Our Secret

Chapter 44: "So, vacation or what?"

Artemis POV

I sit in this hospital bed watching this trash they call tv with a single lingering thought. I've killed Nick and felt bad about, I've never felt bad for killing anybody but here I am, feeling bad for killing the person whose done me wrong in so many ways

"Hey, your awake" Nurse Cali says while walking back into my room for the third time today

"Yeah, I've been up for two hours now" I mumble, never taking my eyes off the tv as she walks over to me and grabs my wrist to check my pulse

"What's the pain level?" She ask, after writing something down on the clipboard

"Zero" I say

Nurse Cali gives me a look before nodding and writing that down on the clipboard as well

"Is that only when your sitting down or moving too?"

"Just sitting down" I finally turn my head

"Alright, can you move right now and tell me your pain. Ten being extreme pain and zero being no pain" I adjust myself in the hospital and scrunch up my face but don't make a sound

"Seven" I mumble

"Alright, you have some visitors" she walks out of the room before putting the clipboard at the bottom of the bed

Visitors? I just want to go home, I don't want to see anyone right now

The door opens again and in walks Mika, Gerald, Emma and baby Matteo

"Aunty!" Matteo runs up to me making grabby hands

I suck in a big breathe before adjusting myself to grab Matteo

"I missed you so much aunty!" He yells, wrapping his hands around my neck

"He had strawberries this morning, he's very," Emma pauses while walking over to me "Energetic"

"He's always energetic 'Em" I say

Matteo blows his warm breath in my face "I had this many berries" he holds up two fingers

"You had more than two berries" Gerald says

Memories from my episode start following back

"Artemis, what happened" I look up at the sound of a familiar voice

"How are you?" He ask, pulling up one of the chairs that was sitting off to the side

"Gerald? W-what are you doing here?" I ask, then at the sound of rapid heavy footsteps I grab his hand and start pulling him to run with me

"I've been better"

"What's wrong Artemis?" He ask

"They tried to push some red gooey substance in me" I whisper trying to pull him away again but he just doesn't budge

"I'm sorry" I mumble

"For what?" He ask, acting clueless as to what happened just yesterday

"Accusing you of doing something you'd never do" betraying me

"You have nothing be sorry about, your mind was just playing tricks on you" he grabs my free hand and squeezes it

His warm hand squeezes mine, that was mental and maybe a little physically my final straw before I start crying.

I've treated them so badly. I forgot about them, I forgot that they are my family and they have been for six years. I've been a terrible to them

At the sight of me crying Mika runs over to the side of my bed "What wrong? Are you in pain?"