13 Keep on Hopin'
''How do you know me?'' Kelly insisted. Yet again – no answer except a shrug. It was starting to get annoying, like interviewing a five year old. She shook her head and pulled Sabrina's ID from her pocket.
''Do you know this woman?''
Shake of the head. A ''no''.
''Then why do you have her papers on you?!'' Another shrug this time accompanied with her pulling suddenly away. Kelly just realised she had taken a clear hostile stance, leaning over her at her full height, and now she was just trying to crawl away from her. She had also let her voice level get out of control. What's worse than a weird stranger? A scared,weird stranger.
''No, no am sorry... don't...'' She stretched her hand out to comfort her shoulder but she pulled away.
She sat next to her again. ''I'm sorry... I... didn't mean... to yell...'' She sighed. ''Okay... lets... um...'' Cooking? Who would do cooking at this hour. ''Baaaah... Do you like pizza?''
She turned to face her and only got back a blank stare. Her outburst must have done this. She had just shattered their only bridge of communication dammit. She took her hand in hers. ''Okay, that is okay... I'm... gonna order something... for us... but look... look here... I... I'm sorry... I'm tired too...I'm tired too... and I...'' she paused and swallowed hard. ''I miss her you know? Sabrina... her... I miss her...'' She left the idea on her lap and rose to make a call.
When she put the phone down she felt almost numb. Her knees were ready to buckle and she wasn't sure they would keep her up any longer. She turned around and faced a very odd scene. The woman was sitting upright on the sofa, sleeves rolled up, fingers clawing long bloody lines down her wrists, face looking almost ecstatic.
''Hey... what... what are you doing?'' Was this person a complete lunatic? When she did not even turn at the sound of her voice she remembered. The chains. ''Oh my God... no no stop... stop this!''
She rushed to her side again and knelt, forcing her hands steady. ''Look at me... me!'' She forced her chin up. ''They're not here, you're not tied anymore! They're not here anymore!''
Her breathing became deeper and deeper and Kelly felt her own become shallow. ''Shhh now... it's alright... it's alright...'' Even with that cold she felt some drops of perspiration slip across her eyebrow. She sighed deeply as she wrapped her hands around the complete stranger in a loose embrace, without knowing why, without knowing anything that the future had already planned for them all. Just holding onto the hope of finding peace someday, for her, for Kris... for this trembling person... and for Sabrina.