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Beck stayed in the room transferring blood to Jade and seeing how the doctors washed her stomach and made her throw up, about an hour later, they asked Beck to leave the room and even though he didn't want to do it he had to. "Beck, what happened? How is Jade?" Tori questioned as soon as she and the rest of them saw him coming back.
"Her heart stopped at one point but she survived." Beck informed gladly and sat down on the couch slowly because he felt a little dizzy.
"Did the doctors give you hope?" Andre asked and Beck shook his head.
"They don't know, they say it's incredible that Jade didn't die before we got here but that doesn't mean she is going to make it" Beck explained sadly. "Did you call her mother?"
"Yes, she is on the plane on her way back but we left her a message, she'll hear it when she lands" Tori responded. "We only said that Jade was in the hospital but we didn't say why"
"We don't know that either..."Robbie said.
"Beck, we continued checking her phone and she wrote something last night...well, this morning" Tori informed.
"What is it? Let me see" Beck demanded and she handed him Jade's phone. "Nobody will understand why I did it and I am aware that I might hurt my parents but I don't want to be here anymore, that's all I can say, goodbye and sorry for everything, mom" He read as a tear streamed down his face and he handed the phone to Tori again.
"Why? That's the question, Jade was fine, we were working on the play and she wanted to finish it, why would she kill herself afterwards? Why would she do it like that?" Andre questioned confused.
"And she didn't even exit the video chat, she did it all while we slept" Beck said feeling very guilty. "Maybe if we had stayed awake, she wouldn't have done it, maybe if I had talked to her about it, she called me for a reason, maybe she was confused or something, maybe she needed someone to talk to but I wasn't there, I ignored her and she did it"
"No, Beck, I think she's been planning this for a while but she waited to make sure that nobody interrupted her, that's probably why she didn't want to spend the weekend at Tori's house, she knew her parents wouldn't be there and she would have the opportunity to kill herself without problems" Andre commented.
"Then why did she call me?" Beck questioned confused.
"Maybe she wanted to say goodbye, I don't know...maybe she didn't speak because she thought that you'd ruin her plans by saving her or something" Andre responded. "But you don't have to feel guilty, it was her decision and besides, you're the one who insisted in going to her house, if it weren't for you she'd be dead, you saved her after all" He said trying to make him feel better but it was impossible, he felt way too guilty.
"But again, why would Jade want to die?" Robbie questioned confused but Tori didn't know whether to tell them or not.
"Doctor, how's Jade?" Tori questioned when she saw the doctor coming to them.
"She is stable for now but that could change, the next 24 hours will be decisive" He responded. "Now, can you tell me exactly what happened? Was it a suicide attempt?" He asked and they nodded sadly.
"We woke up this morning and tried to wake her up but she didn't pick up the phone, we were video chatting so we thought it was weird that she didn't even move, we went to her house and we saw the bottle of pills completely empty and when we uncovered her, we saw she had sliced her wrists with a pair of scissors she was holding" Beck explained and the doctor nodded.
"Do you know if Miss West suffers from depression or anxiety? Or if there is anything going on in her life that could make her want to die?" The doctor questioned and they shook their heads but Tori decided to finally speak, if Jade was gonna die nothing mattered anymore and she wanted everyone to know the reason, she wanted everyone to know the kind of person Nick was.
"Actually, there is something..." Tori informed and Beck looked at her confused. "She did it because of him, I'm sure"
"Him? Her boyfriend?" The doctor questioned but Tori shook her head.
"No, I don't know if I should say it... I promised her I would keep the secret" Tori said sadly.
"What secret? Talk, come on, Tori, if you know why she did it talk, TALK!" Beck demanded.
"Someone's been harassing her for a very long time and she can't do anything to stop him, Jade was very affected by something that happened because of that, maybe dying was the only option she could think of, I don't know..." Tori explained. "I didn't think she would even consider suicide, she said she would deal with it but I can't think of any other explanation"
"Someone's been harassing her? She didn't tell us anything" Beck commented confused.
"Okay, well, that could be an explanation..." The doctor said. "Then there's no need to call the police, this wasn't an attempt of murder"
"He is still guilty, he made her do this" Tori said upset.
"We don't know if that was her reason and even if it was, without her testimony there is no case, did she leave a note or something?" The doctor asked.
"Sort of but she didn't mention him" Tori commented.
"If you find anything that can be used against that person, let me know" The doctor said and walked away.
"I'm gonna go get a glass of water" Tori said but Beck grabbed her arm.
"No, you're not going anywhere until you tell me everything you know" Beck affirmed. "Who is harassing Jade and since when exactly?" She looked down and then at him but she wasn't convinced. "TALK!" He raised her voice and she couldn't stop herself from saying it.
"It's Nick" Tori informed and their mouths dropped.
"What? You're kidding, right?" Andre questioned and Tori shook her head. "That can't be true, Tori, come on..."
"No, I know it's hard to believe but it's the truth" Tori said. "We weren't imagining it, Beck, what you saw and what I saw was real, I learned about it the other day when we were working on the play at Jade's house, remember when I went upstairs to look for her?" She asked and they nodded. "Well, I heard voices and when I looked inside her room, I saw Nick and Jade, he had her pinned against the wall and he was saying disgusting things to her, it was horrible I thought he was gonna rape her but she threatened him and he left"
"But Jade looked normal, she didn't look scared or nervous that day, she actually has never looked nervous when she is around him" Robbie commented. "That's not normal"
"I know, at first I pretended I hadn't seen anything to see how she reacted but she acted like nothing had happened because she is used to it, when I confronted her about it, she confessed it all, she said that it's been happening for like ten months" Tori informed.
"Oh god, and has he hurt her? Has he...?" Beck questioned afraid of the answer but Tori shook her head.
"No, Jade says he was about to once but he didn't do it, she thinks that he won't do it because he knows that she would talk" Tori responded. "He expects her to cooperate"
"That bastard" Beck said angrily.
"Um..." Tori said.
"What? Is there anything else you want to tell us?" Beck questioned.
"He hasn't raped her but he has physically hurt her" She informed and they looked at her even more surprised. "Remember the last time we were in her house?" She asked and they nodded. "Well, it wasn't an accident, she didn't hit herself with the door, Nick slapped her twice and that's why her lip was bleeding and she had the bruise" Tori informed.
"What?" Beck questioned even more shocked. "That fucking son of a bitch"
"I know, I was so scared when he did it...he is very violent" Tori commented.
"Why did Jade lie? Why did she protect him?" Beck questioned upset.
"I don't know, she just didn't want anyone to know" Tori informed. "She wasn't protecting him, she was just ashamed...she doesn't like to be seen as a victim, you know that, I guess she preferred not to make a big deal out of it"
"It still doesn't make me feel better, if I had known... god, you should have called us, Tori, I would have beaten the hell out of him" Beck affirmed. "How dares he hit a woman? How dares he harass her?"
"I'm sorry but I couldn't, she made me promise I wouldn't say anything" Tori explained.
"And why hasn't she told her mother?" Cat questioned. "I don't understand"
"She did but her mom didn't believe her that time, the day he hit her I saw him, he had her in his room, he was covering her mouth and touching her so I had to walk in to stop him, he knew that we would accuse him so he immediately proposed to Jade's mom and when we told her, she went crazy, she didn't believe me or Jade and said a lot of things to her" Tori explained. "To make it worse, Nick started saying Jade dated a drug dealer and that he was the one who had hit her and her mother believed him, she said a lot of hurtful things to Jade and I could see that it really affected her, maybe that's why she did it, I just can't think of any other explanation for this"
"Wait, wait... you said that he started harassing her ten months ago, right?" Beck questioned and Tori nodded. "We were together at the time, why didn't she tell me anything? I would have helped her"
"I asked her the same thing, she said that she didn't think it was important until he tried to kiss her, then she decided to tell you but..." Tori began but she realized Beck would feel even guiltier if he learnt the truth.
"But what?" Beck questioned coldly.
"Beck, it doesn't matter anymore" Tori said.
"It does, but what?" He questioned again.
"Forget it" Tori said again.
"But what, Tori? Tell me" He insisted.
"Beck, there's nothing you can do now"Tori insisted.
"Tell me!" Beck ordered coldly and she had to give in.
"Fine, she wanted to tell you but that was the day you didn't open the door and she couldn't" Tori informed and Beck closed his eyes in frustration.
"Dear god" He said, pain, guilt and anger dripping from his voice. "I remember that, she said she needed to tell me something very important but I didn't let her speak, I was so angry, I started yelling at her because you guys had met up without us and I just... god, I'm a fucking idiot"
"That is also the reason why Jade spends the day out, she doesn't like to be there when her mom is not around" Tori commented and Beck sat down shocked after what Tori had said.
"I can't believe this, Nick seemed so nice" Andre said.
"Yes but he is a monster, he uses every single chance he gets to harass Jade and I mean it literally, every single chance, he doesn't even care that other people are in the house, I still don't know how she's been able to handle it all this time without anyone noticing it, if I hadn't seen it myself I wouldn't have known but after she told me, I paid attention to him and he is always chasing her and trying to touch her, it's disturbing but she manages it" Tori commented. "And that's why I find strange that she tried to kill herself, I mean, why now? She's been in that situation for almost a year and she's been strong enough to control it so why did she break just now?"
"I don't know, I just know that I want to kill Nick, he is not going to get away with this" Beck affirmed full of rage. "If he is the reason Jade tried to kill herself, he is going to suffer the consequences"
About two hours later Melissa finally arrived to the hospital, she ran inside and saw Jade's friends in the waiting room still wearing pajamas. "What happened? Where is Jade?" She questioned worriedly.
"Calm down, Ms. Melissa" Andre said.
"I'm not gonna calm down until you tell me where my daughter is" Melissa responded.
"She is in intensive therapy" Tori informed and Melissa stared at her confused.
"What? Why? What happened to her?" She questioned and they all looked at each other, it wasn't an easy duty to tell a mother that her daughter had tried to kill herself.
"Listen, Jade... Jade, Jade..." Tori didn't know how to say it.
"What? Jade, what?" Melissa asked desperately.
"Jade tried to kill herself" Tori informed and Melissa's eyes wide opened as her mouth dropped.
"What are you saying? No, that's impossible" Melissa affirmed. "Jade wouldn't do that, I know her, she would never do that"
"I know it's hard to believe but that's what happened" Andre affirmed.
"Listen, we worked on the play all day yesterday but at night, we fell asleep and Jade was the only one who stayed awake, this morning when we woke up we tried to make her react but it was impossible so we went to your house" Tori informed."I apologize but it was necessary, if we hadn't done it she would be dead now, the thing is we found her on her bed unconscious, she took an entire bottle of aspirin and sliced her wrists with a pair of scissors" Tori said and Melissa started crying.
"No, please tell me you're lying, Jade is not suicidal, No..." Melissa said sadly and sat down from the impact. "My daughter is not suicidal, this a mistake"
"If we hadn't been on the video chat with her, she would still be in your house and she would be dead" Beck informed and she shook her head.
"No, no, no" Melissa exclaimed with lots of tears running down her face. "God, why?"
"Beck transferred her some blood and they washed her stomach but we don't know if she is going to survive" Andre informed and Melissa started crying even more.
"This can't be happening, this is a nightmare" Melissa exclaimed as she tried to calm down. "That's what it is, a horrible nightmare"
"Do you know why she did it?" Beck questioned coldly and Melissa looked at him confused.
"No, she was fine when I left her, I told her that we'd go out for lunch today, I don't understand what happened" Melissa responded disconcerted. "I talked to her yesterday morning and she was okay"
"Where is Nick?" Beck questioned.
"He is in San Diego taking care of his mother, why?" Melissa asked back.
"Because he and you caused this, Jade is dying in that room because you trust a stranger more than your own daughter"
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