Sweet Angel, Ch. 9: Victim of Murder
Nick and Justin were distraught. The fact that Angel was near death hit them
in the
face, hard. Before, they had hoped that Angel would awaken. Now, her survival
was on the
line, and they prayed that she would live.
Angel's family got on the first plane to the hospital as soon as they had
heard
what happened from Brian. They knew Nick was the closest to her, but he was in
too much
shock to even speak. For this reason, Nick's lil bro, Aaron was coming onto
the scene.
Angel's family consisted of five people, including herself. Her parents were
Mr. and
Mrs. Le, her older sister who was 22, Francois, and her little brother who was
13, LJ short,
for Leonard James. He hated his name so he didn't tell anybody what it was. He
and his big
sis Angel had something in common - she hated her real name too. It was
Angeline, which she
thought was too preppy. They had much else in common - they were both deep
thinkers, which
made them extremely close to a point where they almost depended on each other.
That was
probably why LJ grieved so much now. If she died, he would die too. A part of
him had
already died.
Aaron, being a happy-go-lucky kid and not meeting Angel before, felt kind of
out of
place at the hospital. Everyone around him was grieving, including his big
bro. There was a
pain in Aaron's heart when he thought about it - he especially bear it. I wish
I had been
here the whole time, he thought. I wish I could share Nick's pain.
Now the entire group (Nick, Brian, Howie, AJ, Amelia, Justin, Chris, JC,
Lance,
Joey, Britney, Mr. and
Mrs. Le,
Francois, and LJ) sat in the hosital lobby to wait to hear Angel's condition.
Nick thought
about her, prayed, prayed, and grieved until his train of thought was broken
by a voice.
"Nick...what happened to my sister? How could this have been done to her?", LJ
asked. Nick
didn't know where to begin. He was too confused. "I don't know LJ...I can't
tell you now,
I don't have the strength." Aaron saw the distress on Nick's face.
"Nick...don't be sad,
please? I can't stand it..." Nick felt sorry for Aaron, being the only one in
this room
who didn't know Angel. He picked him up on his lap to comfort Aaron, and for
Aaron to
comfort Nick.
The doctor came back, his gown drenched with blood. Nick got that mixed
feeling of
dread and hope again. Nobody spoke, fearing what he might say. After a while
of silence, he
spoke. "I suppose everyone in here is for Angeline Le? May I speak to the
family only
please?" Mrs. Le quickly objected. "These people here are practically her
family. Please
speak to all of us." The doctor's face darkened. "Angel was lucky today...we
almost thought
we lost her, but her angel came in and saved her. She is currently still in
critical
condition in Intensive Care, but we expect recovery." Everyone was relieved,
but the doctor
wasn't finished. "Her bleeding...it had completely stopped the first time you
brought her in.
We made sure it would be given chance to heal, if not tampered with. Someone
messed with her
wound to make her blood run again. That someone had almost killed her, and it
looks like
intentionally. Ladies and gentlemen...Angel has been a victim of attempted
murder."
Mrs. Le fainted. No...how could anyone want to kill Angel? Someone out to
avenge Bethany's
death? Who loved Bethany so much to want revenge so bad? Her...PARENTS?
Nah...they're were
old. Another family member? Nah, her parents were all she had. That leaves a
friend of
Bethany's, a very good friend. Who knew how many friends she had?? It would
probably take
more than 1 person to do all this to Angel...but who did it?
