My Tortured Soul

Chapter 3 - The Hospital

Quilla's POV

Seriously?

Why am I here?

I can't even kill myself right?

Why am I here?

Who ruined this for me?

WHY AM I HERE!

I stumbled out of the room. I can't really stand so I half crawl, half slide to what I can only assume is the nurses station. I claw my way to a standingish position. I looked at who I guess to be a worker through my swollen eyes and the question tumbled out of my bruised mouth. "Why am I here?" I ask.

"Because you tried to kill yourself" the worker said.

"Yeah, I got that part. Why am I still alive?"

"Oh, I don't know. You should have died from what I understand."

"Yeah, I should have died from what I understand too. That was kinda the whole point. Why am I still alive? What happened? I had a perfect plan. What went wrong? Why am I still alive" I asked.

"The curtains were open." The worker who's name tag said she was Olivia.

"What?"

"Someone saw you through your front window. The curtain was open."

"Are. You. f*****g. Kidding. Me?" I growled. "I'm alive because I didn't shut the f*****g curtain!"

"When you came in you looked dead. Kinda purple and blue. You were cold to the touch. The ambulance dropped you off and you were taken to the morgue. You were there for 3 hours before the coroner came in. When he went to examine you and start the autopsy you sat up, said you were thirsty and got off the table. Scared him so bad he s**t himself. He ran screaming out of the room and you were brought to the ER. Your stomach was pumped. That's why your face looks like that. I heard you got your arm out of your restraints and pulled the tube out, so it was put back in. Looks like whoever did it didn't like you much. Your wrists are like that because they put you in tight cuffs with no padding." she said.

I looked at my arms. The skin was rough and crusty with scabs.

"What day is it?

"Wednesday," she told me. "You've been here for three days and been in the ER for one. When did you try to kill yourself?"

"Thursday"

"You were hanging there for three days before anyone found you?! " she looked stunned. "You were hanging there for three days!" She looked like she saw a ghost. "HOW ARE YOU ALIVE!?!" she screamed and fainted.

Well, at least we're on the same page now.