The devil all the time// a short Matthew Gray gubler fanfic

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Matthew's POV:
It's been four and a half days and I've not heard or seen Darlene, I locked her in her room because she tried to run away, it was time for me to let her out her room so I walked upstairs and chapped on the door "Darlene, you can come out now" I said chapping on the door and unlocking it, she didn't say anything and I didn't hear her move, I waited a few seconds but still nothing "Darlene, did you-" I walked in but stopped at the sight of Darlene sitting in the corner of her room with a plate of mouldy food beside her she didn't eat from four days ago when I gave her dinner, she was sitting with her knees to her chest and her arms resting between her legs and stomach while she was looking down, she looked weak from not eating and she hadn't had a shower or changed her clothes, I walked over and kneeled down in front of her lifting her chin up so I could see her face, she was pale and she looked so fragile like if I were to hold her face any tighter than I am it would snap off, Darlene was already a pretty skinny girl so her not eating made her look horribly thin, I felt a strange feeling in my chest when I saw her, I didn't want to hurt her, I wanted to hold her and make her feel better, but I can't.
"Darling look at me" I whispered softly still holding her head up she was awake but her eyes were almost closed you could tell she didn't have any sleep, she lifted her head up with all her might and opened her eyes more, she had tears in them and she looked like she was in pain "come on stand up" I said gripping her arm lightly and trying to help her off the floor but when she was standing up she fell back down letting out grunts and cry's holding her stomach "what's wrong?" I asked placing a hand on her back, she didn't answer me she just kept her head down while she breathed heavily, it sounded like she was in a lot of pain, I got an idea so I stood up and ran downstairs next door "maya, Eleanor, I need your help!" I yelled through the door hoping they were in, seconds later I seen a concerned Eleanor with shemar and maya behind her "it's Darlene, somethings wrong with her" as soon as the words left my mouth they ran out the door into my apartment upstairs to Darlenes room.
I walked in to see maya standing at the door and shemar trying to help Darlene up with Eleanor helping to, they got her to the door but she kept falling down and letting out cry's "what did you do to her!" Eleanor shouted looking up at me with pure anger in her eyes "nothing, I just locked her in her room for a few days for punishment, I didn't do this to her" I said back pointing down to Darlene, I was panicking, I didn't know what was happening to her "you left her in a room for a couple days? She's not a fucking dog Matthew she's a human being!" Eleanor yelled again, I sighed and rubbed my face with my hands "hey, frenchy, what's going on?" Shemar asked as he was kneeling down beside her holding onto her arm lightly, she shook her head a little she obviously didn't have much energy to talk or do anything "has she eaten?" Maya asked looking at me with worry "no, I don't think so" I shrugged folding one arm over my chest resting the over over my mouth, I could feel that everyone hated me right now and all three of them were giving me death glares but I kept my gaze on Darlene, my poor darling, I did this.
"You need to talk to me Darlene, okay? What's wrong?" Shemar asked leaning into her more so he could see her face "it's an in-infection" she stuttered, I could hear the pain in her voice and it killed me "an infection? Have you had it before?" Shemar asked again she nodded her head with the little energy she had left and then it clicked "hey, Darlene, have you done the toilet at all since you've been in the room?" I asked bending down in front of her but she ignored me, ouch, that's hurt "you gotta answer baby" Shemar whispered to her, it bothered me slightly how close Darlene and shemar are, I don't know why hit it just did.
she let out a small sob but that only left her crying more and letting out whimpers due to the pain, she then shook her head "she has a urine infection" I said making all three of them look at me "urine infections are usually caused by bacteria entering the urinary tract. The bacteria enters through the tube that carries the urine out of the body. Women have a shorter urethra than men. This means bacteria are more likely to reach the bladder or kidneys and cause an infection. Anything that blocks the flow of urine or prevents the bladder from emptying completely can cause bacteria to grow in the urine. For example, a kidney stone or tumor might block the flow of urine. People who are struggle with depression get it sometimes because they physically can't move to get up and pee" I said they all looked worried but angry at the same time "so this is dangerous for her, we need to go to the hospital" maya said "no" I looked at her shaking my head, Eleanor looked at me and stood up inches away from my face "we need to, our friend is hurt because she's in the hands of a monster, we're not letting her sit here like this" she said, it pissed me off and it hurt, I was a monster and I was keeping Darlene as a hostage "take her to derek downstairs he will be able to make her better, we can't have her going to a real hospital, it's to risky" I said getting angrier now "it's to risky for you, you only care about yourself" Eleanor scoffed rolling her eyes, she grabbed mayas arm and walked away with her, shemar picked Darlene up and I stood in front of him "I can take her" I said about to grab her but he moved my arms away "I think you've done enough" he said then walked past me down and out the door.