Page 36 of Bad Girl's Club

“Can I see him?”

“Absolutely.” She guided me to his room leaving my parents alone in my. room. He was still asleep. There was a bandage around his forehead, his eyes were black and bruised. I felt my heart drop to my feet. I hated seeing him like this. Kale has become one of my best friends. I walked over to his bed and grabbed his hand. With his hands in mine, I felt a little more relief.

“Hey beautiful, glad to see you’re doing well,” Kale said, smiling.

“Same. Scoot over. We’re going to cuddle together.” I laughed.

I don’t know how long we have been in the hospital. I’m not even sure how we got here, but I know he was driving when whatever happened, happened.

“Do you know what happened, Kale?” I asked him. I felt at home in his arms.

Kale

As I lay in the hospital bed, I couldn’t get it out of my head that someone set this up. Whatever Star and I did to piss someone off, they wanted us dead. I know it’s only been a short time, but I am very attached to Star and If I find out who did it, I will kill them.

I called my father to let him know what happened and he was fuming. With his mafia ties, he said he would take care of it. I knew his blood money would come in handy.

Someone tried to kill us. I couldn’t prove it, but I know someone tried to permanently silence us, or maybe they wanted me out of the way so Star would be more vulnerable. The possibilities are endless. There were police officers at my bed when I woke up asking me why we were leaving campus. I was so out of it, I didn’t know what to tell them. I just said, “We were going to get snacks and supplies for our dorm.” I barely remembered the accident. The police said that it was an intentional accident and someone drove straight into me. Ironic. I didn’t think I made any enemies since getting to Groveton. Then again….

“Did anything happen that would cause any enemies between you and Star or anyone on campus?” The first officer asked me. Reading over notes and whatever was in his notepad.

“Not that I’m aware. We planned for a movie night and we were celebrating something… My memory is kind of fuzzy.” I told him.

“Is there anyone you may have made angry or any enemies at Groveton?” The second police officer asked.

“I don’t think so,” I answered. I hated how they repeated the same questions in so many words.

“Does Star have any enemies?” The first guy asked.

“I don’t think so.” I wasn’t sure.

The interrogation went on for a while. I fell asleep and woke up to Star being in bed with me. I feel like it helped me relax more when she was with me. My thoughts immediately calmed while she was with me, but I couldn’t help but wonder if someone did try to kill us. Was this an attempt on our lives? Did we really make someone that mad that murder was the only option?

The thoughts were making me insane. I know what happened with Star and her parents, but I didn’t think that was worth losing her life. Would her dad really kill her to shut her up? Did they know she was with me? Who exactly hit us?

“If you can think of anything, please give us a call,” the first officer said handing me his car.

“I just want to know who hit us and were they still alive?” I asked.

“It was a hit and run. The cameras didn’t pick up anything when the accident occurred. Nor did the other person get picked up on any camera leaving Groveton.” The second officer said.

“So that means they are on Groveton property and it shouldn’t be hard to find the vehicle that hit us, right?” I asked. I had to know.

“That’s true, or they messed with the cameras or had someone mess with the cameras, which would mean that you had to be on someone’s bad side that was influential or had a lot of money….” The second officer said not making contact me.

“Oh, That makes sense. Can I get a copy of the police report so I can read it later?” I didn’t know what else to say. What more could I say? Someone tried to kill us and they covered their tracks.

“I’ll leave the copy here for you. And as I said, if you hear anything, remember anything, or have anything else to ask, give me a call… I’ll be waiting for that call while we’re investigating this…” The first officer added.

“Thanks. Have a good day.” I didn’t know what else to say. When he left the room, I rolled back over still holding Star. She’s so perfect. How did I get so lucky?

* * *

When I woke up a few hours later, Star was out of bed and taking a shower. I thought that was a good idea to look over the police report. There wasn’t much information that we didn’t know. Most of it was information we’ve gone over but nothing critical that we didn’t.

I got dressed and waited for the nurse to come in and let me know when I could be discharged. My entire body felt like it was hit by a train, but I knew I would be okay. Otherwise, I’d still be in the ICU. I checked my phone and I had three missed calls from my parents, one from Dean Groveton and two from Star’s father. What could he want?

I heard the water turn off and Star was out of the shower, dressed, and in front of me glaring at me like I wasn’t supposed to be awake.

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