Without You

Chapter 39

"Autumn!" I screech and look at the girl covered in tears and blood lying down on the ground in Jake's bathroom. "Autumn. Autumn! Can you hear me?! Autumn!" I try to see if she's breathing but don't want to get too close.

What do I do? No one is home but Maddie and Avery, Jake has my phone, they don't have a home phone, and I don't know where Autumn's phone would be. Every second counts I need to do something.

I decide to take off my sweatshirt and I wrap it around one if her arms which was the source of the blood. I take off my tee shirt for her other arm.

"Hang on Autumn." I whisper and take off running out of the room. I think some stable hands are in the barn and one has got to have a phone. I go into the closest barn to the house and look for people. I find a guy and he looks me up and down. I then realize that I'm just in a sports bra and leggings in late November. I ignore his creepy looks and speak.

"Do you have a phone?" I ask.

"A telephone?" The man asks in a thick Spanish accent.

"Yes." I nod frantically.

He shakes his head no and then yells something in Spanish. Another stable hand comes out and I hope he has a phone I can use. Instead he just openly checks me out. I pivot and run down the long driveway. The neighbors have to have a phone. I sprint down the excessively long drive way and finally get to the gate. Every second counts, I have to hurry. Just then a familiar black car pulls into the drive way and rolls down their window.

"Allie what are you doing out here in a bra? It's what-" He pauses to look at the temperature. "-about 11° out there. Are you trying to get-"

"Autumn- Help- Now-" I pant from my sprint down the drive way. I open the gate and get to the drivers window. "Jake give me your phone."

"Oh how about no." He laughs.

"Give me your fucking phone right now or I will knock you out so I can take the fucking phone." I scream at him.

"You swore!" He yells in astonishment and hands the phone over. I quickly dial 911.

"Hello New York-"

"Hi, Allison Carter, 204 Evergreen Road, Greenwich, New York. Cousin bleeding in the bathroom with intentional cuts. Noticed about ten minutes ago but couldn't get to a phone until now." I tell the person already knowing what needs to be said.

"We will be there shortly hang tight." The person on the other line says and I hang up.

"Drive." I command to a shocked Jake and he doesn't need me to ask twice. As he quickly drives up I realize I'm shaking uncontrollably, I'm not sure of whether it is out of fear or cold. Jake finally pulls up and I'm out of the car before it stops. I sprint up the stairs and run past unsuspecting Avery and Maddie. I get into the bathroom and Autumn is lying there like I left her. I shouldn't have left her.

A few minutes later the EMS comes running up the stairs with Jake in tow and Maddie and Avery curiously watching. They secure her and take her into an ambulance. I try to get in the ambulance with her but Jake tell me that he will drive us. I try to resist but he was stubborn.

The car drive was 20 minutes. 20 minutes of suspense and silence and anxiety.

"Allison you need to take deep breaths." Jake says and looks over at me. I notice I'm taking short shallow breaths but I can't seem to stop them. "Allison. Allison look at me." He says and I look at his driving figure. "Take a deep breath in, I don't want you passing out on me." I try again but I just breath faster. "Allie. Allie. Breathe. Breathe in, breathe out..." He says and continues doing so until my breaths become more normal.