Four or Dead by G O A

Yesterday Night

“Are you serious? You want us to bring her here?” Jayden asked Asher as he paced the living room.

“You didn’t see it, Jay. She has scars all over her… the one on her stomach…” Asher’s jaw clenched in anger. “

That was Andrea’s fault!”

“Okay I get it, but she would never stay with us after how we treated her,” Jayden said falling back onto the couch.

My mind drifted to that day as the others bickered…

* Flashback – Two days earlier *

Emma was standing in front of us with tears falling and a gun pointed at me. I loved her once maybe still did, and I watched her put a gun to her head making my whole world low. Everything we had done to her began to flash through my mind and my heart broke realizing we had led her to this point. I barely thought and rushed toward her, but I reached her only in time to make her flinch and pull the trigger. Then I watched her body fall forward and she hit the desk hard and I caught her before she hit the floor. There was blood everywhere and I started to panic. Asher grabbed her from me and laid her gently on the floor to examine her quickly. My ears begin to ring as I looked down at her blood on my hands. Asher brushed her hair aside carefully and tried to see the bullet wound but there was just so much blood.

“She’s still breathing!” Asher yelled to Logan who was talking to someone on the phone, I assumed 911.

“They are on their way! They said to lay her flat in case she has any other injuries.” Logan explained, his voice frantic.

I looked at each of the guys, and I wondered what they could be thinking. Did they believe this was our fault like I did? We had led her to this moment, and she could die because of it. She wanted to get away from us so badly that she was willing to take her own life. How had it come to this? I saw Logan pacing and pulling at his hair as we waited for the ambulance, while Asher knelt beside Emma and watched her carefully. Jayden stood by Emma with his hands clenched tight to his sides, his eyes squeezed shut. He out of all of us had seen too much death in his life, but we had no idea what we were walking into when we followed Emma here. If we had known we could have tried to stop her sooner, now Jayden was reliving his past as Emma bled out right in front of us.

Asher moved to pick her up, but Logan held him back.

“They said to leave her man.”

have to do something! She’s dying!” Asher

the paramedics came rushing in and the three

we need you to move aside so we can help your girlfriend, okay?” One

we parked and ran after the paramedics as they rolled her into the emergency room, even though I was pretty sure we weren’t allowed to go in those doors. No one stopped us though because all their attention was focused on Emma. They wheeled her into a room and a nurse pushed us back, but we pushed forward trying to see what was happening. They had to call help to pull us away and

I asked

her

didn’t know what to say…what could I say? That it was us who made her do this? That to her we were the enemy?

come yet, but I’m her boyfriend.” I turned and gaped at Asher as he

hell was

You said after the gun went off,

on her to be sure it heals properly but we don’t know what conditions could be a result of it until she wakes. Thankfully the gunshot wound was a surface wound and did not penetrate the skull, so we were able to stitch

you, doctor,” Asher

and waited for his next words, and by his body language,

her long– time injuries. I need to ask if you know

all looked at him like he

do you mean?”

are not aware of her scars?” The

about her body.”

long the tops of her arms. I imagine it was intentional so that it could easily be hidden under her clothing. She also had bruising around her stomach and ribs that look pretty recent. Also…scars and bruising from what looks like a very violent assault. With this information, we had to contact the authorities as per the law. They will want to ask you some questions and speak to her father as well

was a suicide attempt, they need to monitor her mental state when she wakes. I’m sorry, I know this is a lot to take in but with help, she should be able

nodded but remained silent. The doctor

was this bad?” Logan asks, his face riddled with

this to her,” Jayden said