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Chapter 42: Don't Think They Know

Rayleen demanded that Haley stay with us while we figured out everything else.

We got her a change of clothes and bathed her, cleaning her face and washing her hair.

She smelt as though she hadn't bathed in days, or even eaten, so we fed her, only if she allowed us. "Haley, don't you think we should go to the hospital?" I say, as I walk into her hotel room and sit on her bed next to her. Her blonde hair is pulled back into a ponytail and her lips are moist as I notice she's going through withdrawls from her drugs.

"What would be the point?" She murmers back. God, I hate seeing her like this. "You're pregnant and HIV positive-"

"You think I should get an abortion?" She asks wildly at me. She had became so anxious ever since we were kids, and she was always shaking- then again it could be the heroin. "I'm not saying that honey, but you need to get professional help, this will be a rough process." I inform her and go to rub her back but she flinches for a moment, before letting me stroke her arm softly.

"I just have a feeling, I won't even make it the whole 9 months." I couldnt listen to this, I couldn't listen to my sister speak of her death like this.

"Haley, we can get you medicine." I offer and she shakes her head. "With what money? I dont think I can spread my legs enough times and for you to whip around that pole enough to raise money. I need to keep doing what I'm doing." She says and rubs her arm slowly.

"And what? Go back out to those same streets and possibly end up dead?" I say and she rubs her forehead. "That's why I came to find you Rosie. I know I'm not going to make it but you need to get our family caught. Despite what happens to me." She says.

I still cant understand her motive, or understand why she wants me to all of a sudden. Since Cody and Patrick were M.I.A, I didnt really know what they wanted with everything. I was just torn with everything at the moment since it was so scrambled and there was missing facts.

"Why did you really find me Haley? Money? Help? What is it?" I finally asked her, why was she really looking for me.

She pauses for a moment and looks over at me with her bright green eyes. She rises to her feet and goes over to her grey trench coat she had been wearing earlier. I watch as she pulls some papers out and walks over slowly, her pale legs wobbling slightly as she topples on the bed, sniffling and placing the papers on the bed.

I pick one up and notice it's a family photo of us all.

Standing in front of our house like the picture had been taken in the 70s. I notice my mother, her hair was a copper red, her eyes were a bright blue and her face was straight, showing no emotion. She was wearing a blue dress that reached her knees.

My father was standing in a blue tux, his black hair was combed back across his face, his jaw structure was tense as his blue eyes narrowed in as if he were getting ready to kill.

I then looked at Cody and Patrick who were almost identical, with their oval faces and green eyes. They were wearing shorts and white collared shirts.

I looked at Keegan who was standing next to my father, his hair was cut short and he had an eerie smile across his face as if there was some humorus joke that had been just spoken. 

Emily was standing next to Haley, wearing a blue dress similar to my mothers while her hair was in a high ponytail.

Haley was wearing a blue dress that went past her knee, and her hair was in pigtails.

I then looked over at me, I was standing between Keegan and Emily, my little blue dress had a stain on it right next to the collar. My short black hair had a bow in it and my face looked confused, as if I didnt know the picture was being taken.