Chapter 11:

Charlie felt her world crashing down around her. Quickly grabbing her keys and running out the door slamming it behind her, she made her way to the car and drove as fast as she could to Northern Districts Hospital.

When she got to the emergency department, with tears welling in her eyes, she tracked down Rachel and demanded she tell her what had happened.

"Listen Charlie, Angelo's sister was the one who called 000; they are coming in the ambulance. It shouldn't be that far away, I heard it being called in over the radio and thought I'd let you know straight away".

Suddenly the doors burst open and in two ambulance officers pushing a bed with Angelo lying on it. He had an oxygen mask covering his mouth and Charlie could see the huge bloody bandage covering his abdomen where Charlie presumed he was stabbed.

"Oh my God, Angelo!" Charlie exclaimed covering her gapping mouth with a shaking hand. She followed the Rachel and other doctors who led Angelo away through swinging doors. Rachel put her hands on Charlie arms and stopped her.

"Sorry Charlie, you know you can't go past here. I'll come out and give you an update as soon as possible, ok?"

Charlie nodded quickly and desperately tried to catch a glimpse at what was happening behind the door that Rachel disappeared behind.

Charlie turned around and sat down with tears running down her face when Clara slowly walked up to her, a blanket covering her shoulders.

"Charlie, I'm so sorry" mumbled Clara. Charlie looked up at her face and saw she had red puffy eyes, no doubt from crying. "It's all my fault" Clara added sitting down next to Charlie.

"What happened? Who stabbed him?" asked Charlie desperately, trying not to let out the sob which was building up.

"I was walking along the road behind the Surf Club, trying to cool down after this morning. Suddenly I heard a car slowing down behind me and I saw it was Alessandro, my ex from Italy. He had one of his friends in the car and they just jumped out and came up to me. I was so scared and Alessandro just grabbed me and told me that he loved me and that I needed to go back to Italy with him".

Clara let out a small sob and Charlie also saw tears running down her face.

"Alessandro had me by the arm, and he was leading me towards the car but out of the blue, I heard Angelo's voice. He was running up to us and he yelled for him to let me go. Alessandro got really angry and pushed Angelo and before I knew it there were punches being thrown around. I tried to pry them off each other but I got pushed to the ground. I was scrambling around and trying to get up and before I knew it Angelo had fallen to the ground, clutching this stomach and Alessandro was standing over him holding a bloody knife. I'll never forget the cruel smile he gave me before driving off with his friend". Clara had started to sob heavily and she was shaking.

Despite being upset, Charlie pulled Clara into a hug and they started crying together. As they broke apart, Charlie sniffled and wiped the tears away.

"Look I'm going to call Ruby, let her know what's happened, maybe you should call your mother, I'm pretty sure she will want to know what has happened".

Clara nodded and stood up to go use the public phone down the hall, while Charlie pulled out her mobile and speed dialled Ruby.

"Hey Charles where are you?" asked Ruby as soon as she answered the phone.

"Err Rubes, I'm at the hospital" Charlie sniffled "Angelo was stabbed".

"What!" Ruby exclaimed "how did that happen?"

"Look can you just come down and I'll explain everything" replied Charlie, not feeling like going through everything on the phone.

"Yeah of course Charlie, I'll be right there".

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