One Chance (Part 1)(55)
“We’ll be there in about two hours, so we’ll talk when I get there,” he says angrily before hanging up.
I make my way back to Haley’s room and am surprised to find Quinn crying at her bedside.
“She’s going to be okay,” I say as I enter the room.
“I know,” she says as she wipes her tears.
“Then why are you crying?”
“Because she didn’t deserve this. She did nothing wrong, yet here she lies.”
“She could have gotten meningitis from anywhere,” I say not thinking.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” she yells as she stands up quickly.
“I’m just saying it’s a possibility. We don’t know.”
“I can guarantee that the damn party didn’t help it any.”
“You’re right and I will take care of that.”
“You know who set it up, right?”
“Meg.”
“Now why would she do that Liam?” Quinn asks all pissed off.
“I’m not exactly sure, which is what I was trying to find out when you came down the stairs and started bitching.”
“She did it for you.”
“No she didn’t. I never asked her to do anything to Haley; in fact, I never even said anything bad about Haley in front of her.”
“Then why did she plan that party?”
“I don’t know.”
“Is she threatened by Haley?”
“What?” I ask confused on what the hell she’s talking about.
“Meg, is she threatened by Haley?”
“Not that I know of. Why?”
“Because that’s all I can figure out. Meg’s jealous of Haley because she knows you, known you whatever, and wants to get rid of her.”
“Meg has no reason to be jealous. She got along fine with Haley.”
“Something changed.”
“I don’t know what.”
“When Meg went home with you last time, how did she seem around Haley?” Quinn asks.
“Fine.”
“No Liam, think,” she shouts.
“I don’t know, last time at home was over the summer.”
“Did anything happen?”
“Shit,” I think recalling when we found Haley on the beach sleeping.
“What?”
“Haley was drugged at a party we think, but Meg was with me and my brother, there’s no way she could have drugged her.”
“How was she after you guys found Haley?”
“Fine I guess. She was leaving to go home that night.”
“So, she wasn’t pissed or anything?”
“Fuck.”
“What?” Quinn yells.
“Yeah, she was pissed because I wasn’t going home with her. But that had nothing to do with Haley. I was helping Isaac with football.”
“So, could she think you stayed because of Haley?”
“No, she’s not like that.”
“Liam, Haley is sedated in a hospital bed, how far would she go?”
“I will get to the bottom of this,” I say, getting more irritated by the minute.
“You better, because if I have to, it’s going to get real fucking ugly.”
“I said I’d handle it. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to sit with Haley,” I say as I walk over to the empty seat.
“Fine, I’ll go update the others,” she says as she leaves.
I grab Haley’s hand, holding it tight “I don’t honestly know how you are friends with that girl, but I’m glad she has your back. Haley, I will get to the bottom of this, I promise. Your mom and dad should be here soon, same with Kenzie and Brody. Brody’s ready to kick my ass, he’s probably going to try when he gets here. I told him I would look out for you and I’m sorry I let you down. You pissed me off with the bet thing, but Hails you have to know, I would never want anything like this to happen to you. I hope you can forgive me.”
“You better hope like hell she forgives you, because I’m about to fucking kill you,” Brody says from the door looking more pissed off than ever.
“Brody stop it, she doesn’t need to hear that,” Kenzie says as she walks over to her twin sister. “I’m here Hails, so is Brody.”
“I’ll give you guys some time,” I say as I head for the door.
It doesn’t take long for me to run into the Lawrences, along with my parents. “Oh sweetie, how’s she doing?” Mrs. Lawrence asks.
“They have her sedated, so she can get some rest. She’s dehydrated, but she’s stable.”
“How are you holding up?” Mrs. Lawrence asks.
“I’m okay. I’ll be better when she wakes up,” I admit.
“What room is she in?”
“Room 412, right down this hall,” I say as I point to where her room is at. My parents go along with hers, while I walk back to the waiting room.