Chapter 16
Jeff was sitting quietly in the waiting room with Traci sitting on one side of him. Lita was on his other side,trying to comfort him.Jeff's head lifted as he heard the waiting room door open. He watched as Edge took a small brown paper bag over to the nurses station.
Tasha immediently headed for Jeff. She dropped down to her knees in front of Jeff and grabbed his clasped hands in her own two hands. "Jeff, hun, how are you doing?" Tasha asked. "What was she taking? Tylenol? Sleeping pills? What?" Jeff asked her, ignoring the question she had asked him.
Tasha hesitated for a moment, but when Jeff looked at her she knew she had to tell him. "We found three different brands of appetite supressents and weight loss pills." Tasha whispered to him.
Jeff's eyes glazed over in shock for a few moments. "No...she wouldn't do that." Jeff said numbly. "Jeff, baby, I know this is hard for you to believe. But Jami was taking diet pills, she was even keeping a journal to keep track of how much she ate and how much she lost." Tasha told him. "no, not Jami." Jeff uttered.
"Jeff, you and I, as well as Tasha and Lita know that Jami has had problems with eating disorders in the past." Traci whispered. "Yeah, but she was so confident. How could this have happened?" Jeff asked.
"Jeff, hun...something like an eating disorder does not go away. You never recover from it. You are always in a stage of recovery. Therefore relapses can happen." Tasha explained to him. "No...no.." was all Jeff could say.
A few minutes later the doctor walked out to talk to Jeff. "Jeff, can I ask you a few questions?" he asked. Jeff nodded. "Did you know that Jami was taking appetite supressents and weight loss pills?" The doctor asked. "No...I saw her taking pills occasionally but when I asked her what she was taking she said it was tylenol. Are you sure she was taking them?" Jeff asked, still finding it hard to believe.
"yes, her blood work showed high levels of the ingredients that were found in the pills. Can you tell me about your wife's eating habits?" the doctor asked. "She ate." was all Jeff said.
"Actually, she never ate around us. She'd occasionally nibble on something when she had too. But lately she seemed to be making excuses to eat away from us. She'd always claim she was sick and she'd say she would eat at the hotel or something." Tasha told the doctor, realizing that Jeff wasn't able to concentrate fully on the question. The doctor smiled at Tasha thankfully before leaving the room.
The Undertaker walked into the room. He strode over to where the group seemed to be centered. "So what happened?" he asked, point blank. Jeff still had a dazed look about him. This time Lita decided to let Tasha save her breath from having to repeat the story once again.
"All we really know right now is that Jami passed out in the ring. Then Tasha found that Jami had three types of appetite supressants and weight loss pills. Jami has a history of suffering from eating disorders. The doctors found that she had high levels of the pills in her system and she hasn't regained consciousness." Lita summaraized.
The Undertaker ran a hand through his short hair. "Why the hell does that little girl keep putting herself through this shit?" he asked. Lita shrugged.
"My sister always puts herself through this shit. For some reason she thinks she deserves it. That's why she put up with Austin's shit and why she now puts herself through it." Traci said. "But why?" Edge asked.
"Anything could have set her off this time. Maybe she was still feeling guilty over losing the baby, or the whole fight everyone had just been through about the cheating thing. Or...it could have been what I started with the whole pregnancy thing. If you aren't pregnant you don't want to hear a bunch of accusations that you are pregnant." Traci whispered.
"Traci, you can't blame yourself. We all thought she was pregnant." Lita said.
"Nobody needs to blame their selves. The only one who made this decision was Jami. If anyone is to blame, it's her." Jeff said with a sudden outburst of fury.
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