Finding The Truth

Chapter 3: Piece by Piece

January 23rd 2013

Melody's POV

As soon as I walked into Liz's house, I heard her dad screaming at her...so I ran to her room only to find him streaking her with his belt! "Hey!" I yelled "Melody, hey sweetie! It's not what it looks like!" he said. "No, it's exactly what it looks like! Go somewhere, before i call the police!" I said very agitated. As soon as he walked out, I ran to Liz! She was crying so bad, and my heart was breaking into millions of pieces. I sat on the bed and helped her up...then hugged her! "I'm so lucky I have you!" she said, still crying. "I'm so sorry, he shouldn't be able to do that to you!" I said, tears running down my cheeks...I felt so bad for her, and I couldn't do anything about it.

Then all of a sudden, her dad runs in with a gun and shoots her in the leg. "What the?!?!?!" I say, freaked out. "She's not even my daughter anyway, so why should I even try anymore?" he said. "What are you talking about?" Liz says, through her tears. "You were adopted, that's why everyone treated you differently!" I wanted to slap him so bad, but I fought the urge! "I'm sorry, but we don't want you anymore!" he said, not even frowning. By this point, Liz hadn't stopped crying! "You know what dude, you have got serious issues...shooting your daughter then telling her she's adopted and that you and your wife dont want her anymore, that's sick!" I yelled! He ran to his room and locked the door! I rolled my eyes and focused on my injured best friend! "Okay, I'm gonna call my mom...because you are loosing a lot of blood!" i say, trying to stay calm! My mom, my sister Tara, and I could be classified as nurses, we took care of my dad for four years!
About that time my phone rings and it's my mom. She has a way of knowing if one of her kids is in trouble, it's weird but it comes in handy sometimes!
"Mom?" I say, puzzled! "Hey honey, I'm on my way to Liz's, I heard the gunshots from home!" She said sounding panicked. "Okay, hurry though...she's lost a lot of blood!" I said, hanging up the phone.

Natalie's POV
"Girls, there's something I have to tell you...but you can't tell Melody! You have to promise me that you won't tell her!" I say. "We promise!" They say at the same time. "The reason Melody and Liz look almost exactly alike...is because I am Liz's birth mother!" I sigh. "You're what?!?!?!" Tara says, her voice changing. "Okay no, I have to tell her! This would make her so happy!" She said. "No...no one can tell her, she would hate me!" I said begging! "Fine, we won't say a word!" She said! "Thank you girls!" I said.

Melody's POV
"You're going to be alright, I'm right here...and I'm not going anywhere!" I said, really trying to stay calm. "Melody, Liz, where are you two?" My mom yelled. I was so relieved! "In here!" I cried. My mom came running into Liz's room. "Can you help her?" I asked, scared beyond belief. "Sweetheart, she's going to have to go to the hospital! Carry her to the car and I'll be right behind you!" She said. "Yes mom!" I said. Liz put her hands around my neck, and lifted her up! She laid her head on my shoulder and cried softly! "I don't know why he did this to me!" She whispered. "He's sick, he needs help!" I said. Tara opened the back of the car and helped me get Liz in. She sat in the back with me and helped me with Liz's leg! While we were redressing the wound, she shot me this look that said, "I feel so sorry for her" and I shot one back that said "me too kiddo, me too!"

"Mom, she's turning pale! What do we do?" Tara said, trying not to panic! She said it because if I would've said it, I would've cried! "Just try to keep her awake and alert!' she said, on the phone with Aunt Kate. I couldn't hear what they were saying but I didn't really care! Liz was loosing so much blood, we had to keep redressing the wound every five minutes. By the time we got to the hospital, she had lost two pints of blood. "I've never seen her this weak!" I said, trying to hold back tears. A couple of nurses had a stretcher waiting for us, Aunt Kate was one of them! As soon as the back of the car opened, Aunt Kate came running to help me get Liz onto the stretcher! As they were pushing her into the building, Aunt Kate looked back at my mom, giving her this look...like they knew something I didn't...like they were keeping something from me! I knew my mom would never, but I couldn't help but wonder...what if she was, what could it be???