Chapter Twenty
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“She's done,” Katie said once she'd opened the door which was approximately fifty two minutes since I was waiting outside (yep, I was counting).
I opened the door wider, walking past her into the room to see Kim sitting on the bed, her back leaned against the wall with her legs on the bed.
Her hair had been packed not so neatly to the back, but she still looked extremely beautiful.
Since she was obviously similar in size to Katie, the blue nightgown she wore matched her perfectly.
The two other girls were standing beside the bed, still looking worried.
“You all should go back to the party, I'll take care of her,” since it felt like she was my responsibility.
Mom had gone back to the party after waiting for about five minutes.
She said dad had tried assuring everyone that everything was alright, and so she wanted to let him know so he'd be rest assured also.
“No, I want to stay with her,” the look alike said, looking like she was close to tears.
“You guys should go enjoy the party,” Kim said, her voice a little gruffy.
“No I want to—”
“I'll be alright Oliver, trust me,”
The female, who I now knew to be Oliver, looked hesitant, but then Katie walked up to her, placing a hand on her shoulder so the three left, closing the door behind them.
I moved to take a seat beside her, “do you want a cup of hot coffee?”
She shook her head, “I'll be alright. Thanks for helping me out.”
“I think I should be the one apologizing for putting you in such a situation,” my tone came out low, which seemed to match the mood.
“How?”
“If I hadn't brought you to this dinner, you won't have ended up falling into the pool.”
It annoyed me that I'd even let my parents have their way by actually forcing her to come with me.
She'd said she had her own family dinner. I should've just let her go to that.
It was certain there was no way her life could be endangered if she was with her family.
Her brows furrowed and her gaze landed on her intertwined fingers which laid on her laps.
“What's wrong?” There was no hiding the slight confusion in my tone, because what could've led to her change of expression.
Maybe she was annoyed at me for actually bringing her here and being the cause of all that'd happened to her.
But then with a horrified expression, she said, “I didn't slip,”
“Huh?” At that point, I was in more state of confusion.
She turned to me, which was when I noticed the tears in her eyes, “I'm not stupid enough to slip when I know I can't swim.”
“What are you saying?” I wasn't sure if I understood where this was all going.
“That I didn't slip, but was pushed into the pool,” she sniffed back the tears that threatened to fall.
I drew my brows together, “there are a lot of people out there, someone might have pushed you by mistake.”
She shook her head, “I was pushed, I know I was.”
I could see she was stressing herself further so I placed a hand on both her hands, squeezing it.
“Don't worry, we can talk about this in the morning,”
A drop of tear slipped down her cheeks, “okay.”
“Everything's going to be alright, I'm sure of that.” I assured her, helping her to lay on the bed.
Once she was tugged comfortably in bed, I turned off the switch which was beside the bed, rising to my feet and about to leave when she grabbed my hand gently.
“Please stay,” her tone came out pleading and with nothing but fear, I couldn't find myself leaving.
I removed my hand from hers, wrapping her small hand in mine. “Okay.” then took a seat back beside her on the bed.
It felt weird how much worry was bubbling in me at the moment.
Every human would be worried if they saw anyone drowning, so it was understandable, right?
But then I felt the need to protect her more than anything.
Especially since she said she didn't slip but was pushed.
Was it possible for her to have been pushed without anyone else noticing who pushed her?
Who on earth would even want to push her?
People rarely knew a thing about her so I wouldn't assume that they'd have the audacity to push someone in such a public place.
But she seemed so afraid, and not only about the fact she almost drowned.
But also because she was sure someone had pushed her.
Maybe I should just wait till she was feeling better then I could ask her about it all better.
Because how on earth would anyone want to push her.
I mean, she was a famous writer (according to Katie) and all, but then her fame didn't seem to have reached the point where she'd have someone that'd willingly push her in the pool.
What was the person's motive? Why would they want her to drown? And why in public place at that?
I noticed her breathing had turned steady which meant she was probably asleep.
The music from outside, with the noise that accompanied it let me know that they'd gone back to partying.
That was good.
No use ruining Thanksgiving for everyone, because that was certainly not what mom and dad would want.
I recalled how many people were outside.
Why would anyone want to willingly push her off with such a crowd?
This was all so confusing.
Maybe she had imagined being pushed on purpose.
Maybe it was a mistake.
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