Finally Getting Love Right (17 page)

“When?” Pepper asked.

“When he left her at the beach. She never told anyone but the two of us. We swore that we wouldn’t tell anyone. She thought it made her seem crazy. It took the two of us an entire month to find her last time.” Kylee said tearing at the memory.

“Well then we need to find her.” Charlee said definitely. The girls were almost ready to go. They had formed a plan that allowed them to look in Sam’s favorite places first and then meet up for lunch so they could find some new ideas to look. They were about to walk out the door when the phone rang.

“Hello?” Liz answered.

“Hello, I am looking for an Elizabeth McAdams.” A male voice came through the line.

“This is her.”

“You are listed as Samantha Lee’s emergency contact.”

“I am. What is this about?”

“I have some bad news. Samantha has been in a car accident. Can you come to Mercy Hospital please?”

“What?” Liz was in disbelief at what she had heard.

“I know it is a shock, but we cannot perform surgery without your consent as you are also listed as her power of attorney if a case such as this would arise.”

“We will be right there.” Liz said dropping the phone from shaking.

“What is it?” Kylee asked concerned.

“Sam has been in a car accident.”

Everyone gasped with horror.

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CHAPTER 11: BAD KARMA

‘I can’t bare to face them when they woke up.’ Sam thought as she woke up at 4 am. She decided to leave before they had a chance to stop her. ‘A road trip is just what I need. I don’t know where I am heading but I am out of here.’ She thought as she quickly packed a bag and headed out the door quietly making sure not to slam it behind her. Realizing that she had grabbed the Lamborghini keys instead of her Pontiac keys, she quietly snuck back into her own home and switched the keys out.

She quickly threw her bags in her car and got in. She turned the engine over fast so that it would not wake her friends. Sam did not mean to disrespect her friend’s feelings but she could not face them. Liz and Kylee would know what was going on and come looking for her, that she was sure of. Her plan was to get out of town and be at least a state over before they woke up. Sam put her car in reverse and backed out of the driveway.

Sam was cruising along when she was suddenly jolted out of her seat. There was a light so bright that she could not see. She heard crunching metal that made her cringe like nails on a chalkboard. Sam heard breaking glass, as if someone was repeatedly throwing baseballs through a window. Her head was slammed repeatedly against the roof of the car and the steering wheel. She felt a sharp pain in her chest and left leg. The car rolled in what seemed like slow motion at least 4 times. Sam suddenly felt cold. When she looked down she saw a horrifying scene. There were two pieces of metal sticking out of her. One was lodged into the right side of her chest and the other was lodged right above her left knee cap.

Sam tried to break free of the car only to find herself mostly paralyzed. She could not feel anything except her head, which was pounding, and her fingers. Sam tried to yell out for help but found no voice to yell with. She tried not to lose hope. The road she was now laying on was a busy road generally. She saw, what she thought were headlights, coming from over the hill. She felt herself get suddenly dizzy. Trying desperately to hold onto consciousness, she started humming in her head. The song was a lullaby from when she was a child. Unfortunately, the song seemed to make her want to sleep even more. She battled for ten full minutes before she passed out unconscious.

Sam awoke in a warm vehicle. She tried to figure out where she was but she still could not move. She opened her eyes and tried to focus. Her sight was blurry, no matter how much she tried she could not clear her vision. She was startled when a male voice started to speak to her.

“Ma’am you are ok now. You are in an ambulance and we are heading to Mercy hospital.” Before he had finished talking, Sam had gone unconscious again.

Sam faded in and out throughout the next several hours. She managed to be awake when she was getting wheeled into the hospital and when the doctor told her she would need surgery. When she was wheeled into the hospital, she remembered feeling like she was in the movies the way the lights would flash by. She couldn’t even muster a feeling when the doctor told her she would need go to surgery as soon as they got ahold of her emergency contact, Liz.

“What do you mean she has been in a car accident?” Kylee was shaking now too.

“That was Mercy Hospital, I am her emergency contact.” Liz said slowly.

“How did they know to call you here?” Pepper asked.

“I don’t know. We have to get to the hospital now!” Liz said grabbing her purse off the table and running out the door.

The rest of the girls followed her and they piled into Charlee’s Van again. As they drove they called everyone they could think of. Charlee called Max, who broke down in tears when he heard the news. Kylee called Dillon, who said he would meet her at the hospital. Liz called Tj who had said that someone had called looking for her and he had told them where she was. Pepper called Jeffrey, who was shocked but also agreed to meet her there. When they had made the phone calls Kylee brought up one more person who should be called.

“Liz, do you have Blair’s number?” Kylee asked referring to Sam’s mother.

“I forgot about her. Should we tell George?” Liz said as she started to dial Blair’s number.

“We should but we better not call him. We should tell him in person.” Kylee answered resolving to go see him after they made sure Sam was ok.

“Blair, It is Liz.” Liz said as Blair answered the phone.

“What can I do for you Liz?” Blair said sounding as if she had just woken up.

“It’s about Sam. She got into a car accident. We are heading to Mercy Hospital now.” Liz said.

“This isn’t a joke right?” Blair asked. Liz had nearly forgotten that when they were kids they had told Blair something similar that had gotten them both grounded for a month.

“This is not a joke.” Liz said. She heard Blair break down in hysterical crying. “Meet us at the hospital.”

“Ok.” Blair said through tears.

“She thought I was joking.” Liz said as they pulled up to the Hospital. The girls found the closest parking spot to the entrance and ran into the emergency room. They looked every which way until they found the nurses’ station.

“We are here for Samantha Lee.” Kylee said out of breath.

“Who are you?” The nurse asked politely.

“I am Liz McAdams. I have her power of attorney.”

“We have been expecting you. The rest of you will have to wait here.” The nurse said looking at Charlee, Kylee, and Pepper.

“Kylee is coming with me.” Liz said sternly to the nurse. “I need her support. The three of us are like sisters.”

“Fine. Follow me please.”

“Can you two wait for everyone else to get here? We will be out as soon as we can.” Kylee said as Liz and herself followed the nurse.

They were led through a set of doors and down a long hallway to a trauma room. There was an eerie quietness about the hallway. When they got to the trauma room they were both knocked back with shock. Kylee and Liz could not bring themselves to go all the way into the room, so they stood in the doorway. There Sam lay with 2 long metal pieces sticking out of her. She was not awake, there were tubes down her throat and iv’s in her arms.. They stared in silence as they took the sight in. There was blood everywhere. If they had not seen the tattoo on the arm lying limp off the gurney they would not have known it was here, with how much blood was on her face.

“You must be Ms. McAdams.” A handsome man wearing a doctor’s coat said to them.

“I am.” Liz said quietly.

“I am Dr. Valandra. I need your consent to take Miss Lee to surgery immediately.”

“What is wrong with her besides the obvious things sticking out of her?” Kylee asked.

“The metal sticking out of her leg did not hit any major veins but her leg is broken. The one sticking out of her chest is another matter, however. We have just confirmed that she has a punctured lung. If you had not gotten here within the next few minutes we would have had to take her up without consent.”

“Oh.” Liz said almost fainting.

“Are you alright ma’am?” The doctor asked concerned.

“I am fine. What are you waiting for take her to surgery and save my best friend.” Liz said mad that they had not already just taken her to surgery even without consent.

“Please sign this form.” Dr. Valandra handed her a clipboard with a form attached to it.

Liz signed the form and watched as the dr. yelled for his staff to take her to surgery immediately. She was still in shock when they were escorted back to the waiting room.

“Miss McAdams” A nurse called to her.

“Yes?” Liz managed to force out.

“You and the others can wait upstairs in the lounge. Take the elevators up to the third floor, take a left and then a right. The door is clearly marked surgery waiting area. I will be sure to send up anyone who asks for her.” The nurse said smiling toward them.

“Thank you.” Liz said as the group headed upstairs. When they arrived in the lounge they all sank into the couches and chairs that were in the room. There was a flat screen tv on the wall that was set to play the news. Within minutes, of them sitting there in silence, The boys showed up. Max,Tj, Dillon, and Jeffrey walked into the room with gloomy looks.

“Hey, what happened?” Max asked Liz.

“She was running. George cheated on her, when we woke up this morning she was gone. We were going to look for her when the hospital called telling us she was in an accident. We do not know anything except that she has a broken leg and a punctured lung.” Liz finished in tears.

“Is she going to be ok?” Jeffrey asked.

“We don’t know yet.” Kylee said.

The group went back to waiting in silence. Max and Dillon were standing against the wall, too shaken to sit down. There was an obvious nervousness in the room, Like the feeling you get when you know something is wrong but you cannot put your finger on it. They sat like statues, watching the news, and staring off into space for what seemed like hours.

“Where is my baby girl!” Blair burst into the room. No one even looked at her right away.

“She is in surgery Blair.” Liz said finally standing up and walking over to her.

“What happened?” Blair was still as hysterical as she had been when Liz told her.

“She has a broken leg and a punctured lung. We don’t know anything else right now.”

“Why did you know before I did?” Blair said turning angry.

“I am her power of attorney. I always have been.” Liz said in what she hoped was a calming voice.

“Oh.” Blair said sitting down in the last available chair. They waited for 5 hours before Dr. Valandra came into the room. It was the most grueling time that any of them had ever endured. Liz was panicked when she saw him enter the room.

“How is she?” Liz asked the dr.

“She is going to be fine. Everything has been repaired. She is stable but she seems to be in an unconscious state. It is not a coma, she can wake up at any time. We just do not know how long that will be. She is in recovery now, in the next couple of hours she will be moved into her own room and then you can see her.”

“Thank god.” Blair said as she took a deep breath.

“Thank you doctor.” Liz said.

“I suggest you all go home and rest. It is going to be a long couple of days. We will be watching her closely until she wakes up.” He said, then he left the room.

“Guys, you go home. I will call you if there are any changes.” Liz said to the group.

“Ok.” They all said staggeringly.

“Kylee, can you go do what we talked about before I called Blair? He needs to know, even if they are fighting right now.” Liz said with a sigh.

“I can do that.” Kylee answered.

“Bye Liz.” Max, Charlee, Blair, Jeffrey, and Pepper said as they left.

“Tell him everything you know. She is going to need him now more than ever.” Liz said.

“Ok, call me the second we can see her.” Kylee said as her and Dillon walked out leaving Tj and Liz to wait.

Kylee filled Dillon in on what Liz had asked her to do. After hearing about what George had done to Sam, Dillon had wanted to hunt him down and kill him for what he had done. Kylee calmed him down on the way to The Ameslee. When they arrived, Kylee had a panic attack.

“What is wrong?” Dillon asked.

“I will be fine. I just can’t believe I have to do this.” Kylee answered.

“We don’t have to. We can call him instead.” Dillon answered coming up with the most rational thing he could think of to ease her mind.

“No. We didn’t call him before because we thought, even though he is a vile pig, that he deserved to hear it face to face.” Kylee said as she got out of the car. They were greeted by Roger when they walked in.

“Can I help you Mrs. Edwards?” Roger said obviously trying to delay her.

“I need to talk to George. It is an emergency.” Kylee said urgently.

“What is the emergency?” Roger asked.