When The Sky Falls - Book 2, N. Y. [100 books to read .txt] 📗

says.

 

"And I intend on having Christina get to the bottom of this." a man said.

 

 

How do you know Christina?

 

"Do you know Christina?" he asked.

 

"Yes, she's an old friend of mine." I said.

 

 

"Well, feel free to take what's yours and we'll clean up the rest before it goes into renovation and repair."

 

The man left and I searched around.

 

 

The pots and pans were left with dust, old discarded plates and plants were gone.

 

How could someone do this, and when.

 

Telling by the warmness of the sun that seeped in, I think someone broke in a few days ago.

 

 

Why had I not found out about this?

 

I was upset. My childhood home was ruined and destroyed. 

 

Mom would have been devastated if she saw this now.

 

 

Why would someone hit it here, where it really hurts. To break everything, in my first ever home.

 

It brings me disgust to think back on the memories I had here, because now they're just stories to be told.

 

 

I took must of the unbroken and valuable things home with me.

 

Discarding the rest.

 

I'm really angry at who broke into my old apartment and messed it up.

 

 

Probably Sara. 

 

I hate her even more now, if she really did this.

 

 

What more does she want from me or my past.

 

Sometimes I wonder, if she's still spying on my and writing down secret things that I don't know.

 

 

Sara had really peaked my angry side. And I was ready to blow up.

 

But I have to forget it.

 

I have people who depend on me.

 

 

People, fans who i'm going to meet in 2 days.

 

I have to put this behind me for now.

 

 

I wanted to call up Jacob, but instead I dialed Rikki's number.

 

I only hoped sthat she'd answer.

 

 

"What do you want?!" Rikki said over the phone.

 

"Rikki, my old apartment got broken into. I just got the news today. Please come and see me." I said.

 

 

She didn't reply for a solid 3 seconds.

 

"Fine i will, but it better be for a good reason." she said, in her regular voice.

 

 

 

We met up on the street near my old apartment. 

 

"So you said someone broke in, how long ago?" she asked

 

 

"I don't know, a few days. All the broken glass and things were ruined when I got here." I said.

 

"Do you think someone new is after you?" she asked.

 

"No, I can only think  that Sara is behind it." I said.

 

 

Rikki scoffed at me.

 

"Elle stop with Sara, she's out of your life. Think about it, she was fired. Just get over it."

 

 

"I can't get over it Rikki, she practically stalked me and ruined my childhood home by breaking into it. I think she's telling me that she's still on some vendetta of exposing me." I say.

 

 

"What does Sara want to expose from you Elle, huh what!!" Rikki said annoyed

 

 

I thought hard, why would Sara do all these things. To expose what, about me?

 

I did something terrible in my past.

 

 

"I don't know, but she's up to something. I still have eyes on her." I said, looking down at the road.

 

"Anyways I gotta go, bye." Rikki said.

 

 

"What, why?" I asked.

 

"To the club, of course." she replied.

 

 

"This time of day?"

 

"Listen Elle, I don't want to yell or fight anymore. Let me be myself. I found a new me and it's been freeing for once t feel that."

 

"Rikki-" I said softly.

 

She looked straight at me, slightly annoyed.

 

"I need you," I begged.

 

"Not now." she replied.

 

 

She walked off and turned the street.

 

Just then, I got a call from Mark.

 

 

"Hello?" I answered.

 

"Elle get down to the hospital now, Marybella's under isolation and I don't think she'll get out of it....like ever."

 

"Okay, i'm coming." I said.

 

I rushed to my car.

 

 

When was Marybella gonna tell me something or was her diagnosis so serious that it was irrelevant.

 

I don't know.

 

I just hope she's still fine when I get there.

 

 

I still want to see her again.

 

It's been so long since we talked.

 

 

What could be happening? This can't be good.

 

 

As soon as I reached the hospital entrance, I saw Mark pacing around in the waiting room.

 

"Hey Mark i'm here, where's Marybella?" I said.

 

 

"She's under IOSIS. I don't know what that is, or what's gonna happen to her." he said.

 

"How long do we have to wait?" I said looking around.

 

 

"Possibly hours."

 

"Oh no." I said, slowly sitting down.

 

How serious is this?

 

 

To pass the time, I called up every person who I knew that cared about Marybella.

 

There were no call backs, except for Rikki, who said she'll be done here soon.

 

 

Hours passed and we still hadn't heard from the nurses and doctors.

 

It took forever, was she really going to die?

 

 

I can't let her. Not now.

 

She has so much to live for.

 

I'm going crazy, just thinking she's probably under a long wait to recover.

 

 

Sitting on the old hard chairs in the hospital, was quite uncomfortable.

 

Even after seeing Marybella's doctor walk back and forth with nurses, more hours passed and I was beginning to think, did she survive?

 

 

8 hours had passed and I still waited to see Marybella.

 

Just then, Rikki came in. Dressed like her regular self, but she looked bagged and tired.

 

 

She looked pale and drawn out of life.

 

"Rikki, where have you been" I said, my voice sharp.

 

 

I wanted to burst into tears, it didn't take long before she replied.

 

"Listen Elle, get over it. This might be the end for Bella."

 

 

I looked up at her confused. My face turned red.

 

"You can't just say that. Marybella's needs us, she's our friend." I said.

 

 

Rikki interuppted. "And when she's gone, i'll be your best friend. Look, i'm tired, i'm done with being the second friend to contact." she says.

 

 

"You're not second. Is this still something you're worried about? Look, I haven't contacted or talked to Marybella in days. Who I called the most out of this whole week, is you. So don't say you're second, because you are not to me." I said angrily.

 

 

Rikki sat down and huffed in a chair.

 

"Rikki you were the only first best friend I ever had in New York City, as a grown adults. Don't think, because I don't favor you, it means your second in my life."

 

"And what Elle! Who do you favor. Me or Marybella?"

 

"Neither," I say, desperate.

 

"Mainly because you haven't spent time with me."

 

She huffed.

 

"Show you who's second rate." she shot back silently.

 

 

I immediately sat down one chair from Rikki, till I saw a glimpse of someone.

 

Was it Marybella?

 

It was.

 

 

I ran over to see her being pushed on an emergency bed.

 

Her face looked sickening and her face pale.

 

 

She looked almost dead.

 

It was a quick moment, before the doctors disappeared with her down the hall. 

 

The glimpse was all I could see of Marybella for now.

 

 

An hour passed before the nurse finally called us in to see her.

 

"She's still unconsious, so don't try to wake her up." the nurse said.

 

 

I was the first to walk into the room.

 

Mark went in after, then Rikki came in a second later.

 

"Oh my god..." was all I could say silently.

 

 

They had hooked up Marybella to so many machines.

 

She had a breathing mask on and  needles injected to her arms.

 

 

Mark sat down, unstable at the sight or thought.

 

Rikki looked over at her, with wide eyes.

 

 

"She looks horrible." she said, trying to keep still.

 

I looked over to Marybella, who hadn't moved since we got into the room.

 

 

I sat down in a chair, next to herbed. Watching her to see if she moves.

 

And she doesn't, for a long time. 

 

She breaths in and out, but no sound of her voice peaks through.

 

 

Just then, her doctor came in.

 

"We have some news and results for Marybella, in case any of you have been wondering what we've been doing for the past 10 hours."

 

 

"Yes, we've been waiting here for hours." I say, immediately.

 

Mark rubbed his face to stay awake.

 

 

The doctor spoke again.

 

"She suffered a mass of blood loss during surgery, but we were able to stop it enough to keep her alive. She's okay for now, but she's going to need therapy for breathing again and possibly go into surgery one more time. In June, just to be sure if the tumor is gone."

 

 

"Tumor?" Mark said.

 

My eyebrows push together in confusion and worry.

 

"Wait, what do you mean tumor?" Mark asked.

 

"Has she not told you? She's had a tumor stuck in her lungs for 9 months and it was hard to remove in surgery. But we were able to get half of it, before the effects could spread to the liver."

 

 

"So does Marybella have some type of cancer?" Mark asked.

 

"Yes, she does. But I was told before surgery by Marybella, that she would tell you all. I'm sorry to break the news so early for you." he said, before leaving the room.

 

 

"I can't believe Marybella had cancer and never told us." Rikki said.

 

"For literally 9 months now, and that time I visited her....she told me about her dying wish and things. I didn't suspect, that it'd be cancer." I said, looking to Marybella again.

 

 

Rikki interuppted. "It's because you hung out more with her than me. So of course I wouldn't get the picture about her being sick. I'm so stupid.."

 

 

"Rikki why are you acting like this? This has nothing to do with Marybella, look, she is trying to survive. So be there for her." I said abruptly.

 

Mark looked over to Rikki.

 

"Rikki you have changed recently, and although it may be good to you. It's good to everyone else, you're weaking our friendship circle ever since Jason left you."

 

"Left?" I say.

 

"Yes, he left her. Because she couldn't commit to him." Mark finished.

 

"You aren't the Rikki I know now. So stop acting like the new one, and get your shit together." he said looking over to her again.

 

 

"I didn't cheat, I just couldn't live with him anymore. I got no satisfction." she says.

 

I look at Rikki, with big unwavering eyes,

 

"Yeah i know, and the change is good for now. But guys....i'm struggling here." Rikki said back.

 

 

A moment of silence went around before anyone spoke. 

 

 

"She looks dead." Rikki said abruptly.

 

"She's not. And don't say that, we are not gonna let her fail on us." I shot back.

 

 

 

Overall the time we spent in the hospital led to all night.

 

 

We worried if Marybella was ever gonna wake up.

 

She had been still for hours.

 

Sometimes, even within mintues, I think she's slowly dying inside and we don't know it.

 

 

The nurse came in as we look at Marybella, our eyes hard from looking at her all day.

 

"Excuse me, but, we're putting Marybella under isolation for tonight. So we need all visitors to leave."

 

No.

 

"I-, please let us stay a little longer." I start.

 

"No we can't, she's gonna wake up. And I know it. Plus, we can stay the night right?" Mark said.

 

 

He tried to touch Marybella's head, but got blocked by the machines in front of him.

 

He put his hand back to his side looking upset.

 

 

"Yes, but only two family members can stay." said the nurse.

 

 

I looked at Mark. And Mark looked at me and Rikki.

 

"I'm Marybella's partner." Mark said.

 

"Fair enough." the nurse said, writing down something.

 

 

She looked over to me.

 

"I'm her close family, like a sister." I said nervously.

 

 

"Okay." she said, looking over to Rikki now.

 

"I'm not friends with Marybella anymore, but i'll leave."

 

Rikki left, showing any emotion.

 

 

The nurse watched as Rikki left.

 

She turned to us.

 

"Well I guess youcan make yourselves comfortable. I'll have some male nurses bring in 2 couches for you."  

 

 

Before leaving the room, she walked over to Marybella, checking her pulse.

 

"Hang in there Bella we have you, don't give up on me." the nurse said.

 

 

She left the room, and me and Mark were left alone.

 

The night was long and filled with patient's surgery, doctors running around and good coffee to keep us awake.

 

 

We both stared at Marybella, before we spoke after a long silence.

 

Mark spoke first.

 

"You think she'll make it?"

 

"I think so, we can't just leave her here. She will wake up, and want to see us." I reply.

 

 

A moment of silence went by before Mark spoke again.

 

"You know sometimes, I feared that one morning i'll wake up and Marybella's not next to me. I never dreamed she'd be in a hospital at all. I actually planned, to ask Marybella the big question this week."

 

 

"What?" i said, sitting up.

 

"Yeah. Marybella's the one for me. No matter what the situation is, i'll always love her." he said.

 

 

"Really?" I