Chapter 6 Getting Caught
A look of pure horror of fear took over Amy's face, as she saw her only daughter lying motionless on the couch.
" What did you do to her!" Amy yelled at Michael as she ran over to Maria's side.
" I didn't do anything.." Michael said trying to convince her that he was innocent.
Amy just shook he her head in disgust and put her hand on Maria's cheek.
" The Ambulance is on its way." Michael said.
" So you're telling me that you hurt my baby and then you felt bad, so you phoned 9-1-1. Ha, your pathetic! I should have never let Maria see you, but she insisted that you made her happy! I can't believe I bought those lies!" Amy yelled as tears ran down her face.
Michael sighed, he knew Amy would never believe him nor trust him after this.
" You know I would never hurt her!" Michael yelled back. He would die before he let anyone hurt her!
" So you weren't the one who hurt her every night when she came home crying!" Amy yelled.
Michael hung his head low. It was the truth, he had hurt Maria. More then once.
" Oh my god Michael! What did you do to Maria's arm?" Amy asked in shock as she looked at Maria's arm covered in dried blood and deep scars.
" Oh my baby, I told you he was dangerous." She said as she rubbed Maria's arm.
" I DIDN'T DO THAT!" Michael yelled. He was getting frustrated, he would never do that.
" JUST SHUT UP!" Amy yelled more tears falling down her face.
Just then the door swung open again. This time it was two paramedics carrying a stretcher. They said hello, asked a couple of questions and put Maria's body on the stretcher. They did some tests and checked her heart beat. She was still alive.
"Who will be coming with us to the hospital?" one of the paramedics asked.
" I'm going, I am her mother!" Amy said.
" I'm going too! I found her!" Michael said.
Amy eyed Michael but surprisingly let him go with her.
They then walked out of the house and into the back of the Ambulance. The Ambulance drove off into the distance as they drove further away from Maria's house.
The two paramedics carried Maria to the third floor into room B-12. They placed her on the bed and a nurse came in. The nurse attached Maria to monitors and took some more tests. Even though Michael wanted to site by Maria's side, he thought t would be wise if he waited in the waiting room down the hall. So that's where he went, while Amy talked to the nurse.
" I can't believe him. That young man that was just in here, is the one to blame for my daughter's situation!" Amy cried.
The nurse looked at Amy then at Maria's arm. She looked at the scars carefully.
" I'm sorry Miss, but there is no way that, that man could have done this. The angles of the scars, prove that Maria did it herself. They would not be this way if some one had done it to her." The nurse said as she showed the angle line so that Amy could see and understand
" You're daughter tried to commit suicide." The nurse said.
" Suicide?" Amy whispered almost fainting hearing that word. She couldn't believe that Michael didn't do that to her. But he still wasn't off the hook yet.
Amy nodded her head and went to talk to Michael.
" What's wrong with her?" Michael said as she stood up from his seat, he was sitting in.
" She committed suicide!" Amy said, shaking gently.
" WHAT!" Michael questioned. No, not his Maria. His Maria was strong and would never think of suicide!
" You did this to her didn't you!" Amy said. " You made her cut herself!"
" Mrs. Deluca! Maybe I broke her heart, but I only did it so that I wouldn't have to hurt her more! I love Maria and I would DO anything to protect her. And if you don't believe me then fine! But I won't ever change my mind about you're daughter!" Michael said.
Amy stared at Michael like he was talking in a different language. Then she turned around and headed back to Maria's room.
Michael shook his head.
" Why would she do that?" He whispered to himself.
" Michael is Maria okay?" A familiar voice said.
He turned around and saw Liz, Max, Kyle, Isabel and Sheriff Valenti.
Michael took a deep breath.
" She tried to commit suicide!" He said.