Chapter 7
Cloe woke up screaming. Only the thought of her parents leaving again, like in her dream, make her cry. The most scary part of the whole dream was that it was all so realistic! It was true that her parents were the king and queen of a little country next to Saudi-arabia, and a long time ago there actually had been a major attack. That's why Cloe's parents decided to move, since they wanted Cloe to be safe. That was the reason why she was spending so much time alone. Her parents tried to be only gone for a week at a time, and only once or twice per month. But this didn't always work out that way, not even when they still lived in Ketal(their country), so they had hired Marguerita to watch out for her when Cloe was just 3 months old. Cloe thoughts went trough her dream again and she sighted from relieve when she realised that Ved didn't really know her past. She didn't want people to know, since they would treat her differently. And from all people she wanted Ved to like her for what she was the most. People in her school were told that Cloe's parents were very rich and that Cloe had been kidnapped a couple of times before and that that was the reason why Cloe moved to this part of the country and also the reason why she lived at home. The school didn't have the safety measures to prevent a kidnapping. The kids in her school took it for granted, because most of them were rich themselves, and were sent here because their parents didn't have the time to look after them. So Cloe was taken in like on of them, a girl who has to miss her parents a lot… And soon she became on of the most popular girls. Cloe looked out the window and saw that it was still dark outside. She figured that it was probably around 1 a.m., which would explain why nobody was in her room. Cloe looked around and realized that in the 4 weeks she had been awake, this room had really became her room. Amber had taken some of her posters to hang op the walls and her mother had brought her own bedsheets and a couple of her stuffed animals to "keep her company in the long nights". Cloe had just smiled when her mom said that. She didn't want to admit it, but it really felt less lonely with them in her bed. But that the room had transformed into her own didn't mean she wasn't happy to go home tomorrow. And according to the doctors she could even go back to school in a week! And with the thought of going home Cloe wondered of to sleep again.
"Good morning sleeping beauty! It's time for you to go home!" One of the nurses said while trying to get Cloe to wake up. "Okay, I'm awake! You can stop shaking me around now" Cloe muttered. The nurse just laughed at Cloe's anger.. She always was like this in the morning. "Yeah right, if I leave you now you'll got go straight back to sleep! Get those feet next to your bed, and I'll believe you" Finally Cloe managed to get out of bed and into the shower she had in her room. The warm water woke her up a bit and she realised this was the last time she had to shower here… She was going home. Cloe got dressed and started to pack her stuff when she was stopped. "Cloe, I'm out for a couple of weeks and you take over my job? I don't think so young lady!" Cloe turned around smiling and yelled "MARGE!!! I've missed you like crazy!" She cuddled her. "Don't you ever let me alone again, or I'll get you fired!" Cloe joked around. "It looks like some 17-year old I know has to make her own breakfast from now own" Marge said with a grin. "Come on, let me pack those things. The doctor said he needed to talk to you before you left! So go on, go see him" And with those words Marguerita pushed her out of the door.
Cloe walked over to the office and knocked. "Ah Cloe, just the girl I was looking for! Please, sit down. Before I start, I want to say that I really don't want to hear any arguments, because they won't work! When you were brought in here we had your blood tested. We had to know if you were drugged or anything and if the water in your lungs did any harm. And I know that you still don't know what happened exactly on that day, but you must have had certain thoughts on the fact that the kidnapper didn't take you. Miles didn't see anyone, so that's something that makes it even weirder. But when your bloodresults came back it all made a lot more sense to me. I didn't tell your parents what really happened, because technically it's part of my oath not to tell things without permission. Your blood showed signs of morfine and a couple of other drugs. When I checked your record, I noticed that a couple of years ago they gave you painkillers with the exact amount of drugs you had in your blood. Cloe, I really need to know. Does this ring any bells? You have to know that it's not unusual for girls your age to take drugs of some kind, including painkillers, to ease their lives. And with your life it only makes a bigger risk for you to do that! If you don't want me to, I won't tell your parents. But you do have to promise me not to take them anymore. And I'll let the recipe for the painkillers be erased from all the files at all the pharmacists. So please tell me!" Cloe looked at him and opened her mouth. "I…