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I go back up to the bedroom and lay down on the bed. There is nothing to do but wait and it’s the worst part. I grab Jake’s phone on the nightstand and look at it again. There are countless texts and DMs from people wishing him a happy new year, but one catches my eyes particularly.
Cam: Happy New Year, baby
Cam: You’re missing a great party…
The second text has a picture attached and I want to smash the phone against the wall. How can she still send nudes to him after everything he said to her?
Should I reply to her? Should I send back a picture of me? Or even better, a picture of Jake and me?
No, Jamie.
Jake is at the ER and I’m thinking of his ex. What is wrong with me tonight?
I’m about to put the phone down next to me when it starts vibrating in my hand. The name ‘Rachel’ appears on the screen and I look at it in confusion before picking up. I don’t have time to say hello when Rachel’s panicked voice reaches through the phone.
“J-Jake, she did it again,” she says in a tight voice. “Oh my God, you need to pick her up, I can’t take her to mine like this.”
“Rachel, it’s Jamie, Jake isn’t here.”
There’s a pause before I hear Rachel whisper ‘shit’.
“Are you at theirs?”
I nod before saying yes.
“I’m on my way. I’ll go straight to the pool house.”
I’m about to reply but she’s already talking to someone else.
“Baby…I’m here. Please stay with me. We’re going home,” Rachel sobs on the other end of the phone. I want to assume she’s talking to Rose. It has to be or why would she call this number. But Rose was meant to be at the hospital with her brother. Why isn’t she?
“Is everything okay?” I ask.
“Run a cold bath. I’ll be there in five.”
She hangs up and I jump out of bed to run to the pool house. I start filling up the tub with cold water. It’s barely halfway when I hear the door open. I run to the doorway and watch in shock as Rachel passes the door, struggling to hold Rose up.
“What happened?” I gasp. Images of Nathan hitting her run through my head, but she doesn’t look like anyone touched her.
Rose’s head is hanging in front of her and she’s mumbling incoherent words.
“Help me take her to the bathroom,” Rachel hurries me, her voice drowning in concern.
I grab Rose’s other arm even if my height makes it that I’m barely any help for her. We take her to the bathroom and Rachel doesn’t hesitate one second, she helps her in the cold bath with her clothes on.
“What’s wrong? What happened to her?”
Rachel takes the shower jet and makes sure the water is freezing cold before running it over Rose’s head. She’s barely conscious and Rachel has to hold her head.
“She-she took too many pills. She drank too much. Who knows what other shit she ingested this time.”
“This time?” I choke.
“Here, hold this,” she says as she gives me the shower jet. She pushes strands of her blond hair away from the face. Her pale blue eyes keep drifting back to Rose as she talks to me.
“Me? Why?” I panic.
“Because I have to leave. My little sister’s babysitter was meant to leave two hours ago, and my parents aren’t home.”
