"He's not stable, we're not positive if he's gonna be okay" my heart sunk to the bottom of my stomach when I heard those words come from the doctor.
"He got a pretty bad concussion and the levels of alcohol in his system are far past our charts". Tears flew down my cheeks, I couldn't loose him too
"Can I see him?" I asked.
"Only one of you" he said, gesturing to me and grayson. I nodded and followed him
"He's not awake, but this is his room" he furrowed his eyebrows together and opened the door
"Dad..." I whispered as I rushed over towards his hospital bed. A huge part of me was blaming myself for leaving him when I should have stayed. I should have been there for him instead of running from the problems. Maybe he wouldn't have been here right now if I never left.
"I'm so sorry..." I grabbed his hand and sat down next to him. I watched the machines beep over and over again in a raggedy pattern. It hurt seeing him like this, I felt completely and utterly useless. I didn't know how to help dad, I tried helping Keeth but nothing seemed to be working, and who knows what happened with Melody.
"Loni" the doctor said as he entered dads room
"I heard about your brother and your house"
I looked away, I didn't wanna talk about this to a complete stranger
"Are you going to have a place to stay until you turn eighteen?" I gulped and nodded.
"I'll be fine" I responded.
"I can get foster care in here to talk to you if you-"
"No"
"They're gonna come and talk to you if your dad doesn't recover. You know that right?"
The doctor leaned against the wall with his arms crossed
"I said, I'll be fine" I stood up and exited the room. I don't need to talk to foster care about my fucking issues when I was turning 18 in a couple weeks. I wasn't about to let them snake their way under my skin and find me some new family in the mean time. I'd rather live on the fucking streets.
"How is he?" Grayson asked as I stormed out of the big hospital doors.
"Loni?" Grayson said as he walked after me. He shouted my name one more time until he seen me stop completely in my tracks.
"Keeth?" He was here? What? How-HOW?
"Loni...I need to talk to you" I gasped and pulled him into a hug.
"H-How are you here?! How did they release you?!" I pulled away, waiting for answers
"Its a long story...but all that matters is that I'm here" I hugged him again as tears continued to fly down my face.
"I heard what happened to melody and Dad...can I see them?"
"Not right now...trust me" I looked down and grabbed his hand
"Let's just go grab something to eat, to get our minds off of everything." I said as I looked back to Grayson
"But-"
"Please...we need it"
After some convincing me Grayson and Keeth all went out to the local cafe. Sure, this wasn't a good time to just chill and have coffee but I needed it. My head was spinning and I think-hence the word think- I can cross Keeth's problems off my list
"I was told that they did the autopsy, and still found me guilty. They did some research about the weapon that was used to kill Luke and still believe someone murdered him. They traced the weapon back to a guy named Robbie." Keeth said
Robbie? He was the guy that threatened to take our home away when the stuff with mom happened, he was the guy that tried suing us for everything we owned-
"Robbie was the insurance guy we were linked up with. Luke tried to kill him for also fucking him over, but failed. So instead, Robbie murdered Luke, meaning it wasn't a suicide although your fucked up ex still managed to make it seem like I was the one who killed him"
Oh my god...the pictures- the pictures Luke sent me when me and Grayson took our little get away was Robbie. He was the dead body in those pictures.
"Apparently Robbie bled to death later on that same night but I find that hard to believe." Keeth said
"What if he had something to do with melody and dad?" I asked
"Melody was utterly beaten up, even tho there was no trace of break in at her house. And sure, maybe dad did just 'fall' but it seemed weird that there was blood all in his bed too."
Keeth bit the inside of his cheek and nodded.
"He's still out there, we have a murderer on the loose"
