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My dad quickly moved his feet "Oops, sorry about that"

He didn’tI laid there for a second withon ht on an iet ain but when I did a drop of blood hit the carpet I reached up to where I’d hit my head, and when I pulledfor the bathroom

I ran past Tara in the hallway and pushed her out of "

I slammed the bathrooash onto need stitches but there was no way I was going to the hospital

I grabbed my phone and called the only person I kneho could help me MacKenzie was down at the shore with her faht since he had to work

"MacKenzie," I cried into the phone

"Hailey? What’s the matter? Are you ok?" MacKenzie asked with concern in her voice

"Can you please have Jackson pick ed to croak out

"Us around "He should just be getting done at work I’ll give hi by and pick you up"

"Thank you"

I looked atfor the Band-Aids I cleaned the gash up the best I could but it just kept bleeding I finally gave up trying to get it to stop I grabbed soauze, medical tape and the roll of paper towels that Mom always kept in the bathroom and ran across the hall towith so ht then I just wanted to get the hell out of there I heard Jackson beep his horn I grabbed s and darted out of the house as quickly as possible

Jackson reached over and opened the door for me, "Damn Hails, you ok?"

"Just drive" I took my first deep breath since Dad forced his way into the house

When we arrived at the Cahill’s shore house a few hours later I was es as I still held the gauze tohad just about stopped but still leaked a little

Elle, MacKenzie and Mason were sitting at the kitchen table alked in Great! I was hoping to sneak in and only have to deal with MacKenzie

Mason stood up so fast his chair fell back, "What the hell happened to you?" he said