I Want You to Know
Part 65
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I opened my eyes and looked around the room
groggily. It took me a few minutes to remember where I was. I was reaching
for Justin when it hit me that I was in Japan. ALONE. Suddenly my heart began
to race and I frantically searched for a phone.
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I sat next to her bed, stroking her hair and
wondering if Brian were safely in Japan yet. I had been fighting sleep for
the better part of the night and felt myself drifting off. I don't know how
long I had slept when the beeping woke me. Rubbing my eyes I stared at the
machine that registered Sascha's heart rate and saw the flat line. I began
to scream for help as I pushed the
button to lay her bed flat and begin CPR. Her
lips were blue and her hands cold when I begged her to fight. Where was Brian
when I needed him? How could he just leave me here to deal with this all
by myself?
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EMPTY.
COLD.
FRIGHTENED.
PEACE.
Sara, Willow, Thea and Kaelin all woke from
a sound sleep and felt the pain. All four knew that she was gone. Tears began
to fall as phones began to ring. The sisters banded together to deal with
the horror of what was tocome.
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Two and a half hours later I sat in ICU with
my daughter. She had slipped into a coma after they revived her. No one could
understand why or how this had happened, least of all me. My cell had rang
constantly and there were several messages waiting. All from Brian I was
sure, but I couldn't bring myself to call him. I couldn't leave
her.
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I walked in to find daddy sleeping in a chair
next to my sister and almost broke down. He looked so lost and so alone.
I longed to help him in any way I could. I lightly touched his shoulder and
waited until he woke.
"Thea?"
"Daddy." I leapt into his arms and finally
allowed the tears to flow freely.
"Shhh, baby," he whispered as he stroked my
hair. I felt safe in his arms and never wanted to leave. Opening my eyes
I found myself staring at all of my sisters. Each one of us had found our
way here. We were here to take care of the one of us who couldn't take care
of herself.
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I was frantic. I hadn't been able to get a
hold of Justin for two days now and none of the girls were answering their
phones. I had called the hospital but no one could tell me anything about
Sascha. I tried to believe that no news was good news but given that I'm
Brian Kinney that wasn't working out so well. I called every ten minutes
and left more than sixty messages for my
partner.
My mind was starting to believe the worst and
that was not a good thing for me. It was very late in Tokyo and I was sitting
at a bar downing my fourthshot of Beam when my cell finally
rang.
"Yeah?" I was convinced it couldn't be Justin
and I wasn't disappointed. I was however surprised to hear Sara's voice on
the other end.
"Dad? Are you ok?"
"As well as can be
expected."
"So you do know?"
"Know what little girl?" My patience was wearing
thin and I was getting more aggravated the drunker I got.
"About Sascha."
My instincts were right. She was gone. I closed
my phone without another word and motioned for the
bottle.
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