Animal I Have Become
Chapter 11
Gabi opens her eyes slowly and then closes them due to the sudden light. After a moment, she opens them again and lets the sudden brightness in as she tries to remember what happened and where she is.
Last thing she can remember was talking with Marshall about if there was any chance she could get out of her Rocque Records contract, he was going to call his lawyer who he said was a great one, he got him out of that ten million dollar law suit with his mom after his first album came out. Then a black car. What was with the black car?
That's when it comes to her, the barrel of the gun, the car slowing down near Marshall. Her sprinting towards Marshall. The gunshots.
She was in the hospital. Did that mean she was shot? The last time she was in a hospital was in a hospital was almost a year ago when she found out that she lost her unborn baby girl because she went into that coma after she was hit on the head with that ax handle. Well, she wasn't pregnant now, so her being there couldn't be worse then what she went through. She wouldn't be told that she had a miscarriage; nothing could be worse then that.
Gabi looks up and notices that her room was filled with cards and some flowers. Who would send her flowers? She had no friends, the one person who cared about her most knew that she hated his guts and never wanted to see him again, not even if he was the last person on earth. And the one person she really cared about was dead.
So why would her room be filled with flowers. Is it because she took a bullet for Marshall, his fans were thanking her because Marshall was still alive and could rap again and put out another album and be able to share his gift with the world. His gift of being a lyrical genius and an amazing rapper. Were people happy she got shot instead of him? the way the shooting look and sounded, Marshall definitely wouldn't be alive. The shooter would have blown him away and fast, leaving, Hailie, Lainey and Whitney without a dad. So, she did what she had to do, take a bullet for him. she survived, no harm done. She just had a cool scare.
But where did the bullet enter? Did it hit one of her internal organs? Would she have to have some sort of surgery?
At that moment, the door opens to her hospital room and Josh walks in. wow… she was barely conscious for over a minute and already she wanted to punch somebody in the face. that was a new record.
"what the hell were you thinking?" Josh asks her mad as he walks over to her bedside.
Gabi looks at him confused for a moment.
"what?"
"are you insane McCoy, because if you are, I need to know," Josh replies mad.
"what did I do that was so insane?" Gabi asks as she sits up a little, but then puts her hand to her stomach in pain as she feels the stitches that were there pull.
"ok, you must be insane if you don't see what you did as INSANE," Josh says still mad.
Gabi roles her eyes annoyed. Was he really going to be mad at her for saving Marshall's life? Knowing him, he would.
"you jumped in front of a bullet," Josh says mad.
"Marshall would have been killed," Gabi says getting mad at her stupid manager.
"Marshall is a forty year old rapper from 8 Mile, Detroit, shootouts were daily things for the guy," Josh says madder. "he can watch out for himself, he doesn't need some stupid gothic girl shoving him out of the line of fire, he grew up dodging bullets for a living, that is normal four him,"
"Marshall didn't mess with guns in 8 Mile while he was a teenager," Gabi says mad. "that was a sure way to get yourself killed, he only battled,"
"battled?" Josh says confused.
"Rap battled," Gabi says getting madder. "Its what he did, how he got where he is today, underground rap battles, free styling it, coming up with it on the spot, spitting it in their face, dissing your opponent before he can diss you, being a lyrical genius,"
"ok, Gabi, Marshall is a forty year old rapper who has lived life the hard way, he married the same girl twice, has only one biological daughter, he was addicted to pain killers in his earlier days, he went to rehab for an addiction with sleeping pills," Josh says mad. "he got drunk and got a tattoo with his ex wives name on it saying to rot in pieces, Marshall can look out for himself, one or two bullets isn't going to hurt him, he is a five foot eight two hundred pound adult while you are a five foot two, hundred and ten pound teenager girl,"
"Marshall was the gunman's target," Gabi says raising her voice and getting madder by the second "if someone didn't knock him out of the line of fire, he would be dead with twenty bullets in him, he has three daughters, they need their father to grow up,"
"McCoy, Marshall is a grown man, he doesn't need you watching out for him," Josh yells at her. "he can fend for himself, he is a grown man,"
Gabi then grabs one of the pillows on her bed and just chucks it at him.
"get out," she says mad. "get the hell out of here,"
"I am just telling you the truth McCoy," Josh tells her. "you need to face it, Marshall doesn't need you, he probably thinks of you as some whiney teenage girl who he made a mistake recording a song with,"
"just get out," Gabi says mad. "get out of here, I don't want to see you right now,"
"just telling you the truth," Josh tells her. "You need to fix up your image and change your personality, you are crazy, and you don't jump in front of bullets for rappers,"
"I said get out," Gabi says mad. "get out of my hospital room or your fired,"
"you cant fire me, I am under contract," Josh tells her mad.
"I will sue you for verbal abuse," Gabi says as she glares at him. "now get out,"
"the world would be a better place without Marshall Mathers," Josh tells her before walking out of the hospital room.
Gabi then lies down in her hospital bed all the way and takes a deep breath and lets it out. She still had no clue what her condition was. Just that she took a bullet for Marshall.
At that moment, the door opens again.
"go away," Gabi says annoyed without looking to see who it is.
"Sorry, Ms. McCoy, I am nurse Nadine Crowell," a nurse says as she walks in with a bouquet of white tiger lilies. "I am just here to deliver these flowers that were sent,"
Gabi sits up again and looks at the nurse who holds the bouquet of flowers.
Gabi opens the door to her apartment at the Palm Woods to see Kendall standing there. She instantly smiles as she sees him.
"hey," she says.
"hey," Kendall says casually.
He then hands her s single white tiger lily.
"a beautiful flower for the most beautiful girl in the world,"
"who sent them?" Gabi asks annoyed.
She already knew who sent them. A white tiger lily was always the flower Kendall gave her.
"I don't know, it doesn't have a card," Nurse Crowell tells her.
"who dropped them off? did you see him?" Gabi asks.
"yeah, the guy was pacing the hallway not to far from your room, looked like he was debating on whether or not to come in and give them to you himself," Nurse Crowell tells her.
"what did this guy look like?" Gabi asks her.
"tall, about your age, dirty blonde hair, eyebrows," Nurse Crowell tells her. "he seemed really concerned about you,"
Gabi takes a deep breath. Wow…he seemed to really not get the message that she did not want to see him or talk to him ever again. She caught him cheating she ended their relationship.
"so, Ms. McCoy, where would you like me to put the flowers?" Nurse Crowell asks her.
"do me a favor, soak them in bleach and pound them with a mallet," Gabi tells her.
