When Larry woke up, he couldn't figure out what was wrong. Then he noticed that Miley was gasping for breath. He shook her and said "Miley, wake up!" He shook her some more. As she continued to gasp without waking up, he decided this was serious enough for 911.
As he waited for them to arrive, he noticed a pill bottle on the nightstand. Oh no, he thought. He decided he better call Lilly.
"At this hour, it better be good," she murmured sleepily.
"No, it's not good," said Larry. "I just don't know how bad it is yet. Miley is here, she's having trouble breathing, and I can't wake her up. I've already called 911."
"Do you know where they're taking her?" she asked.
"No, I didn't think to ask," he said. "I found a bottle of pills on the nightstand. I don't know if she took any."
"Oh brother, I thought she had slowed down. All right, call me when you find out where they take her. I'll meet you there."
"Well, I don't think you need to do that. I can call you when I know anything," he said.
"Larry, I've told her father something, and now I'll tell you," she said. "I'm not a manager. I'm a friend who manages. I'll meet you there as her friend, not as her manager."
"All right. Speaking of her father, should we call him?"
"Yeah," she said. "I know him better than you do, so I'll take care of it."
"Thanks."
When the paramedics arrived, he showed them the bottle and said "I don't know how many she took, or even if she took any for that matter. But this was on the nightstand. I guess you guys can take it from here."
One of them said "Yes, this is typical for an overdose of these. Good work."
"Where will you take her?"
"LA General."
He called Lilly back and said "They say LA General, the emergency room I guess."
"I'll be there."
When she arrived, he told her "They say she'll be all right. They're pumping her stomach, doing tests, keeping her for observation for a while, and all those medical things, but she's ok."
She realized she had not brought her purse and said "I'm not at my most organized in the middle of the night. Can I use your cell?"
"Umm..well, I'd love to, but..."
"You left yours home too," she finished for him. "All right, I see pay phones over there." As she walked up to them, she realized she had a problem. Her change, money, credit and debit cards were all in her purse. Driver's license, too. Oh well, she would drive carefully going home. So she placed it collect.
"She'll be fine," she told Mr. Stewart.
"That's great, thanks. But why did you call collect?"
"Because I forgot my purse, and couldn't use this pay phone any other way."
"Ok, well go ahead call me collect if there is any change. Bye."
As Lilly drove them home, Larry said "You scared me, Miles."
She said "Sorry about that."
"Try not to let it happen again, ok?" said Lilly.
