she whisper?” I asked.
“I don’t know. I couldn’t understand her.”
“Who did she come here with?” my mom asked him.
“I don’t know who he was; some older dude,” he replied.
Two paramedics came through the door with a stretcher and went right over to London. They started asking a bunch of questions that we didn’t have the answers to. They said her vitals were bad and they needed to get her to the hospital right away. I started shaking and crying as my dad walked over and hugged me.
“It’s going to be okay, baby. We should call her parents.”
“I’ll call them right now,” my mom said as she pulled out her phone. After several tries, she looked at us. “I can’t get a hold of her mom or dad.”
“Her dad is out of town on a business trip and her mom is probably passed out in some guy’s bed,” I said.
“Julia, that’s not nice,” my mom said.
“Well, it’s true, Mom. I should’ve seen this coming. I knew she was using drugs, but she told me that she’d stop because it was messing her up.”
“Please tell me you’ve never done drugs with her, Princess,” my dad said in a panicked tone.
“No, Daddy, I’ve never done any drugs.”
He let out a sigh of relief as we walked to the Range Rover and headed to the hospital.
****
We waited in the waiting room until the doctor came out and spoke to us.
“London should be fine. We sent some blood work to the lab for testing, and we pumped her stomach. I’ll be honest with you; she almost died. Her test results showed her positive for cocaine, crystal meth, marijuana, and a lot of alcohol; her levels were off the charts. I would suggest you keep trying to get a hold of her parents. I’ve ordered a psych evaluation and she’s going to have to go into a rehab program. I’m sorry this happened,” the doctor said as he turned and walked away.
My mom and dad put their arms around me as the nurse took us to the room where London was. My eyes started to fill with tears when I saw her lying there. She was pale and looked like death. The beeps of the machines made me cringe, as did the smell that infiltrated the room. I walked over to her bedside and placed my hand on hers. Tears started to stream down my face as she slowly opened her eyes. She tried to talk, but she couldn’t. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked at my mom and dad.
“It’s okay, honey. Don’t be scared,” my mom said as she leaned over her and pushed her hair from her forehead.
“I’m sorry,” London whispered as she looked at me.
“We can talk about it tomorrow. You need to rest now,” I said to her.
London closed her eyes and turned her head. “I’ll stay with her. You two go home and get some rest,” my mom said. “Connor, you need to try and get a hold of Joan.”
“I’ll go to their apartment now,” he said as he kissed my mom on the head. “Come on, Princess, let’s go see if we can track down her mother and then go home,” he said as he put his arm around me.
I started to walk out of the room, then I stopped and turned around and stared at my best friend, who I almost lost. I looked down as my dad pulled me closer into him and we walked out of the room. When we arrived at the building, we took the elevators up to the fifteenth floor where London’s apartment was. My dad knocked on the door and London’s mom surprisingly answered it.
“Connor, Julia? It’s almost three a.m. What the hell is going on?”
“Didn’t you get Ellery’s message, Joan?”
“Message? What message?” she said as she shook her head.
Suddenly, we heard a man’s voice from the other room, asking her if everything was all right. She told him to go back to sleep. The voice wasn’t Mr. Fitzgerald’s.
“London is in the emergency room from an overdose of drugs,” my dad said.
“What? She’s spending the night at her friend Ruby’s house. She told me she was spending the weekend there.”
“She lied to you, Joan. Ellery’s there with her now.
“I don’t know. I couldn’t understand her.”
“Who did she come here with?” my mom asked him.
“I don’t know who he was; some older dude,” he replied.
Two paramedics came through the door with a stretcher and went right over to London. They started asking a bunch of questions that we didn’t have the answers to. They said her vitals were bad and they needed to get her to the hospital right away. I started shaking and crying as my dad walked over and hugged me.
“It’s going to be okay, baby. We should call her parents.”
“I’ll call them right now,” my mom said as she pulled out her phone. After several tries, she looked at us. “I can’t get a hold of her mom or dad.”
“Her dad is out of town on a business trip and her mom is probably passed out in some guy’s bed,” I said.
“Julia, that’s not nice,” my mom said.
“Well, it’s true, Mom. I should’ve seen this coming. I knew she was using drugs, but she told me that she’d stop because it was messing her up.”
“Please tell me you’ve never done drugs with her, Princess,” my dad said in a panicked tone.
“No, Daddy, I’ve never done any drugs.”
He let out a sigh of relief as we walked to the Range Rover and headed to the hospital.
****
We waited in the waiting room until the doctor came out and spoke to us.
“London should be fine. We sent some blood work to the lab for testing, and we pumped her stomach. I’ll be honest with you; she almost died. Her test results showed her positive for cocaine, crystal meth, marijuana, and a lot of alcohol; her levels were off the charts. I would suggest you keep trying to get a hold of her parents. I’ve ordered a psych evaluation and she’s going to have to go into a rehab program. I’m sorry this happened,” the doctor said as he turned and walked away.
My mom and dad put their arms around me as the nurse took us to the room where London was. My eyes started to fill with tears when I saw her lying there. She was pale and looked like death. The beeps of the machines made me cringe, as did the smell that infiltrated the room. I walked over to her bedside and placed my hand on hers. Tears started to stream down my face as she slowly opened her eyes. She tried to talk, but she couldn’t. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked at my mom and dad.
“It’s okay, honey. Don’t be scared,” my mom said as she leaned over her and pushed her hair from her forehead.
“I’m sorry,” London whispered as she looked at me.
“We can talk about it tomorrow. You need to rest now,” I said to her.
London closed her eyes and turned her head. “I’ll stay with her. You two go home and get some rest,” my mom said. “Connor, you need to try and get a hold of Joan.”
“I’ll go to their apartment now,” he said as he kissed my mom on the head. “Come on, Princess, let’s go see if we can track down her mother and then go home,” he said as he put his arm around me.
I started to walk out of the room, then I stopped and turned around and stared at my best friend, who I almost lost. I looked down as my dad pulled me closer into him and we walked out of the room. When we arrived at the building, we took the elevators up to the fifteenth floor where London’s apartment was. My dad knocked on the door and London’s mom surprisingly answered it.
“Connor, Julia? It’s almost three a.m. What the hell is going on?”
“Didn’t you get Ellery’s message, Joan?”
“Message? What message?” she said as she shook her head.
Suddenly, we heard a man’s voice from the other room, asking her if everything was all right. She told him to go back to sleep. The voice wasn’t Mr. Fitzgerald’s.
“London is in the emergency room from an overdose of drugs,” my dad said.
“What? She’s spending the night at her friend Ruby’s house. She told me she was spending the weekend there.”
“She lied to you, Joan. Ellery’s there with her now.
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