May’s POVSomehow, Brent and I had convinced everyone to go home. Not only had they tried but they were tired as well. My family had waited for four hours, while my in laws had waited for three and a half hours.We still haven’t heard nothing and it was eight hours already, even after they had gone. I sat there with Brent, as Emily had just left herself, the scene of the accident popping up into my head over and over. Maybe I was thinking, that perhaps, I could notice something I didn’t notice before, or I could remember something I had notice but couldn’t remember.I couldn’t just sit out here in the hall waiting room, doing nothing but stare into space and think about nothing.I heard Brent’s phone ring and he said hello.“Yes, she’s still here. No, she won’t go home and I’m worried.” I heard him say to someone, but I wasn’t sure who.It wasn’t any of my business who he was talking to, though, what mattered was what he was saying. I wasn’t going home, no matter what any one said. Th
May’s POVBrent squeezed my hand reassuringly. “You’re not leaving him, May. You’re just taking care of yourself for his sake. Trust me, he’ll understand if he wakes up and you’re not here, and that’s a big if.” He said.Okay, so he wanted me to leave, but he just had to tell me he would understand if he were to wake up. Well, I didn’t think so. The big if didn’t lie in if he were to wake up, not at all, it lied in whether or not he would understand like he had said he would.Because, I won’t understand that sort of thing, if I were to be in his place right now and I woke up to find him gone, not beside me, I didn’t think I would ever understand.With a sigh, I said. “How about you go home instead, see how that would be good.”He looked at me as if I had lost my head then he shook his own head and said. “Fine then, I won’t talk about it anymore.” He raised his hands in a surrendering gesture.After that, we both sat there in silence, looking at anywhere but ourselves.As we sat there
Asher’s POVI wasn’t sure what was happening, but I could hear the beeping sound all around me, and it was so irritating. I would feel my head pounding as well, as if it my rolled off my neck if I moved too much.It took me a while before I realized where I was and why I was hearing the beeping sound. I was in the hospital, but I wasn’t sure I knew why. Maybe the reason was somewhere there in my subconscious.As I slowly opened my eyes, the harsh glare of the hospital lights stung me, and it pierce through the haze of the anesthesia that clouded my mind. “I need water.” I said, or maybe I just thought I said it.Everything felt heavy, as if I were trapped in some sort of surreal nightmare. Blinking away the grogginess, I tried to piece together the fragments of memory from before the darkness had consumed me.The first sensation that I registered was the dryness in my throat. It felt like I needed water, because of how my throat was parched. The next thing I felt was pain; a dull, thr
May’s POVI was still thinking about it at the background of my mind, something I had seen that I didn’t think much more of before, or that I could remember now.“You should go home, baby!” I heard Asher say and I rolled my eyes as I looked at her.I was the only one that was left here. His parents and best friend had just left a while ago, and Emily said she would be coming soon. But I wasn’t going to leave Asher alone just because he said so.“I’m not going anywhere, Ash. Stop trying to run me off.” I said, rolling my eyes at him as I sat down beside him. I had been sitting on the small chair pushed up against the wall before, but now I was sitting next to him.“You look all tired, and worn out. You can’t wear yourself out because of me, baby.” He said and I beat his arm playfully.Baby, huh? Again with the baby card, are we? He had been calling me that since that first time I called him that. I had been so blinded by my emotions that I hadn’t put a pause to my mouth when I called h
May’s POVI sat down in the car with Brent, looking outside the window, with my arms folded across my chest, and thinking. I was back to thinking about what I might have seen, but I wasn’t doing that alone now, I was doing it with Brent.For some reason, we had both thought that there might have been something we saw that we didn't remember or think too much about back then because of the heat of the moment.“I think I remember seeing a man being dragged out of the party by the door because he was trying to use an invite that had been used before by someone. I remember collecting the invite, but I didn't check it.” Brent said, and I glanced at him sharply.“Why didn’t you look at it? Where is it?” I asked.He shook his head and said. “Well, for all we know, it might not be related to what we're looking for, I just thought to mention it because it was odd that someone was trying to get into a party he wasn’t invited to, just to come spend some money, seeing as it was that kind of event
May’s POVAfter we saw the footage, we saw the man that was dragged out, but we couldn’t see his face properly. We also saw that he sneaked in later because he was at the party.It was either that, or there was a man with the same build and the same clothes on him. The only thing was, he was still not showing his face. It was as if he was evading the camera on purpose, as if there was a way for him to tell somehow where the cameras were beforehand.I sighed as I looked at Brent, then I glanced down at the wristwatch I was wearing. It was almost time to head back to the hospital so I wouldn’t be late.“Maybe we should come back to this later, Brent. I have to go to the hospital now.” I said and Brent nodded. We were supposed to go together, but he said he needed to get to Asher’s office to put something in place.Brent nodded in understanding, his expression reflecting the same sense of urgency that I felt. "You're right. We've hit a dead end for now, but we'll pick up where we left of
Asher’s POVThere was a knock on the door, and I frowned a little, wondering if the cops were back again this evening. My mother and May had just left to have a late lunch because they hadn't had anything to eat since, so I knew it couldn’t be them.The medication that was administered to me was still making me feel a little drowsy, but I was awake now.Before I could speak and ask whoever it was to come in, the door opened and Gary walked in. “Hey, my man.” He said and I smiled a little.I had just this morning been wondering why he hadn’t come around to the hospital to visit me, and was still meaning to ask May or something, but now he was here.My thoughts must have summoned him, but I was glad to see him.“Hey, Gary. It took you long enough to come see me, don’t you think?” I said, a small smile teasing my lips.Gary walked into the room after he closed the door until he was standing next to me, then he said. “I’m sorry man. I’ve been working so hard, my company’s work coupled wit
May’s POVAs soon as I walked into the hospital room, my mood had changed from good to sour in less than a second, but I had been trying to hide it, in my response, in how I look at him.Yeah, I was talking about my boss, Gary.The thing was, I and Brent had been working tirelessly to both find out why he smiled that night, to know whose invite that man had used in coming into the party, and to look into Gary.He had called me, Brent I mean, just as I was having a late lunch with Ellen, to tell me what he had found out. I had had to excuse myself to go to the bathroom to listen to what he had to say.Brent had them told me what he found out. “I found the invite, May. I must have kept it in my car at some point. I checked it out as soon as I saw it, and I realized it was for Gary Keith.” He had told me, and for a while, my mouth had dropped open in surprise, not believing my ears one bit.What was going on? Why would Gary give someone his invite if he didn’t have an ulterior motive? Wh