I don't really have anything to say this time. I said it all in the last
chapter. Just, thanks for reading so far, and for all your reviews.
Just a short chapter this time, sorry, couldn't think what to write.
Chapter 6 - Life or Death
"Abby?" she heard somewhere from above. "Abby? Can you hear me?"
She opened her eyes. Susan was standing over her, tears forming in her eyes. Abby felt numb. So many questions were rushing through her mind. Where did the second shot go? Was anyone hurt? Was she going to die?
"John! Josie! She's awake!" Susan yelled. They had been untied and immediately joined Susan at Abby's side. She was still lying on the floor of her apartment.
"I heard another shot." She whispered.
John and Josie looked over towards the door. James's body was lying there, lifeless.
"The police arrived after he fired. They shot him in the back. He died instantly." John explained.
The numbness in Abby's body faded away and she became aware of the intense pain in her stomach. Susan had her hand over the entrance wound in Abby's abdomen, stopping the blood flow.
"The paramedics will be here any second. The police are searching James's body. The beer made him unstable, he missed your heart, aimed to low and hit you in the stomach." He paused. "How's she doing Susan?
"I can't stop the bleeding. The paramedics have to get here now!"
"Josie?" Abby called weakly.
"Yeah?" Josie was quiet and shaking. All the blood in her cheeks had gone and she was as white as a ghost.
"Are you ok?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, I guess." She replied, walking away from where Abby was lying.
Abby felt herself go weak. She couldn't stay awake much longer.
"Abby? Abby, stay with me! Hold on for just a bit longer, you can do this, I know you can." Susan urged as she saw Abby's eyes closing. John gripped Abby's hand. She tried to squeeze it back but she didn't have the strength.
She heard the paramedics rush into the room. There were so many people talking over her head. She opened her eyes. There were so many faces, but only one she was looking for. She searched the room with her eyes, looking for her daughter. Josie was sitting on the arm of the couch, unable to look at her Mum. She was staring at the body of her father. 'How could she be hurting so much over the death of someone she hated so much?' Josie was asking herself.
Abby called out her name. Josie couldn't look at her. She blocked out the sight of her mother, fighting to stay alive, thinking that if she ignored it, everything would be ok. But it wouldn't. 'Nothing would ever be ok ever again', she thought to herself.
"Josie," Abby muttered, as she gave up her fight to stay awake, she was so tired, she wanted to sleep She didn't want to see what the paramedics were doing to her. She just wanted to sleep.
"Josie".........
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Preview......
'Josie sat, with her head buried in Susan's shoulder, crying until she had no more energy left and no more tears to cry. Susan held her until she was ready to go in, and face her Mum.'
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry it was so short. Longer one next, I promise. Please review! Please please please!!!!!! ;-)
Just a short chapter this time, sorry, couldn't think what to write.
Chapter 6 - Life or Death
"Abby?" she heard somewhere from above. "Abby? Can you hear me?"
She opened her eyes. Susan was standing over her, tears forming in her eyes. Abby felt numb. So many questions were rushing through her mind. Where did the second shot go? Was anyone hurt? Was she going to die?
"John! Josie! She's awake!" Susan yelled. They had been untied and immediately joined Susan at Abby's side. She was still lying on the floor of her apartment.
"I heard another shot." She whispered.
John and Josie looked over towards the door. James's body was lying there, lifeless.
"The police arrived after he fired. They shot him in the back. He died instantly." John explained.
The numbness in Abby's body faded away and she became aware of the intense pain in her stomach. Susan had her hand over the entrance wound in Abby's abdomen, stopping the blood flow.
"The paramedics will be here any second. The police are searching James's body. The beer made him unstable, he missed your heart, aimed to low and hit you in the stomach." He paused. "How's she doing Susan?
"I can't stop the bleeding. The paramedics have to get here now!"
"Josie?" Abby called weakly.
"Yeah?" Josie was quiet and shaking. All the blood in her cheeks had gone and she was as white as a ghost.
"Are you ok?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, I guess." She replied, walking away from where Abby was lying.
Abby felt herself go weak. She couldn't stay awake much longer.
"Abby? Abby, stay with me! Hold on for just a bit longer, you can do this, I know you can." Susan urged as she saw Abby's eyes closing. John gripped Abby's hand. She tried to squeeze it back but she didn't have the strength.
She heard the paramedics rush into the room. There were so many people talking over her head. She opened her eyes. There were so many faces, but only one she was looking for. She searched the room with her eyes, looking for her daughter. Josie was sitting on the arm of the couch, unable to look at her Mum. She was staring at the body of her father. 'How could she be hurting so much over the death of someone she hated so much?' Josie was asking herself.
Abby called out her name. Josie couldn't look at her. She blocked out the sight of her mother, fighting to stay alive, thinking that if she ignored it, everything would be ok. But it wouldn't. 'Nothing would ever be ok ever again', she thought to herself.
"Josie," Abby muttered, as she gave up her fight to stay awake, she was so tired, she wanted to sleep She didn't want to see what the paramedics were doing to her. She just wanted to sleep.
"Josie".........
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Preview......
'Josie sat, with her head buried in Susan's shoulder, crying until she had no more energy left and no more tears to cry. Susan held her until she was ready to go in, and face her Mum.'
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry it was so short. Longer one next, I promise. Please review! Please please please!!!!!! ;-)