FOREVER 1

suicide attempt

Her head was killing her. And she was feeling nauseous. Liam heard her stir and rushed to her side.

Ooh my God Sasha, are you okay? You gave me quite a scare last night. Can I get you some water? Some painkillers maybe?

“ooowwww! Sasha mumbled as she tried to sit up,,

yeah get me a glass of water please. I have a terrible headache.

Liam quickly rushed to the bathroom and got her some water and painkillers from the drawer.

“here take this, you’ll probably feel better after, and what the hell was that about last night Sashez.

You scared me.

I just needed to have some fun liam, there is nothing wrong with that, cant a girl have fun once in a while?

Okay stop being so defensive, I was just concerned, I’ve never seen you act like that, or is there something bothering you? You know you can tell me about it, I am your best friend and you know I’m always here for you.

“Just leave me alone Liam, I don’t need your help, in fact get out, get out! She screamed at the top of her voice. I don’t need you, I don’t f*****g need anybody. What do you know.

Liam was surprised, he was speechless, what the hell was wrong with his best friend. Could it be that she was pregnant? Was she depressed? What was going on, whatever it was he would help her.

“Sash are you pregnant by any chance? You can talk to me. You don’t have to embarrassed, you know I can help you with anything. Please talk to me. He pleaded with her.

“leave me alone” she sobbed. I want to be alone, leave me alone Liam, there’s nothing you can do to help me.

“Of course I’ll help you, isn’t that what friends are for? Just tell me I will do everything in my power to help you.

Sasha turned her back and faced the wall, how could she tell her best friend that she was dying, she didn’t have the heart to do so, she knew Liam and she knew he wouldn’t be able to take it. She had known Liam since 4th grade. One day in class Liam had been being bullied by boys from his class because he was overweight, they had written in capital letters ‘FAT BOY’ and stuck it on his locker, others had laughed and that is when Sasha had stepped in and grabbed the boy responsible by his collar and warned him off, she had punched the boy in the face and that ha d earned her a detention but her purpose had been served.

Since then she became a god to Liam and he had followed her everywhere after that and ended up becoming her best friend. When Liam’s mother had died of cancer a few years later Sasha had been there to console even 5yrs later when Liam’s older sister had committed suicide she had been there. She had seen for herself how he had undergone through depression and drugs and had had to be sent to rehab in a far a way country.

She knew how much pain Liam had gone through during his childhood that she didn’t want to add more of her pain to him. As far as she knew she was his only source of happiness. She just couldn’t tell him that she was dying.

After sometime she heard Liam’s footsteps through the stairs and down the hall where she heard muffled voices then a car started and he was gone.

Sasha sobbed herself to sleep and later woke up to her dad’s face.

Dad? When did you get home, I thought you wouldn’t be back for another one week? Is grandma okay?

Hey too sweetheart and I’m happy to see you too, her dad smiled. Of course grandma is fine and asked for you, I had to come early because of some very important meeting I have to deal with tomorrow. Sasha’s father was the CEO of the Brooks Tech Ltd Company.

I heard about what happened yesterday night, I’ve just talked to Liam and he told me you got drunk, that is so unlike you

Sasha, what’s really going on, talk to me.

I’m sorry dad I don’t know what came over me, it won’t happen again I promise, Sasha said with her head down.

It better don’t darling, you know you are my only child and I wouln’t want anything bad to happen to you. Are you taking your meds, you know you have to take care of your health.

Yeah sure dad, I’m fine don’t worry about me.

Okay then I’ll just let you take your shower and come downstairs for dinner.

She didn’t realize she had slept for that long.

Over the following weeks Sasha was more withdrawn and rarely got out of her room, she wasn’t picking Liam’s calls and his attempt to see her had all failed. He just couldn’t get what was going on. Even though her father had told him to give sasha some time as she was going through tough stuff. He had tried to ask him what it was but her father had felt that it wasn’t his place to share such news with Liam and had requested him to ask her. But how could he ask her when she didn’t wanna talk to him.

Just as he turned around Sasha’s house he saw an ambulance and two paramedics lifting someone on two the back of the van, he peered in closely and could make out Sasha’s still form. He quickly dashed out of his car and ran towards the house.

He saw Sasha’s father leaning on the door with his head down and walked to him. When he looked up all Liam could see was sorrow and regret in his eyes. He had tears in his eyes and even as he tried to speak liam already dreaded what he was about to hear.

“my little girl….she…,

,oooh Liam she just tried to kill herself,

what have I done wrong, why would she do this to me” he said wiping his eyes. When he got the call from work he had not believed it, even when he had arrived and saw it with his own eyes he still had found it hard to believe that his sasha would try to take out her own life.

All he could think of was that he had failed as a father, how could he not have seen the signs, had he neglected his own child, he knew his daughter was hurting and anybody in her situation would be too but to take her own life?

He needed to do something and fast. The best option would be to send her to her grandmother in the countryside. That would be good for her. Hadn’t her mother herself prefer to spend her last years there? Hadn’t she told him that staying in the country been the most relaxing and peaceful place for her during her battle with the sickness?

Yes it definitely would be the best place.

Meanwhile Liam could not believe it, Sasha had tried to kill herself? What the hell was going on and why wasn’t anybody telling him anything?

Even as her father got in the back and the ambulance pulled away, Liam could not move. He sat down on the pouch and cried, he was losing his best friend and there was nothing he could do about it.

The butler watched from a distance and pitied the boy. He knew how much of friends they had had been since 4th grade. He himself had worked for the Brooks family since the master himself was a boy. All he could think of was how unlucky the master was. He had witnessed him loose his own wife when he was just in his twenties and now his baby girl was about to die too? He sighed and went back to the house.

After sometime he saw Liam get into his car and drive away.