Her Mute Sister (Complete)

Chapter Four

Chapter Four (Ambers POV)

I finally was allowed to leave the hospital. I went to my room and waited for it to get dark. As soon as I knew all the pack members were asleep I snuck out to go find Willow. I looked in her “room” which in reality was a shoe closet. She was sleeping, I felt bad but I had to wake her. So I gently shook her awake. She began to stir and opened her eyes. When she saw it was me she looked very relieved and hugged me. When I hugged her back I noticed she winced in pain. I looked at her and realized how awful she looked.

“Oh my goodness what happened to you?” I quietly asked her. She went to speak but couldn’t make a sound. I saw tears streaming down her face.

“Did dad rip out your tongue?” I asked. She shook her head no and wrapped her hands around her throat.

“He choked you?” I asked. She shook her head yes. It made sense why she couldn’t speak, dad destroyed her voice box it seemed. I was on the brink of tears and held her close to me. I had to find a way to fix her voice. I don’t think I could live without ever hearing her beautiful voice ever again. I pulled away and looked at her.

“I have a plan to get us out of here but it’s going to take some time ok?” I said to her. She nodded her head and urged me to continue.

“I told dad I want to do more activities at school when in reality I’m going to find jobs to do and earn money so we can leave. This unfortunately means I won’t be here to protect you as often but I’ll be able to get us to escape. At night I’ll come down to see you for a little bit and make sure you’re ok. Since you can’t speak I’m also going to learn sign language so I can teach you and we can communicate to each other.” She nodded her head and smiled a little.

“I also will bring you a little bit of medicine and food each night so you don’t die on me” I said and she hugged me.

“Unfortunately I don’t have any food or medicine with me right now but I’ll try to bring some tomorrow night if I can, and of course some food too. I’m going to ask if I can have a personal snack cabinet so that no one will question about food going missing. Now I need to go back to bed, I’ll come back tomorrow night I love you” She smiled and I left quietly. I went back to my room and fell asleep.

I woke up and went to talk to mom and dad about me having a snack cabinet. They said sure since I’ll be doing more things at school and will need something to keep me going. I was told I’ll be given a weekly budget of fifty dollars to use on my snack cabinet that will be in my room as long as I keep my room clean. I was super happy and quickly left to go get snacks to fill up my cabinet with. I got things that would be a bit filling and have some kind of nutrients in them too. When I got home I put it away and went on my phone looking at jobs available.

After looking for an hour I found one I could do. It was a job for three days a week for three hours, I’d be paid $25 a day. I of course would need more but this is a start at least. The three days a week I’d be working are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Great! Now I just need another job for Tuesday and Thursday and I’d be set.

After two more hours I found another job for Tuesday and Thursday for three hours a day at $30 a day. I will probably have to get school work done at school during study hall and stay up kind of late then to have it finished. It’ll be worth it though since I’ll be making like $135 a week. I’m not going to spend any of it either.

After waiting for it to once again be midnight and everyone had gone to sleep I snuck downstairs with a granola bar and protein bar for Willow. She was asleep so I gently woke her up. I gave her the food I brought and she devoured it, I gave her some water and she drank it all rather quickly. She seemed slightly better after I gave her some food. I feel so bad because she looks so thin and can only use the guest bathroom to wash up when everyone is asleep. I wanted to figure out a way to help her out more and make life just a little more bearable. I eventually came up with a plan and I told her about it. I would once a week sneak her up to my room so she could use my shower and wash her hair with actual shampoo and conditioner that had no scent, then she would use her soap she had on her body. I wanted to do more but there was only so much I could do. I would also give her a hairbrush, and any other necessities she could possibly need. Willow seemed so happy about this and she seemed to have hope that things would get better. After I talked with her for another few minutes I went back to my room and went to sleep. Starting tomorrow I will work and have school to do.