Chapter 1: Monster under My Bed
Amy POV
The last couple of months have been horrible for Amy. Being rejected by the person you love literally hurts your heart. She cannot stop thinking about how well everything was going before the wedding, when she could at least "pretend" to be in love with her best friend. Now Karma is not even trying to hide how uncomfortable she is around Amy at times.
She shakes her head as she tries to make these thoughts escape from her mind. Amy puts the key into the door and is ready for her mom's annoying lecture that she should just be happy. She steps inside and notices that everything is a little off. Farah isn't home and neither is Bruce. Her mom's purse is on the floor with its belongings scattered everywhere. The blood pressure machine is out on the table and next to it is an open bottle of Advil spilled on its side. Amy runs up the stairs to see if her mom is maybe just asleep in her room. Amy sees no one.
Amy takes out her phone and immediately calls her mom's cell.
Bruce answers the phone.
"Hello?"
"Bruce where's my mom?"
"Amy I don't want you to freak out but I am with your mother at the hospital. The doctors think she had a heart attack but she is okay now."
"Oh my gosh. Are you sure she is okay?" Amy asked sounding worried.
"Yes Amy, she is okay. She is sleeping in the hospital bed and I am right next to her. I want you to call Lauren and tell her to pick you up and go straight to Memorial hospital. We are in the Emergency Room in room 101."
"Okay."
Amy hangs up the phone and wonders how any of this could be happening. Her mother always seemed to be super relaxed most of the time. Suddenly Amy remembers the one thing that could possibly cause her mother to almost die in an instance. She runs to her room and sees her secret box open on top of her bed. Laying right in the middle of the box is her stash of drugs. More specifically cocaine…..
Shit…. Is the only thing that comes to Amy's mind.