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help the story. So that is why this chapter has a warning label on it.
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Chapter Sixteen: You’re Not Alone-Part Two
I’ve got another confession to make
I’m your fool
Everyone’s got their chains to break
Holdin’ you
Vaughn was standing in the back of the hospital room, looking at Sydney. She was looking down at her hands and listening to the doctor speak.
“Miss Bristow was rushed to the ER early this morning. She suffers from a broken leg, broken arm, and some minor head wounds. Her lung collapsed, and she was in a coma this morning, but her lung is better and she woke up about two hours ago. But her prognosis looks good. We don’t know what caused this, only Miss Bristow could tell you that,” the doctor told the family in a soft, concerned and firm manner.
The doctor and her whole family turned and looked at her. “Sydney, what happened?” Laura asked tearing up.
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
The life, the love
You die to heal
The hope that starts
The broken hearts
You trust, you must
Confess
“I…he…” Sydney tried to talk. Her voice still was too quiet and she motioned for a pad of paper and a pen.
Nadia grabbed it for her and Sydney looked at it. It was a basic notepad stationary with “Orange County Hospital” on the top left corner. The pen was the same; a black ballpoint with a logo on it. Nothing special and the hospital probably got them on discount somewhere. Sydney took off the cap and tried to write what had really happened. She tried to capture what pain she had gone through the past year in paragraph. But that wasn’t long enough. And she sat, scrawling across the tiny page and continuing to the next.
You gave me something that I didn’t have
But had no use
I was too weak to give in
Too strong to lose
My heart is under arrest again
But I break loose
My head is giving me life or death
But I can’t choose
I swear I’ll never give in
I refuse
“Here,” she whispered handing it to Nadia.
Nadia took the papers, two to be exact, and started to read her sister’s neat handwriting.
I never told anyone because of the threats. I now realize they didn’t mean a thing and I was just being used. Nick wasn’t the boyfriend you thought he was. For the first three years of our relationship, before he moved in, he was perfect. He was sweet, caring and everything. But once he moved in…that’s when it started. For the past year, Nick, my Nick, has been abusing me. Last night, he was drunk. He took me to the stairwell, and pushed me down the stairs. He thought I had been cheating on him…I never did. I had no time to argue or stop him, he just pushed me down. And now, I finally have the courage to tell you all. It took long enough…I’m sorry.
Nadia looked up from the paper in tears. She passed the paper to her mother and father and bent down to hug Sydney. “I’m so sorry I was never there for you.”
“It’s not your fault,” Sydney said softly.
“I’m the one that should be saying that,” Nadia laughed through the tears.
Sydney tried to smile, but it wasn’t real. She couldn’t smile at the time like this. No one can smile when you’re in the hospital, especially after something like this. Sydney knew that it was that simple to just write down what Nick had been doing and she could have been out of this mess. But she hadn’t and now she was filled with sadness, pain and regret.
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
you trust, you must
confess
is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
The note traveled around the room, finishing with Vaughn. Everyone was looking at Sydney with sympathy in their eyes. Nadia and Laura were at her bedside, crying. Sydney would have cried, but all her tears for Nick and his wrongs were dried up. She had cried every night of her life for the past year, and she was sick of it. Tears didn’t need to come now.
“Sydney, he is not getting away with this!” Jack exclaimed and went out of room.
Vaughn was just standing there, in the back of room, still, staring at the note. He hadn’t really thought so much about Nick and Sydney and the possibility their ‘happiness’ was fake. He was filled with resentment towards Nick. He loved Sydney more than anything and Nick had caused Sydney so much pain. He imagined Sydney sitting in her bed, curled up into a ball crying herself to sleep while the jack*** was sleeping soundly right next to her. And most of all, he remembered the day he knocked down the door at Starbucks and held her close.
*Flashback*
A loud noise of cracking wood was heard throughout Starbucks. Sydney looked up her sobs to see Vaughn standing by the broken door. He didn’t want an explanation; he merely walked over to her and held her. He cared, and just held her and let her cry. Something she had wanted.
*End of Flashback*
Everything made sense now. The times she cried at work, blaming it on her period, and the times she just called in sick. She had lived a life of lies and pain for the last year. If Vaughn had pried more, he could have figured it all out and saved her from this horror, this past time that will be etched in her mind forever. Vaughn hadn’t been able to save her from it all and now he hated himself for it.
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Has someone taken your faith?
Its real, the pain you feel
You trust, you must
Confess
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Vaughn walked out of the hospital room and went on a mission; a mission to find Nick.
---***---
Vaughn walked up the steps of apartment building. His eyes were fixed on the apartment at the end of the hall. He was disgusted with the level of scum Nick was and he wasn’t going to let him get away with this.
Vaughn pounded on the door, “Open up!”
A groggy Nick opened up, “What do you want?”
“Oh you son of a b****! You had it coming to you since day one!” Vaughn screamed pinning him against the door. “How could you? How could you use her like that?
“What are you talking about?” Nick said pushing Vaughn as hard as he could.
“You damn well know what I’m talking about!”
Nick scoffed and looked at Vaughn funny, “No, I don’t!”
Vaughn just shook his head and punched Nick in the nose as hard as he could. “Does that bring anything back to memory?”
“No,” Nick said dryly looking up at his attacker.
“Oh, too bad,” Vaughn replied hitting him even harder this time.
Nick’s words were cracked and his voice was softer, “What are you talking about?”
“I don’t have to spell it out for you. I know I don’t. You’ve hurt her bad, so freaking bad. And you deserve so much worse than this, but I know the cops will do that for you,” Vaughn said with disgust. He loosened his grip and kicked Nick in his groin.
“F*** you!” Vaughn spat and stormed off towards the stairs.
---***---
Sydney sat up in her bed. Everyone had scattered and she was left alone to think. Matt, Nadia’s husband, and Chris, her brother, had volunteered to go to her apartment and get all her things packed up. She reluctantly agreed to them going with their spouses. Her mother and father had gone down to the police station to get charges filed against Nick. But she wondered where Vaughn had gone off to. She hadn’t seen him since she had written the confession note. She missed him, for a reason unknown to herself. She had drawn so much comfort from him during this year, and she guessed that she just wanted him to be there again.
She took a deep breath and blinked rapidly to fight the tears. This whole day was taking its toll on her. She had had the comfort of her sister, her friend, and her whole family. It had helped some, but what she really wanted was him. She wanted the embrace of Vaughn. His scent, touch, everything about him was perfect and now she was craving it.
And her wish became a reality when she saw Michael walk into the room. He look satisfied and sympathetic at the same time.
“Hey,” he greeted softly.
“I was just thinking about you,” she admitted.
“Oh really?”
“Yeah, I was thinking about the time you broke down the door for me,” Sydney smiled, truly smiled, for the first time today.
“What about that day?” he pried sitting down next to her.
Sydney took a deep breath, “Just the way you cared. You cared more than anyone, and you didn’t ask questions, you were just there…for me.”
“Of course I was,” Vaughn started. Now was his chance. He could take it and tell her how he truly felt, or he just let it pass him by and not tell her. And now, he wasn’t sure what to do. He only had a few moments…and they felt like an eternity.
Lyrics-Best of You by Foo Fighters
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