Chapter 69

RHIANNON

“Hey, sister…” I heard, then I felt a shrug on my shoulders which jolted me awake.

“Hailey… you’re awake,” I said, still half asleep, yawning.

“Yeah… when are we going to go home?” she asked in her childish tone.

“Very soon love, very soon,” I answered, placing my hand on her face as I gave her a reassuring smile.

“But I feel alright right now, I really want to go back to school, to meet my friends,” she said. “I’ve missed them and I’m sure they’ve been asking about me,” she added.

I swallowed hard, my legs almost trembling from the fact that I couldn’t—and could never—tell her the truth just yet. If not, she might relapse, and she’d only just gotten out of a coma. I can’t risk something happening to her once more; it would hurt me that badly.

There was a pause, my lips frozen as my brain searched for answers.

“Well… school has been closed for a while, they said they’re doing some remodeling and it’ll take a while… so you’re o