Chapter nineteen,

she'll make a full recovery

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    FOR ONCE, TIME WAS MOVING SHORTLY, he'd been sitting in the hospital waiting room with the two adults who had also followed behind the paramedic vehicle with Samantha Carpenter and her boyfriend joining them too. It's almost been two hours, and still no word about his girlfriends status in surgery.

   He had in his lap all of the eight letters of what his girlfriend had written him, he'd read four so far and it was breaking his heart, all of them was his girlfriend expressing everything, all from spilling the truth ending to how much she loves him and will miss him, it was so hard for him to read.

   The waiting room was beyond silent until Sam had broken the silence, her eyes were just bloodshot from crying, "She was apologizing to me, she feels that all of this is her fault. . ." Her voice broke, "God, that family had really did a number on her, messing with her head, she's written in every paragraph, that she's sorry for the part that she was forced to participate in." She couldn't help, but just cry some more with Danny who pulled her into his chest.

   He knew of Naomi Bailey ( Kirsch ) . He'd accidentally bumped into her in the elevator once, and he noticed how frightened she had gotten that she instantly ran out of the elevator afterwards, he didn't know much of her history until tonight. He understood the girl.

   Chad nodded his head, his voice breaking apart as he replied, "Yeah. . . they all messed her up, especially him. How — She was just a little girl. . . how can they do this to her, and then when she was thirteen!" His voice began to raise, he was furious, "They've all taken her damn innocence, she was just a little girl." He felt tears streaming down his eyes.

   He was so heartbroken, he felt for his girlfriend who endured so much pain, but he was going to make sure that she lives a good life, and realize that there's also good in this world, he wants the damn best for her and he's going to give her the damn world.

   A phone vibrating had captured their attention, eyes landing towards Mark who pulled the phone into his ear, and standing up from his chair and quickly catching bit of the conversation with whoever he was on the phone with, "You'd find anything over there? They lived by a lake. . ." Muffled was now just heard until they had seen two familiar people arriving here.

   Gale wheeling herself on over, "Sydney? What are you doing here, how'd you know I was here?"

   "How is she?" Mindy guiltily asked her brother, she didn't want to come here at first considering she sided with Tara, her hand was gripping on her stomach to hold in her stitches, she noticed her brother ignoring her, "Chad — I'm really sorry, how did you expect me to react at first? Her family also including her were Ghostface." She reminded her brother.

   Chad wouldn't make eye contact with his sister, "You've fucking seen how afraid that she was of all three of them, Mindy! Naomi didn't want to do this, she was forced into doing this on avenging that pigs death." He venomously snapped before continuing, "She loves all of us and didn't want us harmed, and look at where she's at now? In fucking surgery because Tara didn't believe her." He snapped.

Mindy had remained quiet, Tara was rambling on about how Naomi was expressing the sexual abuse she endured, and how she had perhaps twisted things to get away with all of this, but that was also when Mindy knew that Naomi wasn't lying, her behavior was just signs of a type of abuse, and she finally gotten herself the unknown answer, and why she had change from comforting her friend and more so comforting Naomi, and her brother. It was the reasoning that she approached her brother and pulled him into a hug, as he sobbed into his sisters chest

   Gale was just completely lost with her own words, especially knowing that a Detective was involved, "Naomi? Wasn't her dad —" She was interrupted by Sydney who had spoken as she seen that Chad was just a ticking time bomb, and she wouldn't blame him.

   Sydney had calmly spoke, "Wayne Kirsch, Ethan Kirsch, Quinn Kirsch and —" She was interrupted by Chad who's eyes were bloodshot red since he kept crying, his voice was laced in complete anger, "Don't even mention that last name, he doesn't deserve shit." He angrily deadpanned.

Gale wasn't really understanding anything still, "I thought that you weren't coming to New York?" She questioned her friend.

Sydney dug into her pocket, pulling out Gale Weathers phone, "I've been missing that for days, how'd you get that?" Her eyes were just wide and in disbelief.

Sydney kindly spoke, "Naomi — She called Mark and us for help. . ." She exhaled her own breath, "She couldn't trust her dad or anyone in his job." She gently told her friend.

   "The shrine. . ." It all made sense on why Naomi accidentally bumped into her and had tripped her over.

   Sydney furrowed his eyebrows, "What about the shrine?" She was confused on that sudden outburst.

   Gale rambled on and telling all of them on what had occurred, "She had bumped and had also tripped me, and now I understand. . ." She breathed out, "She was grabbing my phone," It was then she was remembering that day of the incident.

   The way Detective Bailey was just seen glancing at his daughter in so much hatred, and she didn't think to realize of anything, or be concerned.

The room went back to silence, all while Chad's eyes were trained onto the clock that was just ticking and ticking. He was just sitting here impatiently, waiting if they were done with his girlfriends surgery.

The doors opening had captured their immediate attention, the sound of a woman's voice was just simply heard, "Family of Naomi Kirsch?" Her eyes roamed around the area.

The hurtful thing is that she now had no more biological family anymore, though it didn't stop Chad from standing up from his chair, "Me." He began approach the nurse, he was so nervous, "Is my girlfriend, okay? Did the surgery go smoothly?" He questioned the doctor not letting her speak.

The doctor had easily spoken, a reassuring smile was plastered on her face, "The surgery went smoothly, despite a few complications in the operation room, but now she's peacefully asleep in her room, she'll make a full recovery, you can visit her in the morni—" She gotten interrupted by Chad who spoken up, again.

"Can I spend the night here with her?" He questioned her, "I don't want her here alone, and she hates being alone, I don't want her to get scared when she awakens and I'm not by her side." He had calmly told the woman, his heart was just racing afraid that his girlfriend wouldn't of made it, but she fucking survived and he was beyond happy.

The doctor had nodded her head, "It's fine, we'll get you a reclining chair." She retorted.

Chad quickly smiled in appreciation that he was able to stay with Naomi, "Let me just tell our friends, it'll be a second." The woman had nodded her head, waiting by the door for him.

A smile was displayed on his lips, "She's going to make a full recovery, my angel pulled through, she's going to be okay. I'm going to spend the night here with her, but if she's open for visits tomorrow, I'll text you all." He had retorted.

He easily noticed the sigh of reliefs on everyone in the room all mumbling a couple yeahs, all while Mindy hugged her brother, "I better be the first one that you call when she's awake. Again, I'm sorry for earlier." She had pulled away from the hug, as her brother had nodded his own head.

"I'll text you tomorrow." He walked away from the waiting room and had followed the doctor to the direction she was leading him towards, his voice was just laced completely in concern, "Was it just women in the operating room with her?" Eyebrow raised at his question with also a hint of concern.

The woman had nodded her head and easily reassured him,"It was just women in the operating with her, including myself. We had no men in the room with her." She reassured the boy.

Chad nodded his head, "Thank you." He wasn't fucking playing around when he had asked them on having no men with her in the operating room, especially when she's asleep and not aware of her surroundings.

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   NAOMI HAD GROANED AWAKE also from the slight pain she had began to feel from her stitches, her eyes were glancing around the entire area, the white walls and television, she had then turned her head sideways and had seen her boyfriend asleep, her voice was raspy despite smiling, "Chad?" She had immediately noticed the way his eyes shot open.

   His eyes had roamed all over his girlfriend, a soft smile displayed on his lips, "You're awake, angel. You did it." He immediately gotten a cup filling it up with cold water, and approached his girlfriend, approaching her as he placed the cup by her lips, parting her mouth open as she began drinking the water until she finished it.

   Her eyes weren't leaving his face, admiring his features she was afraid that outside of the shrine would've been the last time that she would ever see him, her eyes were just getting so damn glossy, "I thought that I was going to die, I thought she was going to kill me. . ." Her voice had simply cracked, "She didn't believe me, Chad. She thinks I made it all up, and I didn't. . . she doesn't believe me." His thumbs were wiping her tears on the both side of her face.

   He had pressed a soft kiss on her forehead and attempting to reassure her, "I believe you, Naomi. I'm so fucking sorry for not getting in there quicker, I shouldn't of ever let you gone in there alone." He pressed another soft kiss on her forehead.

   Naomi had gently closed her eyes, and sinking in the warmth touch of her boyfriend that felt like home, he was her home. Eyes had blinked when she noticed that it was still quite dark outside.

   Her voice had cracked, "I don't want to stay here anymore. New York is haunting with so much memories, I want a fresh start in life and somewhere new, but —" She gently told him as she had slightly paused, eyes blinking, "That would mean that. . ." She was interrupted by him who reassured her.

A soft smile was just displayed on his very own lips, "I'll follow you to a where ever you want to go, Angel. You're stuck with me until forever." He had kissed the tip of her nose that made her let a light laugh with her cheeks just reddening.

Naomi grinned at him, "And you're stuck with me forever because I love you, so much." She fondly smiled at him.

He had smiled down at her, "I love you, the very most." He had noticed her yawning, as he gently spoken to her, "Get some rest, Angel." He brushed her hair away from her face.

"You'll still be here when I awaken?" She questioned him.

"I'll always be here, Angel. I'm not leaving you ever." He reassured her, as she nodded her own head, drifting to sleep while still holding onto her boyfriends hand.

For once, she wasn't afraid to close her fucking eyes, especially when she had known that all of her monsters were dead, but they left her with these horrific memories, especially him. And, she knew now that she was ready to finally receive the help she needs because she doesn't need to worry about her dad hurting an innocent person.

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞, hope
you liked this chapter.

Can't say if there is
one or two chapters
left — But, Naomi is
getting the life she wants🥲💞

Hope this chapter wasn't
messy.