Chapter 16 Revelations Part 2
Hospital Room
Taylor is lying in bed staring up at the ceiling. Senator Alexander McPhearson and the doctor enter the room. Cassandra is sitting in the chair that Peter had been sitting in.
"She appears to be doing better." The doctor informs Alexander. "She had an allergic reaction to one of the pills she took. With the fight and adrenaline, the reaction accelerated causing her to have a seizure." The doctor explains to Alexander. "All vitals and other signs appear to be normal. She's one very lucky girl."
"Thank you. I'd like some time with my daughter."
The doctor leaves meeting Peter out in the hall. "Senator would like sometime alone with his daughter. Why don't you go back to the waiting room?"
Peter doesn't argue and turns around to go back. When he gets to the waiting room, he finds Sophie, Scott and Shelby waiting. He walks over and hugs Sophie tightly. He pulls her aside as Scott and Shelby enter the waiting room. Janelle, star reporter for the New York Post, makes her way quietly down the hospital hall. She stops as she hears voices in the waiting room. She pulls out her pen and pad to begin to take notes.
"What are you guys doing here?" Peter whispers into Sophie's ear.
"Shelby isn't doing so well. She refused to eat or sleep without seeing Taylor. How is Taylor?"
"She's awake. The doctor said it was an allergic reaction to one of the pills she managed to get."
"Do you think she did it on purpose?"
"I don't know what to think." Peter puts his hands on his head. "I found out who Grant is."
"Who?"
"He's her personal basketball coach she's had since she was a child. The good Senator is leaving the country and is going to leave custody of Taylor to him. She's being pulled out of Horizon and sent back to school."
"We can't let them take her." Shelby is standing by the doorway.
"Did Taylor and you talk?" Peter looks over at Shelby. Shelby shakes her head yes. "What did she tell you?"
"That's for her to tell, not me." Shelby says looking towards Taylor's room.
"What's going on Shelby, talk to us." Sophie pleads.
There's a disturbance that comes from Taylor's hospital room.
"Stay here." Peter orders Scott and Shelby.
Peter and Sophie run down the hallway. They run past Janelle not noticing her. Janelle quietly follows them. She pulls out a mini camera and begins to take pictures. As the three arrive at Taylor's room, they see doctors, nurses and other various staff are trying to put Taylor into restraints. Everyone is so concentrated on this scene that they do not notice that Janelle is taking pictures and writing in her pad. Alexander and Cassandra are standing back watching. Standing beside them is a younger man. He has dirty blonde hair, dark blue eyes about 6'2" and 165, athletically built. He is wearing a black suit w/ dark cornflower blue silk tie.
"Get him outta here." Taylor yells as she's being pulled down by one of the orderlies.
"What's going on?" Peter asks one of the nurses.
"She just flipped out." A nurse manages to say while helping to hold down one of Taylor's legs.
"LET ME GO." Taylor somehow manages to get one of her arms free. She swings and hits one of the orderlies.
The orderly stumbles backwards knocking into a nurse. Taylor swings again, but one of the doctors catches her arm mid swing. The orderly regains his composure and helps the doctor with the restraint. Once Taylor is in restraints, the doctor gives her a shot in the butt.
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The doctor tells Senator, Cassandra, the other man, Peter and Sophie. Meanwhile Janelle starts to sneak back to the waiting room. Scott and Shelby have made they way down towards Taylor's hospital room when they heard Taylor screams. They run directly into Janelle, knocking her down. The pen and pad fly out of her hand. Scott helps Janelle up, while Shelby gets the pen and pad.
"Sorry about that." Scott says putting out a hand and pulling Janelle up.
"Can you give me that back please?" Janelle asks quickly to Shelby, who is still holding her pen and pad. Shelby glances down to see what the big fuss is. She reads over what is written on the note pad.
"What is this? Who are you?" Shelby asks infuriated.
Peter and Sophie have joined the two.
"Can I have my personal belongings back please?" Janelle asks rather annoyed.
"Are you a reporter or something?" Scott takes the pad from Shelby.
"What's going on?" Alexander perks up at the word reporter.
Alexander joins the group, standing next to Shelby. He glances down at Shelby as if he knows her. Shelby's body tenses up, Sophie notices this. Scott sensing that something is wrong looks over and recognizes who is standing by Shelby. Scott tenses up and makes a fist with his right hand. Before Peter realizes what is going to happen, Scott connects one right on Senator Alexander jaw.
"You bastard." Scott says as Alexander gets thrown off balance.
Peter manages to grab Scott before Scott can do more harm. A few of the Senators bodyguards emerge from another room. They had remained out of sight to keep the low down that Alexander was in the building. Two help Alexander up and move him away. One takes care of Janelle and seizes her pad and camera. Two security team members from the hospital also join the scene.
"You'll be sorry you did that son. Arrest him." Alexander points to Scott, who is still being held by Peter.
"I'm not your son you bastard." Scott screams trying to break free of Peter's grasp.
"Scott, settle down."
As the police start to put the handcuffs on Scott, Alexander and Shelby make eye contact. Alexander gives Shelby a sly smile of satisfaction. Shelby bolts out of the hallway and down one of the hospitals back stairways, Sophie takes off after her. Peter is trying to plead with Alexander as the police cart off Scott. Janelle is in custody of two of Alexander's bodyguards. Taylor is lying passed out from the medication, still tied to the hospital bed. The man in the black suit and cornflower silk blue tie stands over her, watching her.
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"Shelby Stop!" Sophie yells following her down the stairwell.
Shelby continues to run. She manages to get outside of the building and runs out onto the streets. She watches as the police put Scott into a squad car. She then takes off into an alleyway. Sophie gets out of the building and looks around. Shelby is nowhere to be seen. Sophie walks towards the front of the building as a squad car passes her, Scott sitting in the back of it. Peter is still trying to talk to Alexander as Alexander gets into a waiting limo. The limo takes off leaving Peter standing in frustration.
"Peter!" Sophie yells. Peter turns giving her his attention. "I can't find Shelby, she's taken off."
"DAMNET!" Peter yells. Sophie goes over towards him. "We'll have to go back to the school. I need to make some phone calls. When we get back I'll call the police, Shelby's parents and Scott's parents."
"I'll stay here and keep looking." Sophie says.
Peter heads off towards his car. Sophie goes over towards hers to get a flashlight and some other supplies she may need. Peter kisses and hugs Sophie before he gets in and takes off. Sophie begins to go downtown looking at every passing face.
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Shelby has managed to get a few blocks away from the hospital, tears are freely flowing down her face. She is standing in an alleyway full of drug dealers and other criminal types. As she continues to walk, men start to whistle at her.
"Hey there sweet thing." A white man approaches her. "I've got something that'll take away your blues." The man holds out a small white bag.
"I don't have any money." Shelby replies.
"That's okay, I know how you can pay me." The man smiles and pulls some strands of loose hair out of Shelby's teary eyes. Shelby takes the small white bag out of the man's hands.
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Hospital Room
Taylor is lying in bed staring up at the ceiling. Senator Alexander McPhearson and the doctor enter the room. Cassandra is sitting in the chair that Peter had been sitting in.
"She appears to be doing better." The doctor informs Alexander. "She had an allergic reaction to one of the pills she took. With the fight and adrenaline, the reaction accelerated causing her to have a seizure." The doctor explains to Alexander. "All vitals and other signs appear to be normal. She's one very lucky girl."
"Thank you. I'd like some time with my daughter."
The doctor leaves meeting Peter out in the hall. "Senator would like sometime alone with his daughter. Why don't you go back to the waiting room?"
Peter doesn't argue and turns around to go back. When he gets to the waiting room, he finds Sophie, Scott and Shelby waiting. He walks over and hugs Sophie tightly. He pulls her aside as Scott and Shelby enter the waiting room. Janelle, star reporter for the New York Post, makes her way quietly down the hospital hall. She stops as she hears voices in the waiting room. She pulls out her pen and pad to begin to take notes.
"What are you guys doing here?" Peter whispers into Sophie's ear.
"Shelby isn't doing so well. She refused to eat or sleep without seeing Taylor. How is Taylor?"
"She's awake. The doctor said it was an allergic reaction to one of the pills she managed to get."
"Do you think she did it on purpose?"
"I don't know what to think." Peter puts his hands on his head. "I found out who Grant is."
"Who?"
"He's her personal basketball coach she's had since she was a child. The good Senator is leaving the country and is going to leave custody of Taylor to him. She's being pulled out of Horizon and sent back to school."
"We can't let them take her." Shelby is standing by the doorway.
"Did Taylor and you talk?" Peter looks over at Shelby. Shelby shakes her head yes. "What did she tell you?"
"That's for her to tell, not me." Shelby says looking towards Taylor's room.
"What's going on Shelby, talk to us." Sophie pleads.
There's a disturbance that comes from Taylor's hospital room.
"Stay here." Peter orders Scott and Shelby.
Peter and Sophie run down the hallway. They run past Janelle not noticing her. Janelle quietly follows them. She pulls out a mini camera and begins to take pictures. As the three arrive at Taylor's room, they see doctors, nurses and other various staff are trying to put Taylor into restraints. Everyone is so concentrated on this scene that they do not notice that Janelle is taking pictures and writing in her pad. Alexander and Cassandra are standing back watching. Standing beside them is a younger man. He has dirty blonde hair, dark blue eyes about 6'2" and 165, athletically built. He is wearing a black suit w/ dark cornflower blue silk tie.
"Get him outta here." Taylor yells as she's being pulled down by one of the orderlies.
"What's going on?" Peter asks one of the nurses.
"She just flipped out." A nurse manages to say while helping to hold down one of Taylor's legs.
"LET ME GO." Taylor somehow manages to get one of her arms free. She swings and hits one of the orderlies.
The orderly stumbles backwards knocking into a nurse. Taylor swings again, but one of the doctors catches her arm mid swing. The orderly regains his composure and helps the doctor with the restraint. Once Taylor is in restraints, the doctor gives her a shot in the butt.
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The doctor tells Senator, Cassandra, the other man, Peter and Sophie. Meanwhile Janelle starts to sneak back to the waiting room. Scott and Shelby have made they way down towards Taylor's hospital room when they heard Taylor screams. They run directly into Janelle, knocking her down. The pen and pad fly out of her hand. Scott helps Janelle up, while Shelby gets the pen and pad.
"Sorry about that." Scott says putting out a hand and pulling Janelle up.
"Can you give me that back please?" Janelle asks quickly to Shelby, who is still holding her pen and pad. Shelby glances down to see what the big fuss is. She reads over what is written on the note pad.
"What is this? Who are you?" Shelby asks infuriated.
Peter and Sophie have joined the two.
"Can I have my personal belongings back please?" Janelle asks rather annoyed.
"Are you a reporter or something?" Scott takes the pad from Shelby.
"What's going on?" Alexander perks up at the word reporter.
Alexander joins the group, standing next to Shelby. He glances down at Shelby as if he knows her. Shelby's body tenses up, Sophie notices this. Scott sensing that something is wrong looks over and recognizes who is standing by Shelby. Scott tenses up and makes a fist with his right hand. Before Peter realizes what is going to happen, Scott connects one right on Senator Alexander jaw.
"You bastard." Scott says as Alexander gets thrown off balance.
Peter manages to grab Scott before Scott can do more harm. A few of the Senators bodyguards emerge from another room. They had remained out of sight to keep the low down that Alexander was in the building. Two help Alexander up and move him away. One takes care of Janelle and seizes her pad and camera. Two security team members from the hospital also join the scene.
"You'll be sorry you did that son. Arrest him." Alexander points to Scott, who is still being held by Peter.
"I'm not your son you bastard." Scott screams trying to break free of Peter's grasp.
"Scott, settle down."
As the police start to put the handcuffs on Scott, Alexander and Shelby make eye contact. Alexander gives Shelby a sly smile of satisfaction. Shelby bolts out of the hallway and down one of the hospitals back stairways, Sophie takes off after her. Peter is trying to plead with Alexander as the police cart off Scott. Janelle is in custody of two of Alexander's bodyguards. Taylor is lying passed out from the medication, still tied to the hospital bed. The man in the black suit and cornflower silk blue tie stands over her, watching her.
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"Shelby Stop!" Sophie yells following her down the stairwell.
Shelby continues to run. She manages to get outside of the building and runs out onto the streets. She watches as the police put Scott into a squad car. She then takes off into an alleyway. Sophie gets out of the building and looks around. Shelby is nowhere to be seen. Sophie walks towards the front of the building as a squad car passes her, Scott sitting in the back of it. Peter is still trying to talk to Alexander as Alexander gets into a waiting limo. The limo takes off leaving Peter standing in frustration.
"Peter!" Sophie yells. Peter turns giving her his attention. "I can't find Shelby, she's taken off."
"DAMNET!" Peter yells. Sophie goes over towards him. "We'll have to go back to the school. I need to make some phone calls. When we get back I'll call the police, Shelby's parents and Scott's parents."
"I'll stay here and keep looking." Sophie says.
Peter heads off towards his car. Sophie goes over towards hers to get a flashlight and some other supplies she may need. Peter kisses and hugs Sophie before he gets in and takes off. Sophie begins to go downtown looking at every passing face.
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Shelby has managed to get a few blocks away from the hospital, tears are freely flowing down her face. She is standing in an alleyway full of drug dealers and other criminal types. As she continues to walk, men start to whistle at her.
"Hey there sweet thing." A white man approaches her. "I've got something that'll take away your blues." The man holds out a small white bag.
"I don't have any money." Shelby replies.
"That's okay, I know how you can pay me." The man smiles and pulls some strands of loose hair out of Shelby's teary eyes. Shelby takes the small white bag out of the man's hands.
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