The Stalker

Chapter 29

"Elliot? W-" I was about to say when someone took the words right out of my mouth

"Elliot, what are you doing here?" Donna walked up to us

I looked at Donna then back at Elliot, Elliot looked at me then at Donna then back at me, Donna looked at Elliot then at me then back at Elliot.

"Emerald, what are you doing here?" Donna asked me

"Wait, you know her?" Elliot asked Donna

I frowned and looked at Elliot, "Wait, you know her?"

Donna frowned and looked at Elliot, "You know her?"

Elliot frowned and looked at me, "You know her?"

Donna and I looked at each other and we asked each other the same thing at the same time, "You know him?"

I shut my eyes tightly...
I think I'm about to have a headache, "Ok stop this!"

Elliot spoke up after silence of complete five minutes, "ok I'll start, Donna, this is my next door neighbour, the one I told you about. And Emerald, this is Donna my sister I told you about"

Donna looked at Elliot, "Elliot this is that patient's  sister that I was telling you about and Emerald, this is my little brother, and I don't think I said anything about him to you"

Elliot looked at me, "Wait you're  that sister? Why didn't you visit your sister for seven years?"

Donna looked at me too, "You went on a date with my brother?  And why are you being so difficult and confusing?"

And just like that they started asking each other questions and started answering them like I wasn't even there. And I wasn't there, I was somewhere where it was going to be very difficult to come back from. I think I was finally figuring it all out.

The texts "I really thought we were better than this...

Hurting me is what you do best....

You will regret this...."

She has been in the hospital for seven years without a single visitor...

Emerald we did all this for you, she couldn't stay here because of you....my parents said

She has had a relapse once but after that she has been completely fine...the doctor said

Elliot finding me in the middle of nowhere....
Moving right next to me....
Dating me....
And then the stalking starts....

I remembered my investigation,

Had my number....Elliot
Seen my password....for some reason I always kept Grace as my password of my phone
Had access to my house....Elliot

Knew my combination....I was always bad with combinations so I always put in the combination that Grace taught me for my locker practice in elementary school....

Grace was still sick...and now she had an even sicker friend as a doctor...

All that concern for Grace was kind of weird even if she cared for her patient, she had some sick psychotic connection with her.

This doctor was so attached to my sister, she was sick herself, I think her whole family was sick.

My sister wanted revenge on me and she somehow psycho mind controlled her new young doctor and she played her tricks through her sick brother...

How could I not see this all before! All this hate, this need to make me go mad, get in my parents head, make my whole family hurt, especially the irony of sending me to a mental hospital....

Making me feel all alone and scared just like her...
That slap wasn't a misunderstanding, it was a reflex!

And stupid me! I fell right into her trap, came to visit her, fought with my parents to bring her back home, my parents would have never wanted to hurt me, she could only convince them to come back home by using the reason they were holding her here for! Me!

What have I done!

"Emerald!!" Elliot shook me, I looked at him wide eyed

"What's wrong? Snap out of it!" He looked at me worried

I looked at him and then back at Donna, both are so sick! All this perfectly ready, good looks all is a lie, they are ugly and horrible!

I have been so stupid to cry over her, over him! So lost, thinking they were the ones who really cared!

So stupid! So stupid!

"What's happening to her?" Elliot asked Donna

"I don't know, but let me get something to help her feel better" Donna went back into her room, eyeing me knowingly, I think I saw her hide a smile

Elliot looked at me, "Don't worry! It's going to be all right now!"

Did they know I have figured it all out, maybe they have, maybe they are going to poison me right this second!

I have to go! I have to get out of this sick place now!

I wiped the tears I didn't even know were there and I pushed Elliot with all my might, having him stumble a few steps backwards.

Without looking behind I ran, I ran like my life depended on it, and the funny part is, it actually did.

I went through some stairs, some rooms, I heard Elliot calling after me, running after me, but I didn't fall for any of it, not any more! No!

I finally found a storage room in the far corner where I hid for I don't know how long, when I was sure no one is chasing me here I finally took my phone out and dialled the one person I can always trust...

She picked up on the third ring, "Em?"

I took a breath of relief, "Sophie, it's her! It's my own sister! All this time we thought it was a boy someone who wanted me back, someone who loved me, someone I hurt! But it's so much bigger than that, so much sicker-"

Sophia cut me off, "Em shut up! What are you talking about! And did you just say you're sister? As in Grace? What did I miss here?"

I couldn't help it anymore, I started sobbing like crazy,"Her doctor, Elliot, they are all together, they want to hurt me they-"

"Em babe, I can't understand a thing you're saying, not only are you making zero sense but you're voice, I can't even make out the words you're saying, why don't you slow-"

"Help me Sophie please!!" I sob whisper yelled

"Where are you? I'm coming!"

"I'm in the mental hospital just out of town, the one near the cemetery"

"Ok I'll be there! Just...Wait-WHAT!?"
Sophia screamed in my ear