I see Christina in a chair, well the top of her head anyway. I motion for my sisters to follow me and we sit in the chairs next to her.

"Christina, how is she?" I ask her. She looks up at me, her face is red from crying hard.

"No one's told me anything yet," she says and starts to cry again. I feel tears running down my cheeks as well. Wrapping one arm around my older sister's shoulder, she leans against me and cries. I can hear the muffled cries of my sisters as well.

Suddenly I see one of them get up and march to the nurses' station.

"Dani!" I hear Lauren yelp but my mind isn't really following much.

"Excuse me but it's been over half an hour and no news on how our sister Bella Cimorelli is doing!" Dani snaps at a nurse.

"Why don't you sit down and I'll go find out for you," the nurse says in a nervous voice. Dani can be intimidating when she needs to be. I silently thank Dani for getting us info.

"Thank you," Dani says quietly and sits back down between Lauren and Amy.

A doctor comes towards us a few minutes later.

"Family of Bella Cimorelli?" she asks.

"Yes, we're her sisters," I say and the six of us stand up.

"Um... is there a parent I can speak to?" she asks. I hear my younger sisters all start to cry louder. The nurse looks scared.

Christina and I walk with the doctor a little ways away from the others.

"Our parents died in a car crash about a month ago," I say.

"Oh my, I am so sorry," she says.

"So how is our sister?" Christina asks. She grips my hand and I squeeze it, reassuring not only her but also myself.

"She lost a lot of blood and had several cuts we had to suture but Bella is doing okay now. She is going to be admitted for observation for two nights," she explains. I breathe a sigh of relief. My sister is okay.

"Can we see her?" Christina asks. The doctor shakes her head.

"We're about to transport her to a different unit," she says then lowers her voice to a sad tone, "She also said she didn't want any visitors."

Christina flings herself at me and I hold onto her as she starts to cry again.

"I need her," she whispers.

"I know, you'll see her tomorrow," I tell her but that doesn't seem to help.

Slowly Christina composes herself and we go back to the others. They jump up.

"She's going to be okay," I tell them and they all smile a little and hug each other.

"Can we see her?" Lauren asks.

"Not tonight," I say, not saying the reason though. The less they get hurt, the better.

We gather our things and get ready to go home. I should probably call Mike and Alex later to tell them what happened.

Just as we're leaving the doctor runs towards us.

"Is one of you named Christina?" she asks. Christina steps forward.

"That's me," she says.

"Bella asked for you. Normally we don't let people spend the night but Bella begged for you to come and stay..." the nurse trails off and Christina starts to smile. Each of my sisters gives her a hug and tells her to give Bella one for us.

As Christina follows the doctor upstairs to where Bella is, the rest of us head home. There's a tinge of jealousy in the air, each of us wishing we were as close to Bella as Chris is.