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Patty shakes her head "Oh, Heather You’re still on drugs"

"No, she’s not," Frank says, grinning "She means it You h, okay? Because I’ve got a headache"

Frank grins so? So Ella"

Frank’s grin fades "You’re right," he s"

"She erald," Patty hisses at him "Just sht-night, Heather"

I close o away When I wake up, later,down at me

"Honey?" He looks worried "It’s me, Dad"

"I know" Every word is like a stab wound to ood," Dad says "I’ht I called your mother, to let her know"

This causes me to open one eye "Dad Why would you do that? She didn’t even knohatever"

"I think she has a right to know," Dad says "She’s still your mother She loves you, you know In her oay"

"Oh," I say "Right I guess Well Thanks for getting hold of Detective Canavan"

"Well, that’s what fa to the doctor They’re going to let you go ho for this headache first?" I ask "I can barely see, o find the doctor," Dad says "Heather…what you did I’m really proud of you, honey"

"Thanks, Dad," I say And the tears in my eyes aren’t just from the pain in my temples "Dad Where’s Cooper?"

"Cooper?"

"Yeah I mean, everybody else has been by to see me, except Cooper Where is he?" He hatesto him--I can’t remember what it was But I know I did And he hates , honey Re tih But finally he had to leave He promised his brother, you know"

"Oh," I say The disappoint "Sure"

"Oh, here comes your doctor," Dad says "Let’s see what he has to say"

They letOver twelve hours of intravenous fluids, and, while I don’t feel a hundred percent by any one and the roo around A look in the ladies’ room mirror tells irl’s complexion--my face is chalky white, my lips chapped, and the circles under my eyes look like bruises

But, hey I’m alive