Four or Dead by G O A

Leo POV

Present

My phone vibrated on the table next to my bed and without opening my eyes I answered it.

“Yeah?”

“Leo, I need you to get here now,” Asher said and I sat up quickly, suddenly wide awake.

“Why? Is Emma okay?”

“No, she is freaking out. She’s scared of me, and Leo…she can’t see anything. They said she is temporarily blind.”

My heart stopped for a second as the horror of that statement settled into my mind. She’s blind? How?

“What do you need me to do?” I asked him.

“Just get here, maybe she will calm down if you’re here. The shrink is coming around to day to talk to her. They want to make sure she won’t try to hurt herself again before they release her. Also, the cops were here asking her questions. She wouldn’t admit to anything, but the cops could tell she was holding back. They asked me who I thought was hurting her and I said they should speak to her father since he was the one who had a tight leash on her. They said they haven’t been able to contact him for two days now. Something isn’t right.” Asher rambled on.

“Okay okay, I’ll head there now,” I told him hanging up quickly.

I quickly stood and wandered around grabbing random pieces of clothing and pulling them on. I rushed out of the door and down the stairs passing the living room where Jayden and Logan were watching TV.

“Hey! Where are you going?” Logan asked.

“Is it Emma? Is she okay?”

is scared of him. She…they said she is temporarily blind, and she is sort of

come too,” Logan said getting to

out the door and piling into the

led us to Emma’s room. I heard screaming and rushed past the nurse to get to Emma. When I entered she was thrashing around like crazy but her eyes were completely closed. I glanced to the other side of the room and saw Asher watching with genuine

joining us . We stood beside Asher and out of

fall asleep then she woke up a few minutes ago screaming and crying. She seems to be trapped in a nightmare.” Asher said running a

they give her something to calm her down?” Logan asked his voice laced with

around long enough to inject it, but as soon as someone touches her, she freaks out,” Asher

don’t want to!”

room to help hold her down and it was finally enough to inject her with something. Her body started to relax but she was still whimpering as the nurses stepped away. The other nurses who had come to help started to

now.” The

happened?” I

sleeping a lot of the time. I think she should speak to the

nodded in agreement and the nurse left us

She is worse off than

whole situation had really shaken them, and I was in awe at how sad they all seemed. Logan always seemed calm

waiting for her to wake. I would glance at each of my friends occasionally and would catch them watching her with regret and guilt in their eyes. After all these years of tormenting her, they were regretting everything they had done and so was I. This had knocked some sense into us but it was also a reminder that there was a part of us that was still…human. We had been playing like we were cold and uncaring for a long time, but that

move around a bit a couple of

She asked

each other not sure what

too,” Asher took a step closer to her and rested his hand on the bed close to her hand but didn’t touch her. I could hear her breaths becoming quick and shaky and she started to move further back in the bed even though there was no more room for her to move to.

People will know if you guys

the lump in my own throat. The others looked equally as

want to hurt you, but we also don’t want you to be alone,”