Abbie continued to listen to her music unaware that her sister was in the kitchen overdosing on sleeping pills. Jenny was right she thought. She did play the victim. Abbie turned on her side and curled into a ball. She started to think about life and how she viewed it. She often saw herself as a strong independent woman, but now she just felt as though she hid behind a mask. Afraid to take it off and unleash all the feelings that she felt inside. Abbie looked over her shoulder because she thought she heard a noise. When she didn't hear it again she turned back around and closed her eyes willing herself to sleep. A few minutes passed before she heard the noise again through her earphones. She sat up and paused her music afraid that someone would break into her house again. Out of instinct she grabbed her gun that sat on her bedside table and proceeded toward the door. She heard little movements as she inched her way towards the kitchen. She saw Jenny's bare feet sticking out on the floor and immediately dropped her gun. What was happening she thought as she kneeled beside her sister who was convulsing. She raised Jenny's eyelids but her eyes were rolled to the back of her head.
"Jenny! " Abbie yelled forgetting every medical training course she had ever taken.
"Wake up" she added touching her forehead that was drenched in sweat.
Abbie ran to her phone and called an ambulance adding that she was the lieutenant of sleepy hollow police department so that they would get to her quicker. After hanging up she ran back to jenny and took her upper body into her arms.
"You're gonna be fine." Abbie said while placing her chin on her little sisters forehead.
Jenny had stopped her convulsions now and just lay there limp. Abbie shook her softly while staring straight ahead not wanting to see Jenny that way.
"Jenny" Abbie whispered into her ear.
"Remember when we got taken away from mom?" Abbie asked through sobs. "And she didn't talk to anyone, ever? But she came around just in time right at the moment when we were walking through the door? You remember what she told us?
Abbie looked down at Jenny and noticed how pale she looked and started to cry harder.
"She looked us straight in the eyes and said 'you two take care of each other and keep each other safe because you're all each other have' remember that?" Abbie spoke to an unresponsive Jenny.
"I'm gonna take care of you." Abbie added.
Just then she heard a knock at the door.
"Someone call an ambulance? " a male voice said.
"In here! " Abbie yelled.
Two EMT's rushed into the kitchen and placed Jenny on her side to clear her airways. One reached into his bag and placed an oxygen mask over her face.
"Is she okay?" Abbie asked panicking once she saw the oxygen being pumped into her sister.
"What happened? " the other man asked.
"I think she may have over dosed on sleeping pills." Abbie said running her trembling fingers through her hair.
"Her pulse is slowing down we need to get her out of here.!" The first man yelled.
Both of them bent over Jenny as they prepared to lift her onto the stretcher.
"One...two...three" they lifted Jenny and proceed out of the door . Abbie was right behind them.
In the ambulance the EMT set up a large IV unit. Abbie stared at Jenny who lay totally unresponsive and very pale.
"She's still breathing." The EMT told Abbie trying to comfort her.
Abbie nodded and swallowed hard when she saw him stick a thick IV needle into her arm.
"Whats that?" Abbie asked pointing to the Bag of medicine going into her sister's arm.
"Thiamine, helps all the bad stuff come out." He responded.
A few minutes passed before Jenny started to cough. The EMT's got up and repositioned her onto her side once again so that she wouldn't choke on her vomit. They placed a bucket by her mouth and she began to gag over it.
"Sometimes they need a little help." The first EMT said looking at Abbie as he stuck his gloved fingers down Jenny's throat making her spew everything into the bucket. Abbie looked away.
"She's gonna be okay."