Rain hammered against the windshield, overworking the wipers, the wind shoved at the car. Rachel gripped the steering wheel, and she swallowed hard focusing on the mountain ridge before she spoke.
"Jade, why can’t you just accept your new school, and get along with people there. I'm tired of trying to make things work when you're being impossible," she said. "You used to get good grades in school. What happened why are you failing now?"
“Mom I'm not failing; my grades are my business. Me impossible? Look at you moving from one guy to the next.” Jade snapped back. She couldn’t stand her mother always whining about her not doing good enough.
Rachel tapped her fingers on the steering wheel, the heat on her neck. She looked in Jade's direction before she spoke.
“If I didn't love you, Jade, I'd just dump you on your father’s doorstep.” Rachel looking back at the road. Damn this rain, she just wanted to get where they were going. She wanted her daughter to do better and stop fighting with her so much.
“Maybe you should, it might give you more time to chase guys,” Jade said. “Do you even know where he is?” She said looking out the window. She’s never met her father, she wished that he was around, he probably was a lot nicer and didn’t care too much if Jade wasn’t doing good in school.
She cleared her throat, “No.” She said hoarsely. Rachel looked at Jade. Rachel knew her father was a bastard. He wouldn’t want to be around her anyway. Rachel ran when she was pregnant, and she was glad she did.
“Mom watch out!” Jade screamed.
Headlights coming towards their car made Rachel jerk the car to the right. The car slid and spun. Rachel tried gaining control of the car, she gripped the steering wheel. Jade screamed and held onto the door. The car slid down the mountain ridge, flipping over and over before it came to a stop upside down.
Jade opened her eyes, she looked over to her mother. Shattered glass littered the car, Jade’s door was jammed. Blood rushed to her head, Jade unbuckled her seat belt and crawled out the window. A distant bark startled her, it got closer and closer. The rain was cold on her skin, it was a light mist now. She opened her eyes, and saw boots, and then passed out. Between going in and out of consciousness she heard voices.
“The girl is hurt pretty bad; the woman is dead.” He spoke. “She’s losing a lot of blood.”
“You think she will make it?” Another said.
“Hopefully if we hurry.”
Jade felt a pair of hands pick her up and carry her to a car before she passed out again.
Jade moved her head around the softness below it. She opened her eyes a little bit, the light was bright. She quickly shut them.
“Ms. Hewsen can you open your eyes for me?” A man's voice said.
“No, no the light is too bright.” She complained. Her head hurt; her body even worse. “My body hurts.” Putting her hands to her head, she noticed a bandage there. It hurt when she pressed down.
“I need you to open your eyes. I need to see if there is any serious damage to your eyes.”
She took a deep breath, and slowly opened her eyes. The light was still bright, but her eyes quickly adjusted. The doctor flashed the light into her eyes, she blinked.
“Follow the light please, Ms. Hewsen.” He said moving the light from one side to the next/
She followed the light with her eyes, “Call me Jade.” She said closing her eyes. “My head hurts.”
“Ah you remember your name, that’s good.” He spoke. “Well, it looks like you have a concussion, no major damage it appears.” He said writing down something on the clipboard. “I will tell the nurse to get you some pain medicine.”
“What happened, why am I here?” she said opening her eyes again, she looked around to see if her mother was there. “Where is my Mom?”
He cleared his throat. He didn’t want to tell her, but he didn’t have a choice. Her mother came in dead. “You were in an accident; your mother didn't make it.” He finally spoke. “I'm Doctor Michael.
“What! She died?” Jade couldn’t believe his answer. She remembered someone picking her up and saying her mother was dead. But she was hoping her memory was wrong. She felt an emptiness in her heart. She couldn’t take back what she said to her mother, and that made everything a little worse.
“Yes, I'm afraid so.” He spoke. “You almost didn't make it.”
“Almost?” she said looking at the Doctor. She swallowed hard.
“Yes, you lost a lot of blood. When you were brought in, we had to give you a transfusion.” He said looking at her. “But you are stable now.” He half-smiled. “Might want to calm yourself down the monitor is going crazy.” He said silencing the annoying beeping from the machine. “I’ve already called some family that your Mother had listed on her emergency contact list.
“How'd I get here?”
“Well, a couple of hunters heard the accident, you were lucky they were leaving.”
She didn't say anything, the doctor checked her changed the dressing on her hands and head before leaving. The room was a cream color, with pictures of the ocean, she smiled. Doctor Michael came back with a tray of food, Jade was starving.
“I think you might want something to eat?” he put the tray in front of her.
“Yeah, I'm starving.” She spoke. She looked at the food it looked good. Her stomach growled.
“Enjoy, if you have any pain let me know.”
“My head does hurt, normal right?” she said looking at him. She already knew his answer.
“Yes, it will hurt for a while, but you will get better. You want some medicine?” he said. “Wait I already said I was going to tell the nurse. Silly me.” He laughed.
Michael left, and Jade dug into the mac and cheese in front of her. Her first bite made her gag, she coughed the noodles landed on her plate. She wiped her mouth and set the tray aside. She pushed the button for a nurse to come in, she waits.
“You need medicine Jade? The nurse asked.
“Yeah, my head is really hurting.” She frowned. She didn’t want to be drugged up, but the pain was horrible.
“You didn't touch your food?” She questioned pointing to the tray of food. “I’ll get that out of here too.”
“Yeah, it hurt to eat,” Jade said looking at the food and then the nurse.
“Okay, I will be back in a moment.” She said taking the tray of food with her.
“Okay.” Jade closed her eyes, she didn’t what was going to happen now that her mother was dead, and she was alone in this world. The accident played over and over in her head like a bad nightmare. She opened her eyes. She wasn’t sure who was coming to get her, she hoped it was someone she knew. Most of her Mother’s side lived in Europe, they wouldn’t come to help her out.
A tear fell from her eye, “I'm sorry mom. I love you,” she whispered. “I came to see Jade, where is her room.” A female voice said. “Right there.” Jade looked over to the door, it slowly opened. “Dani!” Jade got excited. She wanted to get out of bed, but the medicine started to make her a little dizzy. “Jade, are you okay. Oh my God, I thought you died!” Dani sat down on the bed. “I heard about your mom, so sorry. What happened?” “Na my, my mom died and I am mad at myself, all we
Jade opened her eyes, the sun shining through her curtains. She rolled her eyes and sat up; she could use more sleep. Her head hurt less today than it did yesterday, but she wasn't ready for an all-day outing with Darla. A small knock on the door startled her. “Come in,” Jade said yawning, trying to get her body to wake up faster. “Jade are you going to get ready it’s past 9,” Darla said poking her head in. “Yeah, in a moment, I was just getting used to my surroundings is all,” Jade said looking around the room. “This is a lot to take it.” She said shaking her head. “Yeah, I know, I am sorry that this is har
Darla started the car, and slowly maneuvered out of the parking lot. Jade again looked out the window to see the rest of the town. Darla slowly moved the car from the main street and followed a dirt road to a small shop hidden in the woods. “What this?” Jade asked. “This is my shop; I'm not allowed to have it in town so I had it build out here,” Darla said sounding happy. “After my Daughter died, I bought this building and made it into a shop. It was one of the things that got me through her death.” She said almost sounding like she was about to cry. “Maybe this place will help you too.” “I see, what kind of shop is it?” &n
“Do you know what this would do to her to find out after all this time?” Mike asked. “I don't know, Alexandra must have told Talon about her. I don't know what to do.” Darla said pacing around. “I know Jayden is going to be angry, hell I don’t even know if he would want anything to do with her. Especially since he turned. This is all too much.” She said shaking her head. “You need to tell her, otherwise she’s going to find out from someone else and hate us,” Mike suggested. “You know it’s kind of hard to tell her about vampires, let alone a family,” Darla said shaking her head. “This is already hard enough on her. First her mom, then she moved here. And now she’s going to learn her
Jayden wasn’t sure how he felt about his daughter is right there in front of him. He thought Darla would keep her away from the trouble makers, he was going to talk to her when she got there. “How do I know she really is my daughter?” Jayden asked. “Because Rachel hasn't been with anyone else,” Darla said walking into the house. “You think you can just ignore this? She has the same eye color you have; she has the same attitude you have.” She said shaking her head. “How do you know, last time I check you two weren't talking.” Jayden challenged. “I told you not to go, but you don’t listen. Now the local kids are messing with her, and now I have to worry about things happening here.”
Talon grabbed onto Garrett's arm and slowly walked into the dark. Jade got up and started walking. She felt followed, she looked back a few times, nothing. She arrived at Save Marts' lot. There were two cars in the parking lot, a couple of people messing around in the middle. They stopped and looked in the direction of Jade. Jade looked down, and then over to their direction, they were on their way to her. “Great.” She said out loud. “Hey there.” One of them called. “Um hi.” She said trying not to look up at them. “Why are you in a rush?” “I have
Jade got up, put her dishes in the sink, and then bolted out the door. She decided to walk to the town hall to tell Darla to get Talon and his family to back off. She arrived at the office; she was greeted by the secretary. “Can I help you?” “I need to speak with Darla Hewsen,” Jade said looking at her. “She might still be in a meeting so I can wait.” “Sorry, she is in a meeting right now.” She said shaking her head. “She is going to be a while.” “Tell her, her niece is here to see her,” Jade said hoping it would get Darla to come out and talk to her. &
Jade sat down on the bed and looked at Garrett. She knew Darla and Mike would be upset if she went with him tonight, she also knew she could probably get some answers. He walked over to her and put his hand out. “Trust me.” He smiled. “I, I don't know. I don't trust anyone since my mother died.” She said shaking her head. “I just am scared and don’t even know why.” “Well, if you trust me, I will tell you everything you want to know.” He spoke. “I promise you I will protect you.” “Promise?” she said looking up at him. “Yes.” &n