All the Colors of the Rainbow
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You would think that walking in on your dying child would spark some form of urgency.
Nah.
My mother had pulled out her cell phone and dialed the police. I wanted to protest but I could barely keep my eyes open.. I was.. so .. sleep..
"Hello? This is Norma Martinez. I have an emergency. My daughter attempted suicide. Yes. Yes." A glance at me. "Looks like razor cuts."
Another glance.
"Barely."
A pause.
"Thank you."
Seconds or maybe minutes passed by and I felt myself fall.. deeper..sleep..
A noise. Yelling.
I opened my eyes surrounded by people I didn't know.
A man pulled me from the tub. I tried to protest but I couldn't.
As he carried me to a stretcher there was bustling and more yelling.
"What's her blood type ma'am?" A EMT asked my mother.
My head rolled to the side and I could see her, her eyes panicked, but just a little.
"I don't.. I."
"O." I answered, quietly.. feebly.
"She's lost a lot of blood." One said.
No shit.
Nah.
My mother had pulled out her cell phone and dialed the police. I wanted to protest but I could barely keep my eyes open.. I was.. so .. sleep..
"Hello? This is Norma Martinez. I have an emergency. My daughter attempted suicide. Yes. Yes." A glance at me. "Looks like razor cuts."
Another glance.
"Barely."
A pause.
"Thank you."
Seconds or maybe minutes passed by and I felt myself fall.. deeper..sleep..
A noise. Yelling.
I opened my eyes surrounded by people I didn't know.
A man pulled me from the tub. I tried to protest but I couldn't.
As he carried me to a stretcher there was bustling and more yelling.
"What's her blood type ma'am?" A EMT asked my mother.
My head rolled to the side and I could see her, her eyes panicked, but just a little.
"I don't.. I."
"O." I answered, quietly.. feebly.
"She's lost a lot of blood." One said.
No shit.